Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-27
Democratic Caucuses.

Selection of Officers for the Aldermanfc l and COunctlmanic Boards-AIderman ] States fOrPresident of the Board of AL | dermen-Coun ciI man Spreyer will Pre- | side Over tine Council. A caucus of Democratic members elect of the Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen was held lest evening in the Common Council chamber. Alderman Faulhaber, the chair man of the caucus committee for the present year, called the meeting to order and stated the purpose of the meeting.
 Alderman States was selected as chairman of the joint caucus and Councilman elect Spreyer as secretary.
 The roll of elected members was called.
 Councilman Spreyer moved that the eau GUS be an open one which was voted.
 Alderman Mix and Councilman Spreyer wore appointed tellers.
 Alderman Mix nominated Cornelius T. Driscon for Corporation Counsel, and no other nominations were made.
 A ballot was taken and 36 votes were cast Mr. Driscoll receiving }5 votes and blank 1.
 Timothy J. Crowley was nominated for Assistant City Clerk, and there being no op- position the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for MT. Crowley, which he did, and he was declared nominated unanimously.
 The joint convention was then dissolved CoUNCILMANIc CONVENTION.
 Immediately after the adjournment of the joint convention the Aldermen elect retired to the ante room of the Council chamber tc select their officers, while the Counci1mer remained to select theirs.
 $sThe Councilmanic caucus was called te 1 order by Councilman elect Sperry. Councilman Hills of tbe Ninth woe aIa af chairman. He asked to be excused, and in stantly was relieved from service.
 Councilman Spreyer was then nominated for chairman and accepted.
 Councilman Sperry continued to act a secretary.
 Councilman Gallagher nominated John J Lane for page of the Board of Councilmen.
 Councilmen Langley and Whateley wer ! appointed tellers
 The result of the ballot was twenty votes all for John J. Lane, and he was declare elected.
 The election of president of the Board wa then called for. Councilmen John Defrees John C. Gallagher and Charles Spreyer wer , placed in nomination, The result Of the bal lot was as follows:
 l Whole number Of votes. 10hn DeIrees.' --.-.............. ) Charles Spreyer. ........................... John C Gallagher. r........--......-...... ! There being no choice another ballot wa . called for and resulted as follows , Whole number of votes. Jonn Defrees Charles Spreyer. ..........................
 John C. Gallagher. r.......-................. F The result of several ballots which follow
 ed showed no result until the eighth ws reached, which resulted as follows: Whole number of votes. ............ ....-........ ouian UH De5rees.. ---.--.-- = Suarles Spreyer IF John c. Gallagher. r........................ 3
 On motion of MT. Defrees the nominatio
 of MT. Spreyer was made unanimous. l Frank c. Mills was selected for member Board of Finance.
 !, Robert Stevens, John Defrees and Dani
 Kelly were selected as caucus committee C . the part of this Board. Adjourned
 ALDERMANIC CAUCUS.
 In the Aldermanic caucus Alderman Stat " was chairman and Alderman O'Keefe clerk. }. On motion of Alderman Mix the nomin l. ton of members of the various commission ] was postponed.
 e mated for president of the Board. Mir. Stat e received eight votes and MT. O'Keefe fiv l. MT. States was declared nominated and u r nomination was made unanimous.
 Alderman Armstrong was selected for ( rector of the Derby railroad company on u o part of the city.
 , John J. Lane was selected as page of u
 Board, while Alderman States was nonlinat,
 member of the Board of Finance for tv U years, Aldermen Mix and Law holding over IS Aldermen O'Keefe and K1enke were selet ,t ed as caucus committee. a The caucus then adjourned until Janua V s 9th, when commissioners will be nominat u for the several boards