The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-04
WV YORK,S FOREIGN COLONIES.
Nationalities Represented Largely In vart-
Gus Iities Of the State.

Gus tities of the State.
For many years there has been a large Swedish
colony In ua city OF jamestown, ChautauquA
county, y. Y, whose population was returned
at the last Federal census as l6,03s. jamestown
is at the foot Of Lake Chautauqua and II has been
for a number Of years the place Of publication
Of a Swedish news apet and has returned uni
formly large Republican maiorities, its vote at
the Presidential election Of 1895 being 99S Demo.
cratic end 3, 1856 Republican on the Presidency.
Recently the Swedish Republicans Of jamestown
held a meeting to record their approval Of a GER
tain Republican candidate for Senator in that
district and their opposition 10 the proposed can
dilature II another %Aspifant, and 1t Is taken for
granted that this action will lead in the future
10 some concert Of political action In those othei
interior cities Of New York in which there Ia .
considerable foreign colony whose members have
not thus far favored separate action in politics.
The city Of Buffalo lad by the last r federal
ceHsus a Polish population Of $50, exclusive
Of he children ofPolish parents born in this coun-
try, and there has been a very considerable addi.
ton to the Polish colony Of the Queen City Of
tho Lakes since hat time
By the same census the city Of Utica had a
larger number # Welsh residents than any other
city u tho country with the exception Of Pitts.
burg, Scranton, Pa; Wilkes Barre. Pa, and
Cleveland Ao-e than 10 per cent Of the foreign
population Of UuCa at that period consisted Of
Welshmen.
Rochester, long known as the Flour City, has
since the DEVELOPMENT Of lis interests in the manu-
facture Of cloIhing, ]a,trac'ed n large Russian popu.
lation. Nouthrr New YORK city outside Of the metro
politan district had So large q Russian populn-
ton A. Il. chester al the time If the Federal census
Of 1890, and the Russian colony there has vastly
increased since that time,
Ihc city Of Auburn, y. Y, hal from no very
clear reason that Is knuwn-the largest local in
dustry is the man iiactum II rearrrs n popula-
ton II EurlIslm'r nearly a. large as the Rus
sian ru pula'Ion Of Rochester
Syraclsr by the last Federal census had nearly
1900 German bonn residents and IN the State
election Of lS1, the Socialist vote in il yas in
excess u =, 900,
The CITY Of Troy has long had a yery
considerable IriSh born puruia ion and Oswa
70 has a large French Canadian population.
There were, 10y the last census, five timr,
rs many nH,iyes 81 Ireland in Troy as there
we're Germans, but no like disparity exists N
the noigharring city of Albany, which. though
larger han Troy, has less than one half the num-
Der Of ~ane!Ians resident in the other city.
Heretofore, I reign born voters ofmost Interior
cities VI New York have - phrated on other than
national lines, hut The action of the swedish Re-
puhhcans ui jamestown is taken W forrshadoy
like acton by olier colonies IN the interior ~
the STATE, The Polish Republicans Of Buffalo
hay" already u%rEaulld for 1900 and II need bs
nu occasion Of sunrise To anyone Ia hear that
the Ilollanders of Rochester who numter nearly
| 900, have odol'-l a like cours", made much
easier hy the fact u.at NeH Nurl Is now regarded
generally as q Republican Sre'c outside Of ths
mott. r.lI'au district auG .hal he IouEcrof such
out do To Republican success has in
CONSEQUENT" been remove. IU,iy one half II
the foreign harm voters On northern and western
New York are s'tnch Republicans.