The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-21
IN OPPOSITION TO TAMMANY.
The City, County. and Irving Hall Democracy
Uniting -ntssensIons.

Early in January last conference commit
tees representing the Irving Hall Democrats.
the City Democracy and the County Democracy
agreed that the best interests Of the Democracy
oil this city demanded the union OF those three
organizations. The plan adopted provided for
the enrolment OF Democrats in each Of the
2l Assembly districts and the two wards for tho
election OF a General Committee and District
Committees. and for the election Of Commis-
sioners in each Assembly District to continue
the enrolment through the current year. In
accordance with the cnll. which was signed by
the Chairman OF each OF the three organ
izations. the enrolment was made in
every district and In the two wards
on tho evenings OF Jan. q and 90 and
Feb. 8, 6. 10. and 10. and fifteen thousand names
were recorded in the Commissioners books.
On Monday evening last the enrolled Demo-
Gratis met in their respective district headquar-
ters to choose tho inspectors for tho primary
elr tiOns.
The primaries for the election Of the General
Committee. Assembly District Committee. and
Commissioners OF Enrolment wero held last
night. The General Committee will consist OF
LIS members each Assembly district sending
one delegate for every 100 votes pOlled for Sam
uel j. Tiden in 1876. Among the chosen dele
gntes are Abram y. Hewitt Nelson J. Waterbury.
Michael Norton, William II. wickham, William
G. whitney. Hubert q. Thompson. Thomas j.
Barr, Daniel F. Tiemann. Genrge u; Purser.
Francis NJ Bixhy. John McCool. Maurice j.
Power, James i. Morrison. Allen Mcdonald
Costigan. Robert Robert ''S b. Mooney, Nehoas H%uen laughs
ton, Allen Mcdonald, William. .Arrowsmith
Jordan l.. Mott. William Cauldwel. Robert
james j. Mooney, Bernard Kenny. Terence
Herman. Douglas Taylor James Hayes. joseph
@. Maloney Joseph II. Flanders. Michael @.
Murphy. Terence Duffy. Thomas f. Bourke.
Rufus F. Andrews. Orlando L. Stewart John =.
John II. .Whitm9re, DIR. Feodore Mierson. II.
Murray. Adolph l.. Sanger and Richard Evans.
Fi,ecnth. Eighteenth. Nineteenth. net and Twen f"'a
tieth Districts The dissei sions were created
ut the meetings on Monday for the election. and
IN tha resolution Of the new party into its old
elements, In the Second District last night
three primaries were held. The Irving Hall
party was led by Jeremiah Murphy and Is. G..
Buckley :thc County Democracy byJOhn Stacom.
aud the City Democrats by Thomas j. Gill.
The contest in the Seventh District was waged
~ one primary. The friends of the Mcdonald
Arrowsmith ticket had the inspectors with
them. and won an easy victory over George n,
Purser and his followers. Sergeant and
forty policemen were on hand orepsl an an
ticipnted Invasion Of Eighth Ward Democrats.
In the Fifteenth District two primaries were
held in the samo building The supporters OF
the Radley ticket. which was headed by Col.
John Il. Fellows. Peter Radley. and Robert B.
Roosevelt. voted in the rear OF a barrOom. and
the friends ot the Blumenthal ticket, Mt whose
head were the names OF Joseph Blumenthal
Michael Fitzsimmons. and Robert b.
Roosevelt. held their election IN room
said Sa the regularly chosen
were in his polling place. and claimed that the
detection headed 10y Col. Fellows and Mr.. Rad
ticans. who hope TO divide the ami Tamulany
voters IN the district and 2}yercome them
speech sS standing on chair in sS" the 6arroo@' n
H. said that the ticket headed by himself is
the regular one. and that tho inspectors
larry elected on Monday evening. They
had the enrolment book. which WIS the only
Legitimate record Of the election in the district.
At this point there was n noise in the lower end
81 the room, and, man 81 ,Itr1 thas Mr..
Blumcnthal desired 10 hs heart. dea' 'eninG
din of groans and hisses aros = and there wer,
mrnAcing cries. Don't let him speak =!
Put him out" Col Fe,lows, egntreated
H." angry men about him 10 give Mr.. Bum"n-
thai a patient hearing, but he was not hecded.
\ strong force Of police. under Capt. Wash
9GTne prevented snyy sny fuSIrer ,E ds@onst5i I
that 35s votes had been deposited in
the down;stairs polling place for the kadl..y
Blumenthal said that the inspectors at the up
stairs polls had recorded 4s2 votes for the Blu
msnthal ticket and for th", kadley ticket =,
District. The ticket headed by Hubert o,
| Thomson was voted az Second avenue aud
| Thirty y-third street. and received / .O6O votes
Atthe other election, the ticket headed 1y James
Oliren received 40 votes.
Two tickets were voted IN the Nineteenth Dis
trict One WAS headed by Andrew Feehan
and tho other by Daniel +. Tieman. TIE
former designated by some OF It's
| supporters AS the harmony ticket and the
latter was called the green ticket The
| primary was held at Arnold's saloon in ll0th
| street near the Boulevard. One Of the factions
had their polls inside Of the saloon. and tho
| other side. being debarred from admis-
sion. started polls on the stoop. There
| WAS very bitter feeling exhibited
| The presence of Inspector Thorne with sixty
| officers under Capt. Ieary. and Sergeants
| was all that prevented a flght similar IL not
worse than the one Of Monday night last. when
! one man had his skull fractured
| in the contest for the Inspectors OF Election.
| The fear OF disturbance made many OF the sa-
| loon keepers In the noighhorhood close their
| places when the voting began. Two-horse
wagons, said to belong 10 the corporation, were
sent through the district from fiity-ninth street
| 10 hingshridge to bring voters 10 the polling
place. A great deal OF repeating was done. One
| times. Both sides declared their tickets elected
In the twentieth district primary there were
| two boxes IN one room. one being in charge oil
| Joseph p. RYAN. Thomas Holly, and John
| Tuomey as inspectors. and the other presided
| over By Nathan Nesbitt and John {. Bruen
| The former inspectors acted Tor the ticket
headed by John McCool. and the latter
| for that on which Emanuel b. Hart
| and Francis NJ BiXby stood first on tht
| list. The McCoo party claimed COS votes and
tered. each showed a handsome majority
| There were strong charges of barefaced re-
peating on both sides. A strong squad OF po-
| lice preserved order. ticket headed by Denis
| De Courcy. OF which very few copies existed
| obtained an aggregate OF 30 votes ia both boxes
| The claims OF the contestng delegations viii
| bo presented TO the General Committee at It'd
| meeting on the evening OF the lst OF March.