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and Mr.. Leask asked Police Sergeant Reilly to
put him of.
90 l shall stay here II you do" said Mr.. Gran

4 toward tho wall. when one OF |
Mr., Lcask's seven sons. who also |
be hSessssy Ssasf osR maRns on NE sss ShS
weighs only ninety pounds. but he struck out |
in lively way until tho Montgomery men let |
after him to pui him down. Tsc police SSSi' sergeant
was giving his attention. Mt the time to qranns. |
little we'll hole in which he had placed himself |
and brushing mast the Sergeant TO the rescue Of
=" anybody touches that boy I'll kill himm
Inc ssrgGani , 6y rand hanS e. 1n,9nvement ,n nH
se ,w0 1esHs ,at dr amI ,ne num-
up Tor ono OF them. just as the melee began TO
give promise OF gener9l light, the head and
ing through the crowd toward the settee. His
arrival, and the anxiety OF the men against the
the peace, Aiterwsrd squad Of patr6lmen ar
rived; and the voting, went on with, only occa;
his position on the, settce, whore he. could see
both the voters and the inspectors. A queue OF
voters was formed which extended three tmes
letter s. '''' ''O' '''' ''' IL - " '''' ia'
Al 10 o'clock the polls werc declared closed,
the constitution Of the association IN his sup
port. they were opened again 20 allow all who
pSs ber bSes 5ne Fena az 1 fSst eS S Secofed t
that most OF the men on the Montgomery ticket
arc supporters Of Collector Merritt and ex-Gov;
eSGoccsr aS9!o @s RSaa TRSSf to Senator oonkinS and
Besides the Montgomery and Leask tickets
q blank space in place Of n nomination for Pres.
ident The nominees, on this ticket for first
and second Nicc-P Presidents were Henry Gled-
hill and John Figuera. A spurious ticket
was circulated by Montgomery's adherents
on which -. Henry Leask " initial q middle
name omitedl was named for president. and
the Count Joanncs and Texas Jack for inspec
tors OF election. CHARGES were frequently
eoiins. Many IN In both parties oppsSred
on the Montgomery banner, After the polls
were closed second time about II o'clock the
inspectors counted the ballots. and declared
that 272 had been cast in all. OF these 2O2 were
for Montgomery ior President and 40 Tor Leask;
Mr. Leask says he will apPGss, to The Central
friends declare will be the formation Of a. new
association in tho district composed OF the
The hsadqlarters Of the Republican Associa-
| tion Of the Sixteenth District at $50 Third av0-
n1 were isTonse by %e%SSTs men eS9
outnumbering the Independents. The laiter
| mustered strongest about the door and
against Mr.. Cregan were loud and numerous.
| The hallotng was conducted in the front par,
table where ali could See It. Col Creean. we'll
| dressed. smiling and polite as usual. stood be-
fore the table and wat he'd the ballots flow in
| az the rate Of ten regular 70 one opposition
] He said that the Association had been com
PEELED to cxpel somo Of its members for afili-
| names o, others who had moved out OF the DIS
| trict, There was no truth whatever in the
| Nt'' ''tN' NNA~ NNH'NN'''N ANeNA' ~
Atthis point some confusion was caused in
the back room by ono 81 the opposition calling
Why. you dirty loafcr." replied the regular
You 1 "oua have You arrested and locked up
| II | wanted to !" More hard words followed.
significantly. whoreupon the contestants sep
AT o'clock the polls were cosed and the votes
| dumped on the table and counted; the opposi-
ton being to s 6uSd az enc bs END and yGw
| Cregan ticket had received III votes. and the
| opposition headed by Chas. Z. L. Holmes Il
Curses cigar smoke, and a powerful scent Of
! raw onions dnrkened the atmosphere OF the
| Eighteenth District Republican headquarters
Al the upper end of the room. Just dimly per-
| cepthle through the murky gloom. was table
| bearing an enormous ballot box Ot black wal
| nut bg enough - contain at least 1000
| Der was found necessary. A lively. good
natured looking man, friend y Bglin, stood
his finger and thumb and dropping them in, as
the names were checked , on on the
two statesmen Of unimpoachablc Integrity. who
scruuul1ci the poll list as each name was called
9S, %cr was Ms' 6t s6 Rsa Res WA. Sp s
there was pretty sure 20 be- hitch somewhere.
and. about one-third as many, opposition
the leaders amon nE them occasionally oXchnng.
ing such compliments rs Ioalor! ar
The regular ticket, which was fnally a sen
by a threc-i0urths vote while called the Big
lin ticket" is anything hut the composition Of
the genial eX-Assembyman. Only five Of the
IA delegates 10 the Central Committee, namely,
Biglin himself, Nugent, Secor, Lawrence. and
Gen. Cruger. Henry T. Rowland. and the rest
are gentlemen Of standing. and not particularly
friendly 10 Mr.. Biglin. In reality. the main
| part OF the ticket was made up by Gen. Arthur.
who confined Biglln and his friends 10 minor
iiyoi the ofiiees. Horace N. Rugges il the T new
urer; and James VI. Turner, Secretary.
The opposition organized to oust Robert G.
tics in Harlem, was ign9mini0psly ,worsted
Psa hepasf sBa J53n S hR Raso6 e Gqs oP yse t
Pres dent OF the association. They felt con
ident that they had three out OF the five exist
fpr their candidate. George W. Carroll. Tor tho
third inspector OF election. who was 70 be chosen
Just before the opening Of tho primary, and
who would make 2 majority, Of one Of
the inspectors for their side. They felt sure
that In the event oi tie among the officers. City
y9ie, would give it for their man,
programme Of the Ching EaglesQn following
was 10 throw out between $50 and 200 ballots OF
illegally. enrolled in the Association since tht
"a INST 10y the Brown men. 30 that they mig A'
When the polls opened at Lincoln Hall. al
Third avenue and ll6th street, ~ 7 O'Clock
Police Captain Davis had thirty-lye Officers
aghtins that was threatencdi Ab92ul
two hundred men were formed In line. TO th'
astonishmeut Of the Ching ;Eagleson party
who aiterward charged that they hac
been brought there from down-own dis
iricts by Mr, Brown and Contractor
Kelly. 1t was said that they had been WAITING
in the rain for three hours in order 70 be- TIE
| first 10 get possession OF the polls, VIVA
still moro surprised the respectable ele
ment OF Republicans that mainly composed The
strength Of the Giffing- -EAgleson combination
was that Vice. .PGesid Moar had voted fo9
eX-Aderman L. J. Phillips, the Brown candi
date !or the third Inspector, thereby glNlnl
Judge Cowng the deciding vote, which ne gave
TO Mr. Phillips. ThereupOn the CHING Eagle
son men gave up the contest as hopeless, and
without waiting TO vote, adlourned elsewhere
aud held a separate primary. They LETT on
man to watch the polls and " tako list Of thos
who voted,
ticket headed by Henry Welsh for President
had received 205 votes. and the opposition ticke
The dlsgusted Gifing Eagleson party wen
to Second avenue and l25th street, where the
2 held a primary and polled about 200 votes 70
? their ticket. They intend 10 make contest II
the Central Committee,
D The Brown men charged that their adyer
} sares had a vacant store in llGth street packo
with repeateTs.
Robbed and Beaten In the Burnt Rag.