The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
Whitman
FOR COMPTROLLER.

FOR COMPTROLLER
Nominations for Comptroller were next in Or
ger. some one made motion to nominate 81.
Holman by acclamation. The Convention would
not have 1t and kicked lively Mr. VIM. II. Pugh
moved that the Comptrollershlp nomination be
LETT to the City Executive for next Saturday. Mr..
Fugh was prettily atdown upon.
MI. Redmond nominated 81. Hoffman, MI
Fred. Benninger named Morris Spillaid. Mr.: M:
Ryan seconded Hoffman. Here universal yells OF
no. no. arose. and then paudemonium reigned
supreme. Mr. Ryan had to retire in the. back
ground. Mr. Alex. Long then spoke for 81. He
said he was not ST. friend but he did not want to
see him abused and prosecuted, and he would as
sist him at the risk Of his life and he wanted him
Iegislated back into office by this Convention.
Hereup0n
MR. spILLARD DECLINED
Some OF the Convention insisted on q mo, but
Billy Fugh got on the stage and spoke for a post
ponement of the Comptrollership question. He
wanted the Executive Committee to settle 1t on
saturday. The 81 Hoffman crowd however, had
the best of him.
Mr., Joseph Redmond again moved that Hof.
man be nominated by acclamation The motion
was seconded and Isl" was nominated by accla-
nation. Then the Convention kicked and pro.
ceeded TO ballot by wards to SEQ whether Isl. y
was nominated by reclamation or not.
motifs Splllards name was again presented.
and the ballot showed the following votes:
hoMman .1O4
oPAiioi Ze
therefore. got the pie.
A motion was made to make Hoffmans nomin.
ation unanimous, and, although Mr.. Spillard
said ne mad been no candidate, the Convention
| refused to agree unanimously on Mr.. Hoffman.
Inc executive Committee was ordered to meet
| tonight -
DR.. Norton, of Seneca County, made speech In
| favor OF Silas W. hoffman and gave an explana
tion OF the way in which the Hoffman Bill Wal
executed
Mr.. Hoffman also made speech and was part
" loudly appauded and partly Kissed, just as the
| factl0ns Stood lie said that he would explain
within four days through the press why he hat
been abused by the Commercial. and that he die
not propose to go out of office with Halstead'
| foot on his throat. He would have retired, bu
| now he will fight
ALDERMANIC NOMINATIONS.
| The delegates from the Second District met i'm
mediately after adjournment and appointed Levi
4: Bernard, Chairman, and John Kline Secretary
The candidates were Alexander Kline, Fiftl
Ward; Thos. j. Mulvihill. Sixth Ward; 4. J
Thompson, Eighth Ward Julius Refs, Ninth Ward
Chas. J. Pitton, Tenth Ward.
Patrick Murphy, of the Eighth Ward was nom
mated for Alderman at Large.
AT the meeting of the delegates of the Fourtl
district Alexander Long presided and B. M
nations were made by the respective Wards
Anton Buening Thirteenth Ward; Daniel Muitz
Fourteenth Ward; CharlesT. Black burn. Flfeentl
| Ward; James M. Armstrong, sixteenth Ward
Philip H. Dewald, Twenty second Ward, an
Thomas Davis, of the Twenty second Ward, fo
the candidate at large
Morris Spilliard was appointed Chairman an
Mr. Lynn Secretary OF the Third District mee
ing.
The nominee by acclamation was Joseph Cut
ter. He is to fill the vacancy in the Third Dis
trict, comprising the Eleventh, Twelfth, Twenty
third, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Wards
The Fifth District organized by electng O
Chairman Frank A. Grever and as Secretar,
James Meyers. The District comprises the Seven
teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth an
Twenty-frst Wards. The candidates were Tho
Ball, Henry Varwig, Joseph Wahle, Jacob A
Haas, Patrick J. Hogan. The result was the non
ination of Mr.. Henry Varwig.