New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-27
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
POLITICS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
D1soRGAX1zED DEMOCRATS ALARMED AT THE
REPUBLICAN MAssING OF FORCES.

DIsoRGANIzED DEMOCRATS ALARMED AT THE
REPUBLICAN MAssING OF FORCES.
The Democrats of the Eastern District, outside Of
the oficchoGers and party leaders arc much discon-
tented with the fight for place and position being Hauc
by the Office and place seekers of tho party IL Is au
mitted by these citizens that the situation Is not at an
cheering one for party in the local contests
In the fall. The water works scandal has had sc'
effect IN tho voters OF the Eastern District IT Is
openly declared by many Democrats that large snare
of the Democratic vote OF that section OF the CITY VIII
be cast for the Republican nominee for Mayor at inc
coming election, provided of course that tIc nominee
Of the Republican convention shall be an acceptable
man. ON the other hand the Democratic managers OF
The different wards OF the Eastern District seem to DC
blind to the situation.
Taking the wards I'm the Eastern District one by
one il NAV be said without fear Of contradiction that
the Republican party is unit There Is abSolWeV no
disscnsion I'm either Of tho seven wards winch VIII cost
the party a single vote at the coming election On te
contrary, the Democratic party in all these waIus
from the Thirteenth TO the Nineteenth inclusive, Is
split up into bitter factions in the Thirteenth Ward
a strong minority under the leadership OF JOhh kalte9
and others, will oppose anything suggested by ulo
warden Of the Pcnitentary, Patrick Hayes ana his
followers. In the Fourteenth Ward the sltuatOh Is
peculiar among tho Democrats. The party leaders
known as the regulars Commissioner of Charities
and Correction Francis Nolan and City Assessor
Thomas j. Patterson. For many years their dlctnm
has been final. Last year the independent Democracy
Of the ward, mllyug under the leadership OF Lawrence
T. Carroll Thomas D. Sherlock and Patrick Raph, de-
fcatcd the regular canTiate for supervisor Matthew
smith, and have now ykcn Heart OF grace ana n-
tend 70 beat the "retlilas7 IN anything they desire
As The present Senator Patrick H. McCarfcn, is the
creature OF the regulars" IL is not only possible but
more than probable that the Republican nominee foG
the sonatorshp of the IVth District viii be elected
by a largo majority. The names so far mentioned In
connection with the Republican nomination are those
of County Clerk william j. keiser, cX-A'sembymah
George H. Mason and Edward Ill. Schlucter.
In the Fifteenth Ward there is a strong secession
against the Democratic party leaders This ward,
which recently has been, through Republican diner
ences doubtful factor, will undoubtedly at the next
election give It's old time Republican majority The
announcement authoritatively made that Fire Com
missioner John Ennis is a candidate for the county
clcrlSship has SECURED many good Democrats.
Coroner George II. Lindsay, Of the Sixteenth, IS
rabd for denomination for third term. lie ana
his chief lieutenant Andy" Beck, that the orders
from headquarters are that he must be ren0minatel.
Patrick Hayes of the Thirteenth Ward, insists that
DR.. t. ii. Dcley shall be nominated for Coroner OF
the Eastern or second District. Here il should BE-
said that in the sixteenth Ward the taxpayers, with
ont regard to party Ines are In favor of William
Zieglcr for Mayor
In the Seventeenth Ward, or GrcenpOlnt as it IS
known, the complications among the Democrats are
becoming marked every day. Barney Lamb
and Civil Justice Engel are marshalng their forces
for a deadly struggle and Harvey +. Lewis IS the
present supervisor of the ward He protegc Of
Mir. Lamb but the peculiar position OF affairs in Green
point called upon Mr.. Lamb 10 drop Mr. Lewis be
cause Mr.. Lamb himself was anxious fer further
honors and wanted succeed the present Civil JUS
tice, Moses Enge. in his office. Also Mr. LamO is
pledged 10 DR.. William p. MOrrissey get the latter
the nomination for the Office Of Coroner OF tho Eastern
Tuc4fl. Mo- Enc, tvlo &c
the leader Of the opposition, will have 1t is said, at
the ncxt Urinary, the powerful aid Of cX-Jus;ice
Charles i. Elliott and the American Democrats of the
ward.
The Republicans of Grecnpont confidently expect
to elect their candidate for Supervisor at the next
election.
The Eighteenth Ward is city in Itself 1t will
poll at the next election 1900 votes. The Demo
of the lower part of the ward are dominated by
ex-issemblyman William Blanchied, who was thrust
to side BY the NilOuglDy II. mdgnuc, who chose
to have James Quigey OF the seventeenth Ward, sent
TO the Assembly OF this state last year. Blancheld
is pOkcn in his Determination 10 be recognized this
year In the middle section Of the Eighteenth Ward
is party in the Democratic ranks strongly attached
publican County Clerk William j. Keiscr, and wants TO
run again Collie has possession Of the Democratic
ward association at present. but Alderman j. Jefferson
Black Wanls also to obtain the Democratic nomination
for Comfy" ClerN.
from the Eighteenth Ward, ana his cOhOr, from
"Hc!leville. arc opposed to the hightOned methods
OF the new BOSnNlth lenlOciaiC tIuD. Inc mass OF
the Democrats Of the Eighteenth Ward resent the
prominent position the new IuShwck club is taking
IN the Democratic polite, Of the ward and the united
Republicans Of the ward certain that at the coming
election they will give large maI0rities their
diGatcs the state ticket down 10 the local
stable. Much the same state Of feeling exists among
the democrats Of the Nineteenth Ward The TiIlcn
Clue, with It's OilcehOlder> aud OiiiCcseekeS. has
aIOused the antagoniSm not only of the members Of
the regular Democratic Association, bUt Of the Empire
Association. the Winfield = Hancock Association and
Iae other German uptown organizations Of that ward
II may be depended upOn that any nominations forced
by the Tildeu Club viii be opposed by the associations