The herald., 1897-11-01
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
FEEL CONFIDENT OF TRACY'S
SUCCESS
Tammany Democrats Also Certain Of
Winning-Issues and Prospects
in Other States
Associated Press Special Wire.


can committee confidently anticipates
the election of General Tracy and each
of the Republican borough tickets. II
believes, according to statement is
sued today, that the vote for Henry
George in the boroughs of Manhattan
and the Bronx will considerably exceed
the vote of the Citizens union. 1t is alb
solutely confident that Seth Low will
not carry a single assembly district in
the present city of New York and the
only one there is really any contest be-
twwen Tracy and Low is in the Twenty
ninth district, which Tracy will, they
say, carry over Low by fully 1000 votes.
The majority by which Governor
Black defeated Porter last year will
be just about the majority by which
Tracy will defeat Van Wyck. In the
borough Of Brooklyn, Tracy will beat
Low to 1. The statement concludes:
1--WE expect to poll 115,000 votes for
Tracy in New York and the Bronx, TO-
900 in Brooklyn, 10000 in Queens and
5000 in Richmond, and we expect that
vote to carry with it plurality on each
borough. The claims of the Citizens
form and void.'
OF the vote Of the 100000 which it is
expected will be polled in the boroughs
Of Manhattan and the Bronx, former
Mayor Hugh ]. Grant estimated that
114,000 would be cast for the regular
Democratic nominees, which is 3S per
cent Of the last years average, which
was a low one. This will leave 100000
votes to be widely distributed. Assum-
ing that Tracy and Low will have H.
600 votes to divide at the outset, there
remains $4,000 votes. The Socialists must
be credited with 10000 and the Prohibi
tionists with 1000. There will be $4,000
left. OF these Henry George will get
literally and may be credited with 49,
900. Most of the remaining $4,000 votes,
the Tracy and Low factions will have
the National Democracy votes of last
year and say, about 5000 other mug
wumps, making 10000 altogether, car
rying their combined votes up to 129.
900. The residue Of "a, 900 votes will swell
the Democratic column, making it's total
strength 148,0OO, a conservative esti-
mate. In Brooklyn the registration is
100000, Of which $4,000 votes will be
polled. A conservative estimate gives
the Democrats $4,000, leaving 12S,O0O t.
be divided otherwise. Tracy and Low
are apportioned $500 of these. George
he assumes, will get 5000. The remain
ing $4,000 votes include the 5000 that were
with Sheperd in 1895 and these are cred
tied to Tracy and Low, 5000 to the So
cialists and 600 to the Prohibitionists.
The remaining 10000 votes must be put
into the regular Democratic column,
making the entire number there S4,509.
The Democrats will get so per cent
Of the 22,500 votes in the borough of
Queens and like percentage of the H.,
900 votes to be cast in the borough of
Richmond. Putting the figures together
Mr.. Grant says they show that Judge
Van Wyck will receive 240,0 900 votes out
Of 527,7O0 votes cast.
IN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.-The voters of
Maryland will on Tuesday next elect a
state controller, a clerk Of the court of
appeals and a new Legislature, which,
in turn, will choose successor to United
States Senator German. In the city of
Baltimore mayor and new council will
be chosen. The campaign, which has
been unusually bitter, closed last night,
with mass meetings all along the line,
and nothing now remains but to cast and
count the votes. The state offices to be
filled are unimportant, the main interest
centering in the legislative contest. If
the Democrats win, Senator German
will doubtless be chosen for another
term, while If the Republicans are VIC
torious there will probably be a sharp
fight for the seat among those aspirants,
with the chances slightly in favor of the
election of Congressman Mudd.
AS to the outcome of the coming cleo
ton, it can only be said that the result is
in great doubt, though both sides claim
to be able to count enough votes in the
legislature to secure majority on Joint
ballot and to elect the United States SEN
ator. The Republicans have slight ad-
vantage in that of the thirteen hold-over
senators nine are Republicans. A large
number Of gold standard Democrats arc
opposing the election of Senator Cor
man, in which they are Joined by the
Baltimore Sun and the Evening News
both Of which have always been strongly
DCAAOSANSAS uASAA WlIkAA tIS past IW(
years. On the other hand, the American
heretofore warmly Republican, is luke.
warm in its upport of the Republican
candidates. and the Herald, which ha.
hitherto been neutral in it's position, ha.
espoused the German cause with con
siderable vigor.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 31.-Tues.
days election in Kansas will be for two
state senators, four state representa-.
tives, thirteen district judges and new
sets Of county officers in all of the 1Ot
counties. The election will not bear In
any great degree upon future elections
The silver question has cut no especial
figure.
AS there are no state officers to be
elected and no considerable part of the
state is interested in the election or de.
feat Of the same men, the campaigns
have been thoroughly local and little
general interest has been taken in the
results. Each county has run it's own
campaign in its own way, the state COM
mittees having done very little to help
them. The registration has generally
been light.
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