The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-16
NEW YORK IS NOW
REPUBLICAN CITY
Enrolment One Month Before
Election Greater Than
Rival by 100000.
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Forthcoming Report Will
Show County Also Freed
From Tammany.

Every body knows that Harding car
ried New York city last month. but in
little while a still more interesting
fact will be officially revealed. II will
be shown by a report of the Board of
Elections that for the first time in the
city's history the enrolled Republicans
outnumber the enrolled Democrats. In
cans have a majority in the one day
test Of election day. but they have
ma iority in actual party strength az
indicated by party enrolment. The al
ways Democratic city Of New York
is Now Republican city.
Officially speaking. the Board Of
Elections has not completed its can
vass of the party enrolment. which
took place in October. at the same time
as registration for the November cleo
ton The formal report on enrolment
usually is made in January No hint
OF the figures TO be made public in that
report is TO be obtained from the Board
of Elections. Nevertheless. the NEW
YORK HERALD is informed positively
that the report will prove tho Republi-
can enrolment in the greater city to
be in excess of the Democratic enroll
ment by about $1,000. And even more
surprising than this. it will be found
that in New York county. heretofore
the solid rock OF Tammany, there are
by many thousands more voters en-
rolled as Republicans than there are
enrolled as Democrats.
Undoubtedly the feeling against the
Wilson Administration, causing many
Democrats to change their party alleS-
lance. Is largely responsible for the over
turn. It was obvious Of course that
host Of Democrats went TO the polls and
voted for Harding on election day. But
the fact that month before election
enough former Democrats deliberately
put themselves down as members OF the
Republican party and declared their in
tention OF voting the Republican ticket
In this years primaries Is new.
In the enrolment Of last year the
Democrats led the Republicans In the
city By 162.974. tho totals being Demo
Gratis. 545.9s7: Republicans. 3S2.9eS In
Manhattan the Democrats led BY 09,5o3,
in Brooklyn by 23.4s7. in Queens by S2,-
76G. A. The Bronx by S6.S77 and in Rich
nond bv 1o.4cG. In every borough the
Democratic exceeded the Republican en-
rollmert
Tho voters who turned from the Demo .
cra;ic 60 tho Republican enrolment had
nothing 20 gain so far as the November
election was concerned. The enrolment
becomes effective only when the party
primaries are held for the nomination Of
city and local officers. The primaries
will be held In September.
Among politicians the ovorturn OF the
enrollp,ant figures signifies not only the
fr- OF mind Of the voters month be-
re the national election but II signifi-
cant OF further breaking OF the power
~ Tammany Hall, one sign Of which was
the election last year Of two Republl-
cans-G.a Guardia and Currsn--as mem
bors OF the Board or Estimate. large
part az tho detection. so far as the en-
rolimcnt is concerned, represents voters
OF Irish birth and autecedents, who
turned against the whole Democratic
party on tho League OF Nations issue.