Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-30
THE pnmeonATIo CONVENTIONS.

An All Might Town Convention
 Threatened, But it Ad1ourns In the
 Wee sma, Hours-Reynolds Rsnomi-
 nated-A Long Fight over she Rest of
 she Ticket.
 Chairman Shannon of the town committee called the city convention to order at 7:30 o'clock. Attorney P. W. Chase was elected chairman of the convention and MT. John F. McHugh was chosen secretary. Attorney P. F. Kieruan read the list of delegates and al- ternates as published, and 1t was voted that the names as read be declared members of the convention. It was voted that the secrse tsry be elected teller.
 Alderman John B. Dillon nominated MT. Ezekiel G. stoddard as candidate for city treasurer. Hon. C.B. Bowers asked whether MT. Stoddard would accept the nomination if 1t were tendered to him. h answer to this inquiry Chairman Chase assured the con- vention that Nr. Stoddard would accept the honor. The roll was called and MT. Stoddard received the votes of all present. MT. Edward Kearney moved that the secretary be in- structed to notify MT. Stoddard of his nomi- nation and 1t was so voted. On motion of Attorney Seymour O. Loomis it, was unani- m0nsly voted that if the town committee should deem 1t expedient to put candidate for tax. collector on the ticket the candidate l be MT. Theodore A. Futile. The convention then adjourned.
 The Town onvention. About half an hour after the members of | the city convention had vacated their seate, Chairman Shannon called the town conven- tion to order. The city convention was very tame affair, the war of factions being deferred until the more important meeting to nominate town officers. The Reynolds men, the O'Brisn faction and the packers of the l "dark horse," who before the convention had assembled in groups in the back part of the
 hall, in the stairways and on tbA sidewalk, silently filed in and took their places and
 the battle commenced.
 | Attorney William s. Pardee was elected chairman and Charles Fleisehner WAS chosen secretary. Mir. Fleisshner declined the honor, however, and MT. E. A. Joachinson was then elected in his place. The committee on cre- | dentials, consisting of the ohairmen of the
 delegations from each ward excepting the Seventh and Fifteenth, retired for consulta. | tion and the convention took recess. It | took long time for tho committee to per form their srduous duty of deciding whetAer theDunn delegation or theReynolds delegation should be admitted to the convention and to ueclue the mlnOt qucsNon up to WHO sno0iu | represent the Fifteenth ward. The struggle
 was long one, but finally at 10 o'clock the committee made their appearance and re-
 ported that in the Seventh ward five Dunn delegates and five Reynolds delegates were
 admitted and that in the Fifteenth ward the
 ticket supporting Selectman Forbes be ad-
 mitted as the opposition tickets which re- ceived the most votes at the primary were
 out of the regulation size. The report was
 accepted.
 Messrs. Samuel R. Avis, Daniel M. Shee-
 han and Theodore Zunder were appointed
 tellers and the convention then proceeded to
 make nominations for candidate for town
 agent. The names of James Reynolds, | Thomas O'Brien and Thomas K. Dunn were
 presented without speeches of any kind. An
 informal ballot was taken with the following | result: