The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
As their candidate nrnlnat him Charles x. Lonon.

as their candidate against him Charles K Loxow,
brother OF Senator Lexow, and one Of the Ro-
publican district leaders IN the territory within the
district How far the nomination OF Mr.. Lexow
will add 10 the Republican chances OF success a
question not easily answered lof the district rom
which he halls 10 one IN which iactonhl hgh,
among Republ cans has been going on lOr num-
Der OF years aud the CHIEF bcnoiciares OF It's con-
tnuance have been the Tammhny Hall Demo
Gratis
The Eighth Judicial dis,rc, extends from
Fourteenth 10 Forteth street and fiom Sixth
avenue to the North River The present Justice
is Joseph II. StncI Temmony Hall Democrat
who was the unsuccessful rammany nominee
IN II in 1881 and who, twelve years later, was
elected on the Tnmmony Hall ticket though
by majority not large enough to put the dlstrc Ct
could be made by either party. The quest On
OF nomination on the Tammany side turned.
up to me h primaries Of Sept 49, upon the
Tct between John {; Sheehan and Councl Imam
Frank j, Goodwin Dependent upon Goodwlns
success, the arrangement was that Justice Stiner
would be promo ed to the City Court by Tam.
many ny Ian nom mL,,i and that the SScancy
Iammany's side by the nomination of James
A. Lynch, one Of the most active Goodwin men
The defeat Of Goodwin and the success OF Sheehan
Justice Stiner 10 TO be candidate for reelection
on the Tammany hckeg but who the Republ can
Rs a% hss nS Sesn
man. In New York, 10 a resident OF this street
the Republ can politics Of which he can be said
who bel eve that Mir Gibbs would be glad Of tho
occasion TO demonstrate his political sygacity
IN s Hc mmed,a'e ghhoIhood declare tina, be
Republicans and show, in the year preceding
e sss do tes n S.w eec"on whS can
be Is not determined but there is the customary
nIk n Chelsea circles Of H. c Backus Tho
a political fight in this district one Of tho local
leaders OF which, Mr. Wndolph, ls an queduct
commissioner, while another, Clarence W. Meade.
! CITY mag strate, and there are, moreover,
iactonal Tamman controversies 10 be utilized,
perhaps, and labor opposition 10 the reelection OF
Justice Stner orga lieL
The Ninth Judicial district is the closest In
town In which there viii be an election this year
The present Justice is Joseph r. Fallon who has
TO the political gossip of Harlem. will not I've con.
sldered in connection with a denomination by
OF Democrats in the thirty First district has 10
some extent disarranged the slate which con
ipal Court Justice ,Brodsky had the backing
Of Commissioner Of Jurors Welde who met with
defeat in the t'mbcr primaries Some other
candidate is to be sought by the successful Hopper
faction and meanwhile the Republicans ell. Il
Is said. nominate Samuel Strasburrcf, on whose
behalf an active preliminary canvass has been
made The district Is close and is becoming
closer each year and the infusion OF new voters
is ,. distinctly favota5le 70 Republicans The
sixth street. the western boundary is Lenox
avenue he eastern boundary is the East River
and Az the n9hsei9 5GundHty the Ha!em RIVER
A. o German, Tammany Hall Democrat, is the
present Justice, is between Foricth street Egh
sixth ste t. Sixth avenue and the North River In
the contest OF six years ago. Justice German
as the Democratic candidate received 10 500 votes
and Charles 3, Page the Republican candidate,
aftrrward State Senator, polled $500 Since
that time the increass in the Republican vote has
been considerably larger than the increase in the
Democratic vote. but not 10 an extent sufficient
to give the Republicans a majority. though the
present Democratic lead Is not probably much in
excess Of 2 800 There is talk among Repuhli.
cans OF renomnating Senator Page for Civil
Justice this year though running in the same
tor by George W Piunkitt year ago Mr.. Page
and twice Tor Senator. AMI the advantage OF this
is estimated as important by many Of the local
Republicans The Democratic candidate has
not been fixed upon. Justice OGorman having
announced some time ago that he would not DO a
can iiate this year and recently there has been a
revival OF the talk of the nomination OF Ezrkial
Thompson as the Tammany Hall candidate
II s curious evidence Of topsy turvy politics in a
staid New York neighhorhood that the proposed
Tammany Hall candidate should have been the
Republican nominee for the same Office twelve
years ago while the Tammany candidate whom
he may run to succeed was the Labor nominee
against him in 1887. Another candidate named
on the Tammany side is Thomas VI McEntegart
who lie now employed in the Corporation Coun
sci once, Bureau of Recovery Of Penalties, at q
salary Of 81 800
In the general estimate OF politicians the Ave
uncertain dist rcts in the Municira Court con
tests are the Thiid. Seventh Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth the First, Second Fourth Fifth and Sixth
being regarded as Democratic