The record-union., 1892-01-30
FOURTH WARD.
Contest Over Committeeman in the
First Precinct.

Contest Over Committeeman in the
First Precinct.
The Republicans of the First Precinct
OF the Fourth Ward caucused at Turner
| Hall.
The meeting was called to order
! promptly at halt-past o'clock by Com
nitteeman w. II. Govan. Business was
Immediately commenced by the election
of r. II. Petit as Chairman and w. B.
! AIaydWel as Secretary.
! On motion Of h. G.. Roeder a commit
tee Of three, consisting of a. 6. Johnson,
Judge j. B. Devine and NJ. Il. Hornlein,
! was appointed by the chair to retire and
| select twenty names OF citizens to be the
nominees of the caucus for to-day s
primaries.
After an absence of twenty-five min
utes, during which time those assembled
| listened to remarks upon the political
! situation from Isaac Joseph, w. B. Mayd-
well, j. G. Boyd. James Sead}er, 7. b.
! Reid, L. G. Roeder and others, the COM
mittee returned and presented the fol-
towing list Of names, which was adopted
as the choice of the caucus: K. II. Petit,
! q. G.. Simmons, Arthur Wilson, Ed. f.
| Frazer, NJ. Il. Hornlein, X. q. Johnson,
j. II. Ferguson, A. j. Gardiner, ;. w.
! Butler, q. Il. Smith, G. L. Stradtord Jas.
! Seadler, w. II. GOvan, j. l.. Robinette, j.
| NJ. Gattman, Perry Curtis, B. f. Pendry,
+. c. Calvin, L. B. Reid and W. b.
! Maydwel.
1t is said that very strong opposi-
! ton ticket will appear i'll the field OF this
precinct to-day, and the fight promises to
! be very interesting and exciting. The
! list Of delegates as proposed by the con-
! testants in this precinct is as follows:
| d. D. Whitbeck, II. w. johnson, A.
Logan, +. Bergman, Fl. c. Chipman, c.
Thompson, j. H. Dolan, S. w. Butler,
| I. III. Longton, Z. NJ. Woodson, A. q.
Wood, L. Horstmeyer, Charles Fehl.
| G. 4, Warner, a. Popert +. Garrett and
j. Gottlieb.
The bone of contention here was the
committeemanship. One faction is Oppos-
! ing w. ii. GoYan, the present incum bent,
and want to put Frank Bergman in his
| place while the other faction stands pat
! for GOvan.
! SECOND AND THIRD PEECINCTS.
There was very large crowd at the
caucus held at the new Pavilion. The
meeting was called to order by Commit
! teeman Mckinnon. w. II. Ennis was
! elected Chairman, and Frank ID. Ryan
was chosen Secretary.
c. L. Jones moved that a committee Of
eight-three from the district east OF
! Nineteenth street, and five from west o1
lect set Of delegates to be voted for at
the primary election.
The motion was carried and the Chair
appointed the following committee: J. j.
Wingard, Charles Z. Gardner, j. j. Con-
ners, c. T. Jones, NJ. A. Howard, NJ. NJ
Drew, j. Z. Slater and j. j. McKinnon.
While the committee was deliberating
| Hon. Frank ID. Ryan, O. w. isrlewine
K. J. Van VOORHEES,, Harry Gamble, Lin
coin White, George o. Bates, c.. j. Will
ley, Frank t. Johnson, William Tebbitts
John Barrett, Tom Scott and John Fur
rey were called upon and made short ad.
dresses.
The committee reported the selection o.
the following delegates: G. z. Gardner,
! J. j. Wingard, Y. j. Pennish, P. B. Jan
sen, II. II. Snow, w. w. Connor, George
o. Bates, d. NJ. Cox, A. G.. Hapeman, j
Gebert, c. T. Jones, Alexander Smith
w Il. Brown, w. II. Ennis, r. j. Van
Voorhies, p S. Lawson, J. j. Mckinnon
Frank d. Ryan, George Egan, Matt
Flynn, Ed. j. Hobbie, Ira Woodward
John Schaefer, Samuel Katzenstein, NJ. A
Howard, Philip Herzog, Henry Maitby
+. S. Depew and j. H. hatcher.
The report of the committee was ap.
proved and the meeting adjourned.