The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-05
Some witnesses Against the Grocer.

some witnesses Against the grocer.
From the Grocery's literary bureau
go forth to citizens opposed to Odellism
frantic warnings that voting split
ticket will endanger the election of
ROOSEVELT. To the voters the Grocer
sends this message:
"You are inca pablo of voting other than straight
ticket without invalidating your whole ballot.
Every split ticket may be thrown out"
1t has not been profitable to polti-
clans in the past to treat their constitu-
ents as fools. The split ticket is no new
thing. 1t was not invented yesterday.
Split tickets have been cast in New
York State heretofore. They have been
counted as cast.
In the election of 1896 the present bal
lot law was in effect. WILLIAM MCKIN-
LEY was the Republican candidate for
President and FRANK S. BLACK was at
the head of the State ticket WILLIAM
j. BRYAN was the Democratic nominee
for President and WILBUR F. PORTER
ran against BLACK. There was some
splitting in that year. Here are the
figures:
Republican. Democrat.
MCKINLEY ...... SIs.s3S BRYAN. .......... ISL 500
BLACK. .......... 7s7.5ie PORTER ......... 574624
The split tickets were not thrown out
in 1895. In 1900 the candidates for Presi-
dent were MCKINLEY and BRYAN again.
ODRIL ran for Governor as Republic
can in that year, and JOHN B. STANCH-
FIELD opposed him as Democrat. The
ticket splitters went to the polls again.
This was the result:
MCKINLEY. s22.0l3 BRYAN. .......... 67s 482
oDKLL............ SO4.s5o SrAScHFIELp. -. sos 7ss
The split tickets were counted in 1900.
In 1902 ODELI., then beginning to be
known in his true character ran for
Governor once more-the Grocer on the
Republican ticket. BIRD S. CoLER, fore
doomed to defeat by his inherent weak
ness and DAVID BENNETT Hills So
cialistic coal plank, nearly overcame
him. ODELL refused denomination to
JOHN CLINTON GRAY, Associate Judge of
the Court of Appeals. WILLIAM E. WEIR
NER ran against GRAY. The voters
wished no i'll to WERNER, but his defeat
was necessary to elect GRAY and rebuke
Odellism. The figures of that election
were:
OpRLL........,.. 665.l50 CoLER........... s55,sas
WERNER ..... e5O.5o5 GRAY............ 1850
In 1902 the ticket splitters prevailed
In New York county it seemed advisable
for the voters to do some ticket splitting
in 1901. RICHARD CROKER decreed the
nomination of ROBERT A. VAN WICK
for Justice of the Supreme Court. VAN
WICK ran in the First District. Mr.
the nomination of the Democratic and
Republican parties. His vote was
300, 1877. CROKER, great politician that
he was. to make VAN WYCK's election
certain arranged the ballot in a way
that made voting against him extremely
difficult. What was the result? The
figures Of that contest tell II:
Cihssns' Candidate.
OBRIKS 800 1877
MANHATTAN AND THE bronx.
Fusion. Tammanp.
Low...........,. ie2,2s2 sHEpARp.....,... $4,000
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
GREEsBAUM...... l72.8o2 DArroS"........ 1890
BLAscHaRp...... iG5.fSj KNOX ...,...... 1925
CLARKE. ...,..... IeO,552 vASw WICK. I2o,47o
These are the witnesses that disprove
the existence of the danger the Grocer
alleges. Does he believe that the voters
are fools? Or does he, in the face Of the
record written in the official returns, in