The herald., 1894-10-25
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY CON-
vENTION TODAY.
The Lindley -webber Combination Said
to Be in ControI--An Opposition
to Boss Rule, However,
shows Itseif.

the situation, Webber aud Lindley, and
receiving the straight tip as to the slate
that will be put through today.
In this connection the representative
OF the HERALD made a tour of the re
sorts where the faithful congregate, and
from various sources Cleaned come valu-
able information as to the situation as
it stands at this writing.
!, One statesman, who bad been shut
out down in the Fourth ward, was loud
in his complaint of the methods which
were adopted by the delegates on the
winning ticket, which was made up in
the caucus and rushed through without
giving the Barclay Mulford faction
chance to participate in the proceedings.
Messrs. Barclay and Mulford repre-
senting the board of trade and the
purity in politics branch OF the party,
put ticket in the field with |. Il. Dun.
kelbergsr as their choice for councilman.
but were showed under by the III. q.
Register crowd. This bas caused q
serious rupture In the ranks, and it 10
claimed will result in the election Of a
Democrat to the council, as the board of
trade people will not support any man
who is nominated by the vote OF the I'll.
@. Register faction OF the American Pro-
tective association.
In the Third ward peculiar condi-
tion prevails. DIR. MacGowsn and Ba-
con "kissed and made up'' after the
county convention, and in consequence
their ticket, headed by Major Furrey,
won by large majority. But this
lovely condition may not carry through,
as protest we'll founded in fact will be
made against seating the delegation.
lot ~ n q
evidence which will be presented to the
committee on credentials.
In the Seventh ward Thomas Strohm,
backed by the Liquor Dealers assoca-
ton, put up q delegation pledged to
Strohm for the council, but the opposi-
tion element in the ward got out in force
and broke the solid 35 and seated 0. Il.
johnson and eight of the best men iu
the ward, pledged to fight the Strohm
crowd to finch.
In the Second ward the gang in
huenced by Webber money knocked
out DR.. LIE Moyne Wills, George Kester,
Prof. Moore and the respectable ele-
ment in the Forty-third precinct, and
elected solid five to do Webbsr's bid
ding and nominate d. W. Field for
the council.
Jim Long is now in the saddle as the
boss OF the bloody Second. but may have
to divide the honors with G. L. Day,
who has never lost the Thirty-eighth
precinct, and has an eye single to the
manipulation of the school board.
In the Eighth Webber and the Cline
boys voted everything on two legs for
| the Booth snap-shot caucus ticket, and
literally swamped the Oscar Macy dele
| CATION, which was unpiedged and was
merely put out to place the Webber
faction on record. A big row is in pros
pect as the respectable element in the
ward are up in arms and threaten to
| bolt every nomination made through the
| Webber influence. II is stated on the
| inside that Is OF the delegation will
stand pat on every proposition providing
| the cash consideration is large
enough. Their ultimate choice for
mayor will depend on circumstances. /"
In ward Nine battle royal was fought
| out, with the nomination for council as
| the prize. Webb was the choice of the
respectable element, but was alaugh-
tered in the interest OF Webber by I'M
ported votes from the Eighth ward con-
veyed in carriages by Webber's workers
after their lsbors were finished in the
Eighth. 1t is stated positively that So
a head was paid by Webber for Blanch-
ard votes. Bloody riot will result on
November 9th, as the partisans of
Webb, who received 10l straight Repub-
lican votes, are whetting their knives
and sharpening their pencils for the
coming OF November eth.
As one active statesman remarked,
hades is cool ss compared to the feeling
OF the respectable element in the ward,
and q determined effort will be made to
defeat the whole ticket il the Webber
gang gains control of the convention.
One thing is certain, the particular
brand of harmony" which exists in
the ranks of the Republican party in
this city will not be found recorded in
any OF the books devoted to peace and
good will.
Lindey and Webber are no night
mare, but solid reality that the voters
and taxpayers OF this city have got to
face. They have the whole OF the ma
chinery OF the convention in their
hands, and the renult of their action on
Thursday is fraught with great danger
to good government in this city. A big
row 10 in prospect, and one or more in
dependent candidates fox mayor is an
assured TACT.
At late hour last night it was
learned from a reliable source that
Webber's agents in the different wards
had sold out Judge Hubbell. the candi-
date OF the Ninth ward for mayor. Ed
die Booth, Webber's man in the Eighth
ward, was busily engaged last night in
perfeotipg arrangements to deliver the
bulk OF the Eighth ward to defeat HUB
bell'a nomination.
A leading Republican who ia inter-
eeted in Judge HuDbslPs fight was Civ
ing free Expression to his indignation in
front of the Hollenbeck hotel last night,
and in no uncertain language predicted
the defeat OF the Republican city ticket
if men Of the gang are allowed to COM
pass the defeat of an old citizen and
taxpayer like Mr.. Habbell, who has
been identified with the best interests
of this city for nearly 80 years.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Second ward delegates to the Re-
publican city convention caucused last
night in the city clerks Office. with Leo
Longley as chairman. The delegation
adjourned without ballotIng for anyone.
Tom Savage, Democratic nominee for
councilman, il now putting il the heat
ing machinery in the high school, and 1t
will be ready for test next week. Mr..
Savage 10 as pleased with his job as q
contractor as he 10 with mis- nomination.
The Sixth ward caucused last night.