New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-15

rey OF wards OF the city OF Bufralothe First. Sec
ond. Third Sixth. Fifteenth. Nineteenth. Twentieth.
Twenty second. Twenty-thrd and Twehty-fourth
wards. The First Ward is region of tenement
houses and manufactures. and was formerly rep
resented in the Legislature by William +. Shechan.
1t Is even now represented by a Democrat In the
Assembly named Anthony J. Boland. and is the
Gibraltar OF the Democratic party In Buffalo. But
most OF the wards OF the Senate district situated
in the beautiful residence part OF Buffalo, and they
include the strongest Republican Assembly district,
that OF Henry ". Hill. in Erie County. The Senate
district has one Democratic and one Republican
Assembly district within its boundaries, and It Is
evidently Mr. Mackeys design to roll up such big
vote in the Tst Assembly District, where the Demo-
Gratis are in control. TO overcome the Republican
majority In the I'D Assembly District represented
by Hill
In 1895. n Republican tidal wave" year. Charles
Lamy. the present Republican Senator had 3,SS ma
tority but no such Republican majority can he ex-
pected this year AFs5mbyman Boland. Democrat.
had 1906 plurality Fl 3sat and Assemblyman HILL
Republican. had 100 plurality There was there
fore clean Republican plurality IN the district
on the lesislateW AaEet amounting TO $500 votes
But on tie otl,ers lfsnd Mayor Diehl, the Demo
cratic candidate fcr Mayor had over seven hundred
plrality In the Senate district and doubtless this
IS the vote which makes Mackey confident OF carry
Ing the district
The Republican party has made a strong and
creditabe nomination for Senator in the person OF
Nathaniel Willis Norton. a prominent lawyer of Ibis
city Mr. Norton. Ike State Controller Roberts
and other eminent citizens OF Buffalo, was born IN
the State OF Maine lie was born In Foster, OK
ford County Me. in 1851: educated at the Nichols
Latin School and at Bates College, and finally was
graduated by Dartmouth College in 1875 lie
etuded law az the Albany Law School In this state
oil iv I'm Thnn
the practice OF law In this city. A. present ne Is
Tho senior member OF the firm Of Norton Brothers.
his brothers being Roswell NJ. Norton and HerUert
F. J. Norton. The only political Office wnich ne
has heretofore held has been that OF Assistant
United States Distrct-Attorney Of the District OF
Northern New-York during the Harrison ADMINS
tratjon. In 1896 he made an able speech nominate
ing lanes a. Roberts OF Erie County, for Governor
at The Republican State Convention OF that year
This was the year that Frank s. Black received
the nomination for Governor. -...
Mr. Norton is conducting his campaign with great
v,gor but has not yet begun speech-maKltG tour
~ his district Mr. Mackey Is doing that. and In
the opinion Of Mr. Norton's friends IS making votes
for the latter and Colonel Roosevelt every time that
no sneaks Mr. Mackey has been especially abusive
~ Colonel Roosevelt. dthis has aroused the re-
sentiment OF the soldiers of Buffalo This city sen,
the 18th Regulars to Santiago and the eo'h hesi-
ment to Camp Alger. and It IS not in mood to near
attacks upon n hero OK me WIZ iiAe
Colonel Roosevelt Nor are the business men o,
buffalo IN anv mood 10 second Mr.. Mackeys design
IN sand n frec-siivcr Democrat Ike Edward Murphy
:, IN thc United States Senate. Erie County was
s,roncIv In favor % the gold standard IN NV" ana
royoalod ts mind Enthusiastically by giving William
Mckinley 1900 plurality. 1t therefore IS no, pos
chic that Il will elect William F. Mackey as sena-
tor and reject Mr.. norton ""o i e'P'
gold-standard man
THE GOOD SERVICES OF MR. HILL
Assemblyman Boland Democrat. and Assembly
man HILL Republican. have been renominateu' MI
JIIll was himself prominent candidate TOT state
Senator but the Republican partys leaders III Els
Cou,tv thought that his services were too valuable
- o., n.r,v IN The Assembly NJ preyent TO spare
h,r, for work IN the Senate and therefore he was
,,,on tho Assembly nomination instead lie was
prominent member OF the Constitution 'ohNeh-
,ion and as such the author CT the aHieHu''e"l
70 the Constitution Under which tho Soo"ooV eaha'
commencement work has been executed. Buffalo Is
greatly Interested In the work Of charging the
Er,e canal and Mr. lin has rendered such great
r,oos In the mast in this direction that IT IS be-
ltcyed that his presence in the Assembly is posi-
lively necessary at this time wnfn mere Is nasH,I
innate underestimate which was made as 70 inc /
probable cost OF the canal Improvement; BunaIo
,ie,ed and Mr. IIill Will devote himself 10 this /
cause II he Is reelected. In the years In which /
he has been in the Assembly he has become one OF
The most prominent Republican members; and /
therefore Is In a position TO have great influence /
when the debate begins next winter on the Dilis /
authorizing further work upon the canals.
II is argued by Republicans that II Is TO the Inter
eat OF the voters of Erie County to elect the Re
nublIcan candidates for Senator and for Assembly /
man since the Legislature will probably have a /
Republican ma jority and. members OF the ma .
,orlty they would ind It much easier to pass those
bills in which the county is Interested
TWO ABLE REPRESENTATIVES,
The free-siiver issue also Is being fought over
In Congress districts Erie County has two Con- !
gress districts the XXXIId and the XXXIIId. |
Bosh are represented by Republican representa-
tives although the Democratic Legislature OF 1902.
under William i. Sheehans leadership. attempted |
TO give the XXXTid Congress District permanent !
~ into the possession OF the Democratic party. !
But an exceptionally strong Republican candl- |
date, Rowland +. Mahany, won the district In |
Sui a-.d -.Inc t.A ~ h. III rge