New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-19
A QUIET SET OF PRIMARIES.
LITTLE OPPOSITION TO THE MACHINE
FORCES.

THEY CARRIED A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS
prr THE ACTUAL RESULT WILL NOT BE
KNOWN TILL. AFTER THE ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
Machine politicians encountered co"pa'au'e's
little opposition at the RepuoIcan primaries III
this city last evening judging by the reports "hc"
were received at the headquarters OF ,he r.epuo
lican County Committee. in West Thirty-eighth-
81 and at n number Of the Assembly district heau
,uarters I'm to n late hour. II was said that the
nr,maries had been unusually quiet and free from
controversies Many Anti-Machine men re'raiheo
from taking any part In the primaries oec'"'H's
that they were opposed TO strife at time WHEN d"
Republicans should be working for the election OF
Mckinley and Hobart, wfile others saiu thal !"
was hopeless task to contend against the ma
chine because If they elected delegates In opposi-
ton they would be deprived Of their rights III 'he
conventions.
II was impossible to tell last night how many
OF the districts In the city had been carried oy
the machine men, but there was reason 10 sup
nose that the majority of the delegates elected py
tho machine was large. The results OF the pri
maries NAV not be known until the Assembly DIS
trict conventions meet on Friday evening 10 BE-
lect delegates to the Republican State Convention
II will be known then how many OF the Assembly
districts are controlled by the machine fo"r se''
Of delegates were elected at the primaries last
tend the conventions Friday evening
The second set of delegates will attend Assembly
district conventions on the evening of September
10 elect delegates to the Republican County Con-
yention. which Is to be held In Lyric Hall on the
evening OF September 10
The third set OF election district delegates VIII at
tend Congress district conventions on the evening
of September to nominate Republican candidates
for Congress and the election district delegates OF
the fourth set will attend conventions on the even
ing of September to nominate Republican candi-
dates for the Assembly.
In the LIST Assembly District the Anti-Piatt he-
publicans had an easy victory but that was one OF
the few districts known to have been earned o9
| the opposition
There was practically opposition TO the Ma
chine men in the lid and lid Assembly districts
Among the delegates elected In the lid District
were ex-Police Captain Ira s Garland. ex-Assem-
| tIyman Henry w Hooks and Charles p Bible.
Most OF the other downtown districts were carried
| by the Platt without opposition.
| MACHINE MEN BEATEN IN THE XIIITH.
| The machine forces said to have been de-
| feated in the XIIIth Assembly District, where
Robert Miller was the leader Of the opposition
forces Each side carried n number OF election
| districts but it said that the anti-machine
men would control the Assembly district conven-
lions.
The machine forces had their own way. with
practically opposition. In the AlNth, Nv IN
| XVIth and XVIIth Assembly districts. but in the
XVIIIth District William Henkel was said TO have
| night that he had carried the district without
trouble The district is entitled to three delegates
! in the State Convention. -,
There no oPPos9 nd * SX he Asmby ds
trcts In the XXIId Assembly Distric, no primaries
were held in fifteen Of the election districts pecause
form district organizations most of the Reputbs-
| leans in the districts having followed Thomas r
| Eagan Thomas +. Rightmire and jacob fsldt, lr
out of the regular organization. The Anti, Machine
Republicans Of the XXIld Assembly District MADE MADE
dictricts. but they have united in forming new Re,
pnbcan organizations in the districts. and will
| have over 800 enrolled members now. and the mem,
9 Se II n the Assembly district are
bers Of the Mckinley League OF the state OF Ne"
Republicans were disregarded by the regular organ
The XXIiId Assembly District primaries were SC
close that the result was in doubt last evening but
the XXIvth went for the Machine
RESULT IN THE xXvTH
Over twenty of the thirty-eight election districts
| in the XVIII Assembly District were carried by
| the machine forces under the leadership OF Amasa
| Thornton and Thurlow Weed Barnes. who are
Aghtinp against each other for the position Of Stat.
| Committeeman which Mr. Barnes now holds
Their followers made determined efforts to proven
Ie tbe Twefth Election District the chairman
Frederick Gross made ar effort 10 prevent I1r,
|
| tho bancroft House at Broadway and Twenty
frst-st Mr. Milhollands name was not on Inc Inc tnl
because he had moved into the election district an
IA ohtained a transfer to that district from th'
County Committee in the regular way 100 late |.
| got his name on the roll. The INSPECTORS AT TN
| Urinary when Informed that the transfer mad ne"i
delivered to the chairman within the time provide.
hv the constit ltion of the County COMMITTEE oVer
| ruled the objections of Mr.. Gross and allowed MI
Milhoand TO vote , ., r, =,
OF The Assembly districts In the northern part o
| tho citv the XXXth, XXXIst NNNliG ai'
| XXXIVth were said to have been carried py IN IN
WI
| in doubt or were believed to have been carried p'
! the machine men.