The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-14
CP-STITE REPrBLICtyS
A Condition of Affairs which Alter. Ma.
Cnlculntiona for 1000 WV

The State OF New York has oscila,oaho..
the two great parties since 1874 In thar,
New York went Republican; In tsis Nan.
cratic: In 1872. Republican in ls7G no,
cratic in 1SSO. Republican in ls-i p.,,,.
cratic In lSSS. Republican (; in lsng ban.
cratic and in 1893. Republican. ,,oI..
swing OF the political pendulum in acc-r.u..,.
with all past presidents would nut Nnv I,..,
in the Democratic column 10 1900 Since ls,.t
however. there has been n change in IN.
electoral conditions OF Estate counties .
in ono year but IN three elections sur,n..,,,.
which bids fair. II permanent. 10 tax. N,..
York out Of the doubtful column lon, d..
advance OF the Presidential election Of Ip0n
and place II as securely in the R,puh,i,,,
column as Massachusetts or Vermont
Heretofore the great Democrat ma,,tr,i,,
In New York have been in the metrut,,l,,s
counties while the ofrscttIng. or nearly ~.
setting. Republican maIorties have t..,
recorded in northern tier countie. on tho
Cauada border. southern tier countc, ON ~,
Pennsylvania border. or the western coul,i..
OF New York, which are intense in their t.,,.
ton to Republicanism. Mingled with tls,.
have been number 81 counties in the central
part OF the State which have been doul,,,
sometimes Democratic and sometimes E4ttI.
lican but never. usually. by very large ma,1r.
ties. The Democratic have had the aivar,ag.
of political control In what are known az -.
river counties OF either bank OF the Hul.
son north OF Westchester and south o.
Troy They have had. too. an as,r~s,
Democratic majority In Schohars. vs..
ally substantial Democratic majority IA
Albany county. always a majority In the c,yo,
Troy. and frequently a majority. thoughc.,
orally small one. in Seneca. Lewis. schore,.
tady. Chemung and MONTGOMERY cougt.,
he b.
dsrance has been in the territory included
within the present city OF New York. .;b!,
never been large enough to Offset large Eep.i.
lican maiorities up the State except when ra.n.
forced by small Democratic r.ura.t..
In some OF the central counties IN
the notable Presidential election ~ ls-,.
FOR instance. Albany county gave q Demac.a.o
majority OF 645. Hamilton q Democratic u.s.
jority OF ~. Oneida Democratic ma!orl', -
33. Rockland Democratic majority oi llma.
sehoharie Democratic majority OF ! ,ssj1 SET.
eca majority OF 3lS, Suffolk majority O, 81
and Sullivan one OF 275 while the Republrar,
carried Greene county by only 10 voter. Lev.
by 90. MONTGOMERY by 81 and Ulster By -.
When william Mckinley carried New Yort
IN 1885 BY staggering majority, there We,
only one county In the whole State VII. oh "a.
NAMED stesdfast in the Democratic column
schohare. But for reasons which have sa,,
been given In The Sun the former Democr,.,
lead In that county has been steadily cut d5-n
until at present there 10 practically no .e.l
left the Democratic plurality at the 70.
cent election being only twen,y.nn.
votes and II being generally ay-..t
among politicians that Scholars mus, SOFA
Join Greene and Delaware counties. its n.ch.
bors. in the Republican column permanent
Both Albany and Troy elected RepubI.r4s
mayors this year and both counties arr. nov
In the Republican column. Among the n.-r.r-
counties there are no longer any that are Demo.
cratic. Chsmune went heavily on the Rsgg'.
lican side at the last elections. Seneca. Suily.-
Rocklsnd. Greene. Ulster. Lewis. Montgone-r
and Schenectady were carried by Theoi ,r.
Roosevelt in 1888 and the returns from 'h-
Legislative districts this year show the RApqs.
lican vote in all parts OF the State OUTSIDE -
the metropolitan district. in northa--
and eastern New York a. vel as -
the southern tier in the central r7Gn.faS
and In the western part OF the State. to beso
idly Rspubic Even q county Ike Erie l~.
Guiding the city 81 Buffalo and long considerel
uncertain. giving usually Democratic MAJOR.
i.y IN the Buffalo wards ana Repubc,r
majority In the county towns. was carrieii-
the Republicans at the recent election by f..
600 votes. and there ia visible nowhere arv
power OF the Democrats 10 resist tho tncrens-
OF hspu blican maIorites up the State.
SO marked has been this change during -.
last three years. so pronounced has beAn ~
inclination OF upstate voters toward the r..
publican party. that reasons have been souct:
TO account for II. some persons declaring tbs.
the Democra lack Of organization is a. .sg;.
others finding in economic reasons the expsr.
A:ion. aud others again declaring that :ha
hold OF silver on the New York Democrat,
farmers 10 50 strong rs to eNr'a
their unwillingness to participate in any ro.'.
ical movement since lsSs'. the year that Brysr
ran. II Is certainly fact that there ha. been
marked indifference among country Demo.
Gratis since that time. Not only are thea
fewer doubtful counties than formerly. hai
there are also fewer doubtful toWnShtps