The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-11
The HcGuinness Ticket Carried Every
thing Before II Last hight.
WILL Be CHOICE OF DEMOCRATS.
a Very Quiet Election with Very Little
opposition-The Tenth Ward Alone
DEVELOPED Excitement--sir. Rabbit
Thrown out--A Good Attendance.

were held TO elect delegates 10 tne cllJ
convention aud 20 nominate school COM
mitteemen, wardens and clerks. ln nearly
all the ward rooms lar<e concourse
of voters were present, a majority Of them
coming to vote early in the evening. There
was little excite nent. Everything went
Mr.. McGuinpess's way.
Tho delegates Co the city convention
are among the prominent Democrats OF
the city. and include such men as Con
pressman Lapham, Mayor w. X. Potter,
Senator Miller and Assemblymen Hay
ward, Whipple and johnson, and John
NJ Brennan.
There was little contest except in the
instance of school committeeman, war
deps and clerks, and on no occasion did
the fight get beyond the bounds Of friendly
rivalry. The McGuinness ticket circulated
through every ward room, and was thrust
into every voters hand. The delegates
who are Instructed for the McGuinness
ticket were unanimously chosen.
Few Contests.
There were. however, few cases Of con-
test. In Ward six Samuel III. Grafton
was defeated on the ground OF his affilia-
tion with the American Mechanics. In
Ward three John B. McGninness was OPP
posed for clerk OF district, but he finally
got the nomination. In Ward ten the
West ticket went through with a whoop
Only the town Of Johnston was disorderly.
Here q representative. of the peaceful
name OF Rabbit, a disciple Of West, be-
came too argumentative and was put out
side to ccol of.
First Ward.
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For Delegates TO the city convention
Oscar Lapham, John f. Hurley. Edward
J. McElroy Robert Turbtt aud William
Carroll: School committee for three
years, Fred /. Dana; warden of the
First district. William j. keenan, !;
clerk, John Davis; warden of the
Second disrrfcr, Thomas +. oiNeit;
clerk. John II. Dwyer.
Second Ward.
Delegates to the city convention
Miles A. McNnmee, Hiram Howard. John
NJ Brennan, Michael Cavey and James
II. Meehan- Alfred Metcalf will be nom-
mated for school committeeman. The
present district clerks will be endorsed.
Thomas IL. Holton will probably be
named for warden in the Second district,
but the choice 70 warden of the First
district is not jet determined
Third Ward.
Delegates to city convention--John r.
Bolger, William Shawcross, James II.
Tucker, Daniel j. O'Connell and Terence
r. Oates; John T. Rafferty, for school
committee aud John b. McGuinness for
clerk were chosen.
Fourth Ward
Delegates to city convention--George
B. Hazard, w. Scott Sanford. Joseph
Hesse, Daniel A. Sullivan, Charles Ban
non; school committee for one year.
Henry 7. Ayers: for three years, William
A. Wall. First district, for warden.
Munson II. Najac; for clerk, Edmund Il.
Prentiss. Second district, for warden,
William II. L. Mosley; for clerk, James
II. Ingraham.
Delegates to city onvention-Richard
Hayward. William N. Taipe, Thomas Il.
Carroll, John G. Hanrahan and James T.
Brady. VIM. N. Taipe aud John 4. Crosby
for wardens for First and Second district
respectively. and Albert G. Winsor and S.
Henry Nolan for clerks.
sixth Ward.
Delegates--Ber McElroy, 2os: Au-
gustus s. Miller, 229; Michael German
228: Thomas w. Feeley. 22s; Thomas II.
Valpey, 22s School committee-Ors
A. Taft, I9l; scattering. l. First district
Warden. Matthias J. Keiiey, l67; Samuel
Grafton. s; clerk. Hugh V. Mulvey, 1T9
Second dlstrict-Warden. James A.
Burns. 80; clerk. Malachi Kelley. 80.
Seventh Ward.
Delegates TO city convention-GeorRe
4. Brown, William L. Kelley, John b.
Doonan. Clarence a. Aldrich aud James
IT, Padien.
The First district caucus for the nomina.
tion of warden and clerk organized with
David Sliney chairman and Thomas Fitz.
simmons secretary. James \. Pardien
was nominated as warden and Timothy
O'Neil clerk.
The Second district caucus organized
with John t. O'Neill chairman and Frank
Hunt secretary. Lewis u. Rittiman was
nominated as warden and Charles s.
Jencks clerk.
Eighth Ward.
Delegates 10 city convention--John III.
Walsh, William II. Whipple, John l..
Cannon, Timothy Troy aud Rufys L.
Griffith.
For school committee--James Toomey
and j. II. Davenport.
For warden la the First district
Charles j. Hackett. For clerk. John
O'Connell. In the Second district
Charles G. Armstrong was the choice for
warden and Dennis f. Brady for clerk.
Ninth Ward.
School committee for three years
Thomas i. Cosgrove; for one year, j.
Frank Russell. Delegates, Preston j.
Hubert, Thomas Toyc, Thomas Cullen,
Andrew A Cannon, Joseph III. Banks.
Warden. First district. Frank Gallagher.
Clerk. First district, Daniel Thompson.
Warden. Second district, Francis +. John
soo. Clerk, Second district, John r.
Rogers
Tenth ward.
Delegates George J. West. so,eph O.
San Souci. joseph O'Kesfe. PatrIck Nc.
Dermott. Timothy Conway. FOR school
COMMITTEES, J. o. San Souci.