New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-29
Money Used, Says Defeat
cd Candidate Primary
BallOting Quiet.
ORGANIZATIONS GET
CROP OF VICTORIES
7sller Is Nominated Cropsey
and Elder Both Claim Moose
in Kings County.

Corrty over faNA MOSS '' !Ns'''
s,,n,r.es by vote Of two to one. The
....l vote was much larger than had
her anticipated about lS,Soo.
,n..,e Lorenz Zeler easily defeated
Jo..ph T. Ryan. who was contestins
.hs Democratic primaries with him
to- the City Court nomination.
7, Kings County the Progressive
v,.s had not been counted early this
morning. and both Robert II. Elder,
-, regular dcsicnee. and District At
.,r,ev James c. Cropsey. the Repub-
r,ap candidate for denomination, were
,,sinipr 10 have won the Progressive
nomination.
All over .ho city the regular organ
i,a,ion desiruees won, except in few
,s,., where there were fights for dis
trict leadership.
There were the usual squabbles in
,be districts where local contests
caused the feeling 10 run high, and a
Sozen or fifteen arrests we're made on
charges Of Illegal voting. On the
whole. however. primary day passed
Of with lit,lc trouble. Possibly the
fac, that TIE police had taken elaborate
preeautions 20 check any rough work
had something 20 do with t. In most
eases where men were charged with
a,,enp,irg 20 vote Illegally they were
discharge ay ,he magistrate.
Perkins says He Will Win.
When Dis.r.c. Attorney Perkins was
satisfied he had won lie said:
The result IS exactly what | ex-
ree.ed Il demonstrates conclusively
that am the choice OF the Republican
voters. The campaign viii start at
once. and believe Will he successful"
Frank ,ross would not affirm re-
ror. that .e would withdraw from the
fght for election lie was designated
as he ProFrc ssive candidate. having
beea uropposed in their primaries, and
utdcr o. law he must remain on the
ticket. However, some OF his friends
have been urging him, in the interest OF
good government. 20 announce tnat ne
will make no campaign, and to ask the
Progessiyes 20 support District Attor-
Ley PcIEr, 90 Che polls.
L seemed apparent that the charges
o. Frank Moss that money had been
rsed ancr- t.e Republican workers 10
Ud Persrs l.i more harm TO Moss
than .1ey ll .o Perkins.
S S. Koer g. president Of the Repub-
lean County Comm ttee, repeated his
denial Of the Moss charges last night.
He declared shat not penny had been
spent in the manner stated.
Soon after midnight Mr.. Moss issued
statement. ir which he said:
q an informed that very large
sun OF money. was used against me, and
could not match it at al. There was
strong organ ZGtl0n against me, end
We had 10 time 10 organize and no
funds Tor such d campaign. Under
these circumstances, ! feel that the
vote cast for me is a remarkable one"
lie declared that the result was due
to the crack Of the whip and in viola
ton Of the promises Of the president
o. the county committee.
Moss Blames Machine.
They controlled the machinery" he
added "and by that you can account
Tor 5000 votes. I am told that outside
was heavily in my favor, especially IN
uptown districts where the leaders
were brave enough 70 keep their hands
OF, even though they told their work
ere that the official instructions were
70 put Perkins over.
"A lifelong Republican with an &C
showledged vote-getting power was
beaten By tactics which were viola
uon Of promises made 20 him, and the
result IS the nomination of man who
mas neither the Progressive nor the
american party nomination, has no ca
.Pseiy Toy drawing Democratic votes,
hs rendered no service 20 the Repub-
mean party and has never made
speech FOR a candidate except himself.
BY the crack Of the whip the Re
publican organization, contrary 10 It's
norest desire. has turned down
ne candidate they wanted in favor of
vhe iha, was forced on them. When
eey are asked. What is this power
ney reply, The Governor And they
pas Of their position as leaders and
ne !oos Of their workers.
snail not announce any programme
etui ! get She actual figures on all
wees OF the question"
'oen +. COwan. Democratic organiZa-
Soh oesignee for municipal court in
ne eih District. had little trouble in
slo~ng under Louis Cuvillier, who
maxine q hot fight
an early hour this morning II
seemed that the fight between Ellis
cVrh !. Healy nephew by marriage Of
pehes /. Murphy, and George b.
aye Tor the Democratic nomination
-, congress in the 23d District was
,.aemely close. The general SUPPOSE
w was that the power of Tammany
rs'o make Healy an easy winner, but
,es' the anti-Murphy candidate,
W.. we surprising showing. There
tSa only few votes between the
ts,. ena II was thought a court con-
- mignt be necessary. Hayes car
h, s6oe me Manhattan end Of the district
ss,'5, ~ votes. While Healy was sue
,kSu h The Bronx, he was only n
e ahead Of Hayes.
w., me 5Oth Assembly District in
Tsn Fereiyal r. Nagle. the old
,,ssny war horse, failed in his at
a,t}IuW 70 gust Frank J. Kendrick, the
.Nurphy man, who took his lead
.srP away year ago
trork,. Aehanus, In the llth, had no
suoe whatever in SPANKING Prank
,s~ and PADDY" Blute The last
Sr.~ were that they had taken TO
ne tall timbers WY ' ""0" "
Ia le ~ was hgnting all along the line
B,.,s Democratic districts in The
eS a.. iAoot oot IN only one case was the
,ke soer s.r defeated. James J. Brown,
'"-iammany candidate for lead
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