Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06

was further complicated and interesting by several other reasons, prominent among which was the question as to who should be the coming assessors, the To wn Agent, the Board of Relief. Then there was the commissionership question. Two mem- bers for each of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners and tke Board of Public Works are to be elected by the new Board of Aldermen. There was great fight in some of the wards on this point, as, if the Democrats could gain another Alderman or two, they were 'all solid'' for electing both the new commissioners and leaving none to the Republicans. They came very nigh leav- ing the Republicans out in the cold the last time, the Board standing 16 Democrats to 8 Republicans, so that the Democrats could east votes each for two candidates, and the Republicans having votes. The two high est numbers sof votes cast elect. Conse- quently there was music in the Ninth and Eleventh wards, two of the close wards, as also in the Second, which was partly wrested from the Republicans last time. The fight there was to get it back again straight Republican ward, and there was an animated struggle, the Republicans putting up very strong and popular ticket, having up such well known men as D. A. Blakeslee for AL derman, and Edward P. Merwin the mer- chant tailor, Frank w. Benedict, the coal dealer, and John H. Clarke. The Democrats had up for Alderman Richmond W. Armstrong (Richmond being again in the field to lead the possible forlorn hope), and for Council men Councilman Spreyer, Charles E. Lang ley and Robert M. Stevens. If an Alderman was gained in this ward the Republicans were in so much better shape regarding the con- missionerships. In the Ninth ward the struggle was lively enough. The gun shop men and the colored voters took a hand in the fight. In this ward hitherto Repub- lican, the Democrats gained two the last time, and the point was to get it back regenerated straight Republican ward again. Also in the 11th the Democrats gained one at the last city election, and being close ward there earnest work on both sides. The apathy among section of the Republicans in not voting had the tendency to hamper the Re- publican workers in their efforts with the ward tickets and on the commissionership issue. There were busy times, as usual, in the Seventh and Third wards over the ward tickets, and also in the Twelfth, each of those wards having two Democratic ward tickets in the field they being so strongly and overwhelmingly Democratic that the two factions could fight 1t out safely on that part of the issue without fear of Republican slipping in. Hacks and buggies were out in profusion and at these wards wheels were rumbling, politicians were grumbling and mumbling, and ticket peddlers box tenders and local politicians were in clover. The fight yesterday was further complicated over the fight for the Town Clerkship, and much speculation was rife at the polls as to the re sult The Aldermen now in office whose terms expire on the 31st of this month (and whose places are taken by those elected yes terday) are as follows:
 lst ward-w. K. Townsend
 2nd ward-R. ". Armstrong.
 Sd ward-George J. Faulhaber.
 4th ward-James N: States.
 5th ward-George A. Stevens.
 9th ward-Ernst Klenke.
 7th ward-Charles Doty, jr.
 8th ward-Frank ". Tiesing
 9th ward-Joseph Sheldon
 10th ward-John F: studley:
 1lth ward-DavidC c. Burweli 12th ward-Seth ". Langley.
 l Some of fhe present Aldermen were run again yesterday. The terms of all the pres l ent Councilmen expire Dec. 31st. The present Councilmen are as follows: First ward-Frank A. NIunson, Lyman E NIunson, Wm. l. Cushing.
 Second wardesamuel H. Kirby. D. A. Blakeslee, Third ward-Matthew Kehoe, Patrick F. Bohan, Richard B. Cofee
 l Fourth ward-samuel H. Barnes, Chas. E.. ! Gerard, Michael McQueeney. /
 I Fifth ward-George s. Thomas, Patrick McKiernan,
 Sixth ward-Lawrence o'Brien, William Kaehrle, 1 Seventh ward-Frank D. welcb, John F. De Frees. William J. Bradley.
 Eighth ward-T. Attwater Barnes, James J. Brad- l nack Benjamin F. Brown.
 Ninth ward-Alonzo A. Townsend, Henry R. Hill,
 Tenth ward-A.w Wilson Holmes, Julius Twiss. Frank | S. Platt.
 Twelfth ward-AIichael scslly, Michael Egan. Thomas c. W. Jefferson.
 1 The election returns were received in a l large room in the basement of Pecks Grand Opera House, which was crowded to over- 1 flowing with anxious merely interested people desirous of hearing the result. The l moderator and other officials and the news
 paper men were kept busy. Only half of the wards were heard from at half past nine,
 and at 10 there were four or five lacking, and at that time the interest was up to boiling pitch, as nobody could tell who was Mayor l until the Third and Seventh wards were l heard from. There was much figuring upon
 the basis of reports brought in from the great Democratic wards, and Andrew it was figured was elected. large number of
 prominent local politicians were present
 awaiting the developments, and a number of prominent business men called to hear the
 news.
 ! ln6 reSulG hS to the cOmpl6XlOn or LQe ! Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen was l practically decided at about 10 o'clock, when Alderman-el elect Townsend and others ap peared from the Ninth ward, bringing the re-
 turns from that ward. Previously the two
 other close wards had been heard from. The
 Eleventh ward, FairHaven,i in which at the last
 election the Democrats got in Councilman,
 this time elected the full Republican ward
 ticket, electing William A. Waterbury, the
 railroad man, for Alderman, and Herbert
 Jones Ca re-election), Edward s. Swift and
 Henry Kay, Councilmen, the ticket being
 elected by about 40 majority. This gain
 was counterbalanced by the Second, which
 went clean Democratic, electing Richmond w Armstrong Alderman and three Councilmen
 a loss of one-as at the last election, one Re.
 publican Councilman, D. A. Blakeslee, had
 been elected. The Ninth came to the
 rescue, gaining one Councilman, electing
 Councilman A. A. Townsend, the coal
 dealer on Church street, to be Alderman;
 George Goering, Republican, popular em
 ploye at Winchester's, and Birdsey Warner,
 Republican, travelling salesman for s. E.
 Merwin & Son, and Henry R. Hill, Demo
 crat, (re-election), pattern maker. The
 Republican not elected was MT: Godette, 8
 colored citizen. Mir. Goering received g
 large vote, some of his Democratic shop
 mates voting for him. This leaves the Com
 mon Council 22 Democrats to 14 Republican
 Last year it stood 23 to 13. The Board oi
 Aldermen still remains the same last year,
 16 Democrats to Republicans. The Ninth
 ward Republican ticket was elected by 27
 majority, and there were 20 Republican votes
 or more in the wrong box.
 MT. John 0. Gallagher, the popular young
 attorney, is e4ected one of the city fathers in
 the Fifth ward making 8 handsome run. Ticket Agent States, Alderman and acting
 president of the Board of Aldermen, was re-
 elected by ? majority. .
 Alderman Weld was one of the hard wo'
 CTS on the Republican side in the 11th J,
 terday.
 James Reynolds is reelected Town Agf