New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-09
Only Rush in Last Hour
Brings List of Tigers
Primary Candidates.
COHEN'S AID TOO
LATE WITH NAMES
Board Refuses to Receive Sigma
lures When Messenger Fails
to Arrive on Time.

Tammany Hall held out its petitions
for candidates in the primaries Of Sep
tcmber rs until the last moment last
night. most Of them being filed with
the Board Of Elections between II
O'Clock and midnight This was also
true Of several independents. Some OF
them were rushed into the board after
the official hour, but these were re-
jcclcd
One petition TO arrive after the office
closed WAS that of Tammany's candi-
date for Municipal Court Judge in the
I'd District, Tsidor Cohen. One Of
Cohcn's lieutenants pushed his way
past the police on guard at the door at
two minutes after midnight and thrust
the petition into the hands Of a clerk.
What are these" asked the clerk.
Petitions" said the messenger.
"Too late" said the clerk.
NO, it isn't I'm going to leave them
here. II isn't midnight yet
Gabriel +. Britt, president OF the
board, who had been watching the
scene, came up and told Cohen's lieu
tenant to take the petition away.
NO, won't" said the messenger.
Don't try any Of your tricks here,
said Mr.. Britt. You know where TO
appeal" Then he turned TO police
man and told him to put both the mes
senger and the petitions outside the
door. Cohen's messenger then took the
papers and left the office, declaring he
uTo,tId annaa1 60 Who conrta
Almost the entire Socialist ticket IN
The Bronx was left off the official bal
lot az the result of the hardness of a
tall Socialist with Van Dyke beard.
lie reached the Office five minutes late,
with at least seven petitions under his
arm Like others Hho were late IN
filing, he was uucOmmunicatiyc.
The last petition TO be accepted WAS
that Of DR.. Edward l.. Corbctt, of 33G
Alexander Rv.. The Bronx. DR.. Corbctt
with the aid of several friends and AS
many automobiles, began to get sig
natures TO his petition to run against
Representative Henry Bruckner, and
obtained the last OF the required num-
Der little before II o'clock. Then the
mad race to the Municipal Building
began.
Although candidates had since Au-
gust - to file petitions, the bulk OF
them were filed yesterday. At least a
thousand were nled in the first few
hours of the day, literally swapping
the office force.
BY noon the major part OF the petit
tions Of all candidates save those Of
Tammany had been filed. At that time
business became so brisk that all CT
forts to comply with that part Of the
law requiring the posting of petitions
were abandoned.
"ro begin with" said President Britt
last night. I'VE could not fulfl the
letter of the law, which provides for
the posting of the petitions themselves.
We posted only the names of the candi-
dates and the Offices sought. Had We
posted tho petitions many candidates
by now would be without them. The
petitions i'm many cases would have
been torn 10 ShredS.'
President Britt called in the police
TO protect the petitions, and any one
wishing TO examine one did so while
a patrOlman stood over his shoulder.
All Confusion in Offices.
Just before midnight. and for sev-
eral hours preceding il. the Offices Of
the board, on the eighteenth floor of
the Municipal Building, were all con
fusion. Politicians Of every variety
and candidates with their petitions
kept pouring into the place, filling il
with talk and smoke.
Those of the petitions that reached