The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-19
PRIMARY BATTLES TO-DAY.
CLUB THINKS sHEEHIN rs BEATEN,
SHEEHLN TBINKS NOT

Says lie VIII win Three to One and Has an
Ego Peeled for Floaters From Jersey
Tammany Fights In Districts = Re-
publican in 2-Crisis for Lightning Jim.
The primary elections will DO held to-day
The polls will be open at o'clock this after
noon and will close at o'clock In the evening.
Up to q late hour last night nine Tammany
district fights. out OF seventeen which have
ragged at various times. were unsettled and It
was expected that in nine districts tickets op-
posing the present leaders would be put In tho
field. There are but two fights among the Re-
publicans. One OF them Is three -cornered
Last night THE SUN was assured by each OF
the eighteen Democratic leaders and the Ave
Republican leaders that he was bound to win.
The fight OF John @. Bheehan against the
Goodwin Smith faction In the Ninth Assem- bly,
dlstrict 10 arousinE more interest than any
other Tammany fight. Mr.. Shesban said last
night that out OF an enrolment OF $500 in the
district he expected majority OF 100 votes.
Mr. sheehan has been informed that his op-
ponsnts contemplate voting men from New
Jersey on the names Of his supporters in the
early hours OF the primaries. He said last
night that he had learned on what he con-
sidered excellent authority that two Jerseymen
whom he named. were to bring scowload OF
Jersey City foaters to the Ninth district. Mr..
Sheehan also heard that the m en- were to be
paid by man he named Walsh IN a saloon in
Fourth avenue. Councilman Goodwin and Mr..
Smith laughed at this story. They said that
Sheehan was going to be defeated and circl-
lated this report so to be able to yell FRAUD"
Mr.. sheehan's iRht is against Richard
Croker. At the Democratic Club it was said
last night that It was thought that the Good
win-smith faction might win.
The only other fight openly in opposition to
Croker is In the Third district. whore ex- As
semblyman Walker is trying to down the
leader. Patrick j. Ryder. Mr.. Ryder says that
Mr.. Walker may get as many as 200 votes.
in the Thirty first Assembly district Isaac A.
Hopper 10 out for the scalp OF Leader Charles A.
Welde. Mr.. Hopper has written to Mr.. Croker
saving that win or lose. he 10 an organization
man. The Welde adherents In the district
will receive onsideration from him II he is
in the district, and he Is coniidens that thi.
story will not injure him 1t is. he says. utterly
IN the Twsnty. thiTd Assembly district ex-
Police LnsEector Thomas !. McAvoy hopes to
; .SJse %s + sGEs as
triet. In tho Thirty -iourtS Coroner Mc0Wen
is lighting Park Commissio ner Moebus for the
FercivaI Sagle, the iesdef in tho south hail.
has espoussd tho Park commissioners cause.
can carry his half Of the district he will be rec
ognized as tho leader.
In the Seventh district Edward F. Brennon |
is fighting James W. Boyle. In the Tenth a |
com binaton has been formed against County |
Clerk Sohmer. In the Thirteenth J. j. O'Brien |
wants to succeed Peter j. Dooling. In the |
Twenty-nint sx-Polioe Justice Koch Ia rally |
ing his followers to knock out John F. Carroll |
and Roin NJ. Morgan. and in the Thirty third |
2 movement is on foot, under the leadership Of
Nicholas j. Hayes. The troubles in some of |
these districts may be adjusted before the |
polls open to day.
The Republican fight In the Twentieth dis
trict began last spring, whom 1t was decided by |
certain eminent Repu blicans that Lightning
Jim stewart's leadership might as well be dis;
pensed with. Richard NJ, Lush was selected
TO lead the fight against him. After IL had
been In progress for some time Capt. F. Nor
ton Goddard appeared as an independent can |
didate. He has spent a large sum OF money |
among the residents of the district and expects
to poll a tremendous vote. Last night he gave |
q smoker At the East Side Republican Club, |
BIZ East Thirty-fourth street, at which $50 |
pen enthusiastically pulled pipes in his be- |
In the Twenty ninth district John Sabine
Smith 10 trying to knock out James W. Perry |
tho present leader. The Smith faction fights |
the Perry faction every year. Mr.. Perry. it is |
believed. will win this year the same as last |
year.