The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-26

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NEW YORK. Sept. N.-The victory Of
John c. skeehaa ~ the primary election
in the Ninth Assembly district yesterday -
regarded by poitsicians ~ the most serious
blow Richard Croker has resolved fro0
within the Tanmany o~Ianioation since ne
resumed the ieadership IN JsN. The i'm
portAsce Of the result, they aAy. does noe
II IN the personal triumph Of Mr.. shee-
I'm, bot IN the Demonstration Of the fact
that . Tammany leader can openly fsbel
agsinss Croker. defy hsS power. make
AOhf against the Tsmmasy osganisation.
hacked BY the city ADMINISTRATIVE and tne
police. and win 81 the primary poIh~
The inevitabje eject. according 20 fhe
po1ttieisnA VIII b 20 encourage the thou-
sands Of men IN TS@mooy Hall vino srs
rosfive under Crs1ers arbitrary rule, buf
who have submJefed becAuae they thought
t1nt rebellion would b Ssseess and would
rssu.t sniy h iajusy 70 thssr fnsnds Pre-
0tctiOos were freely made to6ay th1t Me-.
hsE's succeeds and the defeat Of Cookers
TREND weIde Ia tire 1hlrty-nrst district
vim b followed In the rear futuse BY anti
Croker rissngs al over the city, and that
whom the time comes toteIect delegates 70
ths state and national eoavsatssas asxs
year, crokers authority ~1l - sestou1y
threatened.
II 10 wsH known thas Croker used I'll hts
pswer 70 Gust eheehan from the leader.
nip Of the Niash AtsfsSes. HI pVivass
secretary. Thomas y. Smith, took charge
of the ant!-Shsehaa campaign: dice hold
en- who were frisndiy 70 Dheshau were
discharosd ~ threassnsd; chtsf DsvsSy.
Who hvso n ~ district, 80 hjs Police
worked openly for th4 0oodUln fsetioo
before and during fhe primaries. and II 10
charged that satoonkeepsss IN The district
WIRE foIA thai they would havs thsis
places closed On ouUdays n tAsy refused
70 support Goodwin Msssovee, Croker
ord<ssd NJ Tammsny sxscutlve commit
tee to reject the regular NJ 81 Slset3on
secured the appointments - inspsctosu -
leeted BY the Goo1wtn fsctlsn II e1Os.
Croker made the hUht against 0hsehan
. test Of his abaulute control Of the or
onnizAfion. and left NOTHING undone 10
slow that 10 maa could - 3 lender 10
Tammany hall without his approval. That
b Why the result y regarded ~ such
SERIOUS matter fog TA0meny's chisf. His
sse orssnias.ion mat he il not invincibls
after all, and that IN earnest hght, such
~ 0heehan made. on = larger scalr, might
eject his deposition.
SONS kept away from the polls By inflmi-
d3tton- Bone we're threatened IN various
WAys. and others we're asked not 10 vote
e AZ. II was a campaign q intimidation
Evening Post reporter.
when asked II his victory would BE- the
beginning o. general movsmenf agsMst
the present powers in Tammaay hall. Mr..
n that am going into the NV sxscuttvs
committee ~ the regularly elected member
for the Ninth districts and J yroposs -
msinsain ~ siGnss I , ssee ~, WI. sc
m for their Ytebt1"
crois Also tool = deep intessss g the
ss sssa ss"a &. ~ s:s, Z X:
p0Akst borough At croksss business part,
neE Pster nsyss Wsids = only me
years. 70 WeIde's defeat means the defeat
Of Meyer and Croker.
The result Ia the Thirty-h IL expected
TO have Al important erect en- Dsm2sre nc
whom Croker turned down" has many
friends fhsrs. and they have been waiting
Tor an opportunity "a restore tho eS-!eay.
Qs 20 his sorm~ place IN Tsmmany HsiI
Il was predicted today that the Harlem
districts wouid BE- among the nDt 70 sstss
the defeat Of william y. sslrsss, lead.
eonsldered a defeat TOT Croker, becsass hs
did not, apparently. fnterfess IN the cor
test. NJ ottlllu6o, hUWevef, Wep the res
uiaS oegnrsatson candidate. 40 Nc over.
throw u likely 10 ADD 70 the belief that q
revolutionary movement IN Tamuany Hall
might be successful.
Richard Croker cad that hs did not care
10 discuss the result in the Mini District.
Mr.: shsehan = only ono o. the thIr.
I do MT bofh~r MwycenahsdAOur
I DO not bother myssif about district
fights The Democrats ~ the Ninth d1o-
trcs have chosen their leader SAD there
n no more 70 sey about g."