New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-21
PRICE THREE CENTS
VOTERS OUT IN THOUSANDS.
THE REPUBLICAN, PRIMARIES.
DELEGATES TO THE NEW COUNTY COM
MITTEE CHOSEN.

DELEGATES TO THE NEW COUNTY COM
MITTEE CHOSEN.
THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT COMMITTEES ALSO
ELEcrED-MoRE THAN HALF Or THE EN-
ROLLED MEN WENT TO THE POLLS
A REMARKABLE sHowING-RE-
TURNS AS FAR AS RECEIVED
MAKE THE TOTAL VOTE
NEARLY i2ooo
AT every test of actual strength which the new
| Republican organization Of this city has made
| 1t has shown that it. is deeply grounded in popu-
| lar favor This was proved by the immense
| outpouring Of the younger element of the party
| which packed Cooper Union TO the doors. with
| thousands unable to gain entrance. on the
| evening Of February g. 1t proved Its strength
| again at the enrolment which closed on Tues-
| day evening March 49, with upward Of 2lOoo
| on the organization roll. For the third time
this strength was shown last night at the Re-
publican primaries Usually where there are
contests when one-foui al to one-third Of the
| enrolled members Of party vote at the
primaries, it IS looked upon by experienced poll
| ticlans as a good showing. vote OF half or
more Of the electors upon the party rolls is an
the Republican Organization Of the City and
County Of New-York presented last night
The primaries held in all or nearly all
the election districts of the city, remaining open
! from to . p. m. Although only partial returns
were received from many Of the Assembly dis
tricts, the vote so far ascertaned aggregated
nearly 1900. or considerably more than half OF
the q 900 enrolled. The full returns will, 1t Is
| estimated. raise the total to nearly $4,000
| Mr.. Milholland gave his opponents Of the Com
| mittee Of Thirty every opportunity to test the
| fairness Of the election. He asked James A.
| Blanchard. in whose mpartiality all sides nave
| entire confidence to visit as many polling places
as could be reached during the polling hours and
| see for himself, as the representative OF the
Bliss Committee of Thirty, exactly how the pri-
maries were conducted But Mr. Blanchard
said that he had never expressed any doubts
as to the integrity of the new movement, and
that he did not desire to undertake any inspec-
ton for the committee.
In many districts the regret was expressed
that there provision for keeping the polls
open an hour longer. 1t was believed that had
they remained open additional numbers OF work.
| ingmen and others who get home late from their
| work would have voted and largely increased the
| aggrega ton.
VISITING THE POLLING PLACES.
A Tribune reporter and another reporter ac-
| companied Mr.. Milholand in a carriage on
| visit to many as time permitted of the thirty
five out of the thirtysix election districts in the
| XIth Assembly District. which is known as the
| "hotbed" If contention between the Republican
| Organization of the City and County and the
| Bliss Committee Of Thirty This was done on
! invitation Of Mr. AIilholland, who wished to
afford the reporters ample opportunity to see for
yrir,,o ,oroS xror
| The polling place of the Fourth Election Dis
trict was in stationery store at No. 432 Fourth
| ave AT s O'clock 10 votes had been polled out
| Of IS enrolled.
The polling-place OF the Twenty-second District
| was in a confectionery store at NO loS west
| Nineteenth-st At the time OF the visit 80 votes
| had been cast out of an enrolment OF o'. Inc
polling-p place Of the Twenty-thrd District was
I'm a shoe-store at No. 165 West Nineteenth-se'
and AT the time Of the visit % votes had been
| cast out of an enrolment of 3D. In the IwentS
seventh District the polling-place was III tnI ,pI
| front basement of the private mouse no. loi
| West Twenty y-sixth-st. The three inspectors were
| all colored men At Sis o'clock 4S votes had peen
! cast out Of Sc enrolled. The polling-p.ace OF the
Twenty-eghth District was in the priva'e noISe DE
! No 149 West Twenty-seventh-st. All the III
| spectors were colored men, and the room was
| profusely decorated with American nags ana
bunting. The vote was canvassed III .lIe pivs pha,
ence Of the reporters, and II was touho ',ia' ,os
| so had been cast out Oi an enrolment OK lVa.
The polling place of the Thrty-second District. IN
| a barber-shop at No. l'o west lhlrt! -Se.oaa ,nd
| 81 had one white inspector and two coored:
| At $50 O'Clock 81 votes had been cast out OF
an enrolment Of Sc. The polling-place OF the
Thirty-thrd District was in the once 0I
| colored employment agency at No. ~ 49, 49,
Thilty-seco16 St. and all OF the inspectors were
colored AT the time of he visit 20 votes had
been cast out of an enrolment or ~
A. several of the places visited there were con-
si1era bile numbers of voters cOngreSated Much
interest and enthusiasm were shown at an the
places and the election was conducted IN an
orderly manner the votes being publicly ana
carefully counted
IN THE NTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
At the headquarters OF the lAth Assembly
District in Caledonia Hall, Nos. and 10 Hora-
tio-st. over 100 enthusiastic men were IN ,he
hail throughout the evening. At o'clock 4oo
votes had been cast out or ehroimehe oi
$50 When Mr.. Milhoand entered the hall he
was greeted with round after round OF cheers
and cries for a speech. He was escorted 10 tns
platform by Dr. Horatio Williams the ieaoe. VI
the Assembly District Organization MT NIL
holland i'm L stirring speech congratulated the
organization on its magnificent work and splen-
did results. The IXth District, ne said hau .ns
best organization it ever had, ana II Souiu
and would make the district a a Repuore~a Rap'noracw
DR. Williams said that a man high IN the couh-
ellis of the Bliss Committee OF Thirty hao ue-
clared that there was no organization III tie ny
trict but the falsity OF that assertion was SHOWN
| hv the fact that the vote polled In two hours
last night was larger than was ever poiie1 "
the old organization in seven hours, Po1n ou
sneakers were heartily applauded, and MT MIL
holland received tnree 'iiieS '"'0' 'o
cheers.
THE VOTING BY DISTRICTS.
Following is a table giving the vote in the dif'
ferent Assembly districts as far as it could b
learned last night and the total enrolment:
No votes No.