The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-26
BALDWIN FOR TOWN AGENT
UNANIMOUSLY RENOMTNATED BY
 REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT.

UNINIMOUSLY RENONLTNATED BY
 REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT.
 Stahl, Ludington and Bcecher for Select
 men-Schlein Chosen for Town Clerk and
 Preston for Registrar of Vital Statistics
 Other Nominations Made at the Town
 Convention.
 The republican town convention was held in Veru hall last evening and was a very harmonious gathering. All of the ninety-eight delegates were present at S10 o'clock, when James H. Mac Donald, chairman of the town com mittee, called the convention to order and almost immediately afterward A. McC. Mathewson and Theodore H. Macdonald were elected chairman and secretary respectively by acclama- ton. w. r. Clark and H. D. Brown were appointed tellers and the dele gates settled down to business.
 cllOIlS LOl III SL SClCSIlilhA ahiA town agent were called for and Fred erick l.. Averill secured recognition from the chairman, and at once placed in nomination Robert E. Baldwin, the present town agent He stated that MT. Baldwin had given the town of New Haven the best and most busi- ness like administration it had ever known and although he was not a politician he was straightforward, honest business man. 'I want to stand here" said he, machine man as I am, an anti 'goo-goo' and say that MT. Baldwin is the best town agent the town has ever had. In view of these facts I move that the secre- tary cast the unanimous ballot of the convention for MT Baldwin,
 There was no opposition to the mo- ton and after brief remarks had been made by Selectnan Brown explaining the town agents report and why an increased tax was necessary owing to the misleading report last year of ex Town Agent Garrity, the secretary cast the ballot and MT. Baldwin was de- clared the unanimous choice of the CollVetHClOIi- lne uOIllHdIlUn was re- ceived with prolonged applause.
 The present selectmen, W. F. Stahl and Luzerne Ludington, were next re- nominated respectively for second and third selectmen by exclamation and like honor was conferred on W. s. Beecher for fourth selectman after R. H. Brown, the present member of the board had declined a renomina tion.
 For town clerk Weigand Schletn was placed in nomination by Isaac Ullman and Captain John Sinister by Freder- taken, resulting in Sinister receiving 31 votes and Schlein 66 and the lat ter was declared the choice of the con- ven'tion. For collector of town taxes Nathan Easterbrook, jr., received the nomination by acclamtion and a like honor was conferred upon Charles s. Mersick, the nominee for town treas urer For auditor, Howard c. Webb was unanimously chosen, as was w. H. Preston for registrar of vital statis- tics and Frederick l.. Averill for regis Itrar of voters
 For first member of the board of tCllel T ItuSIlCh -ullle was IIlS unanimous choice or ene convention. For second place George H. Coe, l., B. Hinman and H. S. Hamilton were placed in nomination. but the ballot resulted in Coe receiving 63 votes and the nomination to 27 for Hinman and for Hamilton. For third place on the board George R. Bill, L. B. Hinman and H. $. Hamilton were nominated, but Bill won out, receiving 5 votes to 34 for Hinman and 10 for Hamilton
 For grand jurors Conrad J. Rabanus, were nominated by exclamation For constables David J. Shields and Louis Coleman received the unanimous SUD- port of the convention for first and second place respectively. For third place there was a, spirited contest be- tween Frederick Siebert, Manuel Tux edo and Frank J. Armstrong, but Se- bert finally won, receiving 63 votes to 23 for Tuxedo and 12 for Armstrong. For fourth place the contest was be- tween Willis M. Bonner and Lorenzo Mattel, but the former was successful, securing 58 votes to 36 for Mattel
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 At a special meeting of the board of selectmen last evening Theodore H. Macdonald was appointed moderator of the special town meeting to be held this evening to receive the votes of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards on the question of consolidation.
 AN ERROR CORRECTED.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In it's issue of last Sunday the Reg ister quoted the statement of Owen A. Groark, ex-fnancial clerk of the town government, to the effect that the precedent of allowing the October bills to lie over until November each year originated in 1889 during the adminis- tration of Major Todd, republican, and that the succeeding administration had been obliged to follow it. Yesterday the attention of the Register was called to the inaccuracy (not to use a harsh term) in the statement and they said they should be very glad to correct the error. Careful search through the columns of the paper fails to disclose Q Inv lon