New-York tribune., 1904-08-31
DEVERY AGAIN BE4TEN.
Congressman Douglas Nay Haze to
Retire from the House.

lican the Democratic county executive COM
mittees in New-York County the result of the
primaries yesterday.
Louis ]. Hoenninger beat Henry AltmeIer in
the lid, Theodore 2. Gilman beat Congressman
William H Douglas in the XIXth, and ex-AI-
derman Herbert Parsons beat ex-Assemblyman
Howard ConkIing In the XXVth. There We're
contests in the IXth. where William Halpin. and
in the XXXIst. where Tax Commissioner Sam
uel Strasbourger the leaders. but they did
not excite much attention. because the results
could be foreshadowed.
On the Tammany side. Battery Dan" Finn
beat Michael Hart by three or four to one. In
the IXth big Bill" Devery easily beaten
by the Goodwin Smith forces. In the XVIIth
Daniel F. Mcmahon against Assemblyman
John Curry, after hot fight. In the XXXIst
Isaac A. Hopper defeated Lewis Abrams by Il
vote of more than two to one. In the XXXIVth
there a battle royal in the southern half of
the district where ex-Street Cleaning Commits
sioner Percival f. Nagle tried to unseat John F.
Cowan. Charles F. Murphy's friend. Cowan beat
him. In the northern part of the district Mr..
Nagle's partner August Moebus. was easily de-
feated by Eugene ]. Mcclure Charles F. Muir
ply took hand in this fight urging support of
COwan and Mcclure the ground that their
defeat would be interpreted a public censure
of the Mcclellan administration and sign that
the gamblers were once more in the ascendency.
CONGRESSMAN DOUGLAS MAY RETIRE.
Theodore p. Gilmans victory over Congress
man William H. Douglas in the XIXth District
probably means the retirement of Mr. Douglas
from the House of Representatives. He is like
Iy TO be succeeded by J. Van Vechten Olcott
The contest in the XIXth was unusually bitter
and while the national and StaS tickets will
not suffer because of it, 1t is feared that there
will be trouble the minor offices the can
didates for which may be dictated by the Gill
man. -Quigg men.
Ex-Alderman Herbert Parsons last night re-
ceived the cOngratulation Of his friends be-
cause of his victory over the Conkling-Birren-
Hess In the XVIII. He had a margin of
about $50 In total vote of about 1000
The votes in the more important contests were
follows:
REPUBLICAN
TId-L. J. Hoenninger, 500; Henry AItmeier. a6s.
XVth-George Wanmaker. i7si C. H. Reynolds. ees.
xixth-Thsodorc p. Gilman, 1900 William II. Doug
xXxyth-Edward il. HeaIy. 1850; NJ j. Harring-
DEMOCRATIC.
INth-Frank j. Koodvvin. esss; Devery sa7
NVIIth-DanieI +. Mcmahon. I47t: John Curry SAL
Anist-Matthew r. Donohue. 2.I3i; Joseph W. Cody.
NNAth-Harry G. Hart. 1.7'9 George A Burreli. LIZ
ANNIst-Isnac A Hopper. 1888: Lewis Abrams. liza
ssso: %scra pf~nS: % g ErSsns S MsGSi5s
Annex-Thomas H. O'Nen. I.isO; Thomas Newell. s7i
Gilman and Quigg received the returns at No.
1.94I Broadway. and Douglas and his partisans
were at their headquarters. at Sixty-seventh-
St and Columbus-ave- Douglass vote was
challenged. and he had to swear II in The
Congressman owns a house in West Seventy
seventh-st but II charged that when he
moved to Tarrytown recently he leased his
house and had since that time established a
| temporary home at the St Andrew, Seventy
| second-st. and broadway Douglas carried his
own election district by 81 TO II. In the
| Twenty-fifth Election District In which Gilman
and Quigg live. the vote was II to SO in favor OF
| Gilman.
| Edward J. Healy was successful in defending
| the Republican leadership in the XNXVth AS
| sembly District against Matthew J. Harrington.
| Harringtons wife had "stumped' for him. max
| Ing a number of speeches during the primary
| fight.
| In the Ist District fraud and gross irregular
| tiles on the part OF Fnns supporters were
charged. HartS followers say that voters for
| the defeated candidate were forcbly kept from
the polling places. Hart said last night that one
! of his watchers, John White. of No. ~ Watts
| ST. was assaulted by a Finn sympathiZer at the
| Eleventh District polling place and knocked un-
| conscious with a blackjack.
THE FIGHT IN THE NTH.
| In the IXth Assembly District. where the con-
! test was between William $. Devery and Frank
| j. Goodwin. the latter won by a margin that was
| unexpected even by his most ardent admirers
| According to the eX-chief's figures. his op-
ponent beat him by 1906 votes. Goodwin receiv-
| ing 2.232, against Deverys 92T
| The Devery headquarters were filled to the
| doors and the street outside jammed with
| his friends. but when the result announced
| not a sound heard. At the Seymour Club
| Goodwin's headquarters In Tweuty-ffth-st.
| however. there was jubilation. Goodwin thanked
| every one, and stated that "Devery in the dis
| trict had been downed forever"
| The announced opposition to william Halpiu
| for the Republican leadership of the IXth As
| scmbly District failed To appear. Every OF
the LOIS votes east in the twenty-five election
| ganization candidate. nor could his announced
| rival be found In the district. HE left here
for the country the reply that gtver
at his headquarters in Twenty -sixth-st.
| In the XNIIth Assembly District Curry anC
his friends charge that more than four hundred
| noaters were used by Mcmahon. and Mr.. Curry
says that he will contest the election. Fight:
| We're OF frequent occurrence at every pollins
| place in this district, though few arrests were
| made Curry charged that twelve votes were
| cast from the house in which Bridge Commits
| sioner George r. Best lives. Mr. Best replied
| that II not at ell strange, as he lived in al
| apartment house. and probably there were mor'
| than twelve votes in the house.
Mcmahon said that If there were any hoater:
I'm the district they were brought there by Curry
and voted for him.
showed that he couldn't carry single district
Burren carried only four out of the twenty
six election districts in the NAKth Assembi!
District.