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works In that district; and had, while Alder
man, resigned his offlce to accept. under
Commissioner GILRoY. the post Of Superin-
tendent OF Roads and Streets, the better to
familiarize himself with the require
ments Of tho Annexed District. 1t would
be difficult, therefore. to conceive OF q can
didate better equipped for n racs Of the
kind; ana when 1t is added that he had five
times been nominee for elective office In
the district, and won on each occasion, 1t can
DO seen how sound were Commissioner PUR-
RoYs reasons for his preference.
PURRoY, however, though an ardent and
influential man in the Tammany Hall or
ganizatiop. and for many years the closest
friend and follower of the late JOHN
KELLY had bolted from Tammany Hall In
1882 to establish an organization OF his own
In the upper part OF the town, assisted and
sustained by Judge WHITE and by Judge
MARITIME, who afterward became District
Attorney. and is now Judge Of the Court OF
General Sessions. PuRRoY became q GRACE
man. and in 1888 Joined the County Dcmoc-
racy, and became It's leader in the Twenty
fourth district. Hc fought GRANT for Mayor
in 1884, and carried the Twenty-fourth dis
trict against him Tor GRACE by large
majority. Ho opposed the election OF
GRANT for Sheriff IN 1885. and car
ried the district for his friend Judge
WHITE the nominee of tho County
Democracy. He fought Tammany Hall in
1886, and, though there was union between
the two Democratic organizations through
out the city In that year. he refused to abide
by 1t, and ron straight-out County Democ-
racy candidates for Assemblyman and Alder
man against the Tamm any nominees In his
district, and elected them both: SHEA to the
Assembly and Ollagawalla MOONEY to the
Board OF Aldermen.
1t was not until 1883 that Commissioner
PuRRoY withdrew from the County Democ-
racy to rejoin Tammanv Hail. after an
absence Of seven years. When, therefore.
he laid plans for the nomination OF Mr..
SHEA, like himself a newcomer in the wig
wan, he found arrayed against him num-
ber OF old and undertaking Tamnany
men in the Twenty-:ourth district, who
resented Mr. PURRoY's new prominence. and
we're up in arms against the nomination
OF SHEA. Tho malcontents included. among
others, JOHN H. II. RoNNER. JAMES II. Glib
NEY, JOHN ]. NIMPH1Us, PETER E. TARpEY,
otherwise known as the protesting professor
OF Long Island City. MATTHEW P. GREEN. and
LOUIS J. HEINTz. all members Of the Tam
many Hall organization.
Mr. HE1NTz was agreed upon as the can
didate Of the auti-Purroyltes. He is SON.
in-law OF Brewer EBLING one Of the most
influential OF the big brewers In New York.
and nephew OF JOHN EIcHLEn, another
millionaire brewer in the district beyond
the Harlem. The brewers OF tho Annexed
District are formidable body, and they
have a fashion Of standing together in nm
important fight. Tho district has very
large German population. great amount OF
undeveloped real estate, aud a considerable
number OF small taverns or beer shops, dis
tributed at odd corners about the territory
above the bridge. There are 2s6 licensed
saloons in the Morrisania precinct, 73 in
the fremont precinct. and Al in tho Kings.
bridge precinct. a total in the whole district
Of 400. which In voting population Of $4,000
Is one saloon for every thirty voters.
The Tammany opponents OF Commissioner
PUBRoY wanted Mr.. HEINTz for Commits
sioner of Public Improvements. To have
acceded to their wish would have been
for PURRoY to abdicate his leader
ship and surrender his authority. This
he would not do. and when this fact was
understood there remained no course for his
opponents but to withdraw. This they did,
and nominated Mr.. HE1NTz Independently,
organizing In his behalf what was known
as the Local improvement party. Subse-
quently the County Democrats OF the dis
trict, whose relations with PURRoY have
not been cordial since he left them,
adopted Mr.. HE1NTz. So did the wabbling
Municipal Leaguers, and. what was far moro
serious, the Republicans OF the district. in
tent upon recovering lost ground, did the
same, so that Mr.. HEINTz had four distinct
nominations, each representing factor In
the voting population.
It did not take very long for tho contro-
versy which had arisen In the wards be-
yond the Harlem, and which directly
affected them only, to extend to other
districts. The fact that Mr.. HEINTZ was n
German, and that he was opposed by many
OF Mr.. SHEA's friends on that ground. and
on that ground only, irritated the German
voters In other parts OF tho city, where tho
Democratic ticket put up by Tammany Hall
was extremely strong. More than this, tho
apparent determination OF Commissioner
PURRoY. himself a newcomer in Tammany
Hall. to force the nomination OF Mr.. SHEA,
another newcomer was dlspleasing to the
old-line and unshifting Tammany men in
other districts; and the force OF this opposi-
tion became at last so strong that
PURRoY was compelled to withdraw
SHEA as q candidate and put up against
HEINTZ Mr.. LOUIS f. HAFFEN. OF German
origin. like HEINTz. and u Tammany man,
too. and not new recruit. Tho effect OF
this change Of front ut tho last minute
was favorable to the prospects OF tho
Democratic county ticket. and 1t led to
the defeat Of Mr.. HAFFEN, who received
but 5.757 votes against 6.422 cast for Mr..
HEINTZ. The latter went into office on
the first OF January, and since thon tho bat
tie between his friends and those OF Mr.. PUR-
RoYs has gone on flercely. Yet PURRoY
has asked no quarter and given none.
What will bring the rivalry between the
partsans OF the two statesmen to test
OF strength Is the election in November of a