Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-26
THE oOmRAr rH1CKENs.
The Democratic Primaries To-NiGhf- Bugle Notes for the Fray-The Hosts MarshaIIInx for Battle.

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 The Democratic Primaries To-Nighf-
 Bugle Notes for the Fray-The Hosts
 MarshalIIng for Battle.
 Tonight the Democratic primaries will be
 held and the gathering clouds of conflict that
 have been lowering in the horizon for several
 weeks will finally meet to decide which fae-
 ton of the local Democrats are going to hold the fort.
 The friends of Town Agent Reynolds are confident of viotery,a and have worked un- ceasingly for his neninAtion. His opponents are equally active and lively tussle will
 probably be had before they give up the bat tie. All depends upon the action of the pri- maries to night whether or no the delegates to the town convention will favor Mr. Rev. holds.
 Even the cold blast of yesterdays infant blizzard didn't check the making and break ing of slates and in every one of the old ward hsunts might be seen the busy, bustling pompous politicians talking over the situa tion and carrying on 8 confidential canvass for their several candidates.
 | In the First ward Deputy Registrar Hille1 has the right of way and the assessors dele gation will probably be strong in his sup port.
 In the Second ward things are uncertain ss yet and the committee appointed at the caucus last Friday evening will meet in room 37 Hoadley building this afternoon to straighten matters out In the Third ward Reynolds has many op- ponents. The assessors delegation on the ticket will be divided between Joachinson and Neal. The ward nominating committed will favor Hollinger for alderman. Other
 candidates mentioned for aldermen are Mat thew Kehoe and Charles Brennan. In the Fourth ward Councilman Fleisch- ner and John Doody lead the opposition to Clancey. They favor Dunn, Shannon and oppose York for Mayor, as they blame him and Clancy for closing up Lafayette and Hill streets.
 Alderman CIerkin in the Sixth holds the
 stronger faction. James B. Martin, Council
 man Bromley and probably Attorney Harry Asher will make up the council ticket. MT. Asher has been in the board before. Will liam Maley will head the opposition ticket. A great fight is expected in the Seventh. Alderman Sheridan and Councilman Shee-
 han will race each other in the sldermanic struggle. .-sz
 The Eighth is unquiet and no one knows
 what may happen at the primaries. This is Mr. Reynolds ward, but there has been con- siderable work done in opposition to his can- didaey.
 The Ninth is also quiet, but in the strong Republican Tenth there is 8 three~cornered fight for supremacy.
 The Eleventh hasn't begun to stir yet and
 the Twelfth will probably show three tick
 cts. They will be respectively headed by
 Groark, Marlowe and Henderson.
 Prominent Democrats versed in the features of the big fight said yesterday that it was
 their opinion that Mr. Reynolds would win the nomination, but would fail of re election. The opposition were not destitute of candi- dates for the town agency as the names of ex-Selectman Julius Tyler, Captain Thomas O'Brien of the board of education, Maier Zunder and one or two other prominent Dem ocrats are mentioned. Mafer Zundar, how- ever, Is stated not in the contest and not de- sirous of running for the office. Friends of MT. Reynolds say he has got ''dssd sure thing" for the nomination; that he has 8 strong ally in Registrar O'Keefe, who has been town registrar for 8 period and has never yet been "downed." Twice he had big battle on his hands, once when Gilhuly ran against him and again when another we'll known Democrat was his opponent. Both times, however, he "downed" his opponent Then 1t is claimed by Key holds men that the opposition cannot mass enough votes to kill the 2,500 to 3, 900 regu- lar Democratic majority, and that Reynolds will get from 200 to 300 Republican votes if he runs. And so the battle rages.