Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-10-17
NEW YORK CITY'S VOTE.
II May BE the Pivital Point in
Bryan's Election.

Richard Croker has announced
that New York city will give
Bryan 100000 majority over Nc
Kinley. There appears to be no
doubt that the Tammany "boss"
is in earnest in his effort to give
Bryan a majority in the city that
may overcome McKinley's major.
ity in the remaining counties of
the State. The fact that many
regard New York State as the
pivot of the national Canvass
that as New York State goes so
will 60 the nation-adds excep.
tional interest to the extraordi
nary efforts the Tammany Dem
ocrats are putting forth. Croker's
proposition to give New York
States electoral vote to Bryan
by giving the democratic ticket
100000 majority in New York
city raises two distinct questions.
The first of these is Can Croker
make good his promise of 1OO,.
600 majority in New York city (?
In 1896 New York, Kings and
Richmond counties, now embraced
in Greater New York, gave Nc
Kinley 54.706 majority over Bry-
an. In that election, however,
it is accepted that instead of sup
porting Bryan Croker and the
Tammany forces actually cooper
ated with the Republicans to in
crease McKinley's vote in the
city. Greater New York's vote
in 1893, with Tammany doing it's
best for Van Wyck, resulted in a
majority for Van Wyck over
Roosevelt of 1,196. The vote
of 1898 indicates that it may be
possible for Croker to make good
his promise.
1t may be claimed that in 1898
Roosevelt did not receive the full
Republican vote of New York
city because of the objection to
his course as police commissioner
and because of Republican apa.
thy. But fairly offsetting this
Republican loss is the notable de
fection of the Bryan Democrats
who opposed Croker's candidate,
Ven Wyck, because Of C-oke-'s
opposition to Bryan.
What will be the effect of 1OO,-
600 majority for Bryan in New
York city on the result in New
York StateS In 1896, that por-
ton of the State outside Greater
New York gave Mckinley 211,-
373 more votes than Bryan. If itI
were possible for Mckinley to
obtain similar majority outside
Greater New York this year MIR.
Croker's promised 100000 major
rity for Bryan in the city would
still allow Mckinley over 100,-
600 more votes than Bryan in
the State as whole. But take
the vote of 1898 as the basis for
figuring and the outcome is diff |
ferent. In 1893 Roosevelt had
in the State outside the city of
New York 1882 more votes than
Van Wyck. If this excess be
obtained by Mckinley this year
and New York city gives Bryan
100000 majority the latter would
carry the State by a little over
100000 majority.
Presumably the vote of the
State of New York will be in
creased over the vote of 1898 1O|
to 20 per cent. Probably much
the larger proportion of this in
crease will be in the cities, es-
pecially New York city. If, for
example, the vote of New York
should happen to be increased
this year 80 per cent. az com
pared with the vote of 1898, and
is divided between Mckinley and
Bryan in the same proportion
that the vote of 1898 was divided
between Roosevelt and Van
Wyck, Crocker's promise of 100,
600 majority in New York city
would Oe made good simply by
the natural proportional increase
Of party strength. But if the in
crease in the State outside New
York ia 10 mar cant IN the vota