New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-17
BLISS PRIMARIES HELD.
THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST EST
MATED AT 1900.
THIS IS THE FIGURE GIVEN BY COMMITTEE
OF THIRTY LEADERS TRREGif-N!-
tiles AND DISPUTES.

| tiles AND DISPUTES.
| Tn. primary elections under the auspices - the
Bliss Patterson Committee OF Thirty were held last
evcnln; to choose a chairman. yice-chalrnan secre-
tary ana treasurer each election district ana dele
| gates t. the Assembly District Conventions which
are 20 .lcc; delegates to the County Committee Tee
polls opened n =. m. and closed at p. m In
! strucons were issued to the enrolling officers wHo
acted as INSPECTORS Of elections. that the primaries
! should be- conducted under the Primary Elections
| law but no provision was made for Ming the eiec-
ton returns ana poll-llsts with the Register OF the
| County OF New-York. as the law requires Each
| election district had patent ballo-boX with II
| glass front.
| Chairman Cornelius y Bliss and Secretary George
| " Lyon. = tine organization committee were at
! The headquarters u the Committee - Thirty, 40.
| ,m F!f,h-ave 80 returns were received there last
night. bat they expected there to-day. the
blank certificates furnished - the election officers
provide FOR ~ return Of the number of votes cast
In the election districts: they are To certify Only
h. names and ad r,sses 81 the persons elected 70 MI
n. various offices.
Chairman bliss reported thar in his election dis
| trlct OF the Nth Assembly District - votes had
been p,ll-l ~ the ~ enrolled. Secretary Lyon
said that his election district the sixteenth 81
tine XXist Assembly D!sfrio-. : OFT ~ the - on
rolled person, had voted Here Charles r. Hlcko1
WA elected chairman Henry W. Cannon vice
,nlirnau aal George ". Lyon AMI Jared q. Bad
win. jr. were chosen delegates 10 the Assembly
District C0ay .niion fn the Fifteenth ~ he NNlsi
Assembly District. - Of the 60 enrolled were re-
ported as having voted. clectlng Leonard W sweet
chairman. Russell sag" treasurer and Leonard W.
sweet r. - Tdusley and John B~adsha" delegates
FL, tne Assembly District Convention.
\ yarl.ty ~ rcIpr,s were received a; head
quarter. IT, ~, shape of complaints y III Assem-
bis District man arrived 2, say that h. could not
gc. the Chairman ~ hts board 20 turn the glass
I.. "a. ant I'm hat
voters could So, th,ir ballots drip n. Secretary
Lyon sent down pcremp;ory orders 20 the fractions
chairman that Do must chang" front"
Two men, who said that they came from the
Forty-thirI Election District Of the IXth Assembly
District reported that they found their polling
place on the second aoor Of dsrcputable-looklng
house which had 10 be reached by a back alley.
Here they found solitary election officer 0he
plan 81 organization requires that three shall be In
attendance. and he was surrounded they sad. by
w,ll-known Tammany ruflns 70 cap the eli
may when thes. good Republicans asked FOR dick
et, ,hcy received cards which bore the names Of
three notorious Tammany HAL men. They refused
20 vote md brought Of the tickets along 10
,how - Mr. Lyon. Mr.. Lyon quickly filed the
sample ticket away ont u sight and told The CON
pianariH that they would have - app'a! 10 the
Assembly irh'Tlcl , y'hl''''' ..,..., a.. .,.,.- -,
N'sars. Blis5 and Lyon estimated me numDrr 81
~ between i3ooo ana ilco
Ex-AIdernan James g. McMurray. The Milho.
obtained returns from nineteen election districts
% the XIII NJ 10 =. m These districts. h" said
showed mat go votes had been cast out OF an
enrolment OF 90 In the Fourth Election District
~ the X1ih an opposition ticket was run with
John +, Muhollanl FOR delegate 20 the Assembly
District Convention. James -. McMurray for chair
man. Dorfnaa -. Eaton vice-charman and Daniel
Il; Rollins and Dr II. T.. -. John EOosa FOR in
spcctors Of election. Although non" OF IN" men
on the tcket bsong - the Bliss-PattcrsOn Organi-
Zatlou. II within one vote oi winning, re-
csivlug sN votes 10 seven east for the regular
ticket headed hy William IT, Decker fOr chairman.
Many Irregularities were noticed b. members OF
ton districts II was said at Mr.. MilhOland'S
headquarters that IN some districts the number
Of votes cast was far less than the number
counted and several cases had been reported OF
in.n VOTING more titan once in the same district.
In the Seventeenth Election District IL the Nlllth
Assembly Dstrr; there were twenty -scNc1 woes
Sixth Election District Of the 1T Assembly DIS
trct eighteen BOYS voted. and immigrants were al
lowed T. east ballots on the promise or receiving
In the Seventeenth Election District % the Nlth
Assembly District i've votes were cast ana al ven
counted. I'm the Nineteenth Election District .. Il.
voting place Al 80. 10 East Broadway one OF the
prominent voters was Joseph Andrews. who was
recently hncd go for falling TO perform his duty
as an election inspector -
William - Brsant. who IL member Of the Mil
holland organization. At the polling place a. No
4s5 Sevenih-ave He was asked by the poi cleric II
he wanted . vote. AMI when he told them he was
not enio.ci he was Informed that that made 10
difference
Assembly district conventions are to meet at their
hcadqulrter, on Monday evening. April -, = elect
delegates the County Committee. This committee
viii be- composed Of 10 members as follows: LIST
Assembly District. 2 ia .: lIld, 3: lNth ,; Nth.
!; XIIth 3: Kiln. 4. XVIII. .. NNth. :, XVIII. /.
XVIII. .; XNIIltn. .; NiNth. I; XNth. 3; NXIst.
XXyIth :, NNVHth. 6: XXvIIIh. .: XXIAth. 4;
%N%th, g.