New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
STRAIGHT TICKET DEFECTS.
CLAIMS OF THE REPUBLICAN MANAGEh"
AND FACTS OF RECORD.
NO STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN" CANDIDATE f'i'
MAYOR ~ THIS CITY OR BROOKLYN ELECTED
IN THE LAST QUARTER cENTrRY-THE
VOTE SINCE HAvEMEYERs
ELECTION ANALYZED.

VOTE SINCE
ELECTION ANALYzED.
81 have but one lamp by which my feet are gud-
id and that Is the lamp Of experience kho" oi
no way of Judging Of the future but by the pas'
The eoundness OF Patrick Henrys eloquent oeciala-
ton no one has ever questioned, least OF all the
managers OF political campaigns. VINO Apply moss
words In practice as the only trust"or'hy H'e''0u
Of forecasting the outcome OF any given eiectoh'
This test applied 20 the election OF next Hoh'h III
the Greater New-York, produces an interesting
refataton of the assertions and claims put io''h
bv the managers OF the machine Republican canvass
for the Mayoralty.
political party which continuously LOT man
Years has been in the minority In any given po'''ea
division does not suddenly in one election gam
such an accession OF strength as VII! ehape II ~
take permanently the place Of the majority party
The nrocess OF growth IS gradual deduction whlcn
is established by the history OF political chahse "
States and cities without number. Tine occurrence
of an occasional andslide indicates no permanent
change another fact which scarcely requires demon
stration because 1t is generally accepted as SET
tied fact by all we-informed men. There are ex-
centions which prove every rule, and 'landsildes
great manifestations of the peoples revolt against
robbery or political tyranny or enrontery are the
exceptions which prove the trustworthiness OF rat
rick Henry's rule-the more as they are each the
outward and visible sign Of definite upheaving or
disturbing cause II. then. 1t can be proved from
the records Of the past that the straight hepuo-
Ncan'' vote in the Greater New-fork mas never oeei
able to carry an electon-and review o. inc las'
twenty-fve years should he ample as anording
hss,s for predcton-it may unfairly be asserted
that the hopes OF General Tracy and his campaign
managers for his election as Mayor on straight
Renubtcan" ticket cannot be realized an assertion
all the more confident because OF the general con-
currence AZ oninion that General Tracys candidacy
represents no great moral issue
ELECTION RESULTS IN THIS CITY.
The review of the election results in this city may
fairly begin with the election for Mayor IN DE- 'ne
year after the exposure OF the Tweed ring colossal
laundering Of the taxpayers. There was moral
issue involved then. The Committee or seventy
which had done such noble service in the purihca~
ton of the city In the previous year. nominated
William T. Havemeyer for Mayor and the Repuo-
ucan convention took the same action as dd also
the German-Amercan Central Reform ASSOCIATION
and the Peoples Executive Committee of Fifty
with the Republicans in cooperation with these
other bodies Havemeyer trumphantly elected
as the reform Mayor. defeating Abraham H. Law
renee (now a Justice OF the Supreme court IN U'ls
city) candidate of the Liberal Republicans ana
Tammany Hail. and James O'BTien represehths
The ApolIo Hall Democracy. In 1914 Tammany HAN
named William VI. Wickham for Mayor. suose-
ou.nty the Republican convention rejected pleas
for a coalition against Tammeny and nominated
straight ticket headed by Salem H. wales 10Y
Mayor; and several political bodies nominated os
wald OttendOrfer. Wickham was eIeCte'' ''N'l'i"e
7o07, votes to IS a53 cast for Wales and 2'226 Tor
o,..rdorfer In 1875 the result was Smith Ely, ir..
