The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
CITY OFFICERS.
Candidates Before the Republican
Caucus this Afternoon.

Lively Contest Over Election OF Assessor
and Members of Overseers of the Poor
Other Offices.
The inauguration of Mayor Baxter and
The beginning OF the new city government
will occur Monday forenoon. This after
noon the Republican members of the new
city government will meet 10 nominate can
didates for the various city offices. There
has been much quiet canvassing for several
days, and last evening the Ward One dele
CATION held an informal meeting 10 discuss
their course of action.
The abolition of the office of street COR
missioner by the legislative act stablisbIng
the single headed commission, will render
the nomination of that Office unnec essay,
and will remove one of the greatest contest
from the caucus.
For the Office of City Clerk the present
incumbent, EwdwIn l.. Dyer will he renon.i-
mated without contest. The same VIII be
true IN the case of Treasurer, and Collector
George H. Libby, City Auditor Charles \.
obie, City Messenger George Il. Macgowan
and City solicitor Wilfred u. Chapman.
City Civil Engineer George n. Fernald,
will remain al the head of thai depar tment
undoubtedly; but the new law provides for
appointment by the Mayor for a term OF
three years instead of election by the city
government.
For the Office of City Physician, DR.. II.
N. Nitkerson is not candidate Tor re
election, and there is sharp contest he
tween Doctors Gustave a. Pudor, Vim. II.
Bradford, Owen P. smith and Frank W
Seal.
For the inspect orship of buildings the
place now held by MIR. GRACE B. Greeley,
there mentioned as candidates Josiah
Ward, G. Melvin Hodgdon and Wm.B Irish.
Harbor Master Fred b. Kelsey will have
no successor, as under the new arrange
ment the captain of the freooat performs
that duty.
For city weigher and gauger it is believed
that Mr.. Converse o. Leach has no com
petitor.
For the position of city weigher of hay.
the present weigher, Mark II. Sawyer. is
said to have competitor in Charles Il.
French.
For Superintendent of clocks the candi-
dates are Messrs. ira Berry, Jr., the present
incumbent, and Frank johnson.
Mr.. Eben S. Burns will probably be re-
elected truant officer.
For the clerk of common council. Mr..
Elliott c. Mitchell, the present clerk, has
as competitors, Messrs. Converse E. Leach,
Harry Bigelow and George Sturgis.
The presidency of the common council is
also the object of lively contest. the can
didates being Councilman John i. Pagan
of Ward Five. and Daniel +. Nash of Ward
Seven.
When the turn comes to elect 4 city
assessor, to fill the place of Mr.. Arthur l..
Farnsworth, there is likely to be consider
able of contest, as long list ofGentlemen
have been named for the place. Augustus
f. Gerrish, Arthur NJ. Sawyer, Edwin A.
Leighton, Walter L. Lefavor, Horatio K.
Coleswort thy, George W. Beale, John r.
Prince and Albert H. burlington, 5. 3.
Haskell, Ernest True and A. =. WEIGH.
There is 10 be assistant assessor from
each ward. TIE impression seems o be that
for the first six wards the present inGum-
ben's are likely to be reelected, as follows
Osman G. Monroe, Thomas Pennell. Wilbur
G. Whelden, Charles c. Douglass, Orlando
Z. Dyer and Samuel D. Lincoln. For Ward
Seven there will have to be a successor for
b enry p. White, who has moved out of
the ward.
There seems to be no real cont test for the
place of Chief Robert W. jackson, Of the
fire department. All the assistant engi-
neers, Thomas Payne. John E. Loring, John
n. Long and Wm. H., Dugan are candidates
for reelection. Other candidates men
toned are Messrs. Amory Ii. Rogers, Albert
HATCH George A. Dow, N. n. Eldridge and
Samuel Hodgdon.
For overseers of the poor the terms of
four members expire, all Democrats: Capt.
Charles II. Chase. G. 4. Mountfort, John
FitZ and ]. E. owen. The list of candidates
for the places of these four includes, SO far
as mentioned. Frank c. Johnson, Nathan
Redlon, N. NJ. Morse, Christopher Way.
Edward H. Sargent, Isaiah Daniels,
Chaunoey ". Lombard, Granville II. CIoyes,
John P. Hobbs and Benjamin f. Haskell.
Mayor Baxter i'll have the appointment
of several important officials including the
head of the new street commission, the
clerk of the commission, water commits
sioner to succeed E. 3. Winslow, a Back
Bay and Fore River commissioner to sue
coed James Cunningham; d commissioner Of
cemeteries and public grounds to succeed
George E. Raymond, trustee of Evergreen
Cemetery to succeed Fred E. Haskell and a
member of the Board of Health to succeed
Dr.. Henry P. Merrill.
The city cilvI engineer, who is under the
new law appointed by the mayor. has the
election of his subord mates with the excep-
ton of the street and sewer commission
clerk. This official to be appoi nted by the
mayor. There is no doubt that an engineer
will be selected fol this position, as such a
clerk would best satisfy the needs OF the
Office.
Superintendent of School Buildings Hol-
land. will probably be renominated by the
Republican caucus.