The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-10
"PRIMIRY DAY.n
q" Battle Day" WIN BE Celebrated in 1899,
Anyway.


battle OF Poictlers was fought on that day 1855.
The battle OF Bergen In Germany. and the bat
tie OF Alkmaer. Holland on that day. 17eo.
The battle OF Chickamauga In our Civil War
was fought on September 10. 1883. The nrst
battle OF saltwater In the Revolutionary War
was fought on September 10. 1777. and the last
stand Of the French army In Moscow was made
on that day in 1912. and on the evening OF 1t
the evacuation from tho Russian city began.
For this reason September 10 has come to be
known as battle day." though some OF the
battles he memory OF which it perpetuates
were not OF FIRST Importance.
Subdivision l OF Section OF the present
primary law Of New York State. which went
into effect on May .. 1899, provides that the
seventh Tuesday before the day OF the general
election in each year" shall be known as the
annual primary day." upon which primary
elections shall be held for the purposes follow
ing lst. the choice OF delegates to al! political
conventions to nominate candidates. except
such conventions as have been called to con-
vene prior to September 10. and. End. for the
election OF all committeeman In party organi-
cations who are not chosen at conventions.
State committeeman for the two political
parties in New York. for instance, are chosen
by the convention delegates for their respective
Congressional district.
Election day falls this year on Tuesday.
November Z. and the seventh Tuesday proceed
ing is September 10. primary day" this year.
1t will be the first primary day in New York
under the operations OF the present primary
election law and the first following the official
enrolment on registration days OF electors
DESTROYS OF being enrolled as belonging to one
or other OF the chief political parties.
This years primary election on September
10 Is open to all enrolled electors of either
political party, whether that enrolment was
made on one OF last years registration days or
during the months Of May or June at the
supplemental enrolment for those who were
not enrolled previously.
The hours for voting on primary day in New
York this year are from 2 in the afternoon
until o In the evening. and the announcement
Is made that the primary rolls as corrected to
date. containing the name and party OF all per-
sons entitled to vote at the primaries. may be
copied by any citizen during Office hours at
the office OF the Bureau Of Elections. 300 Null
berry street.
Estimates vary as TO the probable vote to be
cast on primary day in New York county. In
October last, on the four days OF enrolment
during registration. in the two Boroughs Of
Manhattan and the Bronx 1881 Republicans
and acknowledgements we're enrolled. Since then
there have been added to the list about $500
Republicans aud 10000 Democrats. the num-
Der OF primary election contests being most
numerous and most serious on the Democratic
side. and for that reason the supplemental en-
rollment OF Democrats in May and June IL
larger. In the 10th Assembly district, in
which there is triangular contest for leader
ship on the Republican side. the only district
in town in which there has been any serious
Republican fractional fight the supplemental
enrolment amounts to about 400. 1t is prob
ably fair to estimate. in the judgment OF politi-
clans generally. that there are in New York
county $4,000 qualified Republican electors
who can vote II they wish on SeptembeS 10.
and 100000 qualified Democratic electors.
Practically. all the active Republicans are en-
rolled as such The Democratic enrolment is
made UP almost exclusively OF Tammany Hall
men. there being but few ant-Tammany DEM
ocrats included in It, The proportion OF Dem
ocrats enrolled for primary purposes is about
12ha per cent greater than the proportion Of
Republicans enrolled. The actual vote cast at
the primaries will, it Is computed. be four times
greater at Tammany than at the Republican
primaries.
These are the Tammany Hall district lead
ers against whom primary contests are to be
made in the September primaries Bird dis
trict, 2. ]. Ryder; 7th district. Jan. W.
Boyle; 9Th. Martin Engel: 9th. John G. Sh-e-
han; 10th. James 7. Heating: 23d. William L.
Stillings both. John +. Carroll: 3lst. Charles
Wede. and 35th. James Mccartney Mr..
Ryder is a Municipal Councilman; Mr.. Boyle is
an East River Bridge Commissioner; Mr.
EnGel. Municipal Councilman: Mr.. Sheehan,
a former Police Commissioner: Mr. Heating
Commissioner OF Highways; Mr.. Stillings q
Change Of Grade Commissioner: Mr.. Carroll.
an architect: Mr.. Welde Commissioner OF
Jurors. and Mr.. Mccartney. ommissioner OF
Street Cleaning. The leaders Of the opposition
are, in the districts named. as follows 9TH
William H Walker; It'll. Edward I. Brennan :
9Th. Leon Cherug 9th. Frank ]. Goodwin 4;
Goth. Charles H. Hubbard: 23rd. Thomas
McEvoy; both, Joseph Koch: 3lst. Isaac
A. Hopper, and 35th Anthony McOwen Mr..
Walker is a former member OF Assembly; Mr..
Brennan was former Superintendent Of Station
| c: DR.. Cherug is a Tenth ward physician: Mr.
Goodwin is a Municipal Councilman: Mr.. Hib-
bard Is publisher of The JeHerSOnidn: Mr. Koch
was formerly a District Court Judge: Mr.
Hopper is the contractor who built the Third
Avenue Bridge across the Harlem. and Mr.
McOwen is a Bronx Coroner. The most pro-
| tracted OF the primary fights in Tammany is
that In the 9th Assembly district The most
recent OF them Ia that in the 10Th district
against the leadership Of Mr.. Carroll. who was
| formerly park policeman and who Is said to
be looking for assistance in his fight from the
| park police force, the larger part OF Central
Park. the Arsenal included. being included
within the 10Th district. SO much Of the Cen
trail Park as is north of the Transverse Road at
Ninety seventh street is in the 2lst district. in
which there is no Tammany Hall contest.
Section OF the primary election law provides
that there shall be for each primary district two
boards OF primary election inspectors. one OF
which shall consist Of the election inspectors
for the election district comprised within such
primary district who shall at the tine repre-
sent the party which. at the past preceding
| general election OF n Governor. hayo cast the
| largest number OF votes for Governor. and the
| other OF which shall consist of the election In
| spectors who shall represent the party which.
at such election. cast the second largest num-
| her. except that in a primary district cotermi-
nus with an election district each board shall
have an additional member. the poll clerk. who
shall represent the same party MS the two in
| spectors Of election, The first mentioned OF
said boards shall conduct the primary elections
! OF the Larty represented by it's members, and
! the second mer toned OF said boards shall con