The sun., 1901-10-21
NOW, BEING REGISTERED, VOTE
ARE THERE $1,000 ENROLLED
VOTERS WHO WILL FAILS

Prscedcnts Say so-negistrstion shows
That This Il . Great Deal Moro
nsn . Party PrGht-Fgurcs Thst
WIN Interest tho Political Ctpherers.
II is the voters who have registered. but
won't vote unleas thsy are kept awake.
that the political manAger want TO got at
now. There will be some 5000 Of them
n this year follows presidents. He would
be . bold man who should say that they
could not determins the results Of the
election II they would only all como out.
Meanwhile. tho political arithmsticians
may ind material In what follows.
The table printed below shows the gain
and loss In the registration In the Assembly
districts In New York county (ManhAttAn
and Tho bronI). comparing the totals Of
this year with the last registration and
With the registration In 1897. tho last munich
pal campaign. II will be sean that In three
districts the registration Il heavier than
h was last year. an unusual thing. but
easiiy explained
In the Second district the nsw Tammany
leader. Councilman Big Tom Foley. wanted
to mako Q good showing. and many Of the
msn who moved into the district to help
him overoome the Hon. p. Diver at the
pItfuMIle8 ttANtu ONrT W up Hts
registration. and thus make him strong
with the Squire.
Ths tncreases In the Twenty-third and
ths Thirty-fifth districts are due to the
fart that these districts are growing very
RAPIDLY IN popua ton. The Twenty-third
may be called debatabls ground. with the
Republicans In the lead. harmonious and
united. and the Tsmmany mon at odds
NsA ~.
appearance In the district Of a strong anti
Croker faction In the Organization and a
well organized independent movement
allied With the fusion forces. The Tam
many men In the Twenty-third are friends
Of Corporation Counsel John WhaIen. and
they arc sore over tho fact that Devery
vss allowed To deprive whalen Of nomina-
tiou for the Supreme Court bench. This
soreness may have an effect at the polls.
though Il In impossible 70 tell In how
great . degree tho resentmsnt will affect !
the vote Mr.. whalen L. taking his bitter
mecicne without Q word.
The net loss In Registered voter In the |
Democratic districts from las; year Is
e,79, while In the Republican districts Il
10 s.eis. OF course there are more Ts M
many districts than there are Republican
mstr1cte, ana tnlh must pe taken INTO &c |
count In considering these figures. On
the other hand thu Tammany districts
show losses from 1897 where Republican
In the same neighborhood show
gsins Every Republican district except
lhe Twenty -fifth. shows a gain over 1897
In the Twenty fifth there Is a fight among
ths Republicans. but this ought 90 have
lended rather 20 Increase their registTa-
don than 20 cut IL down. The gain In the |
registration of the Republican districts
over 1897 is io.777 and Of the Democratic
districts II ,e4p
A hight registration would have meant
m overwhelming Tammany victory. but
With Q heavy regisir alton IL IL apparent
hat votee will he cas-. by men who DO not |
,olong 10 any party organization and who
lre In sympathy with good government.
i Will not do for the fusion managers to sit
iowu and fold their hands now however,
'or Tammany has a thousand ways of
getting at a voter. and Il IL going TO use |
N Of them this year. In the accompany
ne table districts are marked Republican |
md Tammany as they voted in 1900