New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31

~ III onmon shirt which enabled all to
work together in accord ana when ma. N. .s
the election OF Mr.. Strong VINO receiVeu IT, r
to los eO7 cast FOR Hugh j. Grant. 30 III s,,u ,r
naigns run straight tickets seven times anu nave
been beaten seven times.
RROOKIYN's HISTORY THE SAME
prooklvn like New-York has always been nor
rally a Democratic city, in which II mas oes''
nossble for no Republican. relying LOT tupi
upon Republicans alone. 10 be elected N"!oi' NJ
his statement Ike the correspondents one YUM
ing New York City, IS susceptible OF ploo' '
Convenience OF comparison. the Brooklyn Ma. ot"''
agures will begin IA far back as did those Oh NV
vorl In 1871 there was elected a successo' "
Mi, Kalbaeisch AS Mayor Mr.. kaIbheisch h"u
,rcensed the Mclaughlin ring by Ms lhoepe'"o"
and the nomination OF the ring was give" ~ "
ucl Powell Kalbheisch ran As an ""ei
D,mocrat and Samuel Booth the regular we
publican candidate. The election resulted 's 1V
Iors many Republican votes being cast Tor Naio-
neisch: Powell Q)om.). 26,7sS Booth thel'' -~''''
KalbAeisch Ond DEM. 1928 In 1873 there "riV
only straight tickets, the vote ior Mayor o'"s'
John W. Hunter (Dem) 32,%l; Dwight Jo"''s0'.
,Ren1 243s In 1919 occurred the eIecuoh VI
Frederick A. Schroeder. who was put UP p'i"'"''''
as a Republican. but received the support y,
root many Democrats In his sturdy battle against
.Wjlloughby Street" Mr. Schroeder N add I an
the nominating convention, sad 80, F.,%n' rom
democratic votes and We must seeh mem ,.n, va
persons of every NATIONALITY the m n Cleo:
ReOrmers som ndwsr5 Sf Rove DEM who got s
votes In 1877 the Republicans once NOR phJ hn w
sras9 9dr M ske M Henry ny received votes
being defeated by James Howell .Jg'u Vas renohi-
$50; a aMS re1eiected his vote this time being
$500 his s,raight Republican nhi 81 s votes
John w Flaherty as an independent De'no''"''
receiving 1906 votes
THE FIRST ELECTION OF SETH Ho"'
rhs paxt Mayo.alty election. in 1881 marked tne
arnearance as a conspicuous figure IN puoiic H'e
of Seth Low The Republicans had noHliha'eu
General BENJAMIN F. Tracy, and the Young hepuo
,oa C,,uh and a mass-meeting Of citizens had put
nm Riplev Ropes also Republican. for Mayor
After extended conferences. hoth HeheIa' la!
and Mr. Ropes withdrew In favor OF MI Low ""
received As 1924 votes. against 1926 Tor MI '""'
who was for the third successive lime ue bei"o
cratic candidate In 1888 the Democratic mahaee'S
nominated Joseph c. Hendrix. against "hoi'i re-
oo,Id no said than against the abhorrent iorces
which he suffered TO bring him into poh'icai Pio'
hence; but the Republicans, again uniting WIZ" Wv
Independents. able TO re-eec' M"yo.
