, 1879-03-14
+. uarlous Democratic Nominees
for Town Officers.
E,,,r porplexity About tho Mayora1ty
Hunting Man.
4, rrouLlcl Fiatists Arc Also ut Sea
- Yesterdays Consultations.
.h1;can Ratification Meetings..
1,ore Alder1nnuic Candidates..
TOWN OFFICERS.

rpniHj
an hour before the sixteen delegates Us.
,mhlel small but motley ero~l ol Demo"
, ~, gathered In front of tho Ewing Block, on
..,,b fcIa,k street, expecting TINT tho Congcn-
~. ro1d bo held In QUO OF tho J,lsttcn's olllrcs
ea .hnt building. The representatives OF tho
',,r.,birt wing prcdom.nntcdt and there MAS n
p..rlInr Of tho clean-shirt or Bi1lt-stocking
,.msnt Among tho number wero frank Ag-
~ Alfred q. htnson, W. D. Kcrfoot, johnny
..a,,n. Billy O'Br1cn, Mike Sullivan, Matt
s.a,en. AID Nicscn, and others. The first
...a norson hoped around like nl,cu on o hot
's,,lo "a scc,lre placa for holding thG meet
~ .nd finally secured tl,at aboye mentioned.
.snuhi,e Tie work Of bu1l1pz1ng und inilu-
sJnr The Delegates for this md that candidate
..s, IN ,.ayely. A slate WIS prepared with
y, nt,us for Supervisor, Sam +. Chase for
,,...or. AID. Nicscn for Collector, and Ton,
p-,o for Clerk, and 1t went through alt right
~ ,hc exception Of the latter, whom John r.
;n1es cot the bulge Oh.
Yin S1r mi was finally secured, mud few min
-. heforo o'clock tie delegates wtht aver to
nd sturdy policeman at the door lot them
slnne with the reporters md n few others,
sslje ero1d pressed at tho door and clnmored
7 f,snk hEncw called the Convention to order,
!, Ia sal, 10 pursuance of tie call Of tle City
r.utrni Cnm,ntttce, md nominated ". D. Ker-
oot as temporary Chairman, which was approved
n ibe DELEGATES.
H. IT, Kefioot took tho chair md read tho call
pf the Convention.
III, BARCLAY nominated Alfred i. Mason as
armament Chairman, Mnd he WIS elected, nnd
rIjtycd Sir. kcrfoot. AID. Nlcson was tcon-
{nped - Secretary.
III, Kcyfuot showed a desire to llaro all but
tesates excluded tTonl ihe ,alI, and IL was as-
!, e;'Fo q III thc City Central Comniitcc. who
Csus, Kcrfoot's alleged opponent for
she AssessorslIp,-a place tie lattrr
ku said to hare hauktrel aftcr aNt
ri bis henri upon getting. Other delegates
Eutom, anI Mr. Kerfoot thcrcupoa mpsetl tilat
he bali bc thrown open to outsiders. 4 mo-
khp 10 tabie was lost, and tho outside MOB was
admitted.
The nominations wcro then proceeded with.
llko Sullivan nnminatcd Pat Lottus for
Eupefrsor, ai,d he was 1nude the unnuimous
&aoire Of tho ttelegutcs.
Tor Assessor, Mntt Frnnzen put Samuel 7.
Chase In nomination, and another delegate
bsned Peter DrochnEr. -
Chase got It by IL to 4, the Sixteenth Wnra
ulY voting fgr i'rochncr. TlIcn came the usual
Unanimous motion. ..
Aid. Nicscn a,ld Jncob Tl,tclcn were placed In
bomtoaton for Collector, Arti tile former was
ucccssful by 10 to i, tho Alderman rcfratnInt,
non voting. Lie sntd he saw a good many b1Bi-
ke.s men around him who knew he s7as honest,
nd be would maku an honest officer.
llsely contest gnsuea over tho Glcrks!tp;;
al Debos wcro uut IN nomination. Au Uniform
balut and five formal oncs resulted III N0ycs'
cstlon, the last bnl3ut resulting in for Noycs,
t0t Ran, mud for Debos.
The Convention 0ftcrward adjourned.
1t will bo seen tint there nr9 two Am sricnnH,
mslFshnan, md ono 'Ggrsndu. Inn the ticket,
spl considerable dissatisfaction wns expressed
keause Iran wns not elected fnstEal of Nuycs.
ras SOUTH TOWN pEMourlArt0 uoNv EarloS
nst ia Central lInl!, corner Of Wabash ayenao
lnd 1wenty-sccOnd street, at . o'clock ycstcr-
ial afternoon. There weFb Just seventeen dclc-
Iates present, III accordance with the new
bHnklo Of cutting down representation, and tho
aakeup. Of tho Convention was far aboye tho
average Democratic ussemblagc III point of tons
ir Intelligence.
Thu Convention was called to order by Mr..
denty N. Sheparl, Chairman, OF the Town Com.
aIItee. Nobcrt Law wns chosen temporary
Iha1m0n. Ai,sl Mr.. ShcpArd lnpsed Into tic po-
alIon Of Secretary. The other preliminary b,si-
se:s, including speeches by The ChutriHalI, Mr.
:aeparl, md others, tnculcatf1lg tue duty Of
,omlnal!ng thu best men, occupied very little
auc. Tic temporary officers were made tho
armament officers, aud nominations wcsc In
Dare Thornton nominated 1Icury N. elcpasd
Etca, tor purely personal rcaso1lB, nllu Thomas
| u; iloyne received tlle unanimous notnlNatluD.
alt, Ihutnas Altl,rop, Fourth Ward, named
E4sard G. CleaYrr for Assessor.
!, Z j. liendriclsson WIS also named.
w Informal ballot, Clcaver, received IL and
mn r {tkIH+ EIx.z.r ~ H. + HNh