New-York tribune., 1908-10-12
..104.525
Totals

This gives the Democrats net gain of s.6Os in
their fourteen Assembly districts At the same
time the Republicans have net gain OF 1916 IN
their nine Assembly districts In three Democratic
districts there are actual losses In five other dis
trics the gains be expressed in one or two hs-
ures Only three districts out of their fourteen
do they show gains comparable with those In halr
the Republican districts One Of the sections where
there is large Democratic gain is III the notorious
18th Assembly District where the election author
tiles are Investigating the big registrations
from the racing stables In this district are the
racetracks. The 9Th and 22d districts have a non
descript population. They are large suburban sec
tons
The gain in the 23d Assembly Dlstrict-the
Brownsville section-cannot be depended upon alto
gether TO favor the Republicans, it - thought
though the neghborhood IS now believed TO be
more Republican than anything else Considerable
surprise is expressed the small registration IN
the Williamsburg section, the centre OF the German
population This is believed TO be the centre of the
opposition to Hughes sentIcnent-the stronghold OF
the Personal Liberty League. In the 18th Assem-
blv District there was gain of PAL in the 21st
falling off of 25s; in the 18th gain Of 31S, and
in the Goth q gain of SO. In two other districts
which have a large German populatio the 4th ana
18th there was combined increase of 90
There has been considerable comment over the
general falling off in the registration figures. So
far. seven thousand fewer people registered this
wear than registered for the last Presidential cleo
ton on the first three days. At the same time
there mas Deen an increase VI many dpO1SSluN0 IL
the population. The only way this increa sed popu-
latio is apparent the registration figures is in
the increases in the big suburban sections-the 9Th,
the 10th and the 22d districts. The 22d district,
though mentioned as Democratic, is doubtfully so.
The RepubIicans claim it It has gone Republican
and is expected TO do this year.
Chairman Jacob Bremen Of the Kings County
Republican executive committee has his own view
of the falling Off
THE floating voters have been largely eliml-
mated by the laws. in my opinion, he said
The falling off shows that there has been much
more fraudulent voting than expected The re-
auirement that the voters must sign their names
has also had a big effect I know of some people
who have absolutely refused to register because
! they were unwilling TO let it be known that they
could not read and write OF course. this hits the
/ Democrats harder than it does The bulk Of
! the uneducated part Of the population is to be
found in the Democratic ranks. and this has been
proved before by election refornA
The increase IN the Republican districts shows
carry the 22d District, where there has been big
increase in the registration this fall We are going
70 carry the county and the state, too I have
been making a canvass The Taft vote will be ex
| treneIy large here, according to the hAcations-
! Many Democrats will vote for him In sec
tions-Where the racetrack live, and I'm the
German sections. where the Personal Liberty
League is strong-there have been defeCtiOns from
! Hughes but the loss Republican votes will be
more than made UP by the detection of Democrats
TO his side ] viii give the figures OF my can
vass in a few days