Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-19
CLEVELAND AND HARRITY,
The Team That Won at the Philadelphia
Primaries.

Asweeping victory was won by the Cleveland
and Pattison forces at the democratic primaries
here tonight, says a Philadelphia special to the
New York Times today. The contest was par
tieulariy important by reason Of the fact that
upon the result depended the election of the
delegates to the democratic national couven-
ton from Philadelphia and the control of the
state convention, which will elect the eight
delegates at large Philadelphia sends eighty
five delegates to the state convention under the
new superintendent, and thus will have the bal
ance Of power in that body.
The fight at last nights primaries was the
most bitter and exciting for years The Cleve-
land-Pattison forces. under the leadership of
Secretary of State Harrity, captured a major
ity of the state delegates in every one of the
hive congressional districts, and these delegates
name the national delegates
The Harrity heutenants have control of the
city organization and are complete masters of
the situation They elected eighty of the
elghty-hye delegates to the state convention.
The great surprise of the night was the defeat
OF Congressman McAleer In his own district,
the old Randall stronghold. The straight-Out
democrats in this district formed an Organlza-
ton to drive from control the McAleer heneh-
men.
Both sides spent weeks in preparation for to-
nights battle. Robert 5. Patterson. r. j.
Coreoran and ex-Chairman johnson were
among the winners in the first district A des-
perate encounter between the McGowan and
the Haggin factions in the second ward, which
Is also included in this district. was won by the
Hagginites- The victory was complete and
Was specially significant because McGowan,
who is in the McAleer combine, came out in a
public declaration against Cleveland Few days
ago
The Harrity men, with eI-Sherif krumb-
haar, Assistant United States Attorney Read
and Commissioner Sensenderfer as leaders, had
q walk-over in the second congressional dis
trict- McAleer fought hard to retain control
In his own bailiwick- lie carried the eleventh
and part OF the twelfth ward and the sixteenth
but lost the third. fifth. sixth and seventeenth
entirely and has a contest in his own ward
the fourth. Secretary Harrity lives in the fourth
district. which he always has had solid, with
the exception of one Legislative district-the
twenty-fourth-in West Philadelphia. This he
carried by a small majority, after terrible
battle.
His friends defeated ex-Secretary of State
stenger In his own ward. the twenty-seventh,
by a vote of two to one. Tine fifth congress
slonal district, which includes the manufactur-
ing districts Of kensington. where there is
strong tariff reform sentiment among the mill
employees of the democratic faith, is over
whelmingly for Cleveland
Every ward carried by the Cleveland
Pattison forces Chagrined at their defeat,
says the Times special, some Of the McAleer
men got together under the leadership of the
Congressman himself and resolved to trump
up a lot OF paper contests against the Cleve-
laId-PattisOn delegates. The new rules of the
party, specially devised to meet tactics of this
character, will give them no standing in the
state convention unless they can prove By
Just claim to recognition. The Cleveland dele
gates fairly elected Will be approved by the
local organization and their names will 60 on
the rolls OF the state convention.