New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
REPUBLICAN WARD COMMITTEES TO
MEET ON TUESDAY NIGHT
RESULTS OF THE PRIMARIEs-sTILL KICKING
ABOUT ANNEXATION-CITY DEPARTMENTS

RESULTS or THE PRIMARIEs-sTILL KICKING
ABOUT ANNEXATIoN-CITy DEPARTMENTS
NEED MORE RooM-MINoR NOTES.
The Republican Ward committees, whose MEM
bers elected at the primaries on Thursday
night, will meet Tuesday evening to organize
and elect members of the County and Executive
committees The Executive Committee VIII
probably contain a number of new names Inc
men who at present represent the various wards
First Ward. Theodore b. Willis Second, John
j. Casey: Third, $. II. Mdenberg; Fourth, Addison
W. Haock; Fifth. W. J. Buttling: Sixth. Il. Ross
Appleton Seventh James NJ. Fuller; Eighth. John
j. McGunness; Ninth. George w. Williamson;
Tenth Jacob Bremen; Eleventh. John j. Schlllsser'
Twelfth. John F. DAILY: Thirteenth. Charles Small;
Fourteenth Herman F. Wagner: Fifteenth. Henry
&. Safen: Sixteenth. Joseph Benjamin.. Seven
teenth. Thomas Foulks Eighteenth. William A.
Faber; Nineteenth. John Kissel Twentieth. Alex
ander Robb; Twenty-frst. William II. Colson;
Twenty secona. Jotham 5. Curry Twenty-thlrd,
Charles VI. Newins: Twenty fourth Henry Drisler.
jr.: Twenty NTH. Robert A. Sharkey; Twenty -sxth.
Israel +. Fischer: Twenty Charles D. Haul
BERT Twenty eighth Ernest j. Kaltenbach; Tween
ty-ninth. William s. Ryan: Thirtieth, Robert Is.
Sedgwlck: Thrty-nrst. Arson w. Sfaton Fiat
lands, J. c. Matthews. Two OF these representative
party men were elected &c office in the recent
election Henry G. Sanen will take the office of
County Clerk January I. Israel +. Fischer VIII
be a member Of Congress on March l. Others VINO
already hold office Sheriff Butting. Tax Collec-
tor Appleton. City Clerk BENJAMIN. Alderman Col
son. Jacob Bremen. who is counsel for the Board
OF Police and Excise and John J. McGunness,
who Is clerk 10 the Supervisor-at-Large. In spite
OF what Mayor Schieren has said in regard to the
separation OF active political work from of'ice-hod-
ing It is not likely that they will all cease from
their activity. Mr.. Benjamin has resigned from
the posts he holds in the Executive ana county
committees by OF removal from the SIX
teenth Ward to the Twenty-frst Ward. Jotham >
Curry has also resigned from the Executive Com
m!tiee. Collector Appleton has expressed dlsn-
clinatlon to serve longer and he will probably be
succeeded in the Sixth Ward by Jackson Wallace
president Of the Board OF Aldermen. There VIII De
changes in some other wards growing out oil the
result OF the primaries Charles NJ NewIns is at
present chairman OF the Executive Committee 1t
is hardly likely that he will be- reelected
The Republican County Committee Will not meet
for organization until the second Tuesla in Janu-
ary The regular December meeting was dispenser
with last week meeting had been held ie"
DAYS before to arrange for the primariei Ihrre
will be eighty-three new delegates chosen on Tues
day night AT the meetings OF the waTi committees
10 serve for two years and forty TO serve for one
wear They will control the organization. as only
fortv-nine Of the l72 members hold over. The
Twenty-,hiri Ward Will have fifteen delegates In
the new committee AS II Is the banner h'p'p''""
ward In the city having given Governor Morton
7722 votes II IS regarded "a settled that benjamin
T. Blair shall succeed himself a. chairman 81 the
committee.
The primaries on Thursday night w'r" hotly
contested in many parts OF the city and in num-
her Of cases single vote served TO turn IN" scale.
