Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-20
SLIGHTLY STORMY.
THE REFORMERS COMPLETE THEIR
TICKET WITHOUT HARMONY.
A Row Over the Nomination of City Clerk.
Two Board of Education Candidates
Withdraw-A Little Fracas of the Coun-
Gilman for the Eighth Ward.

The committee of one hundred of the
reform association met at Justice Owens s
court room yesterday evening at Z sc
O'Clock. Seventy-six members answered
the roll call. Mr.. Bosbyshell was in the
chair. Everybody but newspaper re-
porters was excluded. Mr.. Dunnigan
moved that while balloting the lowest
candidate should be dropped if the
highest one did not have majority.
Alfred Moore raised big fuss because
Charles Prayer had been nominated as a
candidate for councilman of the Eighth
ward, against the wishes of that ward,
and it was very hard thing to quiet
things down. Balloting did not COM
mence until past s O'Clock, after consid-
cradle desultory talk. The first and sec
ond ballots for superintendent of streets
brought no result, but on the third one
w.. ]. Brown obtained the nomination,
which was made unanimous.
The next balloting was on city clerk,
for which there were three candidates
named: Messrs. r. E. McGregor, F. Ct.
Teed and M. F. Stiles. The latter was
nominated on the first ballot. At this
time a very pretty row occurred. J. w.
Earnest thought that mistake had
been made in the nomination. He had
examined Stiles's record as city clerk,
and wished to submit it to the conven-
ton. DIR. Sinsabaugh said Mr.. Stiles
had been conspicuous by his incompe-
tence while city clerk. j. T. Steward
became excited, and said he would
leave the room unless Stiles's nomin-
alton was reconsidered. He did not
propose to have matters railroaded
through the convention if he was dele
gate to it.
Mr.. Foley said that the majority had
decided that Mr.. Stiles should stand
and the minority, who wanted Freeman
q. iced, should not now play the baby
act.
A number of other delegates spoke
and it was 8:45 O'Clock before the cues
tion was settled by the house refusing to
reconsider Stiles's nomination. DIR.
Sinsabaugh, when this result was
reached, wanted to withdraw, but was
prevailed upon to remain.
On the first ballot for city engineer j.
H. Dockweiler received forty votes, and
he was nominated.
auditor. The first ballot was unsuc-
cessful, but on the second w. w. Rob-
inson obtained thirty-nine, and was de-
clared the nominee.
The nomination of city attorney needed
two ballots, and on the second one +. II
Howard obtained fifty-four votes and
the nomination.
|. H. Polk was nominated for city
treasurer on the first ballot, j. NJ. Quinn
for city assessor, and Len Thompson fo1
city tax collector, also on the first bal
lot.
Henry T. Hazard was placed in nomi.
nation for mayor amid considerable en-.
thusiasm, and he received sixty-one
votes out OF seventy-siX.
Judge Bearden's name was withdrawn
as candidate If the Sixth ward for the
board of education. w. II. Lambie oi
the First ward, George Shatto OF the
Third ward also withdrew as candidates
for the board.
The vacancies were filled as follows
First ward, S. G. Newton Third ward
Ross Hanna; Sixth ward, A. f. kerche-
val.
An executive committee was ap.
pointed, composed of member of each
ward and of one of the members of the
committee at large.
Tonight the reformers will hold a
mass ratification meeting in Illinois
hall, when the candidates and others
will address the people.