, 1885-01-08
WARD WIRE-PULLINC.
The Republicans Nominate Their
Candidates for CounciImen.
A Packed Caucus Adiourns Without
Making Nominations
But a Snap Meeting 0utwits the
Party Opposition.

A call was made IN the Sun yesterday
for the holding of the ward primaries in
the First and Second Wards, and last
evening a display advertisement, pub
lished in the Tribune, called upon the
faithful to meet in the several wards, to
select their several candidates for Council
men and to choose delegates to a city con-
%vention wherein a candidate for Mayor
would be nominated.
At the hour designated as the time for
the meetings there were just thirty-two
men at the City Hall, and about twenty
eight of them were there for the purpose
of voting for the nomination Of Mr.. A.
Simmons. They could say yes and no
even If they could not vote in a regular
city election. and hence were admirably
adapted to the purposes Of the moment.
Mr.. G. N. Potter was chosen as Chair
man and Mr.. Milton Taylor was selected
Secretary. Mr.. Taylor disappeared. how
ever. and 50 Mr.. Fred Nelson was APP
pointed. Mr.. j.. w. Hammond arose in
search Of information; he wanted to know
how the meeting had been called, and in
cidentally he desired to know why
it had been called. He had
applied the crucial test of his individual
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the conclusion that the majority Of the
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b;s at.;,,do to,v.rd tbe mao,;nn soDoe
ona s.;5 "non't tall moke motion -
One gent,emon &c Teuton;c lineage sur-
osstad th.t an Who ,vere .nx;ors - NE.
ceed r;tb no,n;nsf;ons st.nd Il tbs Center
81 tbe room-rsnv round tho chair ooc,-
Mod bv NJ s;mmonv os = were b,,,
NJ po,tor dscl;ned 70 Consider ,be nrono.
s;;on M Hammond ,bereunon moved
,hat ,ho uast;nn .a;onrn The notion
w.. amanded n, ,ba .d;o,,nmont be
t.Len nnt;l tb;s even;nr The nol;cy of
sonr-ssbs of tbose present was 10
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u;.,.Lon vs.l a. = u;sconcent;on oe
,he;r ;nstr,ct;ons 81 vote NO - ovsrvtb;ng
,hev caused The motion 10 he carried
The result was stated bv The chairman
ma ,be nicotine w.s clossd am;dst ,bo
rvelv d;scor6turs Of The Summers crovd
The neonle strag.led AVA and soon ,be
hall was emn,v
Then The f,n bex.n
Az coon as tho last adberant IN the Sim
mons hammer had den.yted anotbe meet
inc pns called and The business was trans-
.c,ad With ram, i ble h .r,,onv and d;s-
match Neither Mr. Hammond NOR any
other gentlemen had onv,b;no 10 sav
about the vaoue nature Of the call. or the
lack of nonnlar knowledge regarding he
meetipv Mr. George 4 Coffman was
nromntlv nominated as the candidate for
Councilman Messrs q N Potter ] w
Hammond and 7 III Homes were chosen
delegates 10 the convention with accelerate
ed d;sna,ch and with excessive harmony
Mess,s q N potter and A d Kelley
were seclected as the Ward committee.
The meeting tberaunon adjourned with
radiant baste The Interesting oueat;on
natur,rv i s,grested -wbat w;u tbs
Simmons faction and The ad;ourned
meeting do about Il this eveping2