The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-29
- Election districts missing
Republican enrolment. o. .36J.

Charles y. Perkins was renom.nated
for District Attorney OF New York
county by the Republicans in yester-
days primary. He defeated Frank
Moss about 5 to 3.
Because Cf the new system OF hav-
!ng the police collect the returns on
mrI.ads OF slips the count was rather
Sow. At midnight II WAS clear, how
ever. that while the Republican or
taa.zat!on. which supported Perkins.
old not make good its prediction that
i, would beat Moss 20 / it had
Scored an easy victory.
As reported at = o'clock. with 56
districts missing. Perkins had 1926
and Moss 6.+67.
As Moss was nominated by the Pro-
gressives and the American party he
will run for District Attorney against
Mr. Perkins and Judge Edward
Swami. nominated by the Democrats
without opposition.
Moss carried only five Of the thirty
one Assembly districts-his own.
which is the Thirty-first the Twenty
NAl.li NHtEt NAlt teNlbblANshiA W.
In H. Woodward, was AN original
Moss man, the Third, the Eleventh,
Where the organization leader, George
W Wanmaker, was upset. and the
Thirtieth.
The Moss-Perkns vote was little
larger than was expected by the or
fa,.,zation leaders. out OF Republican
enrolment OF 64,363 for New York
county more than 1900 voters went
10 tn polls. County Chairman koenig
had not looked for more than $4,000
The Republican vote in the Whitman
hedges primary contest year
hgu was 23,30J.
The Republican vote generally was
about 9j per cent. Of the enrolment. and
the Democratic vote 80 per cent. where
tcre were contests.
Ryan Made Good Run for Judge.
IN the City Court contest the inde-
pul~nJ Democrat Joseph T. Ryan,
made 4 good run against Justice Lorenz
I",cr. who was nominated bv Tammany
and ihe Republicans. The Bar Associa-
,uas dlsapptoval OF Zeller seemed to
hep Mr. Ryan. With fifty-two dis
tr.,- missing Zeller had $3.50. against
lt"'9 for Ryan.
closest Of the important primary con-
to-'s was the Congressional scramble in
tae TWenty-third district, which is one
q the five districts In the country TO
laye an election this year
Iammany. backing Ellsworth J. Healy
D." ed over the independents" whose
candidate for the Democratic nomination
WAS George h. Hayes. Healy married
..eo" Of Charles +. Murphy. In trying
10 beat him the anti-Murphy crowd
made much of the argument against
lel"tsm, but II wasn't strong enough TO
beat down the organization.
The race was so close. however. that
q, = 4. NJ, with twenty-nine districts
mss.ug, Healy had 4.0s3 To 1896 for
Hayes. The Hayes men were claiming
victory.
The Republican nominee for Congress
II '1e same district Il william $. Bennett
IT" "Bennet with one t." who served
t"o terms in the lower house, but was
t'a'"u the last time he ran. His Re
pl'H"an opponent yesterday was Will
iW a. Webster. Bennett had "A walk
over is IL the nominee Of the Progress
sNes and the American party as well as
a. the Republicans. The district is nom
l1l.v Democratic, but II the Republican
aud rrugressive forces mad been COM
tued asst year they would have won.
I'm Mnss's election district--he lives at
% L,,t l27th street-Ae got six votes
60 'r rteen for Perkins. Perkins. who
''N AZ ~ rsdH' r"' ~ mum SN'NNe' SO
G. - his own election district, IL to z
Talk OF Perkins's "BarreI."
Ear,y in the evening the campaigners
a. Moss headquarters. III East Twen-
N-nuIh street were heard complaining
'Na' ~, regular Republican organiza-
'ion Of Sew York county had used an
'rruipatc lot Of money In getting out
H" Perkins vote Nobody charged that
votes were bought. but the Moss work
'.- tl hat an extraordinary num-
byr 4 men In the East Side districts