Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-28
THE pEmoCRArIo BATTLE

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In All the Wards To-night-A Great
Deal of Hustling Being Done-Excit-
ing Contests In q Number of the |
Wards-Neely or Sargent-The OPP |
posing Forces Well Massed.
The battle royal between the great fac
tions of the democratic party in town will
take place this evening, and unless every
thing is very close 1t will be known by 10
O'Clock who will be the next democratic
nominee for mayor. The fight wakes
warmer and warmer, and the heelers grow
more excited. The fight tonight also is as
to who will be nominated for alderman.
The success of the mayoralty aspirants
hinges largely upon this pivot.
Activity prevails in every ward. Mayor
Sargent went over to visit his colleagues
in the Twelfth ward and saw that the
necessary repairing of the political fences
was attended to. He hastened back to
dinner and was down among his Seventh
ward party magnates. The other side was
not asleep either. Everywhere there was
a Nicely adherent who was wearing out sole
leather in making tracks in the different
fighting grounds.
A great deal depends on the result of
the Seventh and Fourth ward primaries
Should Nicely win either of these wards
victory is conceded to him. He may lose
both, in which case Mayor Sargent will
be renominated. There is to be very
strong fight in the Seventh and the indics-
tons seem just at present to favor Moore
for alderman. In this as well as the other
wards the primary tickets have been pre-
pared.
In the Sixth ward there is to be but one
ticket and that will be solidly for Sargent.
This was not the fight, however. The fight
was for the naming of the alderman and
councilman. The Leigh faction wanted to
name the alderman and so did Daniel Gil,
huly. Gilhuly named.John Doughsn. The
Leigh faction wanted to name Henry E.
Norris, but that gentleman refused to stand.
| This knocked the Leigh faction out and
the men who will probably represent the
Sixth ward in the common council for '9a
are John Doughan, alderman; Louis We'll
Bart McKenna and Augustus Msher, coun
cilmen.
In the Fourth ward there is to be close
fight. There are few powerful ores who
, | must get the object of their desires or ruiz
, | will follow. There is some likelihood Of
, | Nicely carrying this ward, and it look
: very favorable for him although Sargen
| ls said to be very strong here. The Eight
. and Eleventh are said to be in favor O
split delegations.
, The Twelfth ward is to be the scene of
a great battle and from the present indica
r tons it looks as though when the smoke O
the battle has cleared away, the Foley fac
3 ton will be triumphant. Both of thes
a factions held meetings last evening"
I | both of which were very enthusiastic
i Both were well attended. The Foley fac
4 ton is said to have the inside track I
- ought to do we'll with such men as Jane
n F. Scott, Owen Groark, Thomas Keane an
i many others backing it. The tickets hav
i been made out and will be widely distrit
v uted to-day. Foley represents the Neel.
! faction.
julius Hermann, democratic town com
q mitteeman, issued last evening his call flo
the regular democratic primary of tn
a First ward. It ia to be held at the corne
of Court and O1ange streets, the voting
, | be from 4 to 8 D. m