Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-03
Democratic Central Club.

The Organization Completed by the
 Election of Vice Presidents and Execu-
 tive Officers. An adjourned meeting of the Democratic Central Club was held in Grand Army Hall last evening for the purpose of completing the organization by an election of vice presi- dents and executive officers Town Agent Reynolds presided and A. R. Goodnow acted as secretary.
 Mir. Reynolds on calling the meeting to order said We have come together for the fourth time, and after repeated efforts to com plete the organization of the club may we not hope that tonight we shall be successful? He said the time for work had arrived, and there should be no further delay in organi- zing.
 After the secretary had read the minutes of the last meeting the names of members enrolled since the last meeting were called for and read. They numbered fifty-six, and the fee of one dollar each was reported as paid
 J. D. Plunkett, from the committee to se- Ieet permanent officers, reported the fol- lowing list of vice presidents and executive committee.
 First ward-Vice Presidents, William R. Shelton, Edmund zacher. Executive con- mittee, John B. Robertson.
 Second ward-John Reynolds, George Lutz. Executive committee, s. L. Bronson.
 Third ward-Isaac F. Davis, M. Dillon. Executive committee, T. F. Stackpole.
 Fourth ward-J. N. States, c. B. Gerard Executive committee-J. J. Kennedy.
 Fifth ward-Henry G. Lewis, c. T. Dris- coll Executive committee, George A. Ste- vens.
 Sixth ward-Max Thalheimer, w. O'Con- nell. Executive committee, s. Harrison Wag- ner.
 Seventh ward-Patrick Higgins, James Brady. Executive committee, Patrick Maher.
 Eighth ward-Adolph Asher, William Geary. Executive committee, Bernard Me Manus
 Ninth ward-John F. Shannahan, M Ira cy Executive committee, T. J. Sliney
 Tenth ward-H. D. Phillips, M. F. Bren- man.. Executive committee, James T. Mullen.
 Eleventh ward-No report.
 Twelfth ward-Francis Donnelly, J. Cam pion. Executive committee, P. s. Bennett.
 Thirteenth ward-C. W. Bradley, E. W. Cooper. Executive committee, Hobart l.. Hotchkiss.
 The report of the committee was accepted and the committee were continued to con- plete the report.
 It was voted that the club proceed to an election of vice presidents and executive of ficers, and that the officers of each ward be voted for separately.
 The secretary then cast the ballot for the Second ward officers, but when the Third and Fourth wards were reached there was objection made, and they were passed over The election of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh ward officers were made by the secretary's ballot but another objection came when the Eighth and Ninth wards were reached and they were passed over. The Tenth ward was elected by the secretary, the Twelfth was objected to, and the Thirteenth was left to the secretary to elect Afterward the objections to the report of the committee for the Fourth and Eighth wards were with drawn and the secretary cast his vote for the candidates named. The Third ward members reported in favor of Frank McHugh for executive committee, but on ballot being taken he was defeated and T. F. Stackpole was elected. The twelfth ward members reported John H. Coleman and Patrick Finnerty for vice presidents, and J. Champion for executive committee, and their report was ratified by ballot cast by the secretary.
 While waiting for the return of the Ninth ward committee William Parsons of the Reg ister proposed an amendment to the consti- tuition, making the admission fee twenty-five cents instead of one dollar as at present The amendment went over until next meeting un- der the rule.
 On motion of J. D. Plunkett it was voted LndC WI6u Gue m0eII1S auJOurn It De to Gn1S (Thursday) evening at Tyler's Hall, which will be the first regular meeting of the club. This meeting will be held for the purpose of adjournment one week hence, when it is pro- posed to hold meeting in the Atheneum or some other public hall for the installation of the officers elect.
 The members of the Ninth ward who had been in consultation for over an hour regard ing the officers from that ward, entered the hall with majority and minority reports. The majority report was accepted and the officers named by the committee were elected.
 The committee on permanent place for meetings reported progress.
 George I. Cooley, James I. Hayes and c. E. Gerard were appointed tellers.
 The ballot for First ward officers proceed ed, and while in progress it was found that election would take until after midnight. Then it was that Hon. c. B. Bowers came to the rescue and suggested that in wards where there was no contest the secretary of the club be instructed to cast the vote for the officers suggested by the committee. The suggestion of MT. Bowers was accepted unan- imously.
 The announcement of the tellers showed that the officers named by the committee were elected, although MT. Shelton, who was first on the ticket, ran behind Mir. Zacher, which would seem to place the latter in po- sition of first vice president
 After thanks by the temporary president for kindnesses extended to him by the club, and vote of thanks to the temporary president journed