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Show TAMMANY'S FIGHT FOR LIFE. New York, Nov. 3. No more active campaign cam-paign has bee-n nnde in this state since the last presidential campaign. Every inch of ground has been contested. Successor defeat de-feat carries with it an influence potent for good or evil in the national campaign of 1802. Jacob Sloat Fassett, the republican candidate for governor, developed lighting qualities of the firft order. He has spoken in almost every county, and in all the chief cities. The keynote on which he is ringing all the changes has been thai the "Tammany "Tam-many tiger must be slain in his lair." The democratic war cry has been "Patt and his tool.jFassett," were chiefly responsible for the failure of JTcw York City to .capture the World's fair. Roswell P. Flov. tir, the democratic dem-ocratic candidate fur rifiy , Li'lJ"-rit''if'',r- Lttle prominence has been given to state issues, is-sues, save in the bandying of words over the failure of the census bill, and the consequent re-districting of the state, by reason of a disagreement dis-agreement as to its terms betw een tqe governor gov-ernor and the republican majority in the state senate. Both parties profess confidence of victory. Republicans base strong hopes of success on the healing of the breach between the Piatt and Warner Miller forces; and an entire harmony in the party. Warner Miller, in proof of his reconciliation, has spoken in warm praise of the republican candidates, and Andrew D. White has shown that he cherishes no grudge because the gubernatorial guberna-torial nomination did not fall to him. As if to disprove the long asserted unfriendliness un-friendliness between Governor Hill and Grover Cleveland, these two statesman have been called upon to speak from the same platform and responded, giving no evidence of a lack of cordiality. Cleveland has given the controversy what little color it received. He insisted upon the absolute necessity of holding New York iu the Democratic column this year for the sake of the effect on the party in the approaching national contest. Governor Hill made many speeches, vigorously vigor-ously defending the democratic regime, criticising crit-icising Fassett's record as senator, and prophesying dire evils to the commonw ealth should "Plattism" triumph. Ex-Senator Piatt predicts a majority of 17,000 for Fassett. Other prominent leaders make predictions of 5000 to 20,(t00. The democratic leaders even more confidently predict Flower's election by a plurality of 12,000 to 60,000. Batting on the result has been very quiet here; slight odds have been given in favor of Flower." The-senate and assembly are also to be elected, and both parties are making a tierce fight for control. The senate has "fifty-two members. Of the present body twenty-nine are republicans. To create a tie, and thus give the lieutenant-governor the casting vote, the democrats must make a net gain of three. A democratic victory would be incomplete in-complete without a democratic senate to confirm the appointments made by the governor, gov-ernor, as the republican majority for years refused to confirm the democratic nomina-tious nomina-tious to certain offices now tilled bv reDub- licans, whose terms expired years ago. But the prospects are not flattering for changes in the political majority in the senate, sen-ate, and the republicans are confident of gaining one seat now held by the democrats. The assembly now stands sixty-eight to sixty in favor of the democrats. They expect ex-pect to retain control of this branch, but there are several districts which last year returned democrats and which are likely to elect republicans this year. So the democrats demo-crats must make a gain of new seats to hold their own. An additional reason for making an active canvass for members of the legislature legis-lature is that the present senate will vote for a United States senator in 1S93 to succeed 1 Hiscock. |