Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31
McCARREN WINS FIGHT
CARRIES SIXTEEN DISTRICTS IN
BROOKLYN.
Devery's District Scene of Race Riot
Calling for Police Inter
vention.

A dispatch from New York last night
says Both the republican and democratic
parties held their primaries in New York
city today but the interest centered in the
democratic contest in Brooklyn. where
State Senator =. II. McCarren and Deputy
Fire Commissioner Doyle. the latter the
representative Of Charles F.. Murphy. the
Tammany leader. fought 1t was conceded
that McCIrrcn sympathizers would carry
the ma jority Of the Brooklyn districts Nc
Carren did carry sixteen out of twenty-one
assembly districts. but Doyle men took the
other five 1t is said in political circles
tonight that McCHrren is disappointed that
Doyle carried even five districts. and that
lie expected TO sweep Brooklyn and do away
entirely with the Tammany influence. Tam
many is elated at the result.
In Manhattan and the Bronx there was
practically no change of the leadership in
the various districts. In the bitter repub-
lcan fight in the twenty fifth between Her
bert A. Parsons and Howard Conkling.
Parsons won by about 100 votes. 1t Is
said that Gov. Odell was deeply interested
In the attempt to defeat Parsons, VINO Is
Piatt republican
William S. Devery decisirely de-
feated in his fight in the ninth district In
Deverys district the primaries provoked
fight between negroes and white men which
almost led tn Il race riot and to quetl when
the police reserves We're called out.
Clean Sweep Claimed.
state Senator McCarren carried sixteen
out of the twenty-one assembly districts In
BROOKLYN in today's contest at the demo-
cratic primaries. Deputy Fire Commission
err Doyle. the Tammany leader, carried the
second seventh. ninth eleventh and twelfth
districts, In an interview tonight. Senator
McCarren claims that the primaries give
him practically u clean sweep of Kings
10 nj
cate that the primaries showed the conf
denCe of the people in Brooklyn In his lead
ershp
Deputy Commissioner Doyle made the
statement that in his district the seventh.
the loss of plurnlity-which is something
like 1000 over last year-simply indicates
the result of the detection of John 5. Suth-
erland who until recently was Doyle
man He also says that his district Will
give Parker and DAVIS the biggest majority
given any democratic candidates In twenty
wears The seventh district includes Coney
Island Bath Beach and lot of resorts IN
that neighbOrhood Doyle won the sew
enth by only 2.6 votes.
The worst defeat of the many contests In
Manhattan was that in which Thomas j.
Dunn the democratic leader OF the twenty
sixth assembly district. defeated John j.
Buylan by over | 100 votes out OF less imam
| 800 votes cast.
Representative William II. Douglass the
contestant for the republican leadership in
the nineteenth assembly district. was again
beaten by i. L. Gilman. tne ittiuei' ny SV'-
eral hundred votes.
Quiet in Brooklyn.
In Brooklyn the day passed quietly, and
only three arrests for Illegal voting were
reported In Manhattan there were several
fights and eighteen arrests were made for
violation of the election law.
In Deverys district, the ninth. Rlchard
Butler. former assemblyman from the dis
trict and one of DeveryS lieutenantS was
assaulted by a gang composed chleHy vi
negroes and was badly beaten. The attack
provoked a general fight and led almost 10
"A race riot. Hundreds ran to the assist
ance of Butler. and in turn attacked the
negroes The trouble occurred IN west lo.h
street and police reserves. who were rush
cd to the scene had much trouble IN re-
storing order. . ,uo,,
After the results of the contest IN Brook
lyn were known, Senator McCarren saio;
ut is practically a clean sweep OF the
county The opposition lost one oissrlC.
formerly controlled by them. In the Hsnt
of Rrooklyn against Manhattan the Broom
Iyn people demonstrated their indepehuelce.
I do not consider it personal victory Io'
myself Any leader representing btooh-
iyn would have received the same lldorSe-
cont