Some OF the men most active in political ahhiS
narrowly escaped defeat and others were hei"f'e'.
The results In some OF the wards Will not be So
tied until after the ward committees meet Inc
vote was estimated 10 exceed 1900 Supervisor at
Large Frtchie. VINO strongly opposed IN ms
election district. was successful by only Two votes
Colonel Charles H. Morton. secretary Of the Re-
publican Executive Committee. only succeeded IN
carrying his district by one vote Alderman 'ois'h
carried his district 10y single vote
KEEPING Up 4 FUTILE OPPOSITION
The majority Of IN for consolidation. As on
cially declared puts end 10 the hope 81 the OPP
ponents OF the that 1t might after all have
been voted down Although the nnal figures showed
less majority than had previously been claimed ny
the Consolidation League. the efforts 10 ma h'"'
In the footings futile. and there u no question
OF the accuracy OF the computation. But despite
the fact that the people have voted for the meas
ure the opponents OF the union OF the two cities
are still putting forth efforts TO stir NJ public sen
,nent and seeking TO secure the enrolment ot thosr
who think n they do. Although over 500 by ih"r
votes thus declared what they thought AZ mat u"r
only 400 OF them have enrolled upon we ~ 90
1t is safe 10 assume that fully one-hali nave a.
ready adapted themselvcs TO the iiea 81 sooh pr
coming citizens OF the greater city. ana N" other
hail are too Indifferent TO try and oppose their
The romIng legislature the following Republic ans
declared in favor Of annexation before election
9 12nr np t"orge " Brush Arthur j Audeti.
Albert A. Wray. William II. Friday ana James
This week will see two mportan, public dinners
in Brooklyn ON Thur;day evening mayor ,g
ilton Club between 40 and 5oO members Will at
tend the dinner The speaker besihes the guest
dent Of the club Or. Seth Low. OF columbia o.
leec; Mayor schieren. Edward N shep+, Jung
cullen General H. + Tracy. Albert g. Mcp'Hn,...
Willis L. ogden and Jude Gaynor IN, NrW
annual dinner on Friday evening Kobett -, b,ng
dict will preside. The aft"r-dinnci sp'Ah'iS wiz
..Consolidatlon' Governor Greenhalge. of Massa-
chusetts; Professor r. W. Rhys payids OF l,pn1oh,
Mayor Schiercn. Congressman J. g fcndIlk We
R"y Samuel a Eliot and possibly Or Parkhurst.
General Stewart l. Woodford. nccomphniel by
10 spend several months in travel or his family OF
three daughters only one now survives IN. , "tn'
one Of the fortunate men IN pplitcs ~ htnry f.
Abel. Assembyman-eec IN me MN p ni T.
a year and made his home the Park slope. lie
attached himself to the Logan club. an enthusiastic
80 popular that he was made president ne wa,
in having Senator saxon The AMI n
when the Assembly District Convention was hei,
man TAYLOR. and Mr. Abel was elected by large
majority He had only been a resident OF irookyn
four months when nominated. He will go back to
AIhanv on January / as "A member Of Assembly
There has been talk Of opposition To- me
re-election OF Franklin Woodruff TO the presidency
OF the Brooklyn Republican club. an orsdninsiioh
which he was largely instrumental In cstaDshlis
upon any one In particular and the indications are
that Mr.. Woodruff will be Reelected by lar ~ ma
iorlty II not unanimously.
MACHINE POLITICIANS NOT SATISFIED.
The Views OF Mayor scheren. expressed in his
sneech I'm New-York last week upon the separa-
ton OF politics from the municipal service do not
exactly suit the machine politicians. The Mayor
was cutspoken In his praise OF the CONSTITUTIONS
amendment which divorces National ana state
elections from those at which city oifcefs are
chosen He also urged that oficcholders should
refrain from taking active part In polltlcs,
limiting their activity to mere enrolment III the
organIza ton OF the party Of their choice In the
case OF policemen and fremen the Mayor ut re-