New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
THE OLD LEADERS REELECTED.
RESULT THAT Is THE OUTGRoWTH OF THE fHH9-
ENT SYSTEM.

ENT SYSTEM.
The primary elections of the regular Kepuon-
can Assembly district associations IN inc
ty were held last night, Delegates to
the Central Committee and oflcers ol tno
association were chosen. There were contests IN INC
WITH IXth, XIIth XVIII XXfst ana XXIIId Distrlcs'
but they not Of much significance so Tar as the ma
chine is concerned In nearly every instance the ou
leaders reelected. Charles III. Trainer ana kc
Burns reappear officers I'm the Ist District PierreC'
Van Wyck and Morris Friedsam In the Id, Charles NJ
Taintor In the IIId Morris Lynch and John Collins
in the WITH j. H. Brady In Win, John Simpson III the
With, Cornelius Van Colt and John ID. Lawson In the
With John J. O'Brien and Robert @. McCord In the
With John w. Jacobus in the IXth, Jacob NJ Patter
son and Ferdinand Edman in the Xth George Bliss ana
Charles A. Peabody in the Xith' George
billiard and Victor Hamburger In the
XIIth. md Charles Blackle and Hugh
Gardner in the XIIth The Brady ticket was successful
in the XVIII while John r. Lydecker the leader IN
the XVIII District and &" Mike " Cregan III the AFlth'
John McCave and Joel W. Mason were reelected In she
Xyth Bernard Bighn in the XYIIIth. Charles f. Brn-
der in the XIXth Scion b. Smith and Henry c. Perley IN
the XXth Jacob Hess in the XXIst, Joseph G. PERCY
In the XXIId, and Frank Raymond in the XXIlld
The result could hardly have been otherwise under the
present management Of the organization In tue CITY
The active membership does not exceed O,OOO names
The "leaders" in the district associations have
refused to allow any modification OF the
existing pledge, winch prevents many seh-ho0POON
ing Republicans from seeking membership Then the
leaders are careful to see their particular followers
are always in the majority few Republicans not
bound to the machine are permitted tojon' to give lt
eaven Of respectabty, but they are always power
less minority. This explains how 1t comes that the
names OF Chauncey NJ. Depew, Theo-
dore w. Dwight and few others appear
among the delegates elected last night t. the new Cen
trail Committee The rolls Of membership in the district
associations carefully guarded by the district
leaders that the minority in association can never
know Just what names are on the list Thus II happens
In close contest that dead mems names as well as the
names Of persons really members of an association
are often voted upon.
In the Iyth District last night protest was made by
some of the members against the Irregularities prao-
tised there Applicants for membership had been
denied 1t was said, the right to sign the roll, and
regular meetings have not been held. In the With
District repeating and voting on the names OF dead
men we're charged and there similar occurrences
the XXIIId and other districts As the machine leaders
work together in the Central COMMITTEE their opponents
can secure no redress This well illustrated in the
late election iu the XXIIId District The Central Com
mtee sustained the most fragrant abuses practlsed Dy
Frank" Raymond, the machine boss IN me-
e erGrIS " election year ago. As
result Mr. Crane reelected member OF the Assem-
bly, at the late general election, Riymonds cahdhates
for all offices being Overwhelmingly defeated yet at
the primary election last night his ticket was returned as
elected and he Will undoubtedly be again sustained
by the Central Committee. o,.,,o. -.
rule GG pP0nt' known committee te d TO @r%s
all instances last night this ticket elected without
opposition, and wherever there was opposition IL was
Immediately following the late election, has now entirely
subsidized