Year: 1875

they would use their influence 10 have him elected he
would obtain for the Clinton Iron Company the priv


ege to use the water in the canal as power in
their establishment The company supported him. bus
MI Ives failed somehow to secure TO them what they
had barganed for Not only this In spite Of the agree
ment he had entered into he cOoly took the roncad
oath when he went To Albany. The company, channg
under their disappointment have lately let the cat out
OF the bag and the general effect upon the voters WILDE
nurtul 70 Ives on election day. The district anyhow,
y republican district II being the which was cut


t expressly at the last apporonment for the Denent
OF Mr. Roberts The chances are in favor OF the
secton OF Mr Flanagan over Mr. Wright in the Third
district Edward Lewis democrat carried 1t last year
against Cromwell by 4l6 majority The election Of
Anderson, republican, in the Fourth district fore
sone conclusion II my impression OF the situation in
the our districts Is not mistaken one the democrats
VIII experience loss Of Assembly man and
possible loss OF a second In each district the pro-
hiotionists have candidate, but as the temperance
vote In the entire county last year was only $50 their
candidacy can have but little effect the general re-
suit the vote of the two parties in any district
viii not be close that the temperance win


Tnn TWENTIETH SENATORIAL DISTRICT


In the Senatorial district adjoining this the struggle
over the Senatorshp being carried by both parties
in the most thorough style. l refer to tho Twentieth
district, which is composed of the two counties OF
Otsogo and Herkimer The former Is a democratic
county and the latter republican, and both candidates


LOOMS, democrat, and Gilbert, republican-are resi-
dents Of Otsego county This district represented
during tho last two years by McGowan, republican.
bis majority, when elected over Avery his democratic
opponent, was only 851, Herkmer giving him ]. .116
votes than Avery, while the latter got a majority
OF 2o5 in Otsego Avery was certainly not the
man for the race, as the democratic State
ticket that year obtained majority In
0tsego light vote Of 4O6 while the majority for
the republican ticket in Herkmer 99l 125 less
than that given to McGowan. The democrats this year
have in Loomis a very strong candidate who will poll
aconsderable number OF republican votes in Herkimer
county 1t must be remembered that while Otsego
county Is democratic 1t Is so by very small majority.
Herkimers republican majority, a rule, being about
twice large as the democratic majority in 0tsego
This condition othings very naturally places the demo-
Gratis at disadvantage TO start with in contest for
Senator; but this year, besides having extremely
popular candidate they spendidy organized in the
very place they need to be the most in Herkimer
county On the other hand, Gilbert the republican
candidate, is popular man and well known in both
counties and probably of all men in tho district the
strongest his party could have put in the field The
odds against the democrats to all present appear
ances; yet as on pretty full vote they succeeded last
year IN cutting down the republican majority of 99I
in 1878 to 35l they confidently believe they will elect
LOOMS In Otsego county he Will be sure TO get many
republican votes and he will, 1t is thought by his
friends make considerable headway with the republ-
cans in Herkimer more especially IN Little Falls Ger
Flats, Newport and Frankfort was informed at
oneonta in 0sego county, by the democrats that he
would probably carry that town, though 1t gave Dix a
majority last year. and that he would pick up few re-
publican votes in the towns Of Richneld, Laurens
Morris Plainleld and Exeter which ordinarily give re-
publican majorities. However, Gibert's friends
tend that no Will run ahead OF his ticket in Herkimer
county, where there viii be full vote pollcd and that
he will secure not few democratic votes IN both
counties II is apparent that in both counties
the two candidates Will run we'll The victor's ma
jority will certainly be very small one and should
not wonder but that the vote will be close to
qure the official count in order to decide the election
In Osego the democratic candidates for Assembly in
the two districts popular who will add consid
cradle strength to the State and Senatorial tickets OF
their party They are James s. Davenport in the First
district, and George Scramling in the second. They
are opposed respectively by William L. Brown and
Meigs Case, there being in each district prohibition
candidate who will only add to the certainty of the
election Of the two democrats The republicans have
hopes OF carrying the Second district but they
will be disappointed Herkmer county will elect Myron
Mckee republican by a small majority over Chauncey
Matthew'S democrat, who will run we'll Although the
temperance candidate In the county last year got 1868
votes the republican candidate elected by Alb votes
over the democratic candidate. There is no temper
candidate this year, which renders McKio's
chances douby sure. The great of the demo-
Gratis in Oneida, as well in Otsego and Herkimer
counties will vote the straight ticket hardly think
that Oneida will give democratic majority this year.
as she did last year. In 0tsego and Herkimer many
republicans viii vote the democratic ticket with the
exception of Bigelow. Otsego's democratic majority,
however with this help will not think, be as
large as II was last year, many democrats will not
vote the State ticket at all