(rammany) Ill, $50; John A. Dix Repuolcan '''Hl
These figures closely coincided with those for rres-
dent Tilden receiving In the city n2.9~ votes anu
Hayes 1851; and for Governor. Robinson getting
vote of 110643 ard Morgan 596t5. In 1Ss there was
no election for President or Governor. laihHahS
nominated as Mayor Augustus Schell Inc Repuo-
,icans consented this time to enter coalition
against Tammany. then ruled by John Kelly anu III
conjunction with four antl-Tammany organizations
Irving Hall. the County Democracy inc W,
democracy and the German-American lndepend-
ents' Assocation-named for Mayor Edward Cooper
whose majority over Schell 1851 Two years
later II being again Presidential year OsS'. there
was q straight fight between William Dowd tRepuo-
ncan) and William r. Grace Oemocrap. Dowd re-
ceiytng IS us and Grace 1o116' For PRESIDENT
Hancock received in this city 12SOlS votes ana Gar
field $780, the Democratic plurality being 4l'1S''
figure. which bore approximate similarity to those
OF Wickham's plurality over Wales in 1874 ana ELY $
over Dix in 1876 in both of which years as mas peen
said party lines strictly drawn on tAe Mayor
alty So unpopular as Grace as shown by
his scanty vote in comparison with Hancock. and
by the large vote for Dowd. the regular Republican
ticket was defeated. In 1852 the Republicans and
the Democrats opposed to Tammany Hall nominated
for Mayor Allan Campbell. who was believed 10
represent Mr. Grace to great extent. and concern
ing whose candidacy The Tribune said In the course
ticket on which all citizens could unite against the
Democratic union for plumber has been badly
botched" Against this not ideal candidate Tam
many put up Franklin Edison. who was elected by
1892 votes to 1886 cast for Campbell Blaine ran
for President in 1884, and straight Republican city
ticket was in that year again put up, with the m
variable result of defeat. The first nominee of the
convention for Mayor Lewis j. Phillips, con-
corning whom Republican. then and now we'll
known In the party councils. said;
'r am Informed that the gentleman placed in
nomination is an auctioneer. II he don't sell out
and I don't think he will. those who put him IN
nomination will sell him out The speaKe: Pre-
ceeded 10 put in nomina ton Colonel S. v r. Cruger,
and on the result Of the nominating ballot being an
noupced-Phiips, H6 Cruger 2i-he withdrew IRON
the convention accompanied by the feilo"-delesa'e:
from his district. with the parting words; 1 thiAH
the party has tonight committed moral SUICIDE.
,rb,. man was Cornelius " Bliss. But Phillips h'
next day declined the nomination, and tTeuerlck >
1ibbs was substituted for him as the straight
standard-bearer. Hugh J. Grant had previously beer
nominated by Tammany Hall and ex-Mayor VIII
tam r Grace again entered the field as a candida e
receiving the nominations of the County Democracy
the Irving Hall Democracy the O'Bren Democracy
the German organizations. the Citizens COMMITTEE
and an anti-monopoly organizatioh-aII 'he op
ponsnts of Tammany except the Repuo!can ma
chine Grace was elected, getting se'ZsS votes u
ss al cast for Grant and A $50 for Gibbs In 1886 oc
CURED the famous fight between Abram s. Hewitt
ana Henry George with Theodore Roosevelt, nomi
mated as a straight Republican. running as third
but little regarded candidate Again the regular Re
publican ticket was beaten Hewitt had sc'5'2 votes
George SsllO and Roosevelt eo4S5. being defeated a
a straight-out Republican. even though the Demo
rrsc vote was SO badly divided AT the next election
IN 1855 the Republicans again went 1t alone" witt
Joel b. Erhardt their candidate. The voters ha
a wide choice OF tickets that year hait-dozen
ana most of them chose Tammany Hail. whose ma
for Mayor. Hugh j. Grant. was elected by HS'il
votes the votes for some Of the other candidates De
ing: Erhardt (Rep). 1881 Hewitt tCitzens an
County Democracy 1888: Coogan UNITED Labor
asoa The New-York City vote for President IN lsS
cleveland 1872 1885, Harrison. los22-compared VIII
.he vote on the Mayoralty shows the strength o