The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-01


hours before TIE practical closing Of the
campaign finds condition as chaotic as
has eyer been apparent IN the poa-tcs OF
New York state. and this Is due nos TO
any lack Of weIi-iefsnesi ideas of how the
vase would run IL state issues alone and
the election OF an assembly were the pre-
v&fliag factors. bus 10 the Injection Of
sogns Of Ehe Eost bitter municipal con-
tests that ever prevailed in the cities Of
the state.
IN Greater New York in Albany. in
Rochester IN Syracuse and In Buffalo.
the IKE greatest cities OF the state. there
VIII close tomorrow campaigns upon To-
cal Issues that have been notably bitter.
That these local affairs viii have a bear
inas upon the vote OF the only state officer
In cnofroyersy. the chief tudgeship Of the
court Of appeals. must be conceded. and
thai they viii have q ssiIi greater bear
Ing upon the assembly district contests
Is also apparent.
The Indications AZ this writing are that
While the contest for chief iudgeship Of
the court OF appeals will be a spirited
or the election OF the Republican csadi-
date. The general belief Is thar the Re-
publican majority in Central and West
eTn New York. that has for the past two
or three years been abnormally large
Wiz be In some measure reduced but
there are no indications that it will fail
below It's no-msity which Is 60 bring
down TO New York city a plurality Of
800 with which 10 ineef any plurality
which the Democrats below there can
show. In the past two years the plural
ity In the cities that make up Greater
New York has been Republican one,
and tie best computation Of DEMOCRATS
q their expected plurality in that dis
trlcf = @sss1s. so that. upon their basis Of
hgurEs. ualess a landslide occurs the Re-
pIsbihzq candidate for appeals fla3ss must
= rlae sh1 @Asss' sseae&sss ss IA Z
The Democratic candidate has some ad-
vantage. however. In being placed twice
upon tae ticket. and in n1a sDeper Indorse-
n1ent Ard these things may prove of great
eT aid than has beea anticipated. II is of
advantage 10 remember that 70 elect a
Democratic state officer. after the trs-
mendous Republican pluralItles OF the past
three years. would be an almost un-
precedented event. In 1894 the Republican
plurality in the state was Is 90; In 1885
II was 500 and In 1886. a presidential year.
u was is'.e1 II any Ole OF these tremen-
dous piuraltles Is cut in half. 1t will be a
partial victory for the Democrats.
Within thirty years the Democrats have
controlled the legislature but four times
IN It's two branches. and In that time have
elected hF joint ballot but three United
states senator's. Herman. who was carried
In by the Tilden wave. and Hin and Muir
ply. elected by the Democratic body that
succeeded by what was known as the HJf
apportionment. Throughout the state the
democrats have made strenuous efforts
this tail 70 increase the number Of Demo-
cratic members OF the lower house. ard II
Is evident that success will crown their
efforts. Indeed. the Republican managers
have az all times believed that this was
L9t Oily possible. bat highly probable
TIE next assembly viii. however. be stiu
Republican by a very good majority bur
tne Democrats VIII accomplish one thing
for which they are striving the reduction
OF the Republican majority 20 such an ex-
tent tnat in such reduction they may see
hope q Democratic house In lss9. when
a successor 20 Senator Murphy Is 70 be
elected The Democrats profess 10 believe
tnat i vii Be a good thing for the parfv
10 have smaller proportion of Republic
ans. While sfil retaining a majority within
their party The localities where the
Delnoerats expect 20 gain most largely are
New York and Kings counties.
No contest IN politics Of q purely le~zl
nature has ever created such Interest fr
the upstate c0uutles as has the Greater
New York contest Tor mayor and tAe
death OF one q the foremost candidates
has but added 70 that interest. Prom
carefully gathered opinions OF Republi-
can leaders. outside Of the confines Of she
municipality whore the contest is occur
ring. IL Is apparent that the general sx-
pectaiocs are that Tsmmany VIII win
ard that Siv. Low and Mr.. Tracy will
have 20 aght FOR second place. These
Prosno7ticaSions are based urou the the
ory that the normal Republican vote u
very much more evenly divided among the
candidates than IS the Democratic vote
and the Information comes from such re-
t1 u 81. A4 -
TONED IN TIE other cities X Is believed
TIE Republican candtaate for mayor wHI
be universally successful. with tha roe-
sso4s exception ~ Albany. where a Dem
ocFaf may succeed t6e present Democrat
Hetsing ON the Result I'm Ohio.
C&NCINS At. Oct M-Thers were
many bets taken here last nlght and 70
day On TIE result Of the election. The
betting was limited % Ohio Odds were
given on the Republican state ticket bur
the ofte-s O. even MONEY were not wanted
Odds were asked on the fusion ticket f-
Hauilto1 county. but tire betting vas
mostly even TIE betting fraternity ars
carefully reversing The figures of former
years as vel g political conditions Tee
Democrats eiaete3 J. r Campbell COVER
nor wsth fu1 state ticket IN fSs9 ard
secured a legislature that elected Calvin
:. Br5ee senator. Then followed Ire large
Asv was elected governor ia TssI and YsaT
. II 1884 the Bepublfcaa plurality was IT
90. fAe larEes< ever known ir the STATE
Two years a~o Gov Bushnell naa a r.
pebssesn plurality q - 80 ara fhs lezis-
lafmre teat elected senator Fe-aker had
q majority az la5nf ballot AZ -
Last year Ca3a gave Mckinley plural
/ tty % s. aas for pr stsent. ard z IS wtth
thIs vofe ef }ast November for pres dFu.
thaE Eas vote oE naxt Tuesday ws1 be cor
pared L-sst vsar the geTuhiscan ura.l-
ties were largely "a tha e1tIas- EanaQton
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