New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-09
TO-MORROW'S PRIMARIES.
PREPARATIONS AT VARIOUS REPUBLICAN,
HEADQUARTERS.
SOME EXTREMELY SMALL POLITICS BEiNo
PLAYED ny THE PLATT-LAurERBAcH

Republicans all the city were busy yesterday
and last evening getting ready for the primaries
which are to come OFF tomorrow evening Inc
Republican clubhouses and other headquarters were
scenes Of active preparation. for In most ds'rie's
there will be contests for delegates to the Assem-
bly, District conventions. These conventions VIII
no held ON Thursday evening when delegates TO the
State County and District conventions are TO DE
elected Especial interest was manifested III tne
selection of candidates for delegates to the Assembly
District conventions. and both sides have been PICK
ing on, their mos, popular men. Under the election
district system OF the Committee OF Thirty. wnich
went into effect nearly two years ago. the power
NJ choosing representatives TO all the Republican
conventions this year - vested abso'utey III .ne
Assembly District conventions, mace up Oh o''es"
10 be elected tomorrow night. 49,
I. therefore behooves all Republicans who feel
an interest in the welfare OF their parry 10 AZ
tend tomorrow evenings primaries in the election
districts. ...,.u
Thu lenders were hard at work yesterday getting
out their tickets and seeing that they were pa'e'
IN proper hands for use at the primaries "'"'
OF the clubhouses were lively ny II IL W.T.
the Sunday night before the general eecuoh' Inc
leaders OF the opposition TO bosssm were III eoo'
sni-i,s vesterday and declared that they wouid
score successes In several districts now held 10y
the machine.
1--WE have some surprises in store for Mr. Lanter-
bach and his fellow -henchmen." said weil-Kho"h
leader
playing the smallest politics In connection win
these primaries known In the Repuohcah
party OF this city, and don't believe that they can
win with such tactics. Ii is a great drawback 10
US that so many Republicans who believe In decency
and fairness In politics still out of the city,
but our ranks will be largely increased by Tues-
day"
Another Republican. In speaking OF the prepara-
lions for the primaries. said yesterday:
Il never knew in control Of county COM
nlittee be engaged in more petty ana contempt
ihle business than the present managers nave
stopped 10 this summer. Everybody now knows
how the lists OF election officers sent In from
Assembly districts that are not under the machlne
substituted at the Republican headquarters ana
presented the Police Board. In all my expert
ence heard of such peanut pohtics In
other districts MIR. Lauterbach and Mr. Gruper
sent the blanks outside OF the district
organization and ignored the lists made up by the
Republican district leaders The treatment OF
Colonel Cruger in the NXth District is another
is the duty Of the officers of the County Commit
tee TO that the blank forms for the use OF me
inspectors In holding the primaries and returning
the result are distributed and ready for the pri-
maries. The very small method employed by the
present officers Is send the blanks to the dis-
tricts where they expect TO win and leave the dis
tricts which they expect TO be carried by the
What ought to be said o. men who resort TO such
shabby and unmsnly practices TO defeat honorable
and decent Republicans? ,, -
There little talk about straight ticket yes
terday The impression growing stronger that
no serious effort would be made TO nominate one