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known, the Eussians are nearly all Jews, and so are the Austrians who 

 in large numbers inhabit some of these districts. The next table is 

 similar to the first except that Eussians and Austrians are substituted 

 for native Americans. 



In only two of these districts did McCall receive more than 50 per 

 cent. In two thirds of the districts he received much less than the 

 average for the entire city which was 38 per cent. The Eussians, too, 

 emphatically said "nay" to Tammany in 1913. 



Let us now put the same question to the Italians. There are four 

 assembly districts in which the Italians far outnumber every other 

 nationality ; there are two others in which they exist in great numbers, 

 although by the side of one or other nationality that rivals or exceeds 

 them numerically. The following table gives the figures as in the 

 preceding tables : 



In three of these districts the Tammany candidate received over 60 

 per cent, of the votes; in two over 50 per cent, and in one over 40 

 per cent. It is evident that the Italian districts said "yea" to Tam- 

 many as emphatically as the districts of the Eussians and native 

 Americans said "nay." 



Statistics are hardly necessary to teach the student of politics how 

 Irishmen are inclined to answer the question we have been considering. 

 Our figures support the view that they are for the Tammany organi- 

 zation. We take for study the five districts in which the foreign-born 

 Irish are most numerous. It should be remembered, however, that our 

 figures underestimate the voting strength of the Irish in these districts; 



