The Washington herald., 1914-05-28
all ODDS favor
FAIRCHILD INN. I.
Business Man. the Upstate
Choice, May Cause Repub-
lican Landslide.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Gys Record Shows that Stranger
Things Have Come
to Pass"
By FRANCIS B. GEssNER.

New York. May N.-Another argument
child-business man-up-state candidate
for governor in the regular Republican
organization Is that O nomination moi
dictated by the New York City managers
and Of q Manhattan Island candidate will
mean much for an old-fashioned coming
to harlem with big Republican ma
5ority.
- In the old days when Manhattan was
held tightly in the grip OF the Democrats
machine the sole Republican hope in
State campaigns was the coming to
Heriem with an overwhelming upstate
rural vote to Offset the metropolitan de-
pravity. With the enlargement of city
territory the phrase now is coming to
the Bronx, but 1t means practically the
same, and thoughtful Republicans appre-
ciate the wisdom Of stimulating the up
State section into bringing to the Bronx
the greatest majority Of party history.
They appreciate. too. that this can be as
sured best by the naming Of an upstate
candidate and point to both Republican
and Democratic candidates for governor
from upstate, who achieved the great
/. est victofies away back in 1888. Grover
Cleveland, q Democrat of Buffalo,
swept Folger on the map with 104. 900 ma
3orfty, and Manhattan set the fashion.
HILL q Democrat from up Elmire way,
was another example Of the upstate sue
cessful leader.
Had Illegal Residence"
The Republicans rejoiced In Levi p.
Morton. NJ. Odell. and Hughes. all claim
ing legal voting residences outside of
the metropolitan district Platt. though
aoins business in Iianhattan. continued
I1oga County as a voting home. Even
Conkling. with his city connections, con-
sidered Utica legally home, until he quit
politics in the break with Garfield over
the appointment of a Federal oliciaI for
the New York City district
Unlike the distinguished Republican
leaders mentioned. Fairchild honestly
maintains an actual residence at One
onta- and keeps In faithful touch with
every township of his Congressional boun-
daries. 1t has also occurred to others
favorfng the naming Of a candidate from
above the Bronx, that such procedure
would add much to increase the Republi-
can list In the next Congressional dele
CATION When 1t is recalled that the Re
publican sweep of things only ten years
ago sent-twenty-five Republicans to Con-
gress as against fourteen Democrats and
the present delegation stands thirty-one
Democrats and eleven Republicans, there
is the greater demand by the Republican
leaders of today for getting back to
something like old conditions. and they
have greater hope for return to such
conditions IL Difference is paid to the
sentiment for an upstate candidate like
Fairchild
The most distressing slump in Repub-
lican Congressional representation was
up State two years ago and nearly as
bad in 1870 when the metropolitan domi- |
nation Of Empire State Republican affairs
was most evident.
Landslide in 1894. II
The 1894 Congressional list indicated
Republican victories In New York and
Long Island. with eight Republican MEM
bers of the House Today only Calder,
Of Brooklyn, remains Of that list, and
frcm Poughkeepsie to Buffalo, a stretch
clear across the State, the Republican
list counts up ten. as against seventeen
members chosen ten years ago. What Is
more. the list of 1914 includes only one
member chosen that year-Sereno Payne,
of Auburn. With a general getting back
to old form. stimulated by the naming
Of an upstate candidate like FairchiId
for governor, the entire delegation be-
yond the Bronx, counting up twenty,l
three members. should be Republican,
possibly excepting one of the Buffalo |
districts. now represented by DriscoIl. |
Only ten years back the upstate list
contained notable names in New York
State Republican affairs James 8. Sher- |
man. later Vice President, came from
the famous old Utica district and John
dwight, Republican whip of the House, |