The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
DEMOCRATS OUT IN FORCE.
KEEN INTEREST AND HOT CONTESTS
IN THE BROOKL TN PRIMARIES.

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Rivals Tor the shrievnIty Prise Pet Up = Lively
FtGht for DeieEnte,-The McGnrr3ites or
the 'FiEhtip6 Tenth Ward Narrowly rs
cape p~ereat-Exciting Contests
Tho Democratic primaries in Kings county
for tho choice OF delegates TO tho various con.
~ventions were hold last night, and the interest
was so general that probably fully thrce-fourths
of the enrolled host OF SO. 900 turned out to par
ticipate. Altogether there were 5l6 primaries,
one in each OF the election districts into which
the city is now divided. InlmRnx, Of those there
was keen rivalry among tho Democratic chief
tains, the ain being either to retain their places
as Assembly district leaders or wrest 1t from
the control OF tho OLD managers. A lively COM
petition for the nominations for the four much
coveted offices of Sheriff. Register, County
Clerk, and County Treasurer on the county
ticket also added a strong element OF intere t to
the primary ~contests, Early in tho summer,
whom the candidates for these rich prizes
cropped up in unusual numbers. ex.Register
Mclaughlin announced that II would be a fair
race and no favors. and that the men who con.
trolled the most delegates would come in the
winners.
With the assurance Of an open convention.
the competitors have been working like beavers
for the pnst two months, and the excitement
over the primaries has been almost ss great as
in the warning Worth and anti-Worth camps,
without. however. the personal bitterness which
has marked the Republican faction fight. An
attempt has been made to identify Mr.. Mo
Laughlin as an ally OF ono or other Of
the clashing Democratic statesmen, and It
has also been intimated that the primaries
might result iu his first setback as tho unques-
toned leader Of the Democratic forces in Kings
county. A big four combination, including
Senator Michael J. Cofey. John Delmar. Daniel
Ryan. and Alderman McGarry. was said to have
been formed to undermine the supremacy
Of tho veteran manager and cut tho
props from under James Shevlin and
ex-senator McCarty, his reputed chief ~lieuten.
ants. There has been no real foundation for
these suggestions. and there can be no aues-
ton that, no matter how the primaries
have resulted, Mr.. Mclaughlin will con.
tinue as commander.in.chief OF the Demo
cratic hosts in Brooklyn as long as no
remains In the political saddle. The old
chieftain in fact has been more pleased than
otherwise over the general activity and rivalry
among his lieutenants. which is in marked con-
trast to the indifference which prevailed in the
three preceding disastrous campaigns, when the
nominations fairly went a-beHging.
Warden Patrick HAYES. ex.Police Justice
Henry F. Haggerty. and Frank d. Dreamer were
the three men who had the deepest personal
interest in the primaries.
Each has heen ambitious TO win the nominal
ton Tor Sheriff and the attendant fortune, in
C Sc % success At the polls, OF $500. 900 or more.
the roughly estimated income OF one term OF tho
Office. Wherever any contests took place last
night the fortunes of these candidates were
either directly or indirectly involved.
In each district two delegates were elected 10
the twcnty.one Assembly district conventions.
each of which will elect ten delegates to the
city. county, and judiciary conventions. SO that
1t will not positively be known until the Assem-
bly, district conceptions meet and combinations
are made how Hayes. Haggcrty. and Dreamer
IN rcd rcsDpctiyely last ulylt.
general survey OF the teld, however. SO far
asst could be made at a late hour last night, in.
dictated that the primaries have not increased
the chances OF Warden Hayes being transferred
from the penitentiary to the jail at tho, close OF
and Dreamer in the convention is likely 10 prove
a neck and-neck struggle. with the chances in
In case IL is deemed wise to select a compromise
candidate AS head OF the county ticket Civil
Ses msy ssu h rs .iSSsy SO sst ps't ih Rn i he + PFs stii! in the
fight with both feet. and that he will enter the
convention with a powerful backing.
Senator Cotfey. Daniel Ryan. John Delmar. I:
F. Donovan, Patrick Hayes. John Mcguire. and
William r. Mcguire were allowed 10 retain the
control of their own Assembly districts without
The Guilioyle and Clancy factions had q hot
scrap in the Second Assembly district. with
honors almost evenly divided. and the result
in nncer ainty until the convention Is held.
combined attack OF the Carroll and Hayes forces
to dislodge him from his ascendancy in the Fiji
'' TRe h Aii ! fIs fi'' ali along the line was a,
usual in the Tenth ward. where the Nc.
Garryites and Millarditcs had another
bitterly, contested. Alderman John J. Nc
tain the mantle Of leadership. which was
one OF the requests OF his father. long the politi:
cal master OF the ward. and last night. he reached
the most serious crisis In his political fortunes.
Hitherto the young Alderman has had the sup
port of the machine, but he was supposed to have
forfeited It by some remarks he made a few days
ago in dlsnaraGement OF the leadership OF Mr..
Mclaughlin.
OF the fray, the Millardites professed to be fight
ing undor the machine standard, and thus
coralled many d%eserters from the McGarry
start to finish in each district in the ward, and
II was hard work at some OF the polling places
for the police to keep the peace between the
McGarry stemmed the tide which was rapidly
setting in against him 10y assuring his constitu-
ents that he still recognized Hugh Mclaughlin
hold in the ward by a slender majority. carrying
only nine Of the sixteen districts Included in tho
Assembly district.
AT the last primary he carried eleven of these
districts. The Millardites until four days ago
had no intention to contest the primaries, but
finally concluded to demonstrate to McGarry
that they were still In evidence, and they did
this effectually last night.
1t was the narrowest shave the McGsrryites
have had in their domain since they assumed
political control nearly twenty years ago: An
effort will be made to-day by Mr.. McLaughlin,s
detractcrs to present the result OF the Tenth
T TnFs Sonse Mc a. a Shs Siil n to h,s ,sI ps sns y but 5Ss
first men to refute II.
In general the primaries passed of in an or
have been expected. William Haggerty. aged
% years, OF 1lS Thirty ninth street. was the
only person who got into trouble. having been
twelfth district Of the Eighth ward.
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