The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-09
DELEGATES CHOSEN.
The Republican Ward Primaries
Last Night.
Convention VIII he for Mayor Oiney-
Contesting Delegations From Tenth
Ward.

The Repu ublicans OF the ten wards held
their primaries last evening and chose the
delegates TO the city convention, which IL
TO meet, probably, = week from tomorrow
for the nom nation OF q candidate for the
mayorslty.
In yisw OF the events OF Tuesday last,
Republican caEcuses were, as matter OF
course, very well satisfied gatherings, and
the chairman at each primary prefaced
the business OF choosing delegates with a
short congratulatory speech. With the
exception OF the meeting at Ward Ten,
where two sets of delegates were chosen,
everything was attended by the decency
and harmony chsractistic OF the party.
There Is no reason 20 believe that the
convention " i'll not follow precedent and
give second year to their last nominee
on the score OF his efficiency as municipal
executive.
The results in the different wards were
rs follows:
Ward 1-Samuel L. Douglass, chairman;
William Franklin, secretary. General
Elisha Dyer was nominated for school
committeeman and the following were
chosen as delegates TO the city conventions:
Charles Warren Llppitt, Charles IL. Child,
John X. Arnold, Thomas s. Deiano and
Frank +. Carpenter.
The ward officers were elected as fol-
lows: 1st district, warden, George III.
Paddock; clerk, John Davis; End district,
warden, Il. IL. Brown; clerk, Captain VIII
liam Frankland.
Ward 2--In the Second Ward George A.
Littleheld Was made chairman and
Thomas Ward secretary. Mr.. Edward l..
Turner was nominated for member of the
school committee and the following con-
vention delegates were chosen:
Charles 5. Northcut, David A. Crowell,
Amos NJ. Hopkins, Simon Jersky and
Thomas Ward. The ward organizations
were made up as follows: First District,
warden, William H. Gorham; clerk, Cliff
ford s. Tower. Second District, warden.
James A. Ward; clerk, Charles II. Smith.
Ward 3.-The ward caucuses drew out
over 200 republicans and there was a
sizeable delegation from the out-of-the-
way third district. AIR. George w
Brown was elected chairman and A. X.
England secretary. Rev. Joseph Butter
worth was nominated for school
committeeman and these delegates
were chosen to the city conventions:
William Birtwell, Alfred o. Mskee,
George Davis, Benjamin Burdick and
Thomas Rison. The members of the diff
ferent districts chose officers as follows:
First district, warden, James l. Williams,
clerk, William II. Walton; I'd district,
warden, Thomas Lund; clerk, Charles
Riccius.
Ward LIN Ward Councilman Joseph
ii. Kendrick was made chairman and Mr..
George Il. Pettis secretary and there were
enough out and just enough difference OF
opinion to make IL interesting. Mrs.
Joseph III. Kendrick was nominated for
mem ber of the school committee and the
following were chosen to represent the
ward at the city convention:
Charles A. Wilson, William n. White,
Alfred Jackson, Warren X. Perce and
William III. Wood. In the first district
II. M. James was elected warden and Il.
+. Prentiss clerk; in the second district
John p. Courtney was chosen as warden
and J. ii. Ingraham clerk.
Ward 5-George H. Burnham WAS chair
man Of the caucus in this ward and
Robert l.. Stanton and Walter Burnham
secretaries. There was q large attendance.
For school committeeman James III. Smith
was nominated and William a. Cranslo.i
was nominated for two years to fill
vacancy. The convention delegates
chosen we're:
George 4. Woodley, w. IL. Henderson,
Louis Schmidt, Charles Henley and George
A. Rice. For ward officers, Harry A.
Stackpole and Edward Il. Bucklin were
nominated for warden and clerk OF the
first district and James A. Davis and
Joseph ID. Grinnell for warden and clerk
of the second district.
Ward 6-Frank s. Arnold and Rufus G..
Sprague served as chairman and secretary
of the Sixth Ward caucus and the follow
ing delegates to the city convention were
unanimously chosen by tue 800 kepubli-
cans present:
Frank s. Arnold, Frederick Rueckert.
James j. Easton, Robert Buckley and
Edward Salisbury. Frederick Rueckert
was nominated for school committeeman
for three years. In the first district
Samuel Grofton was chosen as warden
and Hugh v. Mulvey as clerk; in the
second district Charles n. Such and
Rufus G. Sprsgue wero chosen for those
positions.
Ward T-Rebeft Il, Little was chairman
and Charles s.. Jenckes secretary. III.
Howard PETER was nominated for mem
bership on the school committee and
the ward in the conventions:
William III. Luther, William N. Otis,
James M. Scott. Arthur T.. Mowry, An
drew McCue. In the first district
Lewis l.. Stanton was nominated for
warden and Arthur II. Mowry for
clerk and in the Second District Francis
Nj. Dimond and Charles s. Jenckes were
nominated for warden and clerk respsc-
lively.
Ward S--There was n large attendance
al the primary in Ward 8 and but a very
few minutes were required for
the transaction OF the business.
Mr.. Edwin Lowe was chairman
James Warren, Jr., secretary. Mr. p. Il.
Walker was nominated for school COM
mittee membership for three years and
three delegates TO the convention were
elected:
James Warren, Jr., George p. Whitney,
Charles l.. Blanding, George l..
Card and Henry A. Grindley.
Charles IL. Morse was nominated
for warden and james Warren, Jr., for