The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-04
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.
TOWN AND CITY OFFICIALS CAN BE
 ELECTED TO-DAY.

Republicans Have an Excellent Oppor-
 tunlty to win-DemocIatic DiAsffcction
 Every rywhere-seventh wMd split May
 Result in Republican sucorss There.
 To-day will occur one of the greatest battles of the ballots In the history of the local town and city elections. Last evening both parties were confident Of winning. but the confidence of the democrats was not nearly 80 outspoken as in former years. Indeed. 1t almost seemed as if, although they said they were sure of winning, at the same time in their inmost souls they didn't believe what they were saying.
 The managers of both political par ties were kept hustling last night mak- ing the final preparations for the con test to-day. Chairman James H. Mac Donald of the republican town commit tee, warns all republicans to be care full not to use any of the spurious tickets which have been sent broadcast to the republican voters. He advises all who desire to vote the straight re- publican ticket to secure their tickets at the booths on election day.
 There Is a great contest on for con- trol of the court of common council, and here the republicans have great hopes of winning out, owing to the dis sensions and factional fights with which
 the democracy is cut up. The republi- cans have an excellent chance of se- curing aldermen and councilmen from the strong democratic Third and
 Seventh wards. In the Third ward the anti-McGann faction to the number of
 several hundred have openly declared
 their intention of voting the straight re. publican ticket, and the republicans | there have now chance of their life time to elect their ward ticket.
 The fight between the Moore and the anti-Moore factions in the Seventh ward still goes merrily on. The breach
 between the two factions grows larger
 every minute. and the fight will be one of the bftterest in the history of the
 ward. Yesterday circular was dis tributed broadcast drought the ward It is estimated that this ticket will have
 a large following in the ward, and indi-
 cations are that 1t will be successful
 With the democrats fighting among themselves one of the possibilities of | election day Is that complete repub. 1 lican ward ticket may be elected in l that hotbed of democracy, the Seventh ward. The circular denounces Moore, tht 1 opposing candidate, alleging that. he l failed to oppose the Standard Oil com | pany's locating their tank in the Seventh until general cry of indigna. tion at his apathy was raised in the
 ward. The circular in pathetic tone calls upon the voters to reject Moore l and vote for John D. Daley for alder.
 man, and Kiernan, Hurd and Chris Doerschuck for councilmen.
 The democrats have finally succeeded in finding eight men with sufficient te.
 nacity to run up against the strong
 republican tickets and majorities in the Second and Tenth wards. The nomina. | tions in these wards were made yester- day and are as follews: Second ward | Alderman, Joseph w. Hammond; coun.
 cilmen, Frederick l.. Scovill, Patrick F | Henchy and Louis E. Jacobs. Tenth
 ward-Henry C. Seabrook, alderman
 councilmen, Albert J. Parmelee, Her.
 man Voltz and Daniel J. Brennan.