The Portland daily press., 1894-02-21
DEERING.


There was no little interest and excite
ment last evening over the Repu blican
caucuses to nominate candidates for the
municipal Offices. The principal contest
was that between ex-Alderman Joseph
HI. Hutchins and Alderman Wyer p.
Aver for the nomination for mayor.
Three delegates were chosen in each
ward, who will meet at Lewis hall.
Woodfords, this evening. to name the
man. There was an unusually large at
tendance at every ward room, and much
good natured interest was manifested. IL
is impossible to say what the result win
be. The delegates from Wards ana
are understood to be for Mr.. Hutchlns;
and those of four and six for Mr.. Aver
The delegates from two (MorrilPs corner)
and seven (Stroudwater) are believed to
have no decided preference for either
candidate, although Mr.. Hutchins.i is said
to have friends in two. In Ward l the
delegation is believed to be inclined to-
wards Aver, but not decidedly, and the
larger portion of it is liable to act inde-
pendently. The result of this evenings
baIloting will be watched with interest.
Ward One.
In Ward the caucus was large and
interesting. Ezekiel H. Hanson was
nominated unanimously for alderman;
Thomas C.. Hooper. for warden and
Wallace D.Knapp for ward clerk. The
CITY committee selected are: Ed. Z.
Fowler, John L. Motley, H. Lunt and
ELL. Cobb.
The contest was over delegates to the
mayoralty convention, two tickets being
in the field. That composed of W. w.
Merrill. Howard E. Knight and Sewall
I. Fowler, received thirty votes and was
elected. The other ticket, composed of
E.B. Sargent, Harry Humphrey and
Frank True, received twenty-four votes.
Ward Two.
In Ward 2 the attendance was quite
large when the caucus was called to or
der by Mr.. Rue Small. Mr.. Cyrus H.
Varney was made chairman and VIM. M.
Leighton, clerk, both unanimously. The
selection of the three mayoralty delegates
was next in order, and Robert B. Lowe,
Walter II. Hawkes. and Charles Farnham
were chosen by acclamation.
Mr.. Ruel Small was unanimously nomi-
mated as candidate for alderman; and
Abner Lowell for warden, Walter b.
Hamlen for ward clerk and Henry C-
Boulter for constable, were nominated
with equal unaminity.
The four mem mbers of the city commit
tee. Ruel Small. Charles Carter, Walter
Hawkes. and III Smith were reelected. /.
Ward Three.
In Ward there were no contests. and
the following were unanim ously chosen:
Warden-Walter F. Goodrich.
Ward Clerk-Thomas E. Malone.
Alderman-H. j. Davis.
Constable-Fred E. Briggs.
Delegates to Nominate a Mayor-Ira
F. Tibbets, l.. NJ. Clark and M. p. Moore.
CITY Communicable F. Tibbets, Her
bert d. Seal, WV. Edwards and John A.
Stevens.
The delegates are for Joseph H.
Hutchins for mayor.
Ward FOnr.
In Ward the delegates nominated to
attend the convention to nominate a
mayor, school committee and auditor,
were: CA. Woodbury., Abner 7. Smith
and Fred Peck. After some discussion
it was voted that it be the sense of the
caucus that these delegates vote for the
nomination of ". P. Aver for mayor. "A.
F. Berry was chosen candidate for alder
man, getting 80 votes to 13 for Dr.F D.
Coleman. F.E. c. Robbins was nomi
mated for warden, W. E. Perkins for clerk
and Chauncey R. Berry for constable. 1t
was voted that the old ward committee
be reelected. They were A. F. Berry, F.
D. Coleman, W. E. Willard and Daniel
r cad. :.
In Ward the contest was the warmest,
the caucus being unusually large. The
ward officers, John H. Card, warden and
A. F. Hill, ward clerk, were renominated
were chosen by acclamation as follows:
CIV. Foster, Fred v.Matthews, Fred N.
Hooper and Albert G. Bragg.
Arthur W. Pierce was nominated
unanimously for alderman; Fred E.
Wheeler, constable.
The next step was the choice of three
delegates to attend the mayoralty con
vention. There were three tickets in the
field:
For W. .P.Ayer-Gardin Walker, Han
son CLAW and John Fl Card
For J. S. Hutchins-Sumner Libby,
Charles W. Foster and Almon E Hill.
npledged-Gardiner Walker, Charles
A. Dow and Albert c. Bragg.
Two ballots were necessary for
choice. On the first ballot Foster had 81
votes, Libby 20, Hill 81, Walker 80. Clay
II, Gard II, Dow 16, Bragg II. Mr..
Walker, who appeared on two tickets
was alone elected. On the next ballot
Foster and Hill were elected, receiving
81 and 80 votes respectively, while Clay
had 10, Gard 9, Dow and Bragg 6.
Ward Six.
Tho ,orouc Word xros the largest