Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-01
TOWN AND CrrY POkrr1Cs.

The Conventions Last Nfght-Henry
 F. Peck for Mayor-Major Todd for ] Town Agens-The Rest Of she RePub- lfcan Ticket Reynolds Nominated i for Town AgeRt-Forbes of the Am mex Defeats Br0Wn-The Rest of the 1 Democratic T1cket-The Justices of the Peace.
 1 Last night was busy one in the local po- litical arena. Henry F. Peck is nominated | for mayor by the Republicans and Major Todd for town agent. Town Agent Key l holds still holds the Democratic fort, having ' been renominated. Forbes of the Annex 1 ousts Brown for selectman. With this ex- eeption the old Democratic board of select- I men is renominated.
 THE REPUBLICAN TOWN CONVENTION. The Republican town and city conventions were held in the Republican headquarters last night. Straight Republican tickets were nominated. The town ticket nominated is as follows:
 For town agent and selectman-Maior Theron A. For selectmen-w. S. Beecher. Colonel George M. White and ". F. sternberg. For town clerk-Frank A. Munson. For assessors-Charles A. Baldwin and Henry E. For board of relief-Robert E. Baldwin and F. R.
 For tax collector-Herbert c. Warren. A. For registrar of voters-Edward F. Merrill. It was nearly 7:30 o'clock when Hugh Daily rapped for order, and Nathan Easterbrook Jr. was chosen chairman and J. s. Monson secre- taro. The list of delegates was accepted. The question was raised as to whether the convention would nominate three selectmen and town agent, or four selectmen one of whom should act as town agent. The latter method was adopted, and these men were put in nomination: Charles w. Hemingway, Joel F. Gilbert, Major H. H. Strong and Major Theron A. Todd, with streng and able speeches.
 On an informal ballot the relative strength of the candidates was as follows: Heming- | way, 24; Gilbert, II; Strong, IA; Todd, 23; and Beecher 4.
 l tion, and Major Todd received 40 votes, Hem l ingway being next with 35; and Mir. Todd's nomination was made unanimous. Messrs. Beecher and White were nominated | unanimously, and there was good -natured | contest among the German voters over the ! fourth place on the ticket. ! The men proposed were w. F. Sternberg | (who is with Roessler) and Godfrey Lehr, the merchant tailor. One ballot decided the con- ! test, MT. Lehr getting but IS votes, while Mir. Sternberg received 5S. MT. Sternberg is an ex-president of the Arion society and c member of the Republican league. | Frank A. Munson was nominated unani- \ mously for clerk, as was Charles A. Baldwin | for first assessor.
 There was more of contest for the next l assessors place and 8 motion to have the ! secretary cast ballot for Henry E. Marsh failed. Edward F. Merrill was then put in | nomination.
 | There was considerable discussion over the | two persons mentioned for the office, and though feeling at times ran pretty high the
 best of harmony prevailed. | The first ballot was an informal one, and | the result was as follows: Marsh 42, Merrill 35, the total number of ballots being cast being 77, one more than the number of dele. gates present. A formal ballot resulted in l Al votes for MT. Marsh and S4 for MT. Mer- | Till. Marsh's nomination was then made ! unanimous.
 MT. Marsh was in the hall and made g
 brief speech thanking the convention for nominating him.
 Nominations for the board of relief was the
 next thing in order, and the men presented | for the two positions were Robert E. Bald
 win, F. R. Futile, H. W. Clark and c. w Hemingway. An informal ballot resulted ai
 follows: Baldwin 32, Futile 8, Clark 1 and Hemingway 29.
 After considerable discussion MT. Baldwin
 was unanimously nominated.
 The contest over the second place on the l board of relief was long, but Mr. Futile, from
 the Fourteenth ward, received the nonina tion with 36 votes out of 6S, while Fl. W '
 23 votes.
 These men were then unanimously noEni- mated: Herbert c. Warren, for tax collector
 John A. Richardson, for town treasurer, and
 Edward F. Merrill, for registrar of voters. | At this point in the proceedings, owing tc
 the fact that the meeting had been greatly
 prolonged and that another convention wal to be held in the room, the balance of th'
 town ticket was left with 8 committee con
 sisting of the chairman of each ward Gelega
 ton.
 That committee will meet at the head quarters this morning st 6:3f o'clock and fin ish the nominations for town officers. l The Republican City Convention. | The city convention was divided quite de
 cidedly on the question of running a citizer
 or party ticket, though those who favored
 the former were sadly in the minority.
 The ticket adopted is as follows: I For Mayor, Henry F. Peck.
 | For City Clerk, Moves E. Edwards. ! For Treasurer, J. A. Richardson.
 For City Sheriff, John Coleman.
 l It was nearly 10 o'clock when the conven
 ton was organized by the choice of Charle A. Baldwin and J. P. Goodhart for chairman
 and secretary respectively.
 It was voted unanimously to put a straigh
 Republican ticket in the field.
 The name of Henry F. Peck for mayor wa
 received with applause, and he was unani
 mously nominated, there being no othe
 name presented to the convention.
 l For the nomination of city clerk the name
 of Moves E. Edwards, and of J. B. Futile, 0 the Register, were presented, and man. | speeches were made in behalf of the respect i've candidates. MT. Edwards was nominat
 ed on the first ballot, receiving 38 out of tn
 6S votes cast. His nomination was mad 1 unanimous.
 l At this point the vote to make the ticke
 6 straight Republican one was reconsidered l J. A. Howarth spoke in behalf of straigh
 ticket as matter of principle, even thougl it were defeated. MT. Julius Twiss spoke il
 behalf of citizens ticket, citing principall l the precedent of former conventions. H 1 thought that the names of few Democrat
 on the ticket would help the election as
 matter of policy.
 It was then voted again to nominate straight Republican ticket.
 The following men were then proposed fo I auditor: James NJ. Mason, James A. How
 arEh, Gen. Stephen R. Smith, John s. Fow Ter and John Fl. Rowland. MT. Rowlsn , was elected unanimously. J. A. Richardson was next unanimousl : nominated for treasurer. , For city sheriff there were three names of . fered as follows: John Coleman, George K Bill and Godfrey Lehr.
 A good deal of time was taken in debatin
 the respective merits of Messrs. Coleman am
 Bill. Many of the delegates seemed to b charged with speeches and it took consider . able time for several of the active workers t F compare notes and adjust petty differences ? l After several intellectual ballots John Cole . I man was nominated, polling 38 votes out c the 64 cast, while MT. Bill had 24. , The convention did rather ungraciou thing in appointing 8 committee to bring i
 the candidate for Mayor and then adjournin
 before the committee reported. REYNOLDS REN0MENATRD. The Democratic Town ConVensto n. B It was shortly after 8 o'clock when th t Democratic town convention came to ordel 8 Attorney T. J. Fox was unanimously chose