The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-17
AHEAD IN CONTEST FOR TAM.
MANY LEADERSHIP IN THE
NINTH DISTRICT
PICTURESQUE CAMPAIGN
BEARS RICH FRUIT FOR HIM
Defeats Frank j. Goodwin, Tammany
Leader, and John c. Sheehen, Lead
err of the Greater New York Dennoc-
racy-How the Contests in the Other
Districts Resulted.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1e.-Republican
and Democratic primaries were held in
the various assembly districts in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx
today Interest in the outcome of the
voting was keener than has been ap-
parent for some years, inasmuch as
there were many districts in which
there were contests for the district
leaderships.
This was notably true in the Ninth
assembly district, where William S.
Devery, ex-deputy commissioner of
police, had for weeks conducted pic
turesque campaign as a candidate for
the Tammany leadership, as against
Frank J. Goodwin, Tammany leader,
and John G. Sheehan, leader of the
Greater New York Democracy. At IL
o'clock tonight the indications We're
that DeVeryS campaign had been sue
cessful and that he had won. At that
hour Louis Munzinger, Sheehan's cam
paign manager, conceded the election
Of Devery. 81
An unofficial table shows that the
vote cast in the Ninth district with
one district approximately is: DeVery.
1854; Goodwin, 1923; Sheehan, 1919.
In the Twenty ninth district John F.
Carroll ran far ahead of his opponent,
Thomas E. Rush, the Murphy candf-
date.
At II o'clock twenty-four election
districts out of total Of twenty nine
gave Carroll a vote of 90S, as against
453 for Rush.
"Dan" Finn Victorious.
In the Twenty sixth former Sheriff
Thomas J. Dunn had an easy victory
over his opponents, while in the First 1T
appeared at a late hour that Dan"
Finn had won in his fight for the lead
ership against former Police Commits
sioner Michael Murphy At that time
Finn had 1909 votes against Murphy's
S95, with three election districts miss
ing.
Borough President Haffen, of the
Bronx, ran far ahead of his opponent.
John B. Sexton, in the Nineteenth, won
without great trouble over Joseph F..
Kehoe, while eX-Street Cleaning Com
missioner Maggie was e-elected in the
Thirty fourth.
George f. Scannen retains his leader
ship in the Tammany Hall organization
of the Twentyf1fth assembly district.
Scannell carried twenty-one Of the
twenty five election districts with a
total vote of 706 to 355 for Mayer, a
majority of 951.
Mild Among Republicans.
few contests and all We're of more or
less mild nature. Abraham Gruber, in
the Twenty first, John Stiebling in the
Twelfth, with Dock Commissioner
Hawkes. in the Twenty fifth were all
successful against their opponents
Lemuel F. Quigg won in the Nine
teenth assembly district for the Re-
publicans. His ticket got $50 votes to
210 for the ticket headed by Moses C.
Byers.
The regular factions of the two par
ties were successful in both party pri-
maries in Richmond Borough. In the
Democratic primaries the Muller fac
ton carried every election district in
the borough with one exception. In
the Republican primaries the regulars
led by President George Cromwell de-
feated> the Brannif faction by at least
1900 in the borough.
In Brooklyn the regular Republican
ticket in the Seventeenth district won
over that favored by Walter B. After
bury. The regular Democratic ticket
won in all districts but one.