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tees we're ELECTED has been the Tammany
was constituted as such, from the old Twenty
OF this time land moro especially OF lateJ Com
missioner Sheehy. one Of the most en-
been the working member. In no single AS
sembly district in town Is the contest
Tor Tamnsny al asn leadership liEely, to be By
nlents exist in those named nearly III OF
the contestants are members Of tho State or
municipal administration, and dlslnclined.
therefore. to carry their oppost tion to he point
OF cutting loose from Tammany Hall II their
views are not aeGulesced in or or their demands
who succeeds in winning at the primary. or
who fails to- succeed hut is recognized by the
practical control: but. as things stand now. his
Shiet opponent az tho primaries vii! become
aIa e 0I m 81 5he
be preserved even IN those districts where the
rivalry IL warmest.
On the side OF the County Democracy chnages
even moro sweeping are probable. lhe defeat
OF the organization at the election OF last No.
yember has been the means OF causing various
disaGreements within it, ranks MS to tho plan
sued. And the passage OF 4 resolution favor.
Il. has had the effect Of further widening the
breach between the Two factions-the one con-
and the other radical and Inc % opndsei %
to it, The districts wherein there is likely to be
rS g" leadership ihts T1s
send back Timothy j. Campbell; the Eighth.
which ,ex-Excise Commissioner VII lam T..
hbis9ae tbn hsa Is the % Shet Eoc me
Ford S ?"t the Tweh banner distret Of ths
organizationi. led by Patrick Keenan: the
Fourteenth. at the head OF which Is the suaye
oil the Bureau of Markets; the Fifteenth As
sembly. Thomas Costigan leader. where Tam;
y0s ssd to Soss trees
Sixteenth, Of which Maurice j. Power is to
in Tammany Hall. Irving all. and the County
Democracy. In this district successfully since
ney % will liz continue in eharGt c aud % the Twenty-
second at the heud OF which will remain Harry
e. Hart; In these eleven districts no change Of
The others Is are the Se cond Assembly, of which
Thomas Walsh Il The IeaIer the Third Sd Of
Fourth, OF which Charles Reilly was the IeaGer
prior to his esignatlon as such In September
last. Mr.. Reilly Is still Commissioner OF Jurors.
which went into effect on Oct |. he was shorn
Of most of his discretionary powers aud OF his
influence as leader at the same time; His prob
m"cracy forces in the Fourth John !. Ahearn.
Senator eleG from the sixth sepatorisl ~ ,h dit,
Democracy IN the upper branch q the Albany
LegislatuEe this year: In the Fifth Assembly
which one OF Them is most likely to succeed.
In the Seventh Assembly district there has
been what cannot be otherwise described than
a frighiul mortality among the available
County Democracy leaders, the ,principa! one
of whom, Thomas e.. Durham. practi-
cally withdrew himself from municipal
politics month ago. BY MS refusal
to have his name used in the County
Democracy Senatorial Convention, o which he
WAS member. and by his acqulesence In its
tion tof which he was not memberl upon the
same night. The successor most generally
mentioned in connection with the County
Democracy leadership In the Seventh hereafter
is Alfred Wugstatl. Jr., ex-senator and mem
Der OF Assembly. and a Democrat OF more than
local prominence. From tho fellowship OF his
former associates, Police Commissioners
Yool his. who began his career as an office
RGSer H S RBssuGGan wsH
drawn, tdEiIg With him james d NE; Nc;
managers who, against heavy odds secured
for those OF the County DEMOCRACY candidates
whom they supported. some $40 votes IL the
Ninth at the last electi' n In total OF 5000
Precisely who will be the successor OF MIR.
Yoorhs as leader II is not yet certain, hut that
the district will he organized. and organized
thr, uRhout. all accounts agree.
teenth Assembly district is likely to be an In
terestlng and closely contested one. there be-
ing several factions OF County Democrats with
In its borders claiming recognition in opDosi-
tion to the present leader Charles y. Beards-
10y. Whether he will continue In control, or
Will be succeeded by some one not now ono OF
his lieutenants, cannot yet be determined, but