New-York tribune., 1906-11-08
LABOR VOTE FAILED.
RLASTS HEARSTVS HOPES.
Strong Union Counties Shoe Only
Small Republican Slump.
rBy Telegraph to Tho Triouns-I

,Is had been boldly claiming every one OF liit
,,,r,ses known as strong labor cehfes' anu
,tose counties were the objects or much con-
-, to ,,pstafe Republican managers me re-
.-rs from the state outside ot New York CITY
.to,- however, that Hearst is no weaker In the
,.r-,ing communities than he is In the labor
centres.
7-5us is Hearst's chief ammunition with whlch
=. viii hunt the Presidential nomination Tor
7a0s dampened. lie viii not be able to hSpno-
81. the Democratic convention with big piu-
,,,es in the labor counties OF this state
,1benv County contains many manufacturing
...ob,isbnents. While 1t Is not so strongly
,rton as many other counties. It IS enough SO
:. have held out brilliant hopes to the Hearst
,,enarers. II gave Hughes 5,771 Oden car
se6 il bv 662o giving $40 votes a balm for
she friend ot ;hs lAborius man" The Higgins
Eericlz vote is not pertinent in this county, both
hecause of is being IN Presidential year and
an account OF EerTicks personal influence. In
-. county. Higgins carried II by 4060, Civ
,ne Hughes an increase in plurality Of I'LL
cs.-inp down IN the southern tier to Broome
Countv the next labor centre in the list a
~, If only 1903 from the normal Republican
~ year plurality is found. This is a remarkable
,nstancs OF slump IN high hopes. when the char
.c..- OF the county Is taken into consideration.
rtis shoe and tannery centre. In BinghaInton
,,s-e ts large general manufacturing interest
.ns IN Lestershire and Endicott there are great
49, and leather industries. Hughes's slump
s-o-, F7,eR1nss plurality was only S53, which is
n .ooouuted for by the Presidential campaign
,,eyence OF the latters vote.
r7,.nung Is about the only ray OF sunlight
A. .ba whole dark upstate situation This
.-,,,,assorns little oounty-which has recently
So tbrust upon o. lemon gazette" by the
I.r-a6s.iou OF the conservative Democratic or
-on into a Hearst supporters as flckle as the
Tr.rd The county IS strongly union Elmira,
.ts chief city. has FIRE engine factory, steel
rolling mills. and above all, is a railroad centre
II IS oontestable ground Despite this. how
ever Hearst carried Il by only 3O2 while Odelrs
plurality was 692
Cortland is another strong labor county. Tho
CITY OF Cortland is & prosperous manufacturing
community. Il makes the steel wire for the
coreets and McGraw makes the corsets The
wire mills employ hundreds Of nlenI the corset
factories not SO many men as women But the
labor influence on the vote IS about the same
in both cases. There is also a large miscelIa-
neous manufacturing interest. But Hearst. with
his friend OF the laboring man" plea, took down
the Republican Of year plurality only 21S votes.
Hughes got 1765 plurality and Oden 1858.
and the scene Of his brass check operations.
saw the friend Of the laboring man" pretence
as though in a strong light. The county is a
labor centre. The transportation interests are
the largest, probably, but there are big facto-
ries employing thousands OF men. Odell car
ried the county by 334 Hughes by 3,0S9.
Fulton County shows what might be taken at
nnst sight 10 Do big slump IN Republican
plurality But If there IS one county where the
labor vote should have fallen, if Il had been vul-
nerabs to humbug ammunition It is Fulton.
Here there IS nothing but glove and leather
manufacture. Both Gloversville and Johnstown,
with combined population Of over 10000. have
big factories, employing thousands Of men The
county has been nearly killed by strikes and is
strongly union. Despite this, however. Hearst
GOT only a little salve IN the 500 slump from
the OF year Republican plurality represented
IN OdelTs vote.
Jefferson County one Of the strongest labor
counties IN the northern end Of the state, showed
al increased Republican plurality over both the
Presidential and off years. Watertown. the chief
city. Is large manufacturing community. Odeu
carried the county by $3.50. Higgins by 477s.
and Hughes by 4.940.
Hughes carried Monroe County By 1000. This
is also labor centre. Its chief industries are
milling and nurseries Oden carried the county
n
slump this year Of 2.6s5 from OdelI and 5o41
from Higgins. The Hearst newspapers had Mon
roe County al tucked away IN their bag OF esti-
mated victories. Then the returns began TO
arrive.
Montgomery County. for its size is one OF the
strongest labor counties in the state. Arnster-
Gam, lis chief city, has large carpet factories
Out IN the smaller towns there are many knit
cns nills. Unions control the labor element
The friend Of the laboring man" came out with
only l-6 vote slump from the of year plurality
70 his credit Hughes carried the county by
sS5, Oden by s5I
o-e-oa county, with Rome and Utica struck
a fearful blow az the "Star Brass Check Trust"
ooeA carried the county by only 296. Higgins by
~'es'' "nle hughes with the aid OF the intelH-
gent discsru1nent Of tie big laboring population.
puIeo our 642o Labor IN this large rnanufact-
ur1ng county dealt q blow 10 its friend that
was staggeTer. The Republican OF year plu-
Fality was Increased el24 while Hughes ran
ahead OF the Presidential year plurality bv l423.
Oswego also shows an increase iD the Re-
publican on year plurality There are large
starch factories there, besides other raanufactur-
ing enterprises Hughes carried the county bv
S<t votes more than Odeu carried II
Troy, Ia Rensselaer, with its collar factorfes
p-leo TO show anything Ike the Hearst vote
thet the Democratic candidate had bone6 for
ocen carried the county by 272s. Hurbe, by
i.sls "
Schenectady County was though, nv the
heaTrt managers TO have bean the strongest
hesrst centre. OdeIl carried the county ~, sss
hogaes by lob, showing a falling away from