The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15
CITY ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.
NEW FORK'S WIZ SEND 7HIh1r DEM
OCRA7S 10 iLBISY THIS ran.

| cast ~ thc SotuthV sAsSctuu D Ncu.
The Assembly contests in New York city
| districts last year were cluuded with many
elements of uncertainty. tho cam paign being
the first held under the new app rtionment
New district boundaries perplcNcL the local
| leaders. aud tho element OF couIcctlErc cnt6rod
largely into all political calculation for New,
| York city ha not had the ,uvering sensation
| OF a new apDJrtionment since 1850. Some OF,
! the TamnarY district leaders came under
! fire for the rst TIM as district Generals in
| 1892, and nearly al ot the old leaders. how.
ever much fami!Iari2c with warfare ut close
quarters had last year new clenents of voting
population to deal with. though district
changes Notwithstanding th"ss disadvan.
tages n solid delegation Of thirty Democrats
was sent to Albany from New York city. the
smallest majority being 10 vutos and the
largest 1900.
This year there is very little uncertainty
about Assembly district contests in New York.
The boundaries Of each district are thoroughly
known: the extent OF tho Republican opposi
ton. or possible Democratic disaffcction. 10
known. too. and n Democratic nomination 10,
practically. everywhere equivalent to AN cleo
ton in each OF the districts OF the city.
In the First Assembly district which Is over
whelmingly Democratic. W. J. A. Carrey is tho
prospective candidate to succeed Assembly
man Duffy. who has been returned every year
since Daniel L. Finn ceased to be tie Assem- bly,
man. Caffrey is a lawyer. and YVES last an un-
successful candidate for Civil Justice against
Wauhope Lynn. He is q new recruit OF
Tammany. and resides in the upper part
OF tho district in Benwick street. Tho As
semblyman from the Second district last year
was Timothy D. Sullivan. who will not be re-
turned for the good reason that he has moved
into the Third district to become Tammanys
leader there. and is an aspirant for n Sena-
torlal nomination. Michael ]. Callahan. .
Chatham square saloon keeper. is the pros
pective candidate in the Second to s,o.eed
Sullivan. who was first elected In 1885 IN the
Third Assembly district Joseph Dunn is Q
very likely candidate. though nothing has
been settled as yet. Joseph Mittnacht viii not.
be a candidate for denomination. No change
is expected in either OF the three east side dis
tricts tho Fourth. Firth. or Sixth. and from
these Assembymen Roche. Foley and Dinkel.
spiel are likely to be returned. Roche and
Dinkelspiel are Veterans In service Foley is Q.
newcomer. and was first elected in 1890
In the Seventh Assembly Otto Kempner will
not be returned. Henry W. Wolf is the candi-
date now considered most likely to succeed
him. though the matter has not been rs yet
definitely settled. In the Eighth Assem-
bly, district Michael T. Sharkey. who hss sew.
eral times run unsuccessfully for tho office. IL
esoAh SohuiuatO ioK W cuCcNoO
William H. Walker. formerly Alderman. In
the Ninth district Owen Ksegan. O newcomer
In the charmed circle OF Democratic elective
officers ger Is likely T. SUCCEED Walter W. Behan;
course be renominated. unless he chooses to
be candidate for the higher Legislative oftice,
c CIV /; Farquhar the present representative Of
Civil Judge in the Eighth Judicial district. will
again be candidate for ssemblyman in tho
again in the Twelith baniel 04 F. Martin. t the
Assem- Assem- pblyman IN the Fourteenth district -
dt 'ns 1udSe 'hH was
one Of the most active and popular, members
OF the me New So York delegation in Albany las.
district. In the Fifteenth district Louis Drypol-
S enc s is likely to be again returned He has
homs stresch Joseph G woof will 'r run "a again ain
the, strongest Democratic districts in town.
end unless there Is general smnsh-up in the
leader there before the 18th Of October. John
herrlgan. the brunette orator Of upper Tenth
avenue ., e. VIII be returned. he has been regu;
iG 1883. In the Eighteenth district Thomas J.
Me en- n;,t Is ALMOST certain to 60 back to-
e # In t4e Nj Strc
will William II. McKeon in the Twentiatit.
In the Twenty-first district matter. havo
~
third district was then considered doubtful
one one, and dlligent efforts were thought rccos..
Mr.. TIahIo. the Democratic candida. nad q
majority 81 $50 votes over Simon Iicsa. d, pop
! lar hennbliean. since then tho i:cruhl:ans
TONS and the Democrats have been ra<ing
corresponding gnins.with the result tha thero
Iorlty here Of not less than LOO vnir. To
FFs s beng for the lrst tim il ne
IS not likely to be renomlnate and the honor
VIII go to some other member of the Tam.
district. in the upper east side OF tow. 5 one,
d the new ones created by,thc last apprrtiou-
rig Jacoby. who viii he renominatei.
Ihe Twe66tythrd district WAS ,Cnn-erei
candidate. won 1' by I ma "riv IN, Of
100 and Thus COMPOUNDED ali the caruatioas
y t ne sanlent politicians who dwc in tn.
again this year. and as the Republicans are in
rather demoralized condition here th"re IS
7. Hummel will not be renomnatrd
Candidate ior reorganization in Inc
wenty- NTH, as Is Louis Davidson In the
aWyer 81 ~ PANEL A. Van CIT Harlem
twenty seventh district which he reprc-cntet
2 PGrt IN n the Legislnture Q! 1884 James r.
The TWENTY. ninth and Thirtieth l '',",
y re he oeyond t the brlGe"a tho nominations
'end upon the contest over the Commissipn-
hr hrs iat OF street improvements. Last year in
,rocity. an arrangement was enterei into he-
Ween me Purroy and the antiPurroy Demo
ormer was accorded the Assembly nomina-
lon Ia the Thirtleth district and to the lat
or the nomination in tho Twepty-ninTh.
he Purroy candidate In tho rhlrticth
1as Charles c. Marin. The anti-Purroy
hur G. Butts. Both were elected. tho
ormer by majority Of 400 and the lat
or ny majority Of 200. Both are candidates
pr re LECTION this year on the Tammmny Hall
cEet From present appearances there will
. no serious opposition to the reGlection for
he balance OF Mr. Hentz's term. of his sic
essor. Mr.. Haffen but should the elements Of
lsc0ntent snrystallze as they did in 1890 and
gain In 1892. there might be "A serious nclt
ere: and the propriety OF withdrawing one OF
ne Assembly candidates would be apparent,
8 Mr. BUTTS. who IL now a full hed9ad Tam
iany Hall man. could not be counted upon TO
lacate the actiy opposition OF those hostile
D the local eadership of County ('larE pn,rov