Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-26
e,uYclL ~ InE tlrrn wAnn.

COUNCIL n THE FIFTH WARD.
10 he kdtrQfd, Copunpcial
some Of the voters OF the Ffth Ward. think
Ing that ,ie duties imposed on SIR. William Can
iy inaa.or of Couac. FROM ths wand. as
as EH.s r the Acl.ear case. and ciailman of
tho - 'et Committee. are too oucron- fur one
man .o a'-end TO- suggest the naune of Samuel
man csHc.u-.a To- retire.
We 10 not know that NJ. Floyd would accept
tAe nomination, II it was tolertl him lilt Mi.
we do know that he stands second 20 none in
IN city, iu point Of preference for amy Office.
Whs;s all that il just and right j. ieiniirud 10
protect the interests Of ail c,tizous
MASY lLprnIicANs
FUALlilcArilSs or VOTERS AT T.E CITY lLrr-
Ti0N.
IpA' Etior y M Commercial
Nuai ase tie iesd qualifications Of voter a.
liie cay LECTION How long must a man live
~ ward before he can vote hi itt CITIZEN.
Ansro Of a. Co,n.D,,.oH.
In orlertu vote .t tho City Election.the uo,ron
oHrrh5 10 d1 80 must lie a ct zen hy tho laws OF
the United States. and he must have resided
wItAlii tle STATE Tor one year next plecocdi lp
the election, within The city foi Hife n,O,.Hs
next preceding, and in the ward where he Of.
iers TO vote for Mnty days next preceding. He
Fiiall also Mit.uh two years, next before this
election. have paid county Lax which Shall
nave been assessed at least sIx months before
the election. IN the clse of citizen. o,.ar t,,f,,-
ty-one years Old, not yet twenty-five. the nav.
inent OF tax Is not requisite, but all the Other
| qualifications remain the same
IL will be- seei that
THE Law FuBBiDs ''coI.oNIzArIoN.r
Livery one must have bad an actual Jo,,o nil
residence ~ the Ward where he offers Ina vote
lor thirty daya next preceding the election. and
II me came into thr Ward after the "a dav Of An.
H- HI nal 81.
20 'yle' under Is ie4At'Y. ~ Tty dYN,irs, Will.
tAe election Oiiiccrs Who take liz vote ard taItf
to aBhf ~ t'rp hiVpire idYfHry. Botl these ,i,,fs
/ sie e. 'nes-ly provided for ia section q Of tIf
! Wy tAalter'and ia default OF ,l.e!rpaymeut. tle
pafl'- convicted would lie ia prison
irii wAlD pENoeRArtc
meeting of the Democrats of the lth war,
Was htid, last evening, when Jaues J.. Have.
waH nominated for Council. W. J. Woodrow fo,
inspector and Edward Aelt.re for Assistant
i'm WARD, DEMOCRATIC.
M adjourned meeting oil the Democrats ~
tAe 'th Ward was held last evening. Jelln pvi,
Na- Nominated tor INSPECTOR and Walter C,im
in.ns ior Assistant. a resolution was alnutr,
leai@ilhg IL iheNpedient 10 nominate candidate
Tor Council.
lpfH WARD, REPUBLICAN.
There seems to be some msundcrstondir,
among lne Republicans Of the Tenth Ward
Fanehal II. Peterson WaH reported nominated r.
C9uneil on Saturday evening, Int Tie nonljna
ton appears TO be unsatisfactory to the commit
rec Tor the ward WHO called a meeting. la-
evening" and a resolution. eXoneratiue tIr To
p4bhean7 from voting Tor Mr.. Peterson WI
adopted As We understand it, the Eepnbbca
voters in that Ward are thus officially dlrecte
to exercise their own Judgment in voting IA
Council -
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION ELECTION.
The Democratic nomination election for eai
] tifiufts for the I,.Il
day, az the city Hall. edward Farmer was non
mated for the southern district without oppos
ton lac received lj2 votes. For the Nortber
district, Ihos J. Bowen was obtained rnaiorit
O., 9f seven over his competitor, Cha-. c. Wooe,
The vote stood Bowen. l52 Woolley il5