Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-26
Prominent New York Politicians Have
an Eye on Senatorship.
SPECULATION ON LEGISLATU Re
Generally Conceded That Republi-
cans Will Maintain Majority.
IA Nj ANY HEARS BAD NEWS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. October %, 1893
The next New York state legislature, 1t
is believed, will show republican losses
and democratic gains. but the best inform
ed politicians positive that it will show
a republican majority on joint ballot and
send to the United States Senate a repub-
lican to succeed Mr.. Edward Murphy. 1t
Is most too early to do any definite figur-
ing. There are followers in either
branch of the legislature, and entirely
new membership is to be elected.
The present senate consists of thirty-five
republicans, fourteen democrats and one
Independent republican. This gives a re-
publican majority of twenty. This major
ity the democrats expect, and the republic
cans practically Concede, will be reduced.
The democrats do not expect to overcome
1t entirely for the reason that a majority
of the senators come from the country dis
tricts and democratic gains this year in
city against country fight will naturally be
confined to the large cities Democrats
generally concede to the republicans fair
would effectually kill any radical demo-
cratic legislation, such as, for instance, a
bill to repeal the Raines law in the improb-
able event of the elevation of Judge Van
WICK to the governor chair.
Situation in the Lower House.
sists of seventy mine republicans, two in
dependent republicans, sixty eight demo-
Gratis and one national democrat. This
gives the republicans majority of eight
The democrats are straning every nerve
to capture the assembly. There are con-
servative politicians. however, who insist
that while the republican majority in the
senate may be decreased, the republican
majority in the assembly will not be ma
altered ( show n
publican gain. The best estimates obtain
able give the republicans a majority Of
about four in the senate, and not less than
eight in the assembly, majority of twelve
on joint ballot.
In the event of democratic majority on
joint ballot it is expected that Senator Muir
phy Will be elected to succeed himself. In
this connection it is we'll to say that there
has been considerable inside gossip to
the effect that former Senator David B.
I'M Is not loyal to Senator Murphy and
that in case democrat is to be selected
TO succeed Murphy. certain Hill men from
up the state will refuse to participate in
the democratic caucuseS. This would give
them balance of power, and would allow
them to name Hill or some democrat
friendly to the Sage of Wolferts Roost
But all this is counting chickens before
they are Matched, the chances are d
dozen to one that the democrats will not
control the state Legislature on Joint ballot
Perhaps the most prominent candidate for
the senatorship on the republican side is
Chauncey NJ. Depew. That he is anxious
to make the race is believed TO be demon
strated by the fact that he is making an
active canvass of the state with Col
Roosevelt. Joseph ChGate is believed nv
some to be entitled to the nomination on
account of his brilliant fight al the head of
the Bar Association for the reelection of
Justice DAILY. Inasmuch Choate was the
candidate of the Independents two wears
ago against Thomas c. Platt his election IA
not r-garded probable. Representative Bel
den, j. Sloat Fassett and Editor Butler of
Buffalo have been mentioned in case the
senatorship goes to some other section of
the state.
Tammany speIlbinders Recalled.
1t is asserted on what appears to be good
authority that the Tamany Hall orators
VINO We're sent out into the state with so
many hourfshes from the wigwam have
peeh recalled In short, with the exception
of the Van Wyck tours and the personal
method campaign" the democrats I'D state
are to be left TO make their own canvass.
one OF these returned Tammany spellbind-
ers is quoted as saying:
IT nothing but Roosevelt up the state
and when you find any democrats they are
DEAD sore on the old manly the old man
meaning Croker.
FROM the same authority it is learned
mat reports have been received from the
interior which indicate that Crocker's
upstate campaign for Van WICK has SUBJ
stantally collapsed. The meetings are said
TO be In the majority lifeless affairs, and
that even the speaking tour of Cookers
candidate has not been a success And
then again 1t is said that the inside his
tory or the meeting of the Tammany exc
cutive committee last night is-the tale of a
clsmal affair The reports of the district
leaders were not encouraging. They had
excuses for the falling off in the registra-
tlon in their respective districts, but thew
had not made any poll of the voters and
their claims We're mere bluff and guess
work Democratic leaders from up the
state are few and far between at the
Headquarters in this city. They have dis
covered that this is a Tammany cam
pa1gn all over the state and that their
services are not required The TammanV
betting has been withdrawn and the demo-
cratic campaign for the control OF the
state is asserted to be on the down grade
all along the line.
Hill Said to Lack interest
And there is believed to be something
else at work besides the unpopularity of
Tammany, and that something Is David
b. Hill. Despite his long speech in
Brooklyn, and despite his alleged offers of
open-handed assistance, it is freely
asserted that Hill and his followers are
TO man of HITS caliber could be treated
as Hill was at Syracuse by Croker and
tameiy turn the other cheek. Besides Hill
Is in a position to say, in the event Of
democratic defeat-"I told you So" 1t has
developed that when Croker produced
the Saratoga conference Hill entered a
vigorous protest about SO much of this
Van Wyck business and warned Croker
then and there that the people up the
state would not swallow 1t, but that
the Tammany boss and the Brooklyn boss