The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-18
AHUMMING REGISTRATION.
1T DIsMAYs THE LEADERS OF TIE
ISSUES" PARTIES.

Tho n.rvt,,c,r ORGANIZATION HAS Got Its Full
strength ~Out-Faiiing on In the Two Low
ish Diatricts-Thc Henry GeorEc wen Give
Tnmmnny n chill on the River Fronts.
The registration figures furnished an interest
ing study for tho campaign managers yester-
day. The fact that the number OF electors who
have sipniaed their intention OF voting for
Mayor, 567.4ss or within a rev Thousand OF as
many as registered for the Presidential election
of lsD6. was n big surprise to most of them, and
to none. though. moro than to Richard Croker
and those who are assisting him in running the
Campairr of his candidate for Mayor, Robert A.
Van Wyck. Tnmmany's leaders had been expect
ing a comparatively light registration. They were
satisfied after the returns for tho hrst two days
were in that tho total registration would not be
much in excess OF half n million. Tho idea that
this might be so was accompanied with the hopo
that 1t would. for Mr.. Croker, MS n campaigner OF
/, experience, is fully aware that heavy registra.
ton always presages the polling of a full Re-
publican vote. II is a proverb in Tammany
Hall that Tammnny men always register and
vote. so that II the registration is small, their
percentage of it is the larger.
MIR. Croker and his friends had made up their
minds that they could depend on thelstay-at.
homes to stay at home in this municipal fight.
To that end they sought to exclude national
issues from the campaign. The Citizens Union
and its candidate for Mayor seconded them.
But it was n Job that couldn't be done.
The Republican party put the real issues to
the front. The great body OF the Democratic
electorate represented in the 1875 900 men who
voted for William J. Bryan insisted that there
should be no recession from the Democracy OF
the Chicago platform. Tho people were aroused,
and they rushed TO register almost as eagerly az
they did in 1896.
This is what bothered the Tammany leaders
yesterdays; too many electors arc prepared to
vote FIR Mavor on Nov. Q. Every true-blue
Republican has got his name on the books. The
Tanmany district leaders have reported to Mr..
Croker from time to time that the Republican
machine is working as ii never worked before
to get lis voters registered.
Some OF the amman leaders tried Yesterday
10 get comfort out OF the fact that tho rcgistra-
ton, is almost as heavy in the Democratic AS
selnbly districts as in those which are acknowl-
edged to DC in the Republican column. Then
thcy. rccollectcd Henry George and were dis
comfortcd again. 1t was asserted positively by
the George campaign managers, Yesterday that
the heavy registration in the Democratic dis.
tricts is due to the activity of the Chicago plat
The Republican leaders. in discussing the re-
suit OF the registration. said that the returns
for New York county indicate victory for Gen.
Tracy. and that they were informed that tho
registration in the other boroughs pointed in
in the same direction.
An analysis OF the registration compared with
the vote for Governor last year shows that in
seventeen Assembly districts carried by Porter
~ - a-'N NHN ~ 49, gSNA
exceeds the vote Tor Governor by 1912. In four
districts carried by Porter the registration was
less than the Gubcrnatorial vote by sos. This
makes the aggr gate excess of registration over
the vote for Governor in Democratic districts
Alb.
On the other hand there was an excess of reg
%istration in nine Republican districts Of 6,042,
as against a falling Oft N four districts of 5T7.
an aggregate excess. OF 5,465. The increase is
thus shown to be IN favor OF the Re
feated Porter. Chicago platform Democrat,
in this county by 5000. With the Chi.
Cago platform Democrats intent on defeating
Thmmany this year by voting FOR Henry George.
so that the Wigwam can be rcorganized on Dem.
ocratic and not personal lines, the Republican
leaders say that they have every reason to cX-
pect a victory for Gen. Tracy, tasing their belief
on the registration figures.
The parties of local issues. that Of Richard
Croker and that Of Seth Low. seem to be the
only ones which cannot get comfort out of the
registration returns. The two Assembly dis
tricts which are understood to have been most
strongly tainted with lowism, the Twenty
seventh and the Twenty-ninth, show a falling
off in registration.