The New York herald., 1922-10-23
REPUBLICANS SEE
VICTORY in STATES
Big REGISTRATION
Contend Smith Never Can
Overcome Vote With
City Strength.
STRONGHOLDS GAIN
Rochester Shows an In
crease of 1923 Names
Over Last Year.
RUSH AT LAST MINUTE
G. 0. p. Workers Got Voters
to Polling Places by Ire
mendous Drive.
RUSH AT LAST MINUTE

DECIDED advantage for their ticket
was claimed yesterday by Republican
leaders when the incomplete returns
from registration up State showed the
districts north Of The Bronx had not
slumped like New York.
While there was a falling off in a
few spots, it was estimated that the
total number of voters qualified to go
10 the polls outside Of the metropoli-
tan district would be nearly normal.
This result was accomplished by tre-
raendous drive by the Republicans in
the last few hours of the final day for
registering. Some of the polling places
IN the larger cities were swamped and
ran out of blanks.
Conceding that the State outside of
This city is strongly Republican. the
Republicans claim that normal vote
means n plurality for Gov. Miller,
which Alfred Z. Smith will find it next
to impossible to overcome in the met
iopohtan area, where the slump in
registration showed general indiffer-
ence to the election.
Eimira Figures Same.
In Rochester. one of the Republican
strongholds, the registration exceeded
by a.623 that of year ago. The total
is oo,os5. In Poughkeepsie there is an
Increase of 400. the total being 9.2S9.
Albany went ahead OF the figures in
he t.t-r J,..~- - Ff-t.
ganlzation there has been fighting hard
10 get back control or The city. lost last
year for the first time in twenty years.
During the first three days there was a
slump that amazed the leaders, but there
was rush of voters in the last few
hours which shot the figure UP to 1914.
as compared with 52.469 in 1920 and
J4.549 last year. The cities of Rensse-
laer and Watervliet also gained in regis
tration. but there was a slight falling
off in Cohoes.
Nearly half OF the total who regis
tered In Troy went to the booths Satur-
day afternoon and evening. The total
Tor the city is 33.691. only 81 fewer than
last year. Leaders of both parties had
feared a big drop. There were gains
I'm eight of the wards and decreases in
nine In Troy. The largest increases
In Elmira the figures are about the
same as last year, approximating 1900
as against 1884. In Chemung county
the registration was a little lighter than
last year. jamestown showed a de-
crease from 1883 In 1920 to 1917 this
year.
Democrats Ineffective.
Tho returns for counties were not in
last night and the figures available
we're for the cities. 1t is conceded that
the city vote favors the Democratic
ticket more strongly than does the coun-
try The drop in some of the cities will
probably be offset when averaged with
the rural districts.
Buffalo was 10000 below the 1921
figure. That was evidence of the apathy
OF the Republicans, reports stated.
Utica. Republican district, fell behind
its normal figure, as did Syracuse.
Based upon registration and the gen
eral conduct of the campaign In this city.
IL Is evident that Tammany Is only luke
warm toward Mr.. Smith. The Hearst
and .IIylan support of the Democratic
ticket so far in the campaign has been
almost negative. In comparison with
the bad showing made so far here by
the Democratic organization, Repub-
licans said there was bright cheer in
the way the registration finally came
through up State. The Democratic Or
ganization. excepting in half a dozen
upstate cities. is not effective. The Re-
publican leaders declare that normal
registration outside of the city. as con-
trasted with the poor showing here. can
rot be regarded otherwise than as gain
for their side. a
q. o. T.. strong In Villages.
II must be remembered. the leaders
pointed out that the returns as covered
In the first reports do not cover the
small villages and rural districts where
there Is nonpersonal registration. That
means that in the communities of fewer
than 5000 population the voter does
not have TO so to the booth to record
his name. II is carried over from year
10 year. And every name is carried.
The non-registration vote is about half
of the total outside New York and II Is
probably so per cent. Republican.
This election, in the opinion of the
political managers, Is TO be decided by
the vote in Sandy Creek. Sodus Point
tainted Post and the 1000 or more lit
tle villages and hamlcts of their kind
That Is where the Republicans live and
always have lived. It is where they
look upon Tammany Hall as the en-
bodimcnt OF all that the wicked city
holds; where a Democrat Is such a
novelty he is pointed out on the street.
In those communities there are no
eight cent fare or dollar gas issues
Those communities are registered 100
pcr cent. II the organization can get
them out. the vote on election day will
be 100 per cent.
with these facts In mind the profess
s'onai political manager figures out that
all the upstate cities have to do is break
even with New York and the big advau
,age accruing from the non-registratlo1
district does the rest The Republicans
maintained that the upstate cities nad
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