The record-union., 1891-02-28
Nominations for the Office of City AS
SCISSOR were declared the next order of
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Nominations for the Office of City As
SCISSOR We're declared the next order OF
business.
CLOUDS GATHER.
Fred Cox took the floor, and, after a
few eulogistic remarks, placed in NOM
ination Robert Hawley, the Citizens
candidate.
Andrew Black jumped up and said:
Mr.. Chairman, there's resolution on
| the table that viii dispose of that matter.
rms convention has adopted it."
The Chair ruled that the nomination
would kave to be voted upon.
Mr.. Black then moved that the duty of
nominating a candidate for City Assessor
be referred to the City Central Commit
| tee.
The motion was quickly seconded, but
| before it could be put delegate Harding
from the Fourth Ward got the floor, and
| opposed the motion vigorously. He said
! Mr.. Hawley was as good Democrat as
any of the delegates present, and the fact
that he had been nominated by another
very respectable political element was a
guaranty of his fitness for the office. Mr.
Hawley, he said, was young man for
whom the people would vote solidly, and
he would be an honor both to the city and
the Democratic party.
}. M. Sullivan raised a point of order
that Mr.. Harding. was not confining his
remarks to the motion that was pending.
Harding insisted upon talking, and also
insisted that Mr.. Hawley's name should
go before the convention.
WHERE WAS HAwLEY?
w. A. Gett rose to a point OF order, too,
on Mn. Harding, and stated that the con-
vention had adopted an order of business
to which it should adhere. True, that or
der called for the nomination of candi-
dates for Assessor, after the Auditor had
been disposed of, but the same rules also
demanded that all candidates should ap-
! pear before the convention and indorSe
/ the platform. If Mr.. Hawley was the
| good Democrat he was credited with be-
! ing, he would not hesitate to heartily in
dorse the principles of the Democratic
party. Let us hear from this young
man. concluded Mr.. Gett. ''Give him a
chance to say something for himself, and
we can soon tell if he is right or not. We
don't have to nominate everybody who is
proposed here tonight unless we see fit to
do So"
"Hawley! Hawley! Speechw came
from all parts of the hall.
| But only the echoes of their voices an
swered. Mr.. Hawley was nowhere to be
| found. That settled it.
! Chairman Hughes stated that he would
rule that motion to refer q nomination
| to the Central Committee was in order al
all times. a vote was taken and the mo-
The next order of business will be
| the nomination Of candidates for City
Collector" shouted Chairman Hughes
| Delegate Harding was on his feet again,
and moved that this nomination be also
referred to the City Central Committee.
1t sounded something like sarcasm. But
| the motion was quickly seconded, just the
same, and was carried before Mr.. Hard
ing could get back into his chair.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS
The chairman next called for nomina-
tions tor Fire Commissioner. long term.
Delegate Harding popped up again and
nominated John We'll, but as Mr.. We'll
was not in the hall, and could not, there
fore, indorse the platform, the nomination
was declared out Of order.
After some talk this nomination was
also referred to the City Central Commit
! tee to fill.
Nominations for the short term Fire
| Commissioner did not go the same way,
| however. Delegate C0nnor, from the
| Third, after an enthusiastic speech, placed
| in nomination j. NJ Morrison. There
were no other nominations. Mr.. Nor
rison appeared before the convention and
| indorsed the platform, and then he was
declared the unanimous choice OF the
convention.
This finished the business, and the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
The City Central Committee will meet
tomorrow and complete the ticket.