New-York tribune., 1918-07-13
Governors Backer Suffers
First Defeat in Dis
trict Primary
long a Leader of
Kings Republicans
Withdraws Candidacy for
Delegate When McTurk
Strength Is Shown

'H>"AAN SNNiC u SuIS. TcCcNcQ MS
first big setback when his own district,
the Sth Assembly. refused to elect him
Is delegate % the Republican Con-
Tentlon III the unofficial primaries held
ia Kings County yesterday.
The acSion OF the enrolled Repub-
leans of the Sth. district over which
Nh Brenner has presided for many
years. was due to his open support of
Governor Whitman. His district.
which is strong Lewis baiiiwick, let
him down comparatively easy by elect
ing him an alternate.
Mr. Brcnner. who is Commissioner of
Jurors in Kings County, appealed to
MS district to elec. HIM delegate.
inns occurred imm ediately prior to the
holding of the primaries in the district
headquarters. in the Federal Repub
lcAn Club. in Union Street.
ror answer, two women, Mrs. Julia
VI. =. Hustis and Mrs. Jessie McGahie.
were placed in nomination. Their
names were seconded, and they were
regularly chosen. Then Harold Nc
TURK, who has been fighting Brenner
ior more than . year. was nominated
and seconded. One o. Brenner's fol-
lowers then placed him in nomination.
Emil @. Brandes, another Whitman
man, next was pl.ced in nomination.
o oppose hlm the supporters Of Attor-
ney General Lewis put forward John P
hurley. an Assistant District Attorney.
\ counting Of noses showed that Bren
eer and Brandes received but nineteen
HoteS to the tWenty-SeVen for McTurk
and Hurley
Brenaer then announced that sooner
than precipitate a fight he would with
draw as a candidate, and he was chosen
10 run as an alternate.
When the primaries closed at lOI
o'clock last night. the Lewis slate in
ne Sth was elected. as it was in
other districts controlled by the anti
Whitman forces
Lewis Gets Majority
In some Of the districts Whitman
men and women were elected. But the
majority of the delegates chosen we're
out-andout Lewis followers.
In none OF the districts were opposi-
Jon states put up, as there was an
over"hel.'-ing sentiment for either
governor Whitman or Attorney Cen
eral Lewis in each district
80 tar as could be learned last night.
'.'e,iS S'CiSSdle kUOWn TO favor
me candidacy OF ex-senator William
NJ. Bennett was elected. When Bennett
ran last fall in the Republican nri-
mares his chief strength came from
Brooklyn. VIII
The delegates and alternates elected
follow: S'e''eu
First Assembly District
:, Henry p. Erwin, William Boardnan. Mrs.
and ,'I"i'P Rohert m@tw WhItney Thomas P Mosley
Jacobson Mrs. Elizabeth Calder Mrs wiz.
'sm an. {, Beecher. I. A. Crowley and Anna
Second Assembly District
Emma Goodwin, Jennie Hackenborce,
John ), harrington, William R. Bayes. ed
nund Y" Voorhes and Charles N Iucas
charIas sernse; G EanG F9Fnnfs pa Rssn Amanda Kahn
Na"A ana EDWIN /" Rowland.
Third Assembly District
Michael J. Wheeler Richard u Ya;,,ho.
y, John O'keefe and Sarah Meyers. AItcr'
,'ases Robert H. Denars, A. De Mart;ni
MIS-. j. Z jackson and Andrew Nelson. n'''''
Fourth Assembly District
rii1aath r@Hl ",tndes tsls;, Mrs Phabe Douglas Mrs
); Moran. Alternates Henry r '" Cnohus fnnt,eo
C'renee W. Donovan. Louis Moniz Edward
~ Bolton ant Amanda G. Critchcy
Fifth Assembly District
Henry Jones, Gustavus c. Weber. f. r,
an houten. James II. Caufeld, jr and
Herbert Miller. . '''''
Sixth Assembly District
John Iienigap. Mr.. Abraham M;i,cr
samuel Selma lhciser Mrs Minnie tIen;.,,,
Edward II. Wilson and Charles S. Amsei
Nl,ernatcs Mrs Gertrude Lang. Michael
H,cih, E, oa'nuel kub'n Mrs. Mary c. White,
'heodorr hiIler and William Spa,haver
Seventh Assembly District
Charles s. Dewey. Peter Canuon. John 7
Jarrett George Rose and Lester Hu,nphrev
Nternates Mrs. Mary Reed. Mrs. An M,ss
j.. Miller. ~ ~
Eighth Assembly District
Harold L. Turk, John 2. Hurley, Mrs
Jessie McGahie and Miss Julia NJ p Hustis
Alternate Jacob Brenner.
Ninth Assembly District
Charles S. Warbassc. Wilmot + ,Iooro-
house. Beatrice V. Stevenson. tupene
Lucas. j. Frank flaming, William II EapIe.
son ana Leonora Larson. Alternates-Georpe
Albert Firth Maurice j. Moore, Catherine =
Jaehne and Daisy V. Carroll -
Tenth Assembly District
Charles I. Murphy. William r. ra1an.
Elizabeth Collier. William W Owen Harry
r.; t' lewis heien Mccormick and Fred NJ
Ahearn Alternates Mrs. George krey, Leo
v Dougherty. Henrietta Finyer, Mrs. Cora
Love David Wagner, Edward W. Taylor
Jesse Compton and Paul Heyser
Eleventh Assembly District
Alfred +. Vass. John Drescher. John s
Cohen. Mrs. r. C. Tabot-Pel kins, Mrs. Maude
Canield, August Ferrand and John C. Mir
ray. Alternates Mrs. Agnes NJ Travis. MS
j. NJ. Walters +. j. Dady Mrs lain
Drescher. w. T.. Loper. George +. Allison and
George M. Harrington. N
Twelfth Assembly District
John Thomas Rafferty,, United States Sepa-
tor Cader. Meier Steinbrink, II. MURRAY la
Mont, Miss Mary w Hogan. Miss Adel Frank
and frederick III. Stevenson Alternatea~
DENNIS Nj. Hurley. Charles S Aronstam
Arthur G. Somers Walter Worth. Louis Mi.
Ter, Florence Crawford and Netta Haies.
Thirteenth Assembly District
Jesse J. Moore. Adolph Levy. Richard A
Ntssler and Westerveit Prentice. Alternates
Mrs Elsie NJ. Fleck. Mrs. Elizabeth Cries
mer, Mrs Susanna Praeger and Miss Eu-
nocia Madden.
Fourteenth Assembly District
George A. Owens, t. c. Wagner. Alley.
ander A. Joe and William KNAPP. Alternate
Mrs Amelia Schwartz.
Fifteenth Assembly District
Richard Wright. John McCrate. Mrs II.
Monninser. George Ludsate and Robert
Ryanders Alternates Mrs. E. Murray
Mrs. Ernest Forbes. Mrs. A Gilmore Mrs
S Davis and Henry a. Mackley.
Sixteenth Assembly District
Frederick Opplkofer, ". 5. Gillespie Sam |
-sl K, Green. Mrs. w. H. Moody Allison L. |