New-York tribune., 1895-12-12
RESULT OF THE PRIMARIES.
WHAT THE MACHINE LEADERS CLAIM.
NO DOUBT THAT If THERE HAD BEEN AN HONEST
ENROLMENT AND \ FAIR COUNT. THE
OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN
VASTLY DIFFERENT.

VASTLY DIFFERENT.
As the smoke OF Tuesday nights battle at the
Republican primaries begins to clear away 1t Is
seen that the Platt-Lauterbach triumph was by
10 means complete the minions OF the ring
have claimed Few doubt the correctness of the as
seriion OF the Anti-Machine leaders that, II there
had been homes; enrolment and fair
primary, :he machine would have been beaten Ill
a majority OF the Assembly districts. To be re-
turned 10 the County Committee member
President Edward Lauterbach Will again have 10
go outside of his district for an election, as
the XXIXth Assembly District where he lives,
has chosen a majority of Anti-Machine delegates.
Quarantine Commissioner f. j. Palmer. who has
been one OF the most jealous partisans Of the
machine, goes down in the same wreck, while
Charles A. Berrian another Lauterbach lieutenant
and member OF the Committee of Organization
lost both his election district and his Assembly
District. the XXXVth.
The Assembly District conventions. composed OF
the delegates elected last Tuesday evening, Will
meet next Tuesday evening to eject The lS2 men,
bers who are 10 compose the Republican County
Committee for 1886
William BrookGeld, in speaking OF the next Coun-
~ Committee. said yesterday:
',The man who takes his seat such vote
was cast in many Assembly districts Tuesday
night VIII not have been fairly elected This night
has only begun" Mr.. Brcokfieid added, ssnifcant-
ly I'VE want fair enrolment, and then II we are
selves beaten now.
Cornelius y. Bliss arrived at his office late yes
terday afternoon, having spent three days at
Washington. ami he said he knew nothing about
the result OF the Republican primaries in this city
except what he had read in the newspapers. He
was eager for more information. he said. but he
expected that the Platt-Lauterbach Republicans
would have control of the next County Committee.
He had nothing TO say about the report that a
Chicago spellbinder at Washington had mentioned
Presidency.
Reports received yesterday at the Patriotic Re
publican Club No. 2iS East Seventy eighth-s. ndi-
Gated that the Platt-Lauterbach Republicans under
the leadership of John II. Gunner had failei TO
carry a majority of the primaries in the XXVIITth
Assembly District on Tuesday evening Benjamin
Oppenheimer, the president Of the club said to a
Tribune reporter:
There We're bitter contests in two,thirdS Of the
sem6ly District and it was necessary to have police
men at the primaries, just on Election Day at the
poiling-places. Some of the election district chair
men learned late on Tuesday afternoon that the
places for the primaries in their districts had been
sent only TO Patt Republicans in the districts. BY
srch means many Anti-Machne Republicans were
prevented from voting at the primaries: Men VINO
are well-known Tammany workers aided the ma
ne al the b @ra IN Dns AS
semblyman worked openly TOR the n Plat @ ticket IN
held their own in districts where they were allowed
have fair play, but they made inroads or the
were considered machine districts, the Patt people
a by % the o. ohsr r xG9fs IN
enrolling officers refused 10 give credentials to
the who had been elected. however, and said
openly tha; they would obey orders In num-
ber OF election districts Republicans who were reg
they were known TO be against machine methods.
AT present the returns of the NXVlllth Assembly
District are incomplete, and the result Is in doubt.
There is not the slightest doubt that If there had
Conducted fairly. the Anti-Machine Republicans
would have overwhelming majority IN the dis
trict
\ member Of the Patriotic Republican Club said
II was well understood by the Republicans in the
district the Plat leaders would steal all OF the
districts in which they mad been defeated by close
vote and in that hey would control the district
organization at the Assembly District Convention.
At the primary which held at No. 231 Tenth
ave. George D knight elected chairman of the
election district organization Inspector Of election
and delegate TO the Assembly District Convention.
Two other elected inspectors of election
and also delegates 10 the convention. Nicholas Fish
was elected treasurer or the elecuon dlstrct Or
ganzation without his knowledge OF permission:
Dc, Of f1rp the %XXl III IN 'u Hssemby pstrct the
primary ended in 4 vote of rs out Of lie enrolled
faction. Of which FRANK i. PTrdy was reelected
ii said last evening that Nh. lauterbach was
might temporarily 'carpet-6ag'' so as TO be re-
district, the XXIXth. win send five straight
fpt was ppored that M might
betake himself TO the bailiwck of Cornelius Van
Cott. now the yth Assembly District; in which he
found an abidingpace when Mr.; Plat was ar
ranging for his elevation 10 the chairmanship year
ago Another report that Port Warden John II.
Gunner had been asked TO find quarters for Mr..
Iauterbach in the XXNllIth Assembly District and
elect him OF the three members OF the County
Committee from that district. Mr.. Lauterbach must
find domcile somewhere outside Of his own district
and secure election the County Committee
therefrom to become eligible for reelection as
Platt's chairman again.
The machine enumerators az Republican county
headquarters gave out statement last night IN
dcatsng that Of the 1872 members of the County
Committee % would be OF the Platt- -Lauterbach
persuasion. while 40 would be Anti chine Repub-
lcans. They also compiled a series Of figures in
tended 70 convey the impression that over 10000
votes were at Tuesday evenings primar. .es.
We-posted politicians estimat ted the whole number
OF votes polled the primaries at not 10000
The annexed table is believed TO show how the
various Assembly District Conventions stand:
MACHINE.