Telegram-herald., 1891-03-22
ROCNOSTICATIONS
A Glance ss the Local nifuar1eA
IN Politics.
WHO WILL FILL TIE CIT OFFICES
List Of the Names Most fresasasty moa-
Iionsd an Cennectlon with the vAr-
Iess Places the People M~ss -
Gise Away 1nis SpriA&

AS the city election day draws near.
the candidates are slowly coming cut
Of winter quarters. although there 10 -
little active canyassing that Il 10 i'm
possible as YET 20 get very clear view
OF the situation. Ward politics are al
most wholly inactive ia bots i,srtles,
and city representations are the only
ones INDUCED IN. The greatest interest
eenters on tie msyoralty, and even
that interest. as far a. the Democrats
are concerned, is centerea wholly upon
the question as TO what r. y. uhi %
going 10 do. There is no doubt that
Mayor Uni is the unanimous choice of
his party tor a second term. gof
another name has yet heea mentioned.
even a. i remote probability. glae oaty
uncertainty IN the situation is tie dis
position winch the mayor would 10
! likely % make of renoaaasfion.
| lie has bedn known 10 declare with en-
/ phasss that he Will not again take the
nomination., bus TIE opinloa prevails
1 that II made Tie unanimous cAoice of
the convection, ana tue news Il breugflt
10 hlm on a silver platter. We viii NOT
decline.
! Among the Republicans good mater
( lal Is more abunaani and Lie par1v ia
not SO hand driven for candidate.
/ Nathaniel Rec. Charles Belknap aAd
/ Daniel Mccoy are the more prominent
names mentioned, all OF whom are pos
/ slblliues.
Republican material for city clerk is
/ equally abundant. Thomas Walsh,
Col. Bishop and Fred Clark have been
/ mentioned, ana any one ot them =
thought 10 be Wiling 10 take the clerk
| snip. The most prominent Democrats
candidate Is ". a. Snlukman, tue pres
ent incumbent, but there are ofaGG
asplrants among the Democrats A
| prominent Democrat who re-
quests that las name he ncl
mentioned, saws: "shinkman wiii
succeed himself lie has made
& first class officer, and the oppos,fion
ls not large nor very heavy. WHAT
there is, is personal, and interested. AID
selfish. ] understand that John Belk-
nap wants II again. but / am confident
he cannot get tho nomination.. Tor he
has already held the Office fo0r terms,
and has been out only one term. if
| Shlnkman had proven himself incom-
petcnt or uniaItLiul, the case would be
different, bUt don't believe the Demo-
cratic convention VIII Violate the es-
tabhsaed rule of giving a second term
% deserving man, SIMPLY 20 grahfy,
the greed Of ono man Who has already
had more than his share"
The disproportion Of candidates he.
tween the two parties reaches into the
marshalship most couspicuo1kl$.
/ Charles Wilson wants badly 10 snccsod'
himself. Then comes n bg procession
with ex-Aldernan Lanp.er, William
Bragg Andy Doyle and Frank naasky
/ IN the van. The Carvcrs' Union has
/ adopted set Of resolutions asking the
/ Democratic convention 10 give tue
NOM nation 30 Bragg on account OF q
/ physical disability.
For members OF the Board of Equal
! izstIon ana Review, the Democrats are
talking SIMON sullivan. Wf.liam VI.
| Hathaway and Charles Shattack, and
the Republicans, Charles Livingston.
George Perry and Comptroller Van
denberge are understood 10 he willing
10 succeed themselves. hiit the ReYub-
| licans who are prcdestinated 90 cefent
their ambition have not been mea-
| toned.
In ward matters, every outgoing al
derman Is reported as anx ious TO con-
nDue IN Office. with the exception of
| Alderman Creq.e. Ia most of the
wards, the candidates are more plcntl
ful than IN the city at large.