New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-17
INCIDENTS OF THE NIGHT.

Al tho Renubli an County Committee headquar-
rers last night a number OF scattering returns
were received by Secretary Manchester, put 'ney
did not show any definite results ana AT '"'e
hour Mr. Manchester said that 1t would DO impos
snlc for him TO make any announcement OF the
results before to-day The Republicans VINO wen,
70 the headquarters carried tn" reports "n''" III
,c,tod that the delegates from the %ilth Congress
ps,rict would be Thurlow Weed Barnes ana Ten
.ral Howard Carroll. and that the deiegateS ''o''
m. KILN Congress District would be Johh "e's-
.nveher and Alexander T. Mason. In the o'her
districts there were said to be no contests except
In the MYTH and the ANth congress u'S'''''''
where the results were not known
~ y spooncr n lawyer. who lives at No @55 Fast
onc-hundred- and sov"nteenth-st.. had some d'"-
Guilty in vot ng the rwen,y-nin'h Election Dislr''
ID, tho XNNliid Assembly District lie mas "''u
In the same house In which h" now Ives Tor the ast
.lghteen years. and his name has been on the he-
uuh,ican roll for many years The last time ne en-
,,ued WI. Al tho enrolment conducted by the COM
,,,.oo %, THIRTY Last night. the primary IN me
,..on district in which Mr.. Spooner lives ""S "e'u
-, ~ h,,s. on IN. east side OF First-avc.. between
sixteenth and One-hundred-ahn-
,,..,,b.ts Mr. Spooner said last night that
No found the inspectors working In the interest Oh
Plat when ne attempted TO assert MS r'sn.s az
.ar b. VA ;old that his name was not on the roll
,r, r,u which the inspectors had. ne was hiorHeu'
u,s i, duplicate OF the original one. MT op0o''e'
l.d that the original roll be produced put 'his re-
-, o.,s denied lie then dpfsrdnCn rhat his VOC"
- a., "a ph.s den,a,lq RE Hnsi <scots' were
49,, ,,,r Mr. spooner told them that hA"cud pros
...,ro them II they committed an iiesa' ac' p' re-
fusinR TO allow him 10 vote ~
Mr. spooner further said that every man at the
primary knew him -. 80 =,
or. ~ the inspectors was Theodore c. knaun' OF
xo IA East one cumberland seventeenth-st, M
E,oun objected 10 Mr. Spooner's voting. The other
haf
Ar Snoouer has an office In the Temple conr.
gnding He was for many years oh''eu ''"'eS
commlssioner for this district; 49,. r.
IT,. was the llvellest kind OF time az the Ivy
club the headquarters Of the anil NePa ,s
can organization OF the scr,on NJ" districts Of the
XJVth Congress district In this Assembly uIsI..t.
At late hour the returns sno~ our of the sew
enfy-nlne delegates joan Little neuretu, 9 on
forty anuPlatt delegates win iew h
was disappointed In the returns tor mucn s,ros
an,i-Piait showing had been expected Inc cause u.s.
OF the falling off became appaIeh. mnei a,er
trict captains reported the od-,iine
| Mon tartics had been practised at the primaries
Ihe rrpopft thn Tweniy-ninth Election District,
| had refused 70 allow six ant-platt men 70 vote on
the ground that they were ihar voiss The ac
| cisatioi was made that although letter dated
| yes,erlav had been received from Secretary Man
| hester OF the County Committee. directing the
| chairnen I'm several districts TO alo" Nepupcahs
| ~ vote who would swear In their names. letter
OF earlier date from the same source was display.
on IN, part OF the chairman, directing an opposite
| course \ contest over the election Oh ueeRateS %
| chosen Will he made IN the convention.
| The opinion prevailed at ne Ivy CiuD mat the
| Plat men had won IN the XVIII Congress District.
| It The Headquarters OF the Campaign Committee
| If tho XVIII Congress District, At the Colonial
Hotel ON. hundred md tweniy tthst. and Eighth
| ,va only "A few definite returns had been received
| AZ a late hour DR.. George W Wnterburn. chair
| man Of the committee said that there was "A strong
| aut-Platt following In those parts or the XVIII
| XIXth XXIst and XXIIld Assembly districts en-
brared I'm tho Congress district while he expected
| majority of delegates from tho twelve districts IN
thc XNXIst Assembly District Dr Wlnterburn
added that no one could tell anything about the re-
suits In the Congress district until tod ay since ie
had sent out return postals to the charmen or me
9;S election districts To bc sent In for compilation
To-day He thought that the anti-Patt delegates
would favor Colonel r. G. Campbell as Mckinley