Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-15
THE CONVENTION.
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FOR CITY TREASURER.

FOR CITY TREASUhEks
Major w. r. Burke placed the name Of
Fred Harkneas before the Convention
for the City Treasurership.
Mr.. B. Chandler named Mr.. J. R. Nc
Manis.
Major Burke said that he did not
know that Mr.. McMsnis was in the field, (,
and he withdrew the name of Mr.. Hark-
ness. and moved that Mr.. McManis'
be made unanimous. Car
ried.
FOR CITY ASSESSOR.
The nomination for the City Assessor
shin being in order, Judge Redick
Phil Gaffey, the announce
ment being received with q burst of ap.
plause. There was another cheer when
Mr.. E. Bentley arose and nominated Mr..
r. Bilderrain, and this gentleman proved
to be the only other candidate put for
ward, and the nominations were declared
closed. The voting resulted with "a
votes for Bilderrain and S3 for Gaffey,
whereupon Mr.. j. Marion Brooks moved
that Mr.. Gaffey's nomination be declared
unanimous, which was seconded and
carried.
FOR CITY CLERK.
When the nominations for City Clerk
were declared open, Mr.. Lewis men,
toned the name of Mr.. w. Waters as a
candidate for the honors, and was followed
by Mr.. VIM. Mead, who nominated Mr..
Robert McGregor, of the HERALD, and
MIR. Schoeneman, who gave in the name
of Mr.. Chas. E. Meadows. Judge Taney
stated that he was authorized by Mr..
Waters to withdraw his name, which was
therefore done by Mr.. Lewis. Mr..
Chandler then gave in the name of Mr..
r. Bilderrain and asked that he be
nominated by acclamation, to which
General Flournoy objected because
there were other candidates in the
field, whereupon Mr.. McGregor
made neat speech in favor
of Mr.. Bilderrain, and Mr.. Meadows
representative followed a similar course
a minute later. Mr.. R. F. Bilderrair
was therefore declared the nominee of the
Convention by acc!amation.
FOR CITY AUDITOR.
/ The next business before the Conven
ton was the nomination for the Cit
Authorship, and for this Mr.. Erskine
nominated J. Davidson, and Mr.. Ton
Keefe named R. F. Sepulveda. On mo
ton the nominations were then declared
closed, but were reopened because it wal
stated that all the nominations had no
been made. Mr.. Orfila then seconded tn;
nomination of Mr.. R. F. Sepulveda, anC
Mr.. Burke nominated M F. Stiles. Thi
was followed by the withdrawal of MIR
Davidson from the field, and the votinl
boror ras,11t:pr fo11ouc.
Sepulveda. ....................,...... 3
Mr.. Jacoby moved that the nomination
of Mr.. Sepulveda be declared unani
nous, which was done by a burst o
"ayes," and then, on motion, an adjourn
ment was taken until Z O'Clock.
Evening Session.
1t was twenty minutes to before tn
meeting was called to order, and afte
the gavel had fallen the Chairman an
nounced that nominations for the post o
TAX AND LICENSE COLLECTOR
Were in order. Mr.. Robert McGrego
gave in the name of Mr.. I. G. Curtis
and Mr.. J. Davidson nominated Mr.
Thomas Kelley, after which, on motion
the entries we're declared closed. Th
voting gave Mr.. Curtis total of So ant
Mr.. Kelley SO votes, and Mr.. Curtis be
ing therefore declared the choice of tn
Convention, his nomination was declared
unanimous.
FOR CITY ENGINEER.
A strong undercurrent of excitement
when the nominations for City Enginee
were declared in order, showed that ther,
was to be fight for the position, ant
the ball was opened by the nomination
of Mr.. W. T. Lambie by Mr.. DunDigan
Major Burke put forward as .
candidate Mr.. J. H. Dockweiler, ant
the nominations we're then, on motion
declared close. On both the candidates
appearing upon the stage to endorse the
platform, little scene followed for Mr.
Lambie's speech was frequently inter
rupted by cries from the lobby that Mr.
Lambie defended his position well, anG
then Mr.. Dockweiler stepped forward te
present his claims. He was greeted by
round of applause which was prolong
ed for nearly minute, and was taker
up again at the close of his eloquent ora
tion. On the poll being taken the vots
resulted in 81 votes for Mr.. Lambie anG
12O for Mr.. Dockweiler who was subse
quently declared on motion, unanimous
ly nominated.
FOR POLICE JUDGES.
There were two Police Judges to bt
chosen, and as there were only two
names put in nomination, no voting was
necessary, both candidates being de-
clared nominated by acclamation. They
are Mr.. LIE Comte Davis, who was nom.
mated by Mr.. ]. Schoeneman, and Mr.. j
Q. Mccabe. nominated by Judge Dun
nigan.
FOR CHAIRMAN OF CITY COMMITTEE.
The next order Of business being de-
clared the nomination of Chairman ol
the City Central Committee, Mr.. Lewis
put forward as candidate Judge B. E
Taney. He was followed by Mr.. j
Marion Brooks, who nominated Mr.
Martin G. Marsh; then Mr.. Chandler
nominated Mr.. B. Cohn, ano
Mr.. Dunnigan named Mr.. A
L. Mackay, after which the nom
nations were closed. Before the
balloting was commenced, Mr.. Mackay'
name was withdrawn from the field, and
with, therefore, only three candidates tc
choose from, the voting resulted as fol.
lows: Taney, "a; Marsh, "a; Cohn, 80
There being tie between the two first.
named gentlemen, another ballot was
called for, but before it commenced the
name of Mr.. Cohn was Withdrawn, mar.
rowing the fight to two names. The poll
with "A votes for Marsh and SO
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