The Portland daily press., 1894-06-02
WARD TWO.

| the Despeaux men were out in force, SO
contest was made to elect an I'M
| pledged delegate as the only means of de-
| feating them. Theballot resulted as fol-
| lows:
Joshua r. Cobb had 20
&. B. Varney had Is
Mr.. Cobb Is a Despeaux man, although
tie caucus refuse to pledged him.
WARD THREE.
large and earnest gathering. Ex-Alder-
man Hutchins was elected chairman and
J.W. Turner secretary. LIN. Clark was
unanimously elected delegate to the
state convention.
The contest on county delegate was
doubled the opposition. The vote was
Ira F. Tibbetts, 81
Walter f Goodrich, 20
The delegate was instructed to vote
for Clark H. Barker for sheriff first, last
and all the time.
WARD FOUR
The contest in Ward 4 was close, but
not animated. CA Woodbury. was elect
ed chairman and Z. Frank Jones secreta-
ry.
Mr.. j. N. Read was elected delegate ito
the state convention by reclamation.
For the delegate to the county conven-
tion there were two candidates, Abner
Smith for Barker, and Thomas Johnston
for Plummer. The result was as follows:
Whole mum Der of votes, al
Necessary for choice, 81
Abner Smith had 81
Thomas johnson had 20
WARD FIVE.
The caucus in Ward was the largest
ever held in that ward, exceeding in
size that of last spring, when there was
a three cornered contest for the mayoral-
ty nomination.
George c. Hopkins, ESQ.,, was chosen
chairman and Fred v. Mathews secreta-
ry. The following committee was ap-
pointed to receive, sort and count votes:
T.G. Harris, e. L. Elder and J.H. Card.
Mr.. Oliver Lowell was chosen delegate
to the state convention by reclamation.
For delegate to the county convention
there were three tickes, which received
votes as follows:
Whole number of votes. II
Necessary for choice. SO
George h.Wyman had 80
F. II. Thompson had 90 <ei
Fred Hooper had 3 u
Mr.. Wyman, who was elected, is for
PIunlmer; Mr.. Thompson was said to be
for Barker; and Mr.. Hooper for Doughty.
WARD SIX.
Oakdale's voters assembled in Pitt
street ward room to choose their dele
gates. Lorenzo F. Dyer was chosen
chairman, and Herbert F. Libby secre-
tary. WV. Mitchell was unanimously
elected delegate to the state convention
by acclamation. 1t was voted to let the
majority elect for county delegate. There
were three candidates for county dele
gate: W.P. Goss for Plummer, George
P.Brooks for Barker, and CIV. St. John
for Sanborn. The first ballot esulted
as follows:
Whole number of votes, 80
Necessary for choice, 90
Goss had 10
Brooks had ID
St. John had
The second ballot was the same. On
the third ballot Mr.. Goss was elected.
the ballot being:
Whole number OF votes, = al
Necessary for choice, 81
Goss had %
Brooks had IA
st. John had 5
WARD SEVEN.
in Ward Z, Elias N. Jacobs presided.
For delegate to the state convention
Andrew Halves was chosen. For dele
gate to the county convention there were
two candidates. Elias N. Jacobs, who is
for Plummer, and John A. j. Marston,
who was for Barker. The result was as
follows:
Whole namber of votes, 80
Necessary for choice, II
Jacobs had 20
MarSton had 10
THE RESULT OF
the sheriff contest so far is as follows:
For Plummer, 25
For Barker. 10
Doughty,
Porter,
Sanborn,
Despeaux,
Uncommitted,
The Senior class of Bowdoin College
voted not to have any intoxicarino
liquor at their last supper, o be held in
Lewiston on the evening of June IA at
the Hotel Atwood.