Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
FIGHTSIN THE WARDS
Regarded as a Very Bad Factor in
the City Political Contest.
THE DETAILS IN THE FIGHTS.
Republican Headquarters Opened and
Visited by Candidates.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS NEXT WEEK

The Republican headquarters were opened
at 536 Smithfeld street yesterday and Clar-
ence Burleigh, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, and John Gripp, Secretary,
started in to work with vim. The rooms
are on the ground floor and nicely furnished,
| while the exterior of the building is taste
fully decorated with the necessary informa-
tion as to the purpose to which the place is
devoted, and hanging sign gives the names
of the candidates, who dropped In yesterday
forenoon to admire the roseate prospects and
the artistic manner in which their names
are presented to the public. A telephone
connection has been made, and candidates
and the public in general, when they want
Republican news from the fountain head,
will call up 1926.
Yesterday afternoon Chairman Pat Foley,
of the Democratic City Committee, visited
Chief Bigelow, of the Department of Pub
lie Works, and secured the use of Council
Chamber in which to hold the Democratic
City Convention on Wednesday night. In
commenting upon the fact that all three city
officials will be nominated in one conYen-
tion by the Democrats, while three conven-
tions were held by the Republicans for
said yesterday that the three conVen-
tions was nothing better than an effort to bleed
the candidates. 1t forced them to expend
some 500 each for suppers or dinners for
precedent, which was bad one.
HOT WARD FIGHTS.
There was general opinion expressed yes
terday that with so many hot personal fights in
the various wards, the Mayoralty candidate on
the Republican ticket would feel detrimental
effects. The contests in the First, Eleventh,
Twenty-hrst, Twentieth, Th1rty-first and Thir-
ty-sixth wards are absorbing the attention and
exertions of the workers to the neglect probably
of the chief officials interests. The Twenty
ninth ward has a very animated fight on hand
for the Aldermanic nomination between ].
Martin Shaffer and G. F. Belnhauer. The
Councilmanic contest for Republican nomina-
ton to the Common branch is between ].
Moschell, the present incumbent, and DR..
Brewster, who is running on Citizens ticket
with G. F. Beinhauer. Tomorrow night a Re-
publican suggestion meeting will be held in the
Bedford Schoolhouse, Twenty-ninth ward, and
the primaries will be held week from Satnr-
day.
In the Thirteenth ward there will be no pri-
maries held as it has always been regarded as a
settled fact that the man who gets nominated
on Saturday gets licked on the following
Tuesday. The Republican contest for nomina-
tion to Common Council is between II. N.
Wachter, W. G. McEldOwney and E. +. Elliot,
and il is predicted that the winner and losers
will be equally surprised. For Select Council
the fight is between T. Holmes Miller and Sam
A Duncan, at present a member of Common
Council. The former claims his success will be
only question of majority, while the latter
says little, but keeps on saying constantly to
| the voters of the Thirteenth he is
IN THE FIGHT TO WIN.
He looks confident, and says he did not 90
into the fight to loose.
In the Twelfth ward the Republican Coun-
cilmanic candidates, Messrs. Johnston and
Hagemeier, it is thought, will receive indorse-
ment at the Democratic primaries, and John ].
Davis, for the school directorship, will have no
opposition.
In the Fourteenth ward there is bitter fight
for Alderman between Andrew Dunn and
Fred Kaltenheusser. A close personal canvass
is being made by each, and some lively spar
ring is looked for when the primaries occur.
Patrick Foley said yesterday that there was
no foundation for the assumption that any
opposition would be made to Judge Bailey at
the convention next Wednesday. When asked
whether any candidates would be sprung
against Major Denniston or Controller Nor
row, Mr.. Foley replied that it was very i'm
probable, and that any person who would do
SO would be an enemy of Judge Bailey.