New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-20
Senator Gains a District Bloc to
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The principal interest in the primaries in Brook
lyn yesterday was in the fight between Senator
Patrick H McCarren. the Democratic leader, and
those who are trying to overcome him. The Sena-
tor won substantial victory by retaining all the
eighteen districts already controlled by him and
gaining the 18th District. which one Of the
three controlled by James Shevlin. the old lieu
tenant of Hugh Mclaughlin.
The defeat of Register Matthew z. DoOley, the
shevlin leader in the 18th the practical elm
nation from politics of Mr.. Shevlin. The loss of
the 18th District will take away his control of the
Senate district and prevent his return to the Demo
cratic State Committee. Dooley defeated by
In the other two districts which we're Controlled
by Shevln the I'd and the nthl, the HIcCarren
John ]. Walsh keeps the I'd District by a majority
markets, the McCarren man. came within 160 votes
Of defeating Deputy Water Comnissioner Thomas
In twelve other districts where fights were
made against McCarren he made substantial gains
over year ago in all except the 4th, where
RGPst F. vo G Of the srr n1o ne
spite of the red light issue raised by John H.
trict. Henry F Haggerty, formerly Deputy Police
Commissioner. won by, vote Of ISIS to SIS,
Carren leader. won by a majority of only 100 which
a nao s ameg # e6s @o he e
man a year ago. defeated McCabe by a substantial
Mcfarland, who broke away from Keogh with
several others when the Senator went over to Nc
Michael J. Coffey.
In the nth District Henry F. Cochrane. the Nc
Carren leader, who opposed by Joseph P Don
nelly and the old forces of John L. Shea, won by
81 This about the same majority that by
which Shea beaten year ago.
Frank D. Dreamer, the old Mclaughlin leader in
the 18th District, made poor showing. In the
Flatbush end of the district he got only q votes
In all the other districts McCarren won by large
najorities James P Sinnott, in the 21st, defeated
Magistrate Henry p. Furlong, who had made a
spectacular fight. by 2,646 TO Ll52
There serious trouble anywhere although
feeling high in the ID 10TH 18th, 18th and 21st
In the I'd District fifteen men arrested for
trying TO vote Illegally. In the 9Th Election Dis
trict of the 10th Assembly District. in North Ok
fofd-st, near F1ushing-ave, there was small riot,
and the reserves from the Flushing ave station
were called out. Several arrests were made In
one election district of the Assembly district
one OF the Haggerty men was arrested for tearing
page out Of the registration book There were
several minor clashes in the 18th Assembly District
There We're contests in only two Republican dis
personal, and the result will have effect the
organization. In the It'll District ex-Congressman
harry A Hamburg failed to regain the leadership
Whlch was taken from him a year ago by James P
Connell- On account of the size of the district
which includes a number of the suburbs the re-
turns were SLOW In coming but IL is estimated
that ConnelIs majority yesterday was about 500
Rudolph G Fuller had no trouble in defeating
HERBERT n. Warbasse. who attempted 10 Wrest the
leadership OF the 10th District from him His vote
was lof5 10 ~. Warbasse made the fight i'm the in
terest Of William E. Philips the former leader and
personal friend of Michael J. Dady