The Portland daily press., 1884-02-15

Samuel b. Kelsey, had....,.., I2I
augustus II. Prince. 90
Jeremiah b. Donnell. ...., 90
Mr.. Kelsey was nominated.
The ballot for Warden resulted In a unani-
nous vote fer Edwin c. Miliken.
BENJAMIN F. Strickland was chosen clerk nv
reclamation.
The ballot for city committee was next taken.
and while the votes were being counted. Free.
maj i. Merrill and Edwin A. Leighton were
nominated for constablss by acclamation. The
vote for city committee was total votes cast.
lo4; necessary for choice, 50; George NJ. Nell
son, John A. Thompson, Warren o. Carney.
Leroy Sanborn, William w, Ruby. bav.
log the requisite number OF votes, were chosen.
a vote was passed authorizing the delegates
to the convention 10 fill vacancies.
WARD FOUR.
There were probably $50 men in the ward
room when the caucus was called to order.
Hon. John j. Perry was made chairman. and
read the call for the caucus. The first bust
ness was the selection of delegates to the cor.
ventlon to choose Candidate for Mayor. Two
tickets were presented. The Verrill ticket
was composed of the following gentlemen:
Stanley T. Pnllep, Samuel A. True. Charles
]. Jones, Ira P. Harrington, Edwin r. Dnran
William W. Kemp Albus r. Cobb.
The King ticket was composed as follows.
John J. Perry, Henry B. Cleaves, Lyman
n. Kimball, Albert b. Stevens. Jndson r.
Dunbar, George Fl. Blake, Edwin l.. Dyer.
The vote was taken by ballot, and the count
showed 116 votes, Sc OF which were for the
King ticket, and 80 for the Verrill ticket,
1t was voted to nominate candidates for
ward officers from the floor. Mr.. Murphy
nominated Nathan s. Ridlon, and endorsed
him as the friend of the laboriug man. Mr..
Ridlon was unanimously nominated, but per-
emptorily declined. Mr. Ira s. Locke was
then nominated by Mr.. Lyman N. Kimball.
and accepted.
For Councilmen. Messrs. Lewis Pray, Levi
+. Hoyt and George E. Brown were nominated.
Mr.. Winsor B. Smith was nominated for
Warden, Mr.. Edwin B. Duran for Ward
Clerk, and Mr.. Jesse II. Crowell end MIR. Ar
thur M. Sawyer for constables.
The following gentlemen were elected for
City Committee: Charles G. Douglass, Ma
than s. Ridlon, Wesley II. Judkins, Edwin
L. Dyer, Lewis ID. Greenwood.
1t was voted that the delegates TO sslect a
candidate for Mayor be empowered to fill va
cancies.
WARD FIVE.
IL this ward there was a crowded ward
room. Clarence Hale was chosen chairman,
oaly one ticket was presented for delegates to
choose candidate for mayor, aud three
school committeeman, and the delegates were
understood to be for Mr.. King. There were
1873 votes thrown for the delegates Mr.. Sid
ney W. Thaxter said that Ward Five had no
representation on the school committee and
he thought an effort should be made to have
the ward SO represented, and the delegates
were requested to endeavor to have o repre-
sentative. The rest OF the ticket was nomi-
mated unanimously from the floor. The fol-
lowing is the complete ticket:
Delegates to select Candidates for Mayor
and School Committee-William Senter,
Charles Walker, Wilbur f. Lunt, Josiah a.
Jairus Talbot, Austin D. SulIi.
van, j. Frank Hovey.
Alderman-James f. Hawkes..
CouncilmeD-John Fl. Fogg, R. Samuel
Rand, Reuel T. Mcclellan.
Warden-Josish 81. Drummond, Jr.
Clerk-Charles A. Perry.
Constables Thomas M. 6lendenning and
Charles B. Moseley
City mmittee-Lorenxo r. Dyer, James
Fl. Hall, o. w. Eldridge, R. T. Mcclellan. q. |
M. Sylvester.
WARD SIX.
The ward room was crowded. There were |
two tickets presented to elect delegates to |
nominate Mayor. The King ticket embraced |
,he following names:
Sylvester Mari, Perez B. Burnhan, j. Am |
prose Merrill, Charles H. Ross, Thomas Shaw, |
Ardon w. Coombs, John d. Printable.
The Verrill ticket embraced the following |
names:
Eben Corey, Charles F. Libby, L. NJ. Love-
oy, Charles r. Milliken. Rufus III. Hinkley,
George B. Loring, Fred W. Thompson.
The whole number of votes cast was 167, of
which the King ticket had SO and the Verrill
ticket "a.
For alderman there were two contestants,
dessrs. Elias B. Denison, who had ia, and
William M. Marks, who had 81, and Mr.. Deni
on was nominated
For Common Councilman 100 votes were
sst. all but being for Theodore G. Wood
Jury, Henry G. Small and Thomas P. Shaw
The Warden, Frank s. Warehouse; Ward
Jerk, Edward ". Corey; Constables, Levi l..
,aston and Benjamin f. Libby, and City Com
nittee, Oh. Coyes, f. s. Warehouse, @. Ell.
Itch. John f. Barrett and Edward W. Corey,
7ere nominated unanimously.
WARD sEvES.
At 7.S6 o'clock the ward room was crowded.
fr. ". FL. Plummer called the meeting to
be chairman, while Mr.. @. M. Seiders WAS