Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-24
THE FIREMEN.
CONVENTION MET A'AiA
LAST EVENING.
,,,.,rod Ballots Cast with
Pc N.miuauiop Being M"de
out ,,,Ix of a chief kDgi,
nssr Of .he Fire Dep.r''
,eu, Being Selected.

r,romen's Convention met last
snipg M in adjourned session, - a,, 90 ~ co.; it ~
~ Inf Of The Reliance Eng Inc house. WILL Wy
T;I;lam a H. Blake in the cnall. M a1 an1
nl.a ,.a. of the last meeting we're read
iuua,unro,ed. l.. 6. File, was appoint
no aPptte P.ptsOate from the Delaware, IN the
Hoance Of Mr.. Sparks.
Satb. Moore,oi the ksliahce anu d nai, a. =
n .0nR Price, of the Phoenix, were the
svS;nates 'U nominated at the last meet,
ANU hUt the members were given the
W, x.,,;Iare T Of nominating other canai'
.,a Int no one being nominated the
limitation was closed.
NJ Avnew, OF the Delaware, made a
M ot;on 10 give each delegate the privl'
Cs of voting fora candidate was los'
81 on notion the chairman OF each
s aIssatiop " as ordered TO cast the vott
Tns T convention then proceeded to
~, for candidate Tor Cniet Engi
,ssr MIR. Hanna OF the Washington
N sI Nr Reeder OF the Weccacos were
rhosen inspectors. ,,-..--.-,..--
DS, Nn ,he hrst palLot Mr.. Moore rececelv'
t,,r votes and Mr.. Price, four. Three
0ora h,llot, were taken with the SAINT
a.nt On the fifth ballot p. +. Muir
Shv received one vote; Mr.. Moore,
G hrse and mr. Price, four. On tn.
siytb' Murphy received two votes
Moors two and Price four. The Sew
entb and eighth ballots were repetitions
Of the sixth.
vbich the nominations tor Chief Engi-
near was closed was reconsidered, the
Examinations were declared open. NJ
additional nam, being presented, bal
Hating was r, slmed. The ninth Dallo,
Resulted: Price, 4; More, 3; Muir
On motion of Mr.. Agnew the name OF
tas lowest candidate, Mr.. Murphy, was
dropred.
The tenth ballot resulted Price. 4
Moore, 8. One delegation again voted
for Murphy. Ballot No. IL resulted
Price, 4; Nor 4.
Mr. Grimes, 10 vary the monotony
introduced a motion chat the conven
tion should proceed to ballot for eau.
didate for second assistant engineer
MI, Agnew irtimated that the move
looked as though some trickery wert
ntended. The n.otion was voted down
Later in the evening similar motiOnt
were offered bat lost. Motions to take
recesses and adjourn till another even
iIg were voted down.
The ballotlng continued until after
y o'clock. The friends of Price, who
was supported by the Ph9nix, his conf
pauy, the Delaware, Washington, and
Friendship stood nobly by him through
out. The other delegations voted solid
ly for Moore at times, then voted to a
man for Murphy, and again, gave com
plimentsry votes to ex-Chief Engineer
Hanna, Chairman Blake, James r
Daley, Francis Vincent, George w
Vernon, John H. Hubert, Joseph Per
kins, Harry SLarpley, B. Frank Town
send, and others.
When the one hupdredth ballot was
reached, at u o'clock, the Reliance
Water Witch, Fame Hose and Wecca
cr delegations withdrew from the con
yention, which adjourned shortly altel
sine die.
1t is thought that another convention
will be called next week. AS it stand!
now, the eight companies in the de
partment seem hopelessly divided OF
the subject Of Chief Engineer, ant
from present appearances it is not like
n ly That they will come to an under
sFndlng before the election takes place
on Moncay, April 3, and Council vii
again be called upon to determine wh'
snail be Chief Engineer Of the Fir,
Department.