nv 1884 votes. TO 4S.Oae for Hendrix. In 1850 "o'
oval Isaac $ Catlin headed a straight Repuplcah
ticket and was beaten by ID. ID. Nhi'i'e!' w
rousbl,n Democrat by 49002 TO $500. Geheid'
John 2. Woodward also ran for Mayor aS ,"' ','-
didate OF the Citizens. and receNea ls'' Elections
The Republicans a, me t1ge chi marry Tickets only
10 have their candidates for MAYOR u ; Ue, I'm
d hoanS Andrew D. Baird RepD by S275S to
81 81 CLANCY United Labor candidatt a aTea img
ES a46 this time by ss votes $50 and pay I'd
A. Body DEM n 1891 winning n ,hs Meyer
RED The scandals Of ring rule had by ms nd , a
become shameful that the amrhlin ring
got together and nominated charles a sgner rr
basis go Of nonpaT efsatng David 4 Oody
whose vote was $500 In the latHs, sIty can
ddstss IN the cdno to speak Of the Socialist tOr
prohibition and Populst 'ick M:i snghlin Demo
%hich r MAS nm nJ Edward NJ rout the Republicans
frederick w Wurster and the lndepsnnen,' ~ p' dnld
orats Edward NJ Shepard. who was ~ .'.,Nr,ni
much as Palmer and Buckner were IN tho N Parm
field last year to hold me Vo o. 60 intense that
q Wind not permit them TO vote for Repunnran
large number Of the Reform ,Ian cnme into power
Void for Wurster and he was elected oE ~
CIRCUITS 800 and Shepard's 1910
STRAIGHT TICKET ENDED IN DEFEAT
Co !, the Years from 1877 to 1899 the Republicans
>ouob, eight straight party fights for the Mayor
a1,r and lost eight; worked In cooperation WV"
the independent citizens at four eiec'onS ''."'
ders. both Of Lows and schierens'. anu e'e1u
one man MAYOR Wurster,. upon what was 'e0"'''
cally a straight party paSlS' put f'"'
nothing OF the sort. 49,
Pm, "a Queens and Richmond counties ana 'n'
vho,e Of Kings County are to he taken I'M" ."'
account and no statistics Of elections less IMAM lo
Governor are available from them. the straight
Marty" tast on the results in New-York OF series
Of elections for Governor may be MADE lot Pu'-
moses OF comparison In New-York County the
Republicans have in the twenty-five years, begin
ming with 1872 secured plurality Tor just one
candidate for Governer-Frank s Black. who sat
| with Mckinley on the top OF the sound money
landslide; which occurred year ago N gn, over
| 40 per cent OF the Democratic vote mere nor III
! 1894 when Hi badly beaten In the state
by Morton largely through his connection with the
theft of the State Senate and his subsequent nom
| ination Of Isaac II. Maynard TO the bench OF we
Court OF Appeals. the local Republicans able
to roll up plurality in an election ior HoVeIIlo,.
superiority in sirengih-nOt a plurality for r.,
publican candidate for Governor from ls'4, wien
Samuel j. Tilden got 1898 plurality In the county,
until lss dncluslveJ. when Flowers plurality over
Fassett in the county was lScSo but IN ls E S,n
Senate. and NewYork County gave ~ uny
plurality Of ESQ Kings County TeF' iSr'he sn ana
1856 when with the canvass for ever Office was
nyoved the Issue GI MGoH over nG fb
Democratic candidate OF 2S.Ss2 votes
IN QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
As it is true that New-York City and Brooklyn
and New-York and Kings counties are and have
been for q series o.! years normally Democratic
the only exceptions TO the rule-and those only ap
parent and full explanable occurring In elections
which a great aoral principle involved. 50
1t is true that the same rule OF Democratic pre-
ponderance holds good In the constituent parts o.
the Greater New-York which have yet to be con
sdered. Queens and Richmond counties. AS th'
vote OF these counties is small. it has not beel
figured far back the vote Of New-York an,
Kings, 1885 being taken as a siartlng-point Thu
first election in Queens County In which R"publl
candidate for Governor received a plurality wa
that Of 1894. when Morton received 1892 votes Il
swept Kings County and the State. Two year
later the National campaign of the Republi
cans against National dshonor and anarchsm ant
in that election Queens gave Mr.. Black for Gov
ernor. plurality OF 53C6. The story of Richmond
Is counterpart; OF that OF Queens Levi T. Nor
ton the first Republican candidate for Governc
10 receive r plurality on Staten Island, and Blacl
was the second.
THE whole is equal to the sum OF al its parts
and as Il has been shown that In each OF tn
parts Of the Greater NewYork the straight Re
publicans' in minority and always unabI
TO elect their ticket by their unaided straight part