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THE CHARTER ELECTION.
WHO WILL BE CANDIDATES FOR CITY
OFFICES NEXT MONTH.

A Preliminary Review of the Local
FIeId-How the Boards Stand-Who
Go Out-The Democratic Chances.
The Democratic City Com nittee fairly
opened the charter election campaign at
their meeting Friday night by electing DIR.
John D. McGill Chairman, Michael O'Don-
nell of the Second District Secretary and
Edward Dugan Treasurer, and by fixing
March 25th as the day for holding the dis
trict conventions, by which nominees for
Aldermen and other city officers and Free
holders are TO be put in the. The call will
appear in the SUNDAY TATTLER at the
proper time. sna ls.,4
There are to be elected six Aldermen,
six members of the Board of Education,
three Commissioners each of the Police
and Fire Boards and Board of Works, and
an entire new Board of Freeholders. The
Board of Aldermen has at present z Re-
publicans and Democrats in it. The
terms of Aldermen Marsh, Kelly and Nc
Knight among the Democrats, and of AL
dermen Abernethy, Furman and Reynolds
among the Republicans expire, SO that 4
Republicans and Democrats hold over
The Republicans need to elect but two
candidates to tie the Board With three,
they will control it. Tbs case is exactly
the same with the Board of Educa-
ton. Directors Mangels, Kelly and
Ritter, Democrats. and Eddy, Hornblower
and Romano of the Republicans retire.
In each of the three executive Boards
the Police and Fire Board and the Board
of Public Works-there are now Repub-
1icans and Democrats; Van Reyper and
Myer, Republicans, and Buckley, Demo-
erat, retire from the Police Board, and
Helms and Van Keuren, Republicans,
and Lembeck, Democrat, from the Fire
Board The hold overs in each of the two
Boards will be two Republicans and
Democrat. The terms of the only two
Democrats in the Fire Board expire. Egan
and Windecker both withdraw, and
ssTommy" Leather, the President of the
Board, is the only Republican who goes
out so that all the hold overs there are Re-
pubhcans If the Democrats were to carry
each of the three districts, in which new
Commissioners are to be elected, they can
only tie Ithe Fire Board; they cannot ac-
quire control of it, and to tie the election
of the other Boards they must elect two of
the three Commissioners to be chosen.
The Citizens movement shows signs of
greatest activity in the First District A
ticket has already been made up there in
their interest. They are canyassing the
nomination of Alderman J. HaTvty Marsh
to be Police Commissioner, of Marlin Rouse
as Alderman, of DIR. Leonard j. Gordon as
Director of Education, and of Ex-Mayor
Clarke and "Bob" Bumsted as Freehold
ers. There is some doubt whether DR..
Gordon will consent to serve in the Board
of Education. Police Commissioner Buck
ley will be renominated by the Democrats
unless it should, after review of the
situation, be deemed advisable to endorse
the nomination of Harvey Marsh. For the
Aldermanic nom nation, Robert Davis and
a clerk in the sugar-house named Cub
berly, are mentioned. Mangels will prob
ably be returned to the Board of Educa-
ton, and the Citizens candidates for Free
holders will be endorsed.
The Citizens ticket may take an active
hand, too, in the Second District. The
independently talk of ticket made up of
Ex-Assemblyman "Denny" Reardon for
Alderman, John Boyd for Fire Commits
sioner, Daniel Burke for Board of Educa-
tion, and John F. Kelly and Andrew Gull
len for Freeholders. The Democrats will
probably renominate the present incum-
bent, Alderman Kelly. Thomas Nugent
and Freebooter John Lynch aspire to
Commissioner Egan's. shoes in the Fire
Board
In the Third District the boys are going
to make the fur fly over the Police Com,
missionership and the Fire Commissioner
ship. There will be the biggest kind of a
kick against the return of Leather to the
Fire Board, or Of Van Ripper to the Police
Board. Van Ripper is so seriously handi-
capped by his official support of "Tom"
Edmonson that it is doubtful if he can be
reneminated, or reelected if he wins re-
nomination. sHH
In the Fourth District William Kerns
will probably be nominated again for Board
Of Works, notwithstanding the fact that
he was beaten at the polls two years ago.
Edward Wrede and Charles Esterbrooke,
the chairman of the Democratic County
Committee, are mentioned for the Board of
Aldermen. Wrede was beaten two years
ago, and though he is not seeking the
place, it is likely that Esterbrooke will be
nominated. Ex-Freeholder James Palister
is to be nominated for Police Commissioner.
The Republicans will probably renominate
the present inc 'lnbents, Furman for Alder
man, Meyer for the Police Board, and
Helms for the Board of Works
Eessrs. Ed Kothe, John A. Ross and Ed
Ruth have been nominated for members of
Council by the Shinear Kase Club, of Union
Hill
20 A meeting of the Third District Republic
can Association was held at their rooms, 435
Grove street, last Wednesday evening.