The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-28
Democratic Ward Meetings!
More Victims Selected !

force last night in response to a call
through the morning organ, to select
candidates to run after the Union Re-
publican candidates for Councilmen.
The Fifth Warders, what few are
left, met at the house of ex- Mayor
John Hewson We arrived rather
late, and found about eighteen or
twenty persons present, more than
half of them, perhaps, belonging to
the ward, and some having come in
from the country.
John Hewson, not Huston, as dis
tinguished Democrat wrote it for us,
was Chairman, and John Kehoe was
Secretary. There were no speeches
made that we are aware of. Herman
Fendrich being considered most able
to endure defeat-being used to it
was nominated unanimously, we were
told, for Councilman. no respect being
paid to the announcement of L. Pier
son in the evening organ of yesterday.
When we reached the place of meet
ing, we found them sitting modify
and silent, like men at funeral wait
ing for the pail bearers to move on
with the bier. Aroused from their
painful reverie by our entrance, the
meeting adjourned.
sixth WARD.-Atth this ward there
was quite a respectable gathering:
The place of assemblage had more at
fractions. Another kind of beer was
the subject of contemplation, Schultz
keeping good article.
.7gJohn Hedderrieh was Chairman,
and john A. Haney Secretary. Whit
tlesey sat in one corner, and Willard
Carpenter in another, both " Lockers
on in Venice" After some miscella-
neous conversation, carried on in a
mixed language of German and brok-
en- English, Mr.. Dueri made q set
speech. He said there was but one
thing to do-they was to get up man
for Council in the Sixth Ward. The
Sixth Ward was good ward, and must
have a good man to be Councilman.
Joe Reitz was good man. He had
nothing against Joe Reitz; but he
wanted betterest''s man than he.
He wanted John A. Reitz-a man
that, had mosted property, like
Mr.. Carpenter. Durie got fairlyunder
way once and kept going. A motion
was made to appoint a committee to
select candidates. Dueri kept talking
on. The Chairman named Daum,
Schultz, Carpenter, Sauer and Films
dorf, as the Committee. Carpenter
declined. When the Committee re-
tired to discharge their duty, about
all the others walked out to the front
aoor except the Chairman, the Secre-
tary, Whittlesey. Carpenter, Dueri,
and our reporter. Dperi talked on.
The Committee returned, and the
meeting being again called to order,
presented the names of Joseph ]
Reitz and John A Reitz, being de-
termined that the Office of Council
man should not go out of the family.
Ballots were then prepared, and, the
vote was counted out Joseph j.
Reitz received IS votes, and John A
Reitz l. votes. Joseph j. Reitz hav-
ing received majority of all the
votes was declared the nominee. The
meeting then adjourned to the front
room, and Whittlesey asked us all to
take a glass of beer, the aforesaid,
which we did and retired. el n
| SEVENTH WARD MEETING. -, The
Seventh Ward Democracy held a
meeting last night at Conrad sSchre-
der's grocery, at which about sixty
five persons were present. The meet
ing was called to order, after which
Mr.. Henry Schaum was chosen Presi-
dent, and w. H. Law, Secretary At
ter d few preliminaries, Mr. John
Miller, who was. himself a candidate,
made a few remarks ,pand Their declin-
ed being candidate, putting in nomi-
natien Mr.. Thomas Kerth. who was
declared unanimously to be the candi-
date of the Democracy of the Seventh
Ward, for Councilman. III
Speeches we're made by Messrs. j..
A. Bowers, A. Kirkpatrick, Bumb-
gartner, and others all IN favor OF a
public park, gas in Lamasco, the Hen
derson & Nashville Railroad first,