The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-09
REPUBLICAN cAUcusEs.
Delegates Chosen In the Several
Wards Last Evening,
Except Ward TWO In Which the Meet
Ing Was Adjourned.

The Republican caucuses to choose dele
August 10th were held in the various wari
rooms last evening. There was a good at
tendance. The great interest centered In
the contest to select delegates favorable to
either Mr.. Sargent or Mr.. .Cram for sheriff.
Mr.. Sargent got five wards out of seven. Mr..
Cram captured ward three. Inward two
the chairman adjourned the caucus without
DAY on the ground that there was ballot-box
stuffing and that minors, Democrats and par
ties from other wards were voting. This is
the result by wards:
WARD ONE.
The caucus in ward one was largely at
tended by an enthusiastic but harmonious
gathering of voters. Capt. 81. Il. Shaw act
ed as chairman and o. G. Monroe secretary.
The following delegation who are for Sar-
gent for sheriff were chosen:
Benjamin Thompson, e. II. Sargent, J. ID.
Decelle, Alpheus Griffin, A. f. Perry, E. F.
Harlow. o. G. Monroe.
The vote stood 81 for the Sargent ticket,
80 for the Cram ticket and 10 for the Jor-
dan ticket.
WARD TWO.
In this ward there was solid mass of peo-
pie. Mr.. Edward Gray was chosen chair
man and George Pennell, clerk Messrs.
Michael j. Mcdonnell, F. III. Plummer and
L. III. E. Forestal were elected committee
to receive votes. The committee noticed
that parties who were not residents nf tho
ward were voting, that Democrats were vot-
ing and that there were minors voting, and
H. 1AnI I'll bod kIA.> Alxnf~
share of votes. The chairman announced
that he had noticed this state of things, that
he did not see how fair vote could be OBJ
tanned without check list and adjourned
the caucus without day.
These were the tickets offered in ward
two:
For Sargent-Frank M. Floyd, Ezra Drew,
Michael j. Mcdonnell. James A. Logue,
James A. Alexander, James Burk. Isaiah
Daniels.
For Cram--Hiram L. Jones, George G.
Kennedy, Edwin A. Gray, John P. Callan,
William Macarthur, John E. Osborne, VII
liam A. Smardon.
WARD THREE.
Mr.. N. Smart was elected chairman, and
Mr.. E. A. leighton secretary. A committee
was appointed to receive votes. The result
of the caucus showed these delegates elected
who are for Cram for sheriff. by vote of
liz to so for Sargent:
John B. Coyle. David F. Corser. Richard
G. Berry, Nelson Tenney, Lawrence r. Lib
by, Rensselaer, Greedy, Frank E. Lowell.
WARD FOUR.
@. G. Douglass was elected chairman, and
William Il. Flanders secretary. This COM
mittee was appointed to receive votes: John
Murphy, Jr., William W. Kemp and A. B.
Stevens. These delegates, who are for Sar-
gent for sheriff. were elected:
Charles o. Files, James Crawford. John
Murphy, Jr., Daniel Bowen, William w.
Kemp, BARLEY o. Donnell, John Hankard
WARD FIVE.
R. w. jackson was elected chairman and
Charles D. Smith secretary. The delegates
elected were for Sargent for sheriff, by vote
of 65 and Ga to AZ and Al for Cram, and seven
for Jordan. These are the delegates:
John F. Rand, Ezra N. Perry. John NJ.
Peck, Orlando W: Eldridge, Augustin d.
gan.
WARD SIX.
Weston +. Milliken was chairman and
Frank S. Warehouse secretary. e. p.
Chase, j. F. Chute and Walter G. Emerson
were cOlnmltteo 10 receive NOLeS. Inc
vote stood 113 for delegates in favor of Sar-
gent for sheriff, to So for the list in favor of
Cram. These delegates were chosen:
Henry G. Bagley, Alexander b. Stephenson.
Levi S. Pennell. Sylvester Mari, Frank s.
Waterhouse, Charles A. Perry, Edward w.
Kent.
WARD SEVEN.
The meeting was called to iorder by
Stephen b. Winchester, Hon. George w.
Woodman was chosen Chairman and Alder
man Lewis secretary. William K. Neal.
Seth L. Larrabee and William G. Soule were
chosen a committee to receive, sort and
count the votes and balloting commenced.
The caucus was large but orderly. and the
voting progressed rapidly.
There were three tickets in the field repre-
senting Leander Cram, Elisha N. Jordan
and Herbert r. Sargent, although the names
on the Jordan ticket were also on the Sar-
gent ticket. The whole number of votes
was 100; necessary for choice 81. Follow
ing Is the result of the ballot: