New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-08
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE
1t VII BE Strongly Republican IN
Both Branches.

The State Legislature will again be overwhelm-
ingly Republican in both branches, and the cleo
ton of a Republican to succeed Senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew is conceded. even by the most
sanguine Democrats. Moreover. there is every
indication that the Republican majority in
both branches will be materially increased. This
is particularly important in the Senate where
the Republican majority for the last session was
only eight. This year there is every indication
that the Republicans will gain three districts
the Ist comprising Richmond and Suffolk
counties; the XIXth, comprising the NXIst.
XXIId and XXXIst Assembly districts in Man
haitian. and the XXXIVth, comprising Oneida
County. Each of these districts has a normal
Republican majority, and in each the present
Democratic incumbent elected UNDER I'M
usual conditions by a small plurality: -Thesnew
Senate will probably divide 80 to is.
The Assembly will show Republican in
crease of four. The lid District in Duchess,
the WITH in Erie. the lid in Queens and the
Richmond district will return Republicans. On
the other hand there are several districts in
Manhattan where the Republican ineumbents
were chosen as a result of Citizens Union in
dorsement and the vote win be closer than at the
Iasr election The most noteworthy. of these are
the With ana the XXIIId. In the former Richard
Van Colt is running against Leslie j. Tompkins;
in the XXIIId Josiah T. Newcomb, the present
Republican Assemblyman. is fighting for re-
election. The XXIIId is normally Democratic
by a slight plurality. but Mr.. Newcomb's record
at the last session is believed to insure his sue
cess as he has the support of the independents
There several other districts in New-York
City which, although normally Democratic give
hope of Republican success this year. These are
the WITH and Xth in Brooklyn and the WITH
and &tVIIth in Manhattan. Tammany and
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able ground The Assembly in the last session
divided on party lines 81 to 3d. this year it is
indicated that the division will be 101 to 49,
more than to L.
OF the three additional Senate districts which
show evidence of a return to Republican ranks
one is the Oneida district, where ex-senator
Henry ]. Coggeshal who in the Senate
from 1884 to 1900, is running again. In the
Ist district. represented by Edwin Bailey,
jr. the Democrats victorious in the Coler
year by less than 800 while the election for
Assembly last year in this district showed
normal Republican plurality of nearly 1,4OO.
The same is true of the XIXth Senate District.
which returned three Republican Assemblymen
IN 1903 by an aggregate plurality of 1860 de
spite the Citizens Union opposition in the XXIst
Assembly District. which cost at least 1000
votes. Senator John w. Russell, the present
Tammany incumbent, who wisely avoided
nomination, had only 1,S00 in the Coler land
slide.
There are, in addition, two Senate districts in
Brooklyn in which there is good reason to be-
lieve that the Democratic majority will be over
come. These are the WITH and With. In the
former the Democratic plurality in the landslide
of 1902 was only 800, and in the latter only
1900. Brooklyn Republicans agree in forecast
ing the election of both men-John Drescher jr.
in the WITH, and Frank ]. Gardner i'm the With.
The detailed statement of the probable
plexion of the next legislature follows: