The sun., 1900-08-27
vol. LXyII. mo. 36l.
RATTLE OF THE PRIMARIES.
,,vrIy sKIRuISHTyG BY CIRCUJAR
~ ADVANCE OF THE VOTING.
xs,ps, til, sh.ehanite' Say About Mr. Good
r,n and the Goodwinites About Mr..
sh,.bsu- Gruber-Austin Amenities-Con-
,..,, in Eleven Districts Tomorrow.

ar,oy SIX OF them are In the Republican
household the others being among the TAM
~. mon The most interesting struggles
90 those between eX-Alderman Patrick IL.
g..hon and Fast River Bridge Commissioner
lane. W. Boyle for the Tammany leadership
'. ,be Seventh district the Sheehan-Goodwtn-
sri,h asht In the Ninth and the Gruber-
I,sdn contest IN the Twenty-frst In
,ho thirteenth j. }. O'Brien Is fighting the
rammany leadership OF Peter j. Dooling.
7, the Twenty-arst James IT, Conway Is out
after Deputy Sewer Commissioner Donohue's
lii and in the Thlrty-nrst Commissioner
., Jurors Welde IA trying 10 win back the place
"a, Isaac A Hopper took from him last Sep
,an'n.r All OF these are Democratic struggles,
s,capt the Austin-Gruber fsht. Among the
psnubicans eX-Alderman Haokett wants to
.ucceed Franklin Miller as leader Of the Seventh.
p i Drummond Is out after j. j. Pegnam's
.caln in the Fourteenth. The anti-lless people
nave A ticket In the field In the Twenty-nfth.
the Anti. Mason voters have ticket In the
Tusnty.ninth, and John NJ. Reid ia camping
o, the trail Of Isaac Newman
The Seventh Is being thoroughly circularized
nv both Of the Tammany factions. Mr.. Boyle
mt out a business mems circular indorsing
himself. Mr.. Keahon followed suit. Then
Mr., Boylo Informed the voters that Mr.. keahon
employed cheap labor which is called no
boksn labor" In the Seventh. Mr.. keahon re-
torted with circular signed by forty OF his
employees saying that he was good man.
There will be another outburst OF circulars
to-day In the Ninth the Sheehan people
have a circular which says this about Mr.. Good
win and Mr.. Smith
-Of the other ticket and the leadership 1t
repressuts you have had brief experience
to haak In the favor Of
taetorate. although no one has as yet been
found TO openly father It's pretenslons, this
renegade faction Of peanut politicians without
one single vital principle on which 70 STAND
and and OF the people Of the district, animated
only by the lust Of otflce and the greed for gain
that IL derived from the wages OF sin, prolific
In promises as worthl sss as Micawber's notes
and never Intended 70 be kept fruitful In words
and specious pledges, with the aid Of outr ageous
Intimidation and corruption, briefly, intrenched
itself In the district enjoying Tor time
many who will one day with shame or sorrow
regret the surrender Of their manhood
Their appetite whstted BY aP sp9e%eral sue
the polls, they have sought TO invade and dis
t,rrb the business activities Of the district with
The same Tsh0as Soas SoTE es'SF tbress
and innuendoes. Vice. crime and indecency
have been smiled upon. while decent and orderly
citizens have been terrOrlzed in the conduct
OF their legitimate business. so far as It lay
ip the poyer. Of this element to accomplish
TO this the Goodwtn-smIth folks make reply
In these words.
-Mr. sheehan knows he cannot win, but Is
William F sheShan, Who was was driven out Of
political policy. which Temporarily injured
s sconnected with several trusts as counsel aud
notherwise.. He voted FOR Mckinley in 1898
msetnS Of 2Rpptea the pemocratic oe State % Committee
sars,oss and ty 70 create dscord fer }T,th the
J. Bryan. Rule or ruin has always been the
policy Of both the Sheehans, and that is why
h district has sessd up to The time John
q II Is the recent interview Of Senator Mum
ringer given out by Sheehan's direction. that
an independent ticket with a Republican In
dorsement. These are the Sheehans that the
Democratic party made. They are willing
by irving 10 create dissension In the local or
ganization and advise Democratic Senator
qSSi neS % sS9y and PS snS & duty as
district strife by helping 10 roll up an over
vheming majority AGAINST sheehan. III,
conceded that his constant fighting has been
Injurious 70 the party detrimental TO business
and harmful 70 the interests OF our Democratic
constituency"
In tho Twenty-hrst all factions Of both par
Gruber product:
The regular Republican organization asks
your support for the following reasons
,frst-lt is, as II has been since 1894, the
bgvark Of Republican principles in the the dis
.Second-lt has been uniformly successful
@CTRt u y lS9l, when the party, was divided
snoa az MScR MTuss StS5 ss Phdads1aa ehd kaoss
sSS Ss,s |. Ss s, dtStTst and sssa q SSff sss
possible majority oT foP the ei tcet sSSrn the largest
tourth,lt has always been run on the
rsnas.SD; sqe.SDe1 -, Pian. that conventions might
can honestly say that there was az any time
Ta. Ts,ed 70 hlm full and fair right to state his
,filth-lt has never been a one-man organ
Ms,rih, aMa,Gh, ,hl', on the contrary, each election
ShbtIc, %ho ~, mas been supreme as the undersigned.
sno l9r years have had charge OF their respec-
uye election districts, take pleasure in certi-
.Syth-Ihe opposition to the Organization,
ead a. meeting Of the election officers
esrtinI mlt'ee |r,, month ago: The division OF the
srsqed that II the organization wants to beat
Sst uPer n The district at the primaries in Aug
That n. S way Sna the efStSn TammanT 9Ge5s srssn to
Ls,.n beat sheehSn in the III Sip III S diatrict organ
e etbatsamnany 70 baat MI 1S.r methods Gannot be
The district has electsd Republican candle ates
1875, tAcept IN 1897, when there were
unIr Meyoralty tickets In the fel !.
Eghth-This Assembly district has become
sIuuR because OF It's devotion to Republican
rhnclpleS AZ no time more benehcent than now
".el bryan and his dishonest financial heresies
"e Tmh being urged upon the people
,Nihth-We abuse no Republican. We will
n. ~. uISSNminate lies about any other Republi-
Jsn,,HSe We VII 90 nothing on the eve Of Presi-
vo,. eIecton To lose a single Republican
~. we ask Tor your support bacallse Of
"na we are and what we have done
s, "r AuSunites are not behind hand Here
tsume Of the things they say about Col
br we believe that there IL no better standard
Shlch an established leader can be Judged
b,l bl ny ms past record. We charge Mr. Abra-
WI .hrlber with the denial to the Republican
v3W'n oi The Twenty-frst Assembly district
~ ~ % We eNceI ton Of favored few Of the right
Hrpn pan nu{Glnate In party management We charge
,m Nlth assuming the sole Hight TO nominate
ics nlats Tor uubliC Office and with nominat-
ts ,tlch candidates long before the delegates
v. ue nominating conventions are elected,
.vnnirye him with the maintenance OF an
hsllAuon bound to do his bidding
cai ,4sh sh considerations not OF politi-
cp,ntplhc @ hclnle but Of personal fealty and De
,.I,uy proh', without regard 70 tho party's
ofxnW we charge him with the obstruction
sng gs slhnlence Of the district In party councils,
nsr,,E W. believe that a full free and comulete
II, ,Jpauon Of the Republicans OF this dis
a, y IN lm such councils can not be had so long
an o,runPrlsml Is taken for Republicanism. and
oi ;bns ., Gruber remains the representative
VIZ Olstrct In the Executive Cornb,it,aa n