Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-04
THE CITY ELECTION.
a LIST OF OFFICIAL POSITIONS
To be FILLED.
ioIo Cast at iho Last City Election, Polling
Places Tor The Election Today and Can
dIdai.s Tor Inc Offices to DO Filled.

The annual election Of the city Of
FORT Worth win be- held today and tue
iillcers 70 BE- voted for are rity treasurer
its secretary. city marshal city attof,
10Y mud city assessor aud collector, nnu
~ alderman from each Of the nine
The candidates on the Democratic tick.
ct are.
For marshal j. IL Maddox.
For secretary-II v. Burns
For assessor ard collcctor-l1 A. Cald-
we'll
For treasurer Max Elser
leor nttorncy-C NJ. uenri ton.
For ndernen-F First wnF, w.
Chiles; Second ward. siovo-s 1ullyi
Third wnrd, no uomlnaii0n, iOirth
ward, John +. MontRomcryi iiih ward,
William Barr Sixth ward, J. Il. Glenn
cuts; seventh ward. J. IL. Miller; Eighls
ward. NJ A. Spoonts; Ninth ward ).
In the Third ward the Democratic cnir
didntcs are y. +. Wallis aud Alex Can
, SO many changes and declarations
have been male N the PopuliN ticket
II Is matter Of doubt who are the cit-
didatcs. but II 90 certain that X. r.
DarrAh Is IN the race for city marshal
aud l.. d. Maycg for city attorney. NO
candidates Of this patty for aldermen
ore known except 10 the Third, Judge
MulNNi uullus MI Nfi"Nhf """ wv
cnth. Mr. DuR
There may be others. but they arc not
pr0clniming IL from the house tops aud
this IN true Of other candidates for city
officers, Ike Mr. leates, for example
lie was nominated for treasurer and
for alderman from the Second wafd ami
no publicity has been given 70 MS cnnul-
dacy 80 II may bc known for which
office he Is contondmg
IL Is Kidd Of still hunt this campaign
OF the lOpulists, like the old dark Ian
tern style of elections.
Some are npprchensive 81 the defeat
Of some OF tie Democratic candidates
aud much Of the war Of the opposition
Il concentrated on Jim Maddox. the
Democratic nominee for recollection MS
city marshal. lie IL the first Democratic
marshal elected NJ "a Democrnt the city
has ever had II " true other Demo
cruts have been elected. but he WIS The
first Democratic uumillcc 90 be elected
One Of the candidates for alderman
said yesterday; Jim Maddox IA the
best city marshal the city has ever had
aud y would be n shame not 10 rc-olect
him"
Some are npprchcnsive Of the defeat
Of Maddox. but that is only possible "
the Democrats fail ~ 90 to the polls,
for the city Is rellnbly Democratic by
nearly 1900 majority. Al the populist
vote viii be- p0llcd % a certainty and
The Democrats should poll their fun
strength.
a contest, whore the result IL thought
by some 10 boz "a doubt, II Ia the seventh
ward. The Democratic aud opposition
vote Is nearly evenly divided, but there
was Dcmocruuc majority no the lnst
general election and II would he dis-
nster In which the whulc city would
share II j. H. lillcr Is drfpntcd
The vote nt the last city election when
TfuHHulft IN ~ IN.llu..la .N..F.sf..l
First ward Paddock. 4O2; Broucs,
2-S.
Second ward Paddock. 452; Broiles,
Third ward--Paddock, i25; Brollcs,
Fourth ward-Paddock, 2S3; Broilcs.
Fifth ward-Paddocl,. 27o; Broncs,
Sixth warl-Paddock. 2s0; BOllcs.
seventh wari--Paddock, 0S; Brollcs,
100
Eighth word-paddock, So; Broncs,
Ninth wari-Paddock, 25t; Broilcs,
The voting places and presiding Of.
hcers OF the election are;
John T. Swayue, First ward. Office
back OF NutAtOrium on Rusk street
w. H. lNeld. Second ward. county
court room.
H. MAXIM Third ward. broom fac.
tory on Calhoun street
w, j. Bailey, Fourth ward, street CON.
missOnera office.
JAS, Mcnamara, Fifth ward, Tucker
Hin FIRE house
G, l.. Terrell Sixth ward. Frcman's
hail
y. g. Nelson. Seventh ward. Pope'a
grocery store, South Main street
" l.. Abston, Eighth ward. at Low
rvs, west Of Beacon lin school house.
X. w, Wells. Ninth ward, county
treasurcrd office.