The sun., 1904-08-31
ONE PRIMARY LEFT IN DOUBT.
IN An THE REST THE PRESENT
LEADERS WIN.
Curry Thinks He Has Beaten Dan Mcmahon
Elections board VIII Declde-Deyery
DOwned Again--(;iIman Keeps His
Seat--Pars0ns on Top Despite OdelI.


organizations, unless the result in the
Seventeenth CTammany) where both Leader
Daniel F. Mahon, and John Curry were
claiming victory at midnight, upsets
present calculations. This general outcome
q few districts.
and seven Republican contests, but only
helf Of these were serious.
On the Republican side. Representative
William H. Douglass attempt to overthrow
Lemuel E. Quigg by ousting Theodore p.
teenth Assembly district failed by some
500 votes. The only unpleasant incident
OF the day In this district concerned MIR.
Douglas himself. He went to vote at
Seventy-frst street and Broadway. and
paspas SnAhssssd hss boys by Gmao o9x snd E
was charged that he had leased his town
house in West Seventy seventh street and
was living at the st. Andrew Hotel. He
sN ore In his vote. Gilman got 1,i1z votes
to 803 for Douglas.
Governor chairman Odell's edict that
Herbert Parsons must be retired as leader
OF the Twenty fifth Assembly district was
not needed by the voters, who returned
Parsons as leader by a comfortable ma
jority over Howard Conklins, put up Al. as
former leader. The final vote was: Par
sons, $50; Conkling, e7i.
When Parsouss victory was assured his
friends gathered at the Madison Square
Republican Club and carried him in on their
shoulders. There was q great hurrah.
Does decency pay3' voice shouted.
Yes, was the response In great chorus
Mr.. Parsons made a speech In which he
said that he had no grievance against the
opposition, and It was now up to every.
h<~lx IL. thal n ,okr tof sok1 In fnr
George H. wanmaker, the present
leader had no trouble in defeating William
H. Reynolds IN the Fifteenth DISTRICT by
as votes to his opponent's 22e. Wan Wan.
h. said that consressmsn William II.
Douglas was responsible for the fight.
Matthew j. Harrington's opposition TO
T.. y. Healey. the Republican leader OF
Of the hsr Ts. didn't out Msr[ns
Samuel strasbourger had no trouble in
winning out IN the Thirty first, and Henry
Altmeiers. fight against Louis j. Hoen-
ntnger In the Third district resulted: Hoen-
ningeI, e97; AltmeieI. 2e7. ,,u
Devery went down again with a hard bump
Frank J: Goodwin practically had walk
over. The vote tells it: Goodwin. 2,25i;
Devery, el5.
of. polling place near his home few
minutes before the expiration Of the time
for voting. He had tried to vote and three
election captains held him up. Devery
followers, but again he was shunted back
The excuse was that he had registered last
year under the emblem OF the Socialist
Labor party. He wasn't allowed to vote,
THE king of the Downtrod is dead.
said Bill after hearing the result .they,ve
We made EN- spend money, somethin,
me- I'm satisfied
Then he took the train for Far Rockaway.
Assemblyman John Curry made stin
fight to wrest the TamInany leadership
OF the Seventeenth Assembly district from
Daniel F. Mcmahon, and at midnight Curry
was asserting that he had won by l73 votes.
Curry and his friends were jubilant and
confident.
Mcmahon and his friends said that he
had won by 1873 votes but at the Nara
gansett Club, the headquarters OF the
Mcmahon fact ion invest ty;,fourth street.
there was not 90 much confidence and ex-
pbeIanoe as at the cansvan s Club, the Curry
Curry says he had 1 ,+s4 votes to MoMahon's
1871 and Mcmahon says he had l.4H votes
to Curry's l,s4. Curry made a speech to
his followers in which he said
ever hs ssmped hs biggest Is ssa YORK TSsy
brought thieves and thugs and gang
from Philadelphia into this district to beat
us. Mcmahon had the assistance Of the
police. Only day or two ago the Board
the Bowery and the Five Points
In this district there were several rows
that kept the police busy. Eighteen arrests
were made during the day, put fifteen OF
ssep s psGSer pse cou Ss ee hed w.
charged with illegal voting.
The Curryites made several charges OF
ballot stuffing against the Mcmahon adj
herents;. just before the polls closed,
seHeTsl TyeT men @Se a1ed
to vote. There was fight, and McGovern
and Edward Kelly, another Curryite, were
knocked down and punched. McGovern
says that the gang yelled
"Nows the time: stun 'em in
And then, he says. he saw batch OF
Mcmahon ballots showed into the boxes.
ExSlerif ION Dunn, having opened
his barrel retains his leadership Of the
Twenty-sixth Assembly district by 200
votes.
Matt Donohue had no trouble in disposing
Of Joseph Cody. who made feeble attempt
to overthrow his leadership Of the Twenty
first district.
Harry c. Hart in the Thirtieth district
knocked out ex.Alderman George A; Brrell
six election districts Brrell only carried four.
Battery Dan" Finn recorded his three
Mike" victory as his friends put II. He
had already defeated Col. Michael c. Murphy
and Michael Kennedy, now dead, and yes
terday he defeated Michael Hart four TO
one
Hart went to Police Headquarters late
last night and complained that the police
had not protected him or his adherents.
Hart declared that the followers Of Finn,
not satisfied with punching the Hart men
earlier in the day. had continued their
violence after the polls had closed.
Building Supt. Isaac A. Hopper. scored
his annual victory by topping over Louis
A. Abrams, who opposed his leadership of
the Thirty first Assembly district. Hopper
beat Abrams in even his own election dis
trict, getting 2,59s votes to A brams's l,lH.
The Abrams adherents in this district
discovered that the Hopper ballots were
printed on thinner paper than the Abrams
ballots and asser ed loudly that the watch
ers at the polling places could see who
voted for Hopper and who didn't. They
said II was a mean trick on the part OF the
Hopper men. Hopper said that the fault
was due 10 the oversight Of the Election
Bureau in not ordering enough paper from
the paper mill. The matter VAS referred
to Justice Dickey who said that the Election |
Bureau had no doubt done the best it could |
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