Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-20
FIRST WARD.


were renominated. Result in detail:
FIRST WARD.
Mayor Carroll was elected Chairman
and addressed the caucus. He predicted
Mr.. Robinson's elect on and said Mr..
McCabe would also be elected were he
nominated. He saic there is no trouble
in the Democratic party. Mr.. McCabe
will support MIR. Robinson, and all his
friends will support him. He said the
time had come when we should elect men
who would be gentle manly during their
term of office
John J. Mc.oughlin was chosen Secre-
tary and NOM nations were left to the fol-
lowing committee: Patrick Giblin, Ed
ward NJ. Cahi,l, Myles NJ. Miiligan, John
J. Mclaughlin and Michael Grimley.
SECOND WARD.
1t seemed as il every voter in the ward
was out. The Winters slate was:
Alderman, James II. Winters.
Councilmen, Edward McDuf, Patrick
Keenan,, Joseph II. McCaughey.
The Gill slate was:
Alderman, Edward O'Brien.
Councilmen, Edward McCaughey, Isaac
Gill, John Erwin.
Both states were put in the field and he
same old Second Ward fight is on again.
Mr.. Winters nominated James p. Me-
Vey for Chairman.
The other side nominated Edward Nc
Caughey.
Meanwhile there was the usual noise
that is part of the fxin's of caucus in the
ward.
The trouble began in earnest when the
Gill men presented a check list. There
was great confusion when MIR. Winters
looked over ii and said it was doctored,
new names having been added to it, but
the Gill men said IT was certiied one.
To make long story short, the Gill
men stuck TO their list and the Winters
caucus, and amid the tumut the Gill
slate was nominated by acclamation.
When Chairman McCaughey descended
from the platform, the Winters men
put Mr.. McVay in his place, he get
ting 152 votes out of 156.
Stephen W. Fallon was chosen Secre-
tary.
The Winters slate was then nominated
by acclamation and Mr. Winters said:
"We came here with fair and square
intentions and if the CITY Clerk refuses to
put our candidates on the ballot, all that
there is to do Is to take out nomination
papers. Ther. were no names written on
our check list except thosc by the City
Clerk, and / will take my oath on it,"
THIRD WARD.
John Murphy was chosen Chairman and
James Moran Secretary. The selection OF
Council ticket was lef to the ward COM
mittee.
FOURTH WARD.
Daniel +. Mullen was chosen Chairman
after boz b Thomas w. Robinson and Ber-
nard McCabe bad declined to serve. Ed
ward II. Carney was elected Secretary.
After much trou ble a committee con-
sisting of DIR. Beaudry, John McCaffrey
and Bernard Mullen was chosen TO select a
ticket. Among those whose declined to
serve on the committee were Patrick Az
,
John Burns, Augustus Schroeder, james
Ford and Daniel F. Mullen, Thomas Nc
Keivey, Thomas Clancy, Patrick Cox,
James Whalen and John Devlin.
FIFTH WARD.
The caucus here was noisy but quite
good natured. 1t was evident that u
determined fight was pitched against Mr.
O'Reilly, and it started on the Chairman,
Joseph Carney and Ex-Governor Davis
being nominated.
At 9o'clock the vote was declared as
follows:
Necessary Tor choica ca........................ -
Joseph Carney had.... ................Hl
john w. Davis......,......,........
Joseph =. Hunt was chosen Secretary.
Frank O'ReIlly was nominated for
Alderman.
The name OF William F. Meagher was
heard. He said he was not a candidate.
"But," he continued, cit Is for you, gentle
man, to decide by your votes tonight
whether Mr.. O'Reilly's conduct meets with
your approval"
The Chairman announced that there
was but one name before the meeting,
that OF Frank O'Reilly, whereupon
Thomas ]. McParlin said, "Thcre is an
other name; nominated more decent
man, William +. Meagher; ! now nomi-
nate Thomas Corcoran."
II was very noisy now.
Daniel r. Harold said: "I don't think
Mr.. McParlin has any right to be here in
this caucus; ho has said that IL Mr..
O'Reilly Is nominated here, he will help
defeat him at the polls"
Mr.. McParlin replied "Yes ana say so
again."
Finally Mr.. McParlin withdrew Mr..
Corcoran's name and Mr.. O'Reilly was
nominated by acclamation.
Hugh J. Clark and Thomas o'Brien
wsrs nominated for frst and second