New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-13
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS THIS wEEK-JoHS Z. Nc

PRIMARY ELECTIONS THIS wEEK-JoHS Z. NC
KANE's POSITION.
poIiticai circles will be active this week WIN
urinary elections. Both Republicans ana Demoe'a.'
will choose the men who are to I'LL the vacancies >"
the County Committees occurring NJ tle ciosc VI "o
year. The Republican primaries are set Ior 'n"''
day evening in all the wards and to"hs III
few there will be contests over the choice vi "".u
officers. and the voting Will begin early In the day. IN
tho twentieth Ward, for instance at Q p. m, but
In tho majority of cases two or three hours VIII DC
all the time needed for voting. AS the ia" REQUIRES
all primaries to close at p. IN. tie ieSui'e "'iA
be known at an early hour. There VIII DC mo'o Wan
so delegates to the General Committee choseh oc
sides 30 association presidents, who, by virtue Oh
their Office are entitled to seats In the "eheii Yum
mittce. In the case Of the Second ward wher' d
"a enrolment OF the Republicans was held last summer
under direction of a subcommittee from the Re
publican General Committee the primary Will De mel"
on Friday evening and the same subcommittee 'oN'
posed Of W. II. N. Cadmus, Joseph Benjamin ana
W. j. Buttlng, will have charge OF IT, IL Is hopoi W
secure reform In the methods OF party MANAGEMENT III
that part of the city I'm this way. Preparations ior
the primaries will be made In most Of the wards on
Tuesday night when the regular ward association meet
ngs will be held for the month. The enoyRto chanse
the regulation providing for meetings In all the "ar
and towns on the same night did not prove sucoes'
full at last weeks meeting OF the General Comttec'
I'm the larger wards beginning at p. n.' ana III u'e
others at o'clock to elect officers Of the ASSOCIATION
and 153 delegates to the General Committee Will also DC
elected Among the well-known men whose terms OK
pirc but who are likely to be returned, are hoesoI
elect Thomas j. Kenna, Charles IL. Gus, Wiiham %
Plant Surrogate George B. Abbott Distrlctht1orhey
J. W. Ridgway, ex-Aderman Daniel OConneil, Aider
man James McGarry, ex-Charites Commissioner
Charles j. Kenny, Dennis Mcnamara, Senator Patrick
IT. McCarren exCounty Clerk John NJ. Ranken Davu
r. LYNCH Quarantine Commissioner George W. Amer
son, Supervisor W. NJ. Lyman and Robert furey' Inc
defeat ~ ex Supervisor Large John A. Quintard In
his effort to be renomnated for president Oh inc
Twenty third Ward Democratic Association VIII ieao
to his retirement from the place ne mas heid lor OLA
years after tO-morrow's primary.
Tb.re will be no primary in the town OF Gravesend
Tomorrow as steps are being taken TO reOrgahze tho
town association with the view OF permitting 'oi'i
Y McKane to come back into the Democauc ioiu'
The fact that by the influence OF Mr. Mchahe inc VOW"
gave nearly 1000 Republican votes last mohth, anu
less than 200 Democratic ones, has alarmed the DEMO
cratic managers, who fear that II such Is the case
next YEAR IL may prove disastrous to the party III
is now four years since Mr. McKane was formally read
ont of his party because lie presumed 10 exereis9 m
own judgment In supporting Republlcah cahoiuaS
for Assembly instead OF the Democratic nominee
Efforts were made, which proved successful aiter Il
time to GUST him from the state Committee and from
these efforts were In progress lie made his historic
remark Can be allowed to keep my clothes 20 But
Mr. McKane not only remained Supervisor OF Ills to"'
hut retained all his personal influence in H. lie threw
tho vote OF the town for tie Republican ticket In 1885,
materially aiding its election. and his 1r1end Dae
Lake was made United States MARSHAL But In the
Late election while supporting the Republican state
ticket MFR. McKane threw the weight OF his influence
for the Democratic county ticket If lie goes back into
the party out of which h" driven Mr. Mckane VIII
doubtless be again elected president OF the Boapd OF
Supervisors and will be returned to the State Commit
tee There is also talk OF giving him the nomination
for a lucrative county Office that OF sheriff In 1913
being mentioned Mr.. McKane Is resolutey non
committal in regard to his plans An Incorrect idea
OF the man is gained by those who know Of him only
through the news paper Supervisor cuef of police on
Coney Island and political boss OF Gravesend. MT
McKane an active business man In private LIE ana
he has made considerable money as builder lie Is
leading member Of the Sheepshead Bay Methodist
Episcopal Church and has been superintendent OF the
sunday-school for many years. lie is temperance
man and is not addicted to tobacco winle lbs faVote
diversion is found in playing doininoes.
II Henry A. Meyer could not be Mayor he can con-
nue TO preside the United Retail Grocers Asso-
ciation and he was reelected with great unanlmy
by his fellow-members last week. He was drawn as
n Juror last week in the United States Court but Sc
cured excuse and did not have to serve As one Oh uo
jury to determine the fate OF Private Nelson; Mr.;
the rolls of the Democratic association OF MS War1,
where il was put few years ago entirely WITHOUT
his consent or knowledge. lie has always been Il
Republican, and proposes to continue to act with the
marty. Mr. Meyer has been proposed for membership
I'm the League Club, and dinner has been ar
ranged for ut which he will be the guest OF honor
The leading Republicans who learned to know Mr.:
Never I'm the campaign believe that he has political
future before him, and that when the party regalns
power in the city he will come to the front as
leader.
The name OF william j. Florence Is to be added 10
the long list OF the welknown men who have found
their last resting place in Greenwood The usual Gus
TOM followed when Mr.. Beecher was buried after hav-
ing been in the receiving vault Of the cemetery, and
when Mrs. Tracy and her daughter were removed from
Washington to Greenwood, Is to have no services at
the grave but in the OF Mr. Florence the absence
of his widow from the funeral made IL seem more appro
pirate to have the last rites Of the Church at the burial
Ills grave is In Of the prcest parts of the GENE
terry. 1t Is in the plain slopng toward the sea below
ocean Hill. Near by lie Lester Wallack Barney VIII
Jams and other actors Opposite it IS the tomb Of Miss
Mary Daaser, daughter of gambler who left fortune,
(which she distributed in charity
Mayor Chaplin proposes to devote his attention TO his
duties Mayor until the end OF his term when he
will resume his duties as member Of Congress, and
will spend the winter in Washington. He had illluclV
in the drawing Of seats in the House. and will have to
be content with one OF the last choices
Corporation Counsel jerks has been requested to
on the staff Governor Flower as AdyO-