The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-02
NEW YORK PRIMARIES.
Mccarren and Doyle Fought It Out
With Former Leading-He Elk.
pected to Sweep Brooklyn.

New York, Sept. both the repub-
lican and democratic parties held their
primaries in New York city, but the in
terest conferred in the democratic con-
test in Brooklyn, where Senator P. H.
McCarren and Deputy Fire Commits
sioner Doyle, the latter the representa-
tive of Charles F. Murphy, the Tam
many leader, fought. 1t was conceded
that McCarren sympathizers would
carry the majority of the Brooklyn dis
tricts. Mccarren did carry sixteen out
of t~wenty-one assembly districts, but
Doyle men took the other five. 1t is
said in political circles that McCarren
Is disappointed hat Doyle carried even
five districts, and that he 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
were practically no changes of leader
ship in the various districts. In the
bitter republican fight in the Twenty
fifth between Herbert Parsons and
Howard Conkling Parsons won by
about 100 votes. 1t is said hat Cover
nor Odell was deeply interested in the
attempt to defeat Parsons, who is a
Platt republican.
William S. Devery was decisively de-
feated in his fight in the Ninth district.
In Devery's district the primaries
provoked a fight between negroes and
white men which almost led to a race
riot, and to quell which the police re-
serves We're called out.
In an interview Senator McCarren
claims that the primaries give him
practically a clean sweep of Kings
county. He also said that the results
Indicate that the primaries showed the
confidence of the poole in Brooklyn in
his leadership.
Deputy Commissioner Doyle made
fI0 l,-A r. IL .4..- AI~
Seventh, the loss Of plurality, which is
something like 1000 below last year..
simply indicates the result of the de-
lection of John S. Sutherland, who I'M
til recently was a Doyle a He also
says that his district will give Parker
and Davis the biggest majority ever
given any democratic candidate in
twenty years.
The Seventh district includes Coney
Island, Bath Beach and a lotsof resorts
in hat neighborhood. Doyle won the
Seventh by only 256 votes.
In Brooklyn the day passed quietly
and only three arrests for illegal voting
were reported. In Manhattan there
were several fights, and eighteen ar
election law.
In Devery's district, the Ninth. Rich
ard Butler, former assemblyman from
the district and one of Devery's lieu
tenants, was assaulted by a gang COM
posed chiefly of negroes and was badly
beaten.
The attack provoked a general fight,
and led almost to a race riot. Hun
dreds ran to the assistance Of Butler
and. in turn, attacked the negroes. The
trouble occurred in West Thirteenth
street and police reserves who were
rushed to the scene had much trouble
In restoring order.
After the results of the primaries in
Brooklyn was known Senator McCar-
rem said:
ut is practically a clean sweep Of
the county. The opposition lost one
district formerly controlled by them.
In the fight of Brooklyn against Man
haitian, the Brooklyn people demon
strated their independence. I do not
consider 1t a personal victory for my
self. Any leader representing Brooklyn
would have received the same indorse-
mento