New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-13
RESULTS OF THE PRIMARIES.
CONVENTIONS WILL. SHOW THE WIN
MING SIDE IN BROOKLYN
NEITHER FACTION AS YET ADMITS DEFEAT
COMMISSIONER wILLs's VIEW OF

COMMISSIONER WILILSs VIEW OF
THE SITUATION
Not until after the Assembly district conven-
lions held tonight Will it he known TO a Ger
tainty which of the Republican factions was
victorious In the primaries in Brooklyn Tues
day night. Neither side yesterday would admit
for minute that 1t had lost the battle. SO far
State Committeeman were concerned, 1t
would seem that the administration has the lid
and lid districts sure. that Worth has the With
District sure. while the IVth and With districts
In doubt with the chances OF the Worth
men bright in the WITH District
We have carried fourteen out OF the twenty
one Assembly districts" said City Works Com
missioner Willis. This will give us sixty dele
gates out Of the ninetytwo In some districts we
developed remarkable strength. but I'm others.
like the Twenty-first and Sixteenth wards we
rather lost ground | don't propose to say for
publication what districts have carried as
that would let the opposition know where we
think we are strongest"
Mr. Willis said that his faction had not de-
ciared preference as TO a candidate for Gov
ernor but he expressed the belief that Lieuten-
ant-Governor Saxton and George w. Aldridge
had the call
Buttling expressed great confidence that he
had seventeen Assembly districts and seventy
delegates. The Sheriff gave out these delegate s
claimed by him by Senate districts: IIId 3;
WITH. II; With. Z; With TO- With -: With .;
IXth. u.
In Commissioner Wis's ward, the First. Mr..
Willis says he has all Of the delegates. and
that two contests were based election dis
trict patronage and were not a fight against
him. The Worth men say that they have three
delegates in the ward and could thus control
the Assembly district. But it is probable that
a combination will go through by which Mr..
Willis will have three of the delegates and Mi
chael ]. Dady two. The lid Assembly District,
in which Sheriff Buttling lives, is close that
it is said TO hinge vote. This led to a
facetious remark on the part of very prac-
teal politician yesterday to the effect that the
political auction flag will fly very freely until
the convention tonight.
Another close district is the XIIth for the
control Of which Park Commissioner Woodruff
and Deputy City Works Commissioner Fielding
cross swords Mr. Woodruff expressed conf
dence that he had the district, and would elect
w. w. Goodrich. who does not live in the dis
trict; S. b butcher. r. II. Smith and Messrs
Bristow and Prendergast. Mr.. Fielding Will
make no fight against Messrs butcher and
Bristow Tut he will do his best to go a
delegate himself and carry two friends with
him. Walter y. Atterbury seems to be the
leading candidate for State Committeeman from
this district. and will probably succeed Mr.
Goodrich, who will retire.
1t appears that Robert A. Sharkey stands
fair chance Of succeeding himself State Com
,ba nd tba
administration men, or rather the Twenty-third
Ward administration men, made a combina-
ton to defeat the Wassmuth- Chambers Bren-
men faction. John d. Post will be chairman OF
the convention, and it is questionable whether
the Wassmuth men will be able to seat their
delegates in their contesting districts Of the
Twenty-fifth Ward II seems that there
desire all around, and especially on the part Of
the administration men, to get even with WasS
muth for voting against William j. Taylor for
National Delegate last spring. The slate chosen
for delegates to the State Committee is made
up Of William j. Taylor. John ID. Post and
George II. Kennedy, all administration men, and
Robert Sharsey and John LaGrange. Worth
men. The administration end Of this combina-
ton assert that the combination will not go
so far as supporting Mr. Sharkey for reelection
to the State Committee. Still, If the Twenty
fourth Ward throws its votes with the Twenty
SIXTH Eighth and Twelfth TO Sharkey. 1t will
be a difficult matter to defeat him.
The Vth Congress District Will be very close.
f. j. Kaltenbach assured Commissioner Willis
yesterday that he had majority Of the dele
gates, while John G.. Deubert made a like report
to Sheriff Buttlng. The probabilities that
the Wurster- Willis forces have lost the Twenty
first Ward 1t is seldom that so fierce pri-
mary is carried that which was fought In
the district In which City Clerk Joseph Ben
tamin and ex-Alderman Colson live. All the
political lights Of the ward came up into the
district TO lend a hand, and the city Clerk
retrieved the loss of last fall. The Nineteenth
Ward however did nobly for Mayor Wurster,
and may save him the district. The administra-
ton men have probably fifty out of hfty-four
delegates Water Purveyor Knapp won his dis
trct by forty-flve against forty-three. In the
XVIII District the Worth won by drawing
lots. William Kramer defeated Peter Hirsch-
field in the XVIII District.
In the WITH Assembly District. which takes
I'm part OF the Seventh Ward. the friends Of
James NJ Fuller say that he is going AZ a dele
gate to the State Convention. But whether he
can get the votes 1t remains for the convention
tonight to determine. He has been Worth
man for a long time. Many conferences were
held last night by the various Assembly delega-
tons.