Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-19
LOCAL NEW :,
The Citizens, Nfeetinr.

horticultural Hall was crowded to its utmost
capacity, last evening in response TO the call is
sued in The daily papers of yesterday.
The meeting was called to order by P. L. Moen.
Esq, and Hon. J. S. C. Knowlton was called to
the chair.
Charles Washbun, Esq, and William I. Mer-
rifeld, Esq. were chosen vice presidents, and P
L Moen, Esq, was chosen secretary.
Lucien Prince moved that committee of three
be appointed to sort and count the votes for
mayor, and that the meeting proceed to an in
formal ballot forthwith
motion was made by LeeSprague to postpone
the business of nominating candidates for two
weeks, which was negatived after some discus.
sion
The motion of Mr.. Prince to proceed to ballot,
was then discussed by Charles Hessey, C. X.
Wetherell, J. H. Walker, and Thomas Drew, and
carried.
Amid considerable disorder and discussion, the
balloting was proceeded with, the Republicans
generally declining to vote.
The result oftke ballot was as follows =
Whole number Of votes. .......................4I4
Albert TolmRn had. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
george ". Richardson had.................l59
sc Uerlug ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Il
Several motions to adjourn and to postpone
were made, and all of them negatived, and there
was considerable discussion on the part of gen.
tlemen present as to the proprety of proceeding
with nominations when it was so evident that
harmonious action could not be the result of
the present meeting. Finally it was voted to
proceed to a second ballot, and on motion of
James II. Wall, it was decided that two thirds
vote should be required to make nomination
After these motions were disposed Of Mr.. Nc
Yey moved that the committee proceed to dis
cussion of the merits of candidates.
MIR. Drew seconded the motion, as he said, for
the purpose of informing the audience who the
candidates were, and was proceeding to read the
list of candidates for aldermen, which had been
nominated by self.constitutad committee, and
the ballots for whom had been printed fer the
purpose of forestalling the free and unbiased
ton of the meeting, when he was called to order,
and the chair decided that while the balloting was
going on, no discussion was in order.
The committee announced the result of the
second ballot as follows -
Whole number of votes ........................425
Neces. AIRY for clio ce.......... .............2S4
Alb TT TOlman had .............-....."...2O
Geo. w Richardson had ....................195
Mr.. Drew then renewed the motion to discuss
the merits of candidates and read from printed
ticket which he had in his hand, the following
list OF candidates for Aldermen
Ward l, Henry Earle; 2, Chas. Washburn;
A. L. Burbank 4, John P Southgate 5, John
F. Gleason; 6, G.. A. jerks; Z, W. W. Rice; s,
0 H. Tillutson.
He expressed his belief that this ticket had
been prepared by certain managing politicians, to
subserye their own purposes That it was not
fair representation of all parties, that such
ticketcould not be commended to the people,
as fair and honest citizens ticket, truly repre-
senting ali parties in the community.
He was in favor of citizens ticket, but it
must be fairly nominated ticket, by the partic-
patton of all parties, and the recognition of all
parties, or it could not be put forth to the peo-
pie with any hope of success
After some further discussion upon this point,
in which several gentlemen participated, Mr..
George NJ. Rice moved that the meeting adjourn
for two weeks which was carried with great unan.
unity, and the meeting adjourned.