New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
THE CITY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.


PLANS OF THE DEMocRArs-OUTLooK IN THE DIS
TRICTs IN WHICH THE REPUBLICANS HOPE FOR
SUCCESS.
The Democratic leaders begin to realize that they
have made o great mistake in making up their
county ticket not only to the candidates selected
out from the fact that the Germans have
no recognition upon 1t, while the Irish
element In the party has been literally
recognized To make up for this defect 1t has been
determined to select Germans as candidates In the
Congressional Districts as far as possible 1t IS
probably therefore, that Nicholas Muller will be
nominated IN the Vth District, :. ). Cox in the
With, Anthony Elckhoff in the With, Frederick A.
ConkIng or Alfred Wagstaf IN the With, John
Hardy in the IXth, Abram ). Hewitt IN the Ath,
and ex-Lieutenant- Governor Dorshelmer or d.
Willis James in the XIth Mr. Flower sent tele-
gram from WatertOwn yesterday stating that he
would not be candidate for reelection
The three Congressional districts Of the city IN
which the Republicans have hopes of success are
the With, With and XIth. The With District,
now represented by General Arson G.. McCoOk, is
the only one which is Republican by safe majori-
ty. 1t is composed principally of the With, lXth
and XIlIth Assembly Districts. General McCook
who has served four years In Congress, lives IN the
XIIIth District, and it was agreed by the machine
leaders in that dis riot the time of the State Con-
yention that the nomination for Congressman
should be given this year to the With Assembly
District, in which Cornelius Van Cott and John d.
Lawson are leaders. 1t thought at that time
that ex Congressman Lawson would not seek the
nomination this fall. 1t IS now understood how
ever that he ready to make the canvass. ana ms
friends i'm the Nth Assembly District are willing
TO support him. But some OF the Alllth Dstllct
leaders OBJECT 10 his nomination on the ground tnat
the eX-COngressmans personal uDpopularlty Will
lnse 80 many Republican votes for tie ticket as TO
make his election impossible. Ii Is doubtful, there
fore If the arrangement that was made can he car
rled out with Mr Lawson as the candidate he dele
gates from the lAth District are opposed TO r Law
son General Lloyd Aspinwan &. VOlney King aud
other well-knOwn residents of the With District
are mentioned for the nomination IN case hr. Law
son does not run. u. K. PeltOn is also mentioned.
Mr.. McCOoks friends will insist on his renomlna-
ton, and assert that they Will not be responsible
tor the result of the canvass
Assemblyman John E. Brodsky announces
himself candidate for the nomination
In the With Congressional District, now repre-
sented by Philip II. Dugro. Mr.; Brodsky says that
yass," much the same as Howard Carroll promlsed,
and ike him, Brodsky expects To be elected. tie
has rep esented John j. 0Brien under the disguise
OF the With Assembly District In several Leglsla
tuIes was a leader IN opposition TO the CltiLehs
Street Cleaning bill, favored the reelection OF
Messrs. COnkng and Platt and pretends to believe
the Elevated Railroad Tax bill to be Tor the inter
ests OF the pubic. He can probably secure the
nomination. The Steckler Association. which OPP
poses the Republican machine IN this district,
NAV possibly run an independent candidate Ioi
Congress- The district n Democratic by small
majority, though IL carried By William Dowd
for Mayor and by ex-COngrcssman Elhstein' VINO
received Democratic votes -
The XIth District has been twice carried by Re-
| pubhcans and once by Democrat Iii the last four
| years Roswell z. Flower now represents the
| district, but he has declined denomination. Inc
Republican nomination was offered by scme OF the
leaders to ex-COngressman Eins.eln, VINO decllne1
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