The record-union., 1897-11-02

teenng Sure or winning the
Day-The Contest in Ohio and
Other States.
ALBANY IN. W, Nov. lin every
municipality of the State a vigorous
campaign is being prosecuted for mu-
nicipal control, and the blanket ballot
instead of proving detriment to tbs
Independent nomination, has led, seem
ingly, to the creation of more parties
than have ever before had place il
the elections OF this city. These things
enough in themselves to claim all the
attention of voters, are further multi
piled by the adoption of a campaign fol-
Judge of the Court of Appeals that has
started the two great parties to very
active efforts in the endeavor not sc
much to gain the place for the candi-
date, as to demonstrate in this off yeaI
of State politics that the party of one
or the other is dominant.
The contest for the control of the
Assembly is influenced in great meas
ure by the bitterness of the local cam
paigns, and forecasts of some months
ago, giving great gains for the Demo
Gratis, are not in effect now. Particu-
larly is this so in the New York dis
trict, where the splitting up of the va
rious party votes has led TO complica-
tons that in many Democratic dis
tricts will lead to the election of Re-
publicans, and in the Republican dis
tricts will give the Democrats a chance
To attempt to forecast the result with
any degree of certainty would be i'm
possible, but it is claimed that in the
entire State the Democrats Will gain
about thirty members over the number
Of last year.
THE NEW YORK CITY FIGHT.
NEW YORK, Nov. /. = Tomorrow
will witness a battle royal for the po-
ftical control of the second largest
city municipality in the world. The
potent candidates for the office of May
or are four in number, although there
are two additional candidates for the
peoples suffrages. Benjamin F. Tracy,
Secretary in the Navy in the Cabinet
of President Harrison, is the Repub-
lican candidate; Robert y. Van Wyck,
Chief Judge of the City Court, Tam
many Democratic candidate; Seth
Low, President of the Columbia Uni
versity and twice Mayor of Brooklyn,
the candidate for the Citizens Union,
and Henry George, son of the late ad-
vocate of the single tax theory, the in
dependent or Thomas Jefferson Dem
ocratic nominee.
Besides the Mayor. Comptroller and
President of the Council, the officers OF
the municipality that are to be chosen
there are to be elected members of the
State Assembly, county officials, bor-
ough officers and members of the judi
ciary. In addition, there is to be elect
ed a successor to Francis II. Wilson,
who resigned his seat as a Representa-
tive in Congress to become Assistant
Postmaster General. The candidates
are William H. Prendergast, Repub-
lican; Edmund Briggs, Democrat, and
Horatio c. Land, independent Demo-
crat.
In the State there will be an election
for Chief Justice of the Court of APP
peals, the leading candidates being
William J. Wallace, Republican, and
Alton b. Parker, Democrat.
The last estimates and claims of the
New York City campaign were given
out again to-day. Chairman Quigg, for
the Republicans. says the County Com
cittee confidently expects the election
of General Tracy, and feels absolutely
confident that Seth Low will not carry
a single Assembly district in the pres
ent city of New York. According to
General Qufgg, the ratio of votes as
between Low and Tracy will be 312 to
1, and he expects to poll total of 200, =
coo votes.
Ex-Mayor Hugh Grant, Judge Van
Wyck's manager, issued statement in
which he estimated the Democratic
candidates vote in Greater New York at
100000. He expects 14S,0G in the pres
ent city of New York, 81 500 in Brook
lvn and 1875 in the horoughs of
Queens and Richmond. Mr.. Grant
places the Henry George vote at 10000
to %. 900, and gives Tracy and Low 235,
300 divided between them.
Charles Steckler for the Citizens
Union, claims a plurality Of p 900 for
Low over Van Wyck in the present city
OF New York, and in support gives fig
ures from Assembly Districts, which, he
said. are based upon actual canvasses
made by Citizens Union workers. He
added that certificates and vouchers
signed in all cases by the men who made
the canvass are on file at Low head
quarters.
At the George headquarters a detailed
statement by Assembly Districts was
given to show that George will have
o. 600 votes in the boroughs of Man
haitian and the Bronx. No estimate
was made of the Brooklyn vote, but un-
less an extremely large George vote is
expected from that quarter, it would
appear from the 81 900 estimate that the
Jeffersonian Democratic leaders do not
claim the election of their candidate.
John C. Sheehan, leader of Tammany
Hall, has issued statement in which
he says:
THE great municipal contest is about
to close 1t will be memorable in the
history of American politics. 1t will re-
si,It in a great Democratic victory. AS
in the days of Thomas Jefferson, the
Democratic party in this contest has
been arrayed against the party who be-
heye the masses of the people have no
voice in the selection of their officials.
IT has had to fight against the greed Of
the party of monopolists, with the Fed
eral Administration at its head. For the
rast three years the city of New York
has been governed by the party which