Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-19
SMOKE VAN WICK OUT
Democratic Candidate is Playing Pos
sum With New York Voters.
HIS VIEWS ON FINANCE DEMANDED
All Parties Find Encouragement in
the Registration Figures.
ORATORY FROM NOW ON
His VIEWS ON FINANCE DEMANDED
ORATORY FROM NOW ON
rpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Hpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star
NEW YORk. October is. 1897
..Smcke Van WICK out said a republic
can .e4der TO our correspondent toLs,y.
''Snoke hin. out. He is playing a waiting
game. and / am Lot certain that it will
not prove winning game. But if We can
find out where ne stands upon the Chicago
p'atforn-free coinage of silver at the ra-
ito Of IL to I've can beat him. 1t don't
make any difference whether ne declares
for or against the Chicago platform and
Bryan. To go with the gold standard Geni-
Ccra;s is to sound his doom. To train with
the free silver fellows is a policy equally
Iuinous.
But Van Wyck has adopted policy of
silence and therein lies the danger to the
republicans AID reform elements. You
may laugh at the idea that man can run
the regular democratic ticket for an inl-
poTtart office like that of mayor of the
larger city of New York without defining
his POSITION, but that is precisely what
Van Wyck Is doing Was it a laughing
matter when Tammany came out for the
first TINE in its history with a platform
ahSC Cluteiy ignoring national issues? Then
We Were '-jolIieu' into the idea that Van
Wyck would tell us what he thought of
Ery2n and the Chicago platform when he
wrote his letter of acceptance. But where
Is thdt letter of acceptance? Who has
many braves IS well as to the astonish-
n-ent of his Opporents. Judge Van Wyck
though scheduled and advertised to speak
at the Tammany Hall ratification meeting.
fGlied TO put in an appearance. Then it
was announced that he did not make an
address because he did not want to take
the stump until his letter of acceptance
was written But from that day to this
We nave heard nothing, absolutely nothing
about Van Wyck's letter OF acceptance or
MS position toward Bryan and the Chicago
platform.
Policy of Silence n Winner.
Nor is this policy of silence always bad
politics 1t will be remembered that the
newspapers and the constituents of George
T. Mcclellan failed to get him On record
wien he was running for congressman last
fall IS 10 WI ether or not he accepted the
Chicago platform Yet Mcclellan was re-
turned 70 Congress by a decided majority
fernaps Judge Van Wyck thinks he can
Slfs.Gdle as artully as young Mcclellan.
The Nest peculiar thing about the whole
matter is that the repubIican-reform pa
Ier% cannot see that this is Judge Van
NycA weakest point 50 far l know
not a reporter has attempted TO find out
whdt Van "yck is going to do or when
ne IS going 10 do it, A bombardment all
along The lines might smoke him out but
IL is my notion that he won't come out
INTO the open until he is compelled to do
Registration Discussed.
registration was the principal topic for
discussion in political circles today All
sides were willing and anxious to argue a
successful issue for their candidate out of
the 1uil showing made. From republican
standpoint ii is argued that the large
showing indicates that the foH strength of
the republican vote is out Tammanv HAIL
en- always register and vote, SO that II the
registration Is small. it is argued that their
Percentage of IL is greater.
The republican leaders in ,iiscussine
REGISTRATION, say that it can mean but one
II InS-the polling OF the full republican
vote They also claim that the registrar tion
H-u-cates Il victory for Tracy and ths. tia-
CFeS in the other boroughs point i'm tba
same direction To prove their assertions.
the usual figures have been prepared
compared with the vote for governor
l&St year. II - shown that in seventeen .c
sernbly districts carried by Porter for Co
ethof IN lSs1 the registration this wear ey
tete9 the vote Tor governor by 4642 In
80 c.stfic's carried by Porter the regis
udtloh was less than the guhernatoriaJ
NCtv by Jtss- This makes the aggregate ..x
cess OF registration over the vote for gov
err or IN democratic districts II34 on Tho
clher hand, there was an excess of reoi.
tdt+oh IN nine republican districts of GoIJ
a against a falling of in four districts of
"''' an aggregate excess of , go The in
crease Is thus shown to be in favor of tho
~ i-+"Si L MS batch of
!, NtNeh as an Offset TO the Tammauy
cit ms which are that increased rcrisfrr
t'H Is due 10 the getting out of an in
creased democratic vote. and that IL intji-
election day. oi'
Prom the same source figures are also
gwen on the borough of BROOKLYN. ana as
tLis, ", certain quarters. is regarded as the
pivotal point, they are irnportant epo.,ah
tc reproduce fully. The total enroIi,ncnt 80
voters ior the four days was about .sr. n.n
oF WitNln 1000 of the figures Of ,.s, -
q a. -sS.,iciiti'ti .- year. and .0GO in excess of
the registration of 1SlI. The ,e,,,IIj,
s.QerS make their comparison vim ~
Ncte OF 1879. when they say there - -
square cut fight on the state ticket ber,rs.r
TWO great PARTIES In lStJ the horc,,,h =.
BROOKLYN gave King the derno.rs,i @ -si y, oi
catt Tor secretary of state a nI,,raIjtI- IS
"'p' over Palmer. the republican cnr,i
uate, Last year. with party lines well nir,
Eliminated this was turned into a ,,I,,-Ii. "
1Or Mckinley of -, ~ It ie cloirn.. ~, -
an ana!ysls OF the figures this vear n;,s
eltheT the wards or the assemble di,.;.
a. OASIS OF comparison. shows n clear
ana unluesuonabic gain for tho ,a,,,tI.
cans Eleven of the tweDtv-o,a o.P,,n
nlslrlctS which the republicans carriaa -
iN.'J supply no less than II 200 of ,ba 90 CO..
a'i.i' sio,al IONA, voters this year while the Other
ten districts. which the democrats c.rridS, -
include the remaining 1J1D eu
Only Onc Case Of D.cr.,
fN'4V - OhfS tile assembly, district tbie
year which shows a falling off in tho ,egis
'ranen from 1888 This is the ninth COM
ir'sihs 'he entire twelfth ward and three
districts in the eight ana two in tho ,.r,h
wards IL Is a rock-bcund Democratic AZ
trict the majority In 1895 being .. 73s win =.
registration or t.2iG This year the reots,r,
ton is '.l.h. a falling or of g6 voters I,
Is regsrded as significant that This is ,ha
solitary district in the twenty y-one in wbinb
there has been no increase a s,iiI rna
minute study of the figures gives adi;,inI
confidence to the republicans The ei'.wen
republican assembly districts which fnrr,eh
12'pb OF the 2o.n1 comprise 2.,5 e,sctiom
districts. SO that the average increase -.
district is ~ The ten democratic asSe,,ts
districts which furnish the 1850 increass
comprise the 221 remaining election Jis
tricts. so that the average increase i'm thesa
districts is only 81 This is the resuIt of
this comparison: "
Average increase in republican districts T.,
Average increase in democratic districts n
Apparent republican advantage in each
observation-disclosures. --.......... ...... s
a comparison OF the individual wards
Which are either strongly republican or
strongly democratic WILL IL is claimed show