, 1876-04-08


The Democratic Convention for tho noujns.
t!or Of city officers will meet ut o'clock this
afternoon At 1fcCorsn!ck Hall. Tho daleyntes.
the majority Of sbom rcro elected tlay before
yesterday, arc not superior to the ordinary run
OF tndlvtdun!B who represent the lDtt r1iiicd ut
city aul county conYcnttonD. It ia intended.
therefore, by tho mauagcss Of tho party. to
crowl nnon tic Convention q ticket much do
ccntor thast 1t would nominate II 1nst to itself.
The slate has boon 1aa.tn up. and ia given here
with for tho information Of tho delegates, who
Will know this morning who thcy arc to vote for
When tiipy meat this afternoon.
For City Treasurer tho ruccesafu candidate
will bo either John 1IattncEe tic lawyer Ut tho
firm OF htattcck3 X 3inHoli. or Bernard Cal-
luehati, OF the Fourth Ward, tho laY-booLselIer
I'll Clark street.
For City Attorney Col Asao vnsa has scon so-
ltctec. j. waY tie Intention OF tho Democrats
Of the Sisteccth Ward to run hin for alderman.
but 10 w1l! probably prefer tho more prominent
nost,!on Of tue two, EEhert Iasnioson a. ilrst
SINGS It "ny uot advisable to havo too
many Soa,A Sidsrs O., tho t!c:ct lie is
70 10 F1usiGod fer oslcr.7iro. 1lr. julia Wooa-
bridge tlis atayor's nonlueo for t'oroufa.ioa
bo Eomjuat..d for the p;,sttion.
Thu City Clerk IL to Is ltauH Hcr.ing, bright
yoED: German who haa hcc, c'nEiu,cd as
writer upon the U0ir a,il o.!iar GctE,aa upxa-
papers. Tho CLERK oi 1lao Folce Cont. IL il
nu1ctstood, vii! bo Petus White. a Yous Sdo
contractor.
AcAU,".
Of tue moro respectable t!eIasrts RI tlss Demo.
cratts party war hela Ing. evening :. the si..r.
Iolnny 6. Turacc. t3cnato~ ..eoc. re~:y ii.
su.itl,, Egbort Jn,Eicno1. z. Forsyth .indrcH
!aShal,, Ttoaaa Foley TX. .j,l7.,.o slcDoual%,
| CAailes ). White, j. Eo9einEl. ThoElas 1}renaD,
TEotans AiorEu and s.hctg. 4 moc..ng ot nal,y
or ths sho'o, n.ltaius Dan 0'iIara. ,sas t,ell
10 tue afternoon as i, Caa1l,an's s'l}icc. wAcr,
It was PROPOSED to rnu Dan O'IIara for
City Treasurer. Dan utterly refllse; to accept
assd Jehii aluttoclia the lawyer nas Aettlcd UPON
o. tho Candidate. at tue caueua last oyel,iug
oil Tho candidaten wcfa di.:c:esed iu u geuoral
1rctncz. SIsscs wcro n,alo ata broken with thu
utmost freedom. And w:tha. Wien tho report.
crs fcrretcd them ont tnoY pretended to be
nrsauiz.ne for tto protection Of tho bal.os-box.
Tue candidates for Cisy Treasurer, G. II. Me-
cormscl;. john MattocAs, aud Peter Schutt!cr.
Wcro each discussed, aud it wAH tho general
opiuion that john Mattocks ought TO DO thu first
choice. foE tue City Atto1noyAhip tho eaucus
Mas M. somewhat ,s, soI!e1nE III, N It's yss
bridge for Corporation Counncl ought to po
knocked on the head, tut WHO TO push forward
for tho place was q hard nut 10 csacF. Frank
Ad0nlB could not bc pnuhcd, inaHcnuch as tto!vin
hasl faiioa to Fecoguizo his CLAIMS In tho first
place. aud. o. it Was dcolncd prudcut to provide
for linn at oil evonts, bis nano was fAvorab!y
n,ontloued for tho City-AttotneyBhip. whiio TINT :
VI Jaull96Cu. t1o fFoEaut lucuulDeuk, NR8 UfQuGaE
out Btroug for tho nomination tfur Corpora =,
tiou Counsel. Col. Arno Voss, who was men,
toned for tho place at the CAUCUS hotd in
Catiaghans ollico, Uaa Thought an excellent can-
American being put upon the ticket i: was
thought beat to give him tho preference, aud
allow Adatls to romain iii Is present position
Of Assistant Corporation ConusoL Tho City
Clerksh'p was conceded to Hama Ilorting with
mt o dissenting voico. The ticket thus for
being mado up Of QUO American and tWo Ger
1nRna It was thought prudent to plnce IN Irish
Hi,ip. For this position tho two bost names
mentioned weEo Edward Cunningham and q. J.
White: Tho nominations IL was thought would
equal thoso already mh!o by the Hopubficans.
deliberations up to midnight,