Daily Republican., 1883-05-16
LOCAL POLITICS.
nrxOCRATiC AsP1gANTs FOR
COUNCIL IN TINE DEMO.
CRArIO WARDS.

Az only two weeks from next Satur-
a,v will intervene unit, the election for
lSty Council, In some Of the warde
,here are animated contests for the
.omiuetion. -M09t n0Ea6ly Is this The
rase % in most Of the Democratic wards.
The first ward presents u triangular
contest, the contestants being Council
nan McKenna, who seeks re-nOnii-
nation, Austin Hauber, . saloon keeper,
and Frank W. Reeve. So far a. is
known the contest IL carried on without
animosity, and from present appear
ances Mr.. Resve stands q fair chance of
r.ceiyiug the nomination. As the ward
il hopelessly Democratic, no Re-
nublicau has thought worth while to
nffer himself ~ q candidate.
"A lively dual contest is going on in
inr Second ward for the Democratic
nomination between William H.Quinn,
nresent mem ber of Council, and eX-couI-
,,lman Robert II. Taylor William
stuart, "a mou lder, residing at 30 King
street, has been mentioned As an avail
able candidate, but the contest between
Quinn and Taylor absorbing nearly the
whole of the Democratic vote, til ere is
liue chance for Stuart, and the gene
raj opinion Is that there is but little
chance for Quinn. No Republican has
been named prominently for the nomi-
nation.
By far the liveliest triangular con-
test is going on in the Third ward.
Councilman Blake is a candidate for
reelection and is actively opposed by
Peter j. Ford, and ex Councilman Mer-
Ms TAYLOR il also announced as a Can-
djlatc anxious to get back into Coun-
Gil.
Mr. Ford, it will be remembered, was
the Democratic candidate last year, but
was defeated by Thomas johnson In a
strong Democratic ward. OF course u
great many Democrats voted for john
sou, but that was poor consolation for
/ Mr.. Ford, and he has determined to see
| if the Democratic party of his ward in
tends to keep on defeating him. With
Mr.. Blake and Mr.. Tay.or IN the field,
| Mr. Ford will most undoubtedly be
nominated, and though he may not
# pol the full strength Of his ticket, he
may pull through, as there is no Re-
publican in the ward that can poll the
vote Mr.. johnson did.
Though there are two COuncilmen to
elect in the Fourth Ward the candi-
| dates are not SO numerous as might be
Expected Mr.. Abcle is candidate
| for reelection and must first be nomi-
mated For this he is opposed by 7.
EIwooh Singley, who it is said will
make it warm for Mr. Abele. For the
short term, though Martin Farrell says
ht is not Il candidate, the people seem to
think differently and insist that he
will be nominated and elected.
VIM, Turner, Republican, and who is
now tIling out MIR. Paynter' unexpired
term, will be candidate for election
possibly for the long term, but the
ward is thoroughly Democratic, and
unless The Democrats nominate a very
unpopular candidate there is poor
c .ance for the election of amy Repnbll
Icin.
The Tenth ward is the banner
Democratic ward in the city, and still
F bu lcw candidates are named. 1t is
sud that Mr.. Shaw will be a candidate
fr reelection and that he will be- op-
| posted at the nU.illIatiOn election by
IAulllas Ford.
John NJ. Newell will be a candidate
fOr reelection in the Eleventh ward.
Robert Cottinghaln, it liz said, will con-
|tes his nomination, and there may be-
|o her unnamed aspirants.