The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-02
american News service)


New York. Nov. 1.-The election to
be held next Tuesday will be the
twenty-sixth contest between the Re-
publican and Democratic parties for
the governorship OF New York. In
twenty-five, beginning with the cleo
ton of 1854. the Republicans have
elected sixteen candidates and the
Democrats nine. The pluralities OF
the winning candidates have ranged
from Penton's 1898 to Blacks 212.-
992. These extremes are both Repub-
lican pluralities. The greatest Demo
Gratis plurality was 192.s54 for Cleve-
land.
In the election OF 1854 all elements
opposed to the Democrats fused on
the Wing candidate. Miron H. Clark,
and he was elected. He was the last
Wing and the first Republican COVER
nor. John A. King, elected in 1856.
was the first straight-out Republican
governor. In 1858 Edwin D. Morgan.
long one OF the big figures OF the
State and in many respects the Mark
Hanna of his time. was put up by the
Republicans. The Democrats nominal
ed Amasa J. Parker Of Albany. Morgan
was elected by 17,44O votes. In 1860,
the Democratic party being badly split
over slavery Gov. Morgan was re-elect-
ed by plurality OF 9O,46O, which
stood for years as one OF the record
pluralities.
In 1852 the Democrats again rallied
around their old chief, Horatio Sey-
mour.s and elected him over James
w. Wadsworth by 1882. The victor
les OF Gettysburg and Vicksburg did
much to help the Republicans elect
Reuben +. Penton over Seymour in
] 1854. 1t was a victory won after a
bitter struggle. and by a margin of on
ly 1898. Penton had another hard
struggle to win reelection two years
later. The Democratic candidate was
John T. HOFFMAN, Tammany Hall
man. Holman tried again in 1868
and defeated John A. Griswold, the Re-
publican candidate, by a plurality of
| 33.066. He was the last Simon-pure
Tammany Hall governor. II was un.
der his administration that Tweed
reached the height Of his power.
The election OF John A. Dix over
Francis Herman In 1872 put the Repub-
licans in power again. His plurality
was 53,451. Dix tried for reelection
In 1874. and was defeated by $4,000
by Samuel ]. Tilden. The Repubi-
cans names Edwin D. Morgan again
In 1876. But the Democratic national
ticket Of Tilden and Hendricks swept
into office by 30.460. Two years later
Robinson was defeated for reelection
by the Republican candidate, Alonzo
b. Cornell.
1t was In 1882 that the greatest
Democratic plurality was obtained.
The row between President Garfield
and Senators Conkling and Platt led
to q great Republican detection and
the result was the election of the
Democratic candidate, Grover Cleye-
land. then mayor OF Buffalo, over
Charles J. Folger. the Republican can
didate. by the tremendous plurality
OF 192.S54. The next election marked
the return OF most OF the voters to
their former party allegiance. David
b. Hill, who had become governor in
place OF Grover Cleveland, who had
been elected President, was elected for
full term. receiving sol ,465 votes to
4SO,S31 received by Ira Davenport, the
Republican candidate.
The beginning Of the long and bitter
struggle between Grover Cleveland
and DAWN B. Hill marked the contest
Tor the governorship in 1888. Hill was
reelected over Warner Miller. Republi.
can. by plurality OF 1911. In the
next election Roswell p. Flower. Demo
crat, defeated J. Sloat Fassett, Repub-
lican by 47.937. Flower was the last
Democratic governor. In 1894 Senator
Hill was nominated by the Demo.
Gratis. The Republicans named ex.
Vice-President Morton, who was elect.
ed by plurality Of 156,1OS.
The record plurality was rolled TN
IN 1896. The Democrats split over the
silver question and Frank S. Black
the Republican candidate, was elected
by 212.992. One of the greatest sur.
prises came two years later. when
Theodore Roosevelt defeated Augustus
Van Wyck by the small plurality OF