Evening star., 1898-11-03
Canvass of Districts.

A careful canvass has been made for con-
servative opinion as TO the result of the
campaign as between these candidates, with
the following result:
In the first district, which comprises the
| counties of Suffolk and Queens, the demo-
crats rely upon the popularity of Townsend
Scuuder to overcome Joseph M Selfore's
large plurality of II .26S last year. 1t is be-
lieved that Mr.. Belford's reelection is al
most matter Of course.
The borough of Brooklyn includes five of
the congressional districts Of the state.
These are the second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth districts. The third, fourth and
fifth districts will surely go republican; the
second district will probably be carried by
the republicans, while in the sixth dis
trict the contest will be close.
In the second district Mr.. Hurley has
been elected twice. He is popular and has
an excellent reputation. He is Catholic
and there is d big Catholic vote in the dis
tr1ct. The gold democratic vote in the dis
trict Is estimated at l,5G0, and Mr.. Hurley
expects to secure a large share of this. Mr..
Fitzgerald is young lawyer without eX-
perience in public life and not well known.
Hence, although the district is believed to
be normally democratic, Mr.. Hurley is
reasonably sure of reelection.
Edmund briggs tdem.) and William Prem
dergast Gep) are again the candidates in
the third district briggs was elected last
year to fill the unexpired term of Rep
resentative Wilson. The district is normally
republican by about 5000 majority Prem
dergasts defeat last year is attributed to
the fact that the Citizens Union did not
indorse him. This year there is no split in
the republican party in the district Prem
dergast is making the silver question the
issue but briggs, who put himself on rec
ord in Congress as faVoriDS the Teller reso-
luton, IS avoiding any discussion of the
subject. This, it is said, will cause many
gold democrats to vote for Prendergast.
Fourth is Strongly Republican,.
lie. ic
l. F. Fischer, who has served two terms
1t is strongly republican, Fischers plu-
rality in 1896 having been 7,435. Mr.. Fischer
is running again, his opponent being Capt.
B. T. Clayton of Troop c, which did credit
able servieo and won some reputation in
Porto Rico during the recent war. Despite
the captain. good military record and the
working hard for him, he Is not likely to
make serious inrcad the republican
vote.
In the fifth district Charles G. Bennett.
republican, at the previous election won by
more than 5000 votes, and he Is as well
supported now as he was then. There is
not the slightest doubt of his election
In the sixth district neither of the candi-
dates are well known to the voters. The
district was carried by j. r. Howe, repub-
!tcan, at the two preceding elections partly
because of his personal popularity. There
is strong German vote in the district
democrats The result of the contest there
FORE is doubtful.
Even the republicans concede the cleo
ton of Nicholas Muller in the seventh dis
trict. This district takes in Richmond
county Staten Isand) and the lower end
of Manhattan Island-the Battery and Wall
street. In 1896 John H. E. Vehslage an
unknown man and the Tammany candidate
defeated Congressman Franklin Bartlett by
a majority of 1.1Sf.
Daniel Riordan, democratic candidate
in the eighth district is Tammany man,
who is the personal candidate of Paddy"
Diver, who took up Riordan in spite of
the fact that Richard Croker had chosen
another man. The eighth district is gener-
ally democratic by. 1900. q.
Bradley's Return Probable.
The ninth district will probably return
Thomas ]. Bradley, one of the youngest
men ever sent to Congress. Two years
ago Bradley received 1900 votes to s,3I9
for his opponent, Tim Campbell, who
had the support of the republicans, the gold
standard democrats, and was regarded as
one of the most popular men in this dis
trict personally. The socialist vote is an
element in this district to be reckoned
with. Daniel De Leon, the former eccen-
trio professor of Columbia University re-
ceived 400 votes when running on a So
ctalist-labor ticket. The republicans have