New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-13
BRISK PRIM4RY FIGHTS
Struggles for Republican Leadership
IN Sir Assembly Districts.

Brisk primary fights are on among Republican,
A. the Ist. NIIth. XVIII. XVII AAAAst AAe
NNNTId districts. Perhaps the most interesting %
al az them is the battle in the AANth. ~here
Alderman Herbert Parsons is trying TO Gust Deputy
County Clerk Henry Birren from the leadership
rbe stor, ~ how Mr. Birrell wrested the leader
ship from Dock Commissioner Hawkes. mas oeen
told more than once. This incident was suohsis
resented By leading Republicans ia the district ana
has provoked a letter from Cornelius n blss' IN
which he tells Alderman Parsons that ne VIII sup
mort him in the primary tight
Asse-,blvuaan weekes Is with the friends OF M
y,irren and the struggle is a lively one Charles
A Hess an ex-leader OF the district seems TO oe
80, ,ts Parsons Hawkes. people. although It is
conceded that IL is hard 10 tell where Mf. ness
STANDS tn tho votes are counted Inc uls1ilc' OF
fhe East Side takes in the silk stockings around
Madison Square while The West SIDE II lhC4SUes
o large colored population.
Down IN the LIST District the present leader, MAJ
,ir II Bealev has work cut out for him by EDWIN
T. Maruin. Superintendent OF the OUTDOOR Foor IN
she Charities Department M healey mas Oeen
she leader for G number OF years. ano mas 0Ohuoi
81 the election district machinery TO large extent
asr Meru-n last fan protested against the way
,bines were being managed In the district and en-
rolled enoulh OF his friends. 80 that now ne ieeis
confident az succeeding Healey.
DEPUTY United States Marshal John sueohns mas
|. hard nght on IN the XIIth District to retain ms
leadership The charge against Suebling by ms
Rsp,ihlican opponents is that he allows TammshN
Han men TO run his district. Jacob NeWstead mas
been after" MI stebling Cor three years ano last
wear lacked only thirty-two votes OF defeating nm
Tor the leadership
samuel s. Koeng IS trying 20 displace Ehclse
Commissioner George Hilliard in the ANlth Dls-
srict Mr. billiard has been the leader since 4es-'
and says ne is going 20 continue for another year
- least The Kocnig men say that Hiiharo mas d
retmaaent home on Long Island. In recent years
shc district has filed up with Russians. Pores
Jguurarians slavonans ana Italians koenig says
THAT he has enough friends among the newcomers
20 warrant the prediction that ne viii be the next
1eader.
Tax Commissioner Strasbourger, leader OF the
NXXIst District. is fighting with ex-senator sam
aio s Slater 20 retain the leadership Commission
OF strasbourger Is assisted by Frank ". Barkley
and lot % political hustlers who heretofore nave
carried everything before them. Mr. slater $
friends say that under Mr.. Strasbourgefs leaoei-
shin the Republican vote has shrGnk uu mere -
little left of d.. and that the only remedy, ~ =
change u leaders Mr. StrasbOurgers frlenos say
that Mr. Slater il angry because he was not re-
nominated last year for the senate . -
Abraham Jordan. in the NNNklld Dstricts IS iTs-
SIG 10 make Isaac Newman, the present leader,
s'ouf the premises The tight there has Deen IN
she courts and many aspects OF the struggle re-
mind the "old timers" OF tho primary nghts OF
twenty-five years ago