The Portland daily press., 1892-03-01
NO NEW CAUCUS.
City Committee 50 Decided in the
Ward Three Dispute.
MIR. ROUNDS WILL RUN AS AN IN
DEPENDENT CANDIDATE.

| Interesting Hearing Last Evening-F. w.
Robinson, Esq, Represented Mr.. C. d.
Clark, the Nominee for Alderman, and
Made Forcible Reply to New Argu-
ments Uurged by W. e. U1mer, Esq, in
Behalf of Mr.. Rounds, the Contestant.
The Republican City Committee met
last evening to hear the arguments for
| and against the protest made by Mr.. Ed
gar E. Rounds against the result of the
recent caucus in Ward 8, when Mr..
Charles D. Clark was nominated for al
derman over Mr.. Rounds by a majority
| of three votes.
After hearing the arguments the COM
mittee voted, Is to 5, that there were no
grounds for calling new caucus. The
five who favored Mr.. Rounds were
Messrs. Sloman, Ward and Butler of
Ward 3, and Messrs. Murphy and Morse.
Mr.. Rounds awaited the result of the
deliberation of the committee, and inn
mediately after the announcement of the
result announced himself as all independ-
ent candidate for alderman in Ward 3.
AS the results of Mr.. Rounds's action
may be somewhat grave to the interests
of the party in Ward 3, it is proper that
the arguments of the two sides should
be set forth at considerable length.
Chairman Fogg, in opening the hear
ing, said that the restoration of harmony
in the ward was the desire of all true Re-
publicans. The city committee intended
to listen patiently and decide as fairly as
they could. Therefore it seemed to him
no more than fair that both parties to
the controversy should agree to abide by
the decision.
Frank Robinson, ESQ.,, who appeared
for Mr.. Clark, stated that Mr.. Clark was
there only because he had been sum-
moned, and that be would cheerfully
agree to abide by the decision of the
committee.
W. Edwin Timer, ESQ.,, counsel for Mr..
Rounds, said that while he was there to
represent Mr.. Rounds in matters of de-
tail in the hearing, as to the other ques-
ton, whether Mr.. Rounds would abide
by the result, he had no authority to
pledge that gentleman to abide by the
result. If Mr.. Rounds wished to make
any statement in the matter he was at
liberty to do so.
Mr.. Rounds said that Mr. Ulmer had
paper which explained his situation suf-
ficiently.
Mr.. Ulmer said that Mr.. Rounds had
prepared his case with view to an ulti-
mate result.
Mr.. Fogg said then that he understood
that neither Mr.. Rounds nor his attorney
were willing to promise to be bound by
the decision in this case.
To this both Mr.. Rounds and Mr.. u
mer yielded tacit consent.
Nh. Ulmer then opened the case for
Mr.. Rounds. He said that Mr.. Rounds
had at first been disposed to move to
make the nomination of Mr.. Clark unan-
imous; but certain things had taken
place at the caucus which Mr. Rounds
friends considered of such nature that
he could only protest. At first Mr..
Rounds formed what Mr.. Ulmer called
"a rash purpose, the result of which I'M
doubtedly would have been,
had it been carried out, that the ward
would not be ours next spring." From
this purpose Mr.. Rounds had receded,
and determined to present his case to the
committee.
Mr.. Rounds's Side.
In Mr.. Rounds's protest published the
morning after the caucus, he claimed
new trial on the grounds that the call
had not been read at the beginning of
the caucus, and that. the caucus had been
continued eight minutes beyond $50 p.
M, the time fixed in the call, for the
close.
Upon these points Mr.. Ulmer did not
lay much stress, and it cannot be said
that he offered any proof that MI.
Rounds was hurt more than Mr.. Clark, or
that either was hurt by the protraction
of the caucus. His main claim was upon
another point, point which can only
be understood after referring to the reg
ulations of the city committee with re-
gard to check lists. The full city COM
mittee voted some time ago that the lists
to be used in the caucus should be the
lists as prepared by the board of regis
tration; and that the city committee of
each ward might add to the registration
list names of those whom they knew to
be Republicans; and that, if any person
should appear and claim the right to
vote, the committee might allow it, even
though his name might not be on the
list.
This seems to have been as far as the
action of the whole city committee went.
But the Ward 3 members appear to
have taken the registration list fol-
their ward, marked with a red dash the
names of those they considered Republi-
cans, and decided that none not thus
marked should vote at the caucus.
Here lay the grounds upon which Mr..
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