The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-09

primary Mr. Douglass called meeting
of the FIRST district. Thomas B. Deming
was elected chairman, with Clarence
Kingsbury as clerk. William II. Gorham
was unanimously nominated as warden
and Clifford S. Tower and Henry Il.
Mason were placed in nomination for the
clerkship. A ballot was taken aud Mr..
Tower was elected by vote OF 65 to Al.
This meeting was then adjourned and
Mr.. Douglas called meeting of the Sec
end district of the ward. John ID. Nelson
was elected chairmaa and Charles f..
Smith clerk The nomination OF Clar-
ence. e. Greene as warden was unanimous,
and Charles T., Smith and John s. Clay
ton were placed in counter nomination
for clerk. A ballot was taken and Mr..
Smith was elected. tbe vote 81 sanding SO to
~ Thomas Ward aud Elwood 4. Ames
acted as tellers.
AS this concluded the business of the
meeting the adjournment was taken and
the largest caucus in the history OF the
ward was brought to close after having
been in session nearly three hours.
Third Ward.
The meeting in this ward was well at
tended. George w. Brown was elected
chairman and Charles IL. Smart secre-
tary. The ticket presented for delegates
to the convention was George w. Brown,
Charles Il. Nichols, II. G. Thompson,
Thomas Rison and Alfred o. Makee.
The counter nominees were: Charles 5.
Pettee, William Manchester, Noble B.
johnson, Charles Il. Eddy and William
Eddy. The opposition objected to this
ticket most vigorously, saying that 1t was
being forced upon the caucus.
On vote George w. Brown was elected
first delegate. The opposition threw up
its hands and the sectarian ticket was
elected by acclamation.
Charles Fl. Smart was elected on the
school committee.
The First district nominated James Will
Hams for warden aHd- -BsbjsmiH Henry
for clerk.
The S .cond district promised to leave
nominations TO the ward committee, and
the Third district nominated for warden
William Lund, and for clerk James
Stokes.
The delegates to the convention are un-
pledged, but are said to favor Mr.. Olney.
Fourth Ward.
ITO II OuIbn WdTu nciu - lively
meeting in Steinway hall. Charles Ed
mund Paine was elected chairman of the
meeting and Edmund Il. Prentiss secre-
tary. The following delegates to the
convention were chosen.
Joseph III. Kendrick, George L. Pierce,
George p. Cressey, Alfred A. jackson,
Richmond Il. Everett.
For school committeeman for three
x,a..a xNtlItav, . yVhifa xy.a chn.a,, IT,
school committeeman for one year Ernest
g. Wesley was chosen.
For warden OF the First district John
w. Courtney was chosen and for clerk of
the same district Edmund f. Prentiss
was chosen.
For the Second district Arthur A.
Iugraham clerk.
Fifth Ward.
In the Fifth ward 400 voters came pre-
pared to DO battle and the ward commit
tee was slain. The carnage lasted fully
three hours. After hot skirmish George
ii, Burnham was elected chairman.
An hour of sharp fighting ensued end
ing 10 the selection OF Mr.. A. S. Sawyer,
Walter G. Greene aud ]. ID. Grinnell, who
were placed In charge Of the lists Dele
gates, school committeeman, wardens and
clerks were voted for on single ballot.
The ticket of the ward committee was:
Delegates, George III. Burnham, Will
liam III. Henderson, James II. Smith,
Thomas A. Easton, David G. Edwards;
for school committee. DIR. Albert /.
Blaisdell; for warden Second district.
James A. Davis; for clerk, Second
district. Joseph ID. Grinnel; for warden
First district, Robert l.. Stanton; for
clerk First district. Daniel ID. Bucklin. jr.
The opposition ticket was: Delegates,
George A. Rice, Charles W. Littell,
Thomas A. Easton, Frank f. Manning,
William i. Allen; warden, First district,
Walter Green; clerk, First district,
Albert c. Winsor; warden, Second dis
trict. Frank Il. Manning; clerk, Second
district, Joseph ID. GrinnelI; school
committee. three years, A. +. Blaisdell.
Before ballotinR there was some diss
pute over the check list, X. G. Smith aud
g. Il. Woodley demanding its use and
others opposing IL. A motion to divide
the house prevailed, aud division
showed that two thirds Of those present
were ''agln" the ward committee. IL was
finally voted TO use the check list.
After an hour Of voting the ward CON-
mittoe was defeated. The opposition
ticket was carried by vote Of los to 65
Sixth Ward.
Three hundred Republicans gathered
at the Sixth ward caucus. William
Creighton Of the ward committee called the
meeting to order. Walter III. Barney
was elected chairman and Rufus Sprague
secretary.
The following delegates to the city con-
vention were choseni Thomas Leonard,
Frank ;. Arnold. T. Il. Sergeant, John
j. Becker and Joseph w. johnson. II. 5.
Dorchester was unanimously chosen for
school committeeman for three years.
Wardens were elected rs follows: FIRST
district. Samuel s. Grafton; Second dis
trict, Charles Sutch. Tor clerk Of the
First district Hugh Mulvey was nomin-
ated and finally elected. Rufus Sprague
was nominated as clerk Of the Second
district.
Seventh Ward.
In this ward there was small fight