New-York tribune., 1885-03-30
TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
CONTESTS AT THE PRIMARIES.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SOME INTERESTING STRUGGLES
TOMORROW.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SOME INTERESTING STRUGGLES
TOMORROW.
The primaries to be held tomorrow evening
promise to be rather warm in several OF the dis
tricts In some of them the contest will probably
be close while In others will be only tho protest
of q small minority against q powerful majority.
The new Republican County Committee Will prob
ably have several contesting delegations claiming
admission.
In the Hid District there was q contest over the
enrolment, both sides claiming that men were
placed on the roll who are not entitled to vote.
in consequence several names were stricken from
the roll IN addition those who were refused per-
fqr several years beOn the ~ leader q,ioD5s Il
this district ne ana he sansort ns e tbe
genuine Republicans of the district Neyertheless'
the opposition will make strong fight for control
In the With District John Simpson heads one
faction and John steibling the other. The latter
and his friends asked that the names of POI voters
should be stricken from the roll but this request
was not granted by the Committee on Appeals.
There have been many sharp contests here IN the
past, and the primary of Tuesday next promises 10
be equal to any of its predecessors In this respect
primary held in the XVIII District without CON
eether ssi @'ua one year @ are likely to be arraycd
against each other the following year, year., 50 20
to be the dominant faction. Regularly each year
the County Committee is called on to designate
which Is the delegation emitted 10 seats IN that
body and the present year will be no exception to
the rule. , ,
Many Of the Republican voters of the XVIII
District are opposed to the leadership of Captain
Michael Cregan. This was shown at the recent en-
rolment when the names of seventy Of these were
stricken from the rolls, but were restored by the
Committee on Appeals. 1t is safe to say that there
will be an opposition ticket run and that 1t Will re-
ceiye large vote The action OF
Flammer and several other well-known
Republicans in Withdrawing from the caucus OF
the XVIIth District on Saturday evening 1nsures
an opposition ticket being run In that district
Police Commissioner McClave and stephen w;
Slmonson have joined forces and the union VIII
opposition ticket in the XVIllth District, but the
contest will probably amount to nothing serious
The old contest between the followers of Jacob
Hess aud Theodore Roosevelt, in the AAlst DIS
trct will probably be revived. Both are strong
men, the district is Republican by a handsome ma
jority, and verv large vote VIII be cast IN the
contest year ago for delegates to the fresideh
recently the Hess faction has again assumed
control. In the XXIlId District the opposition to
Frank Raymond will again make strong Demon
slraiOn In the last contest the scratching or GER
tam names resulted IN snarl that took the County
Committee some time to unravel Several OF the
candidates had a tie vote. ,., Wa,
In the Ist lid. IVth. Yth, With. With, <h.
Twenty-fOurth Ward and Kiugsbrdge, the polls
remain open from to 10 D. m: In the lid NIth.
IXih Xth With, XVIII, XVIth, AVllth, AVllIth,
XXIst and XXIlId Districts aud Iwenty-thlrd
Ward the polls will remain open from 10 a. m 10
1Op. m al. q. T." is informed that the polling
places for the various districts have been advor-
used in The TRIBUNE several days in succession.