The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-24
THE BATTLES
BEGIN TONIGHT
Democrats Will Name Their Candi-
dates for Office,
ARE WORKING QUIETLY
The Citizens Party Ready for Its Work
Tomorrow Nlght-All Tickets Filled,
Temporary Election Boards.

To night the first guns of the spring
election campaign will be fired by the
Democratic party, which will hold its
primaries and nominate its borough and
ward tickets. The party has been making
it's arrangements in a very quiet manner,
and there is reason to believe that many
Of the ward fights that have been the
subjects of so much prediction during
the past several weeks will not material
ize when the primaries are opened.
There m 4y be some factional display
in one or two wards, but it is pretty well
understood that no faction will place the
party in such position that it will be
impossible to pull it together to make a
fight agains the tickets the Citizens party
will place in the field, so the latter must
not allow itself to be misguided by con.
fidence. The Democratic party will make
determined fight this spring to retain
its majority in the Borough Council and
School Board, and as no big borough
| fight is on hand this year they will be
able to concentrate all their forces in
the respective wards. 1t is reported that
| there are bad splits in the First and Fifth
/ wards, but this cannot be relied upon.
Some Democrats are desirous of having
this impression made in order to disarm
the Citizens party and, if possible, create
a big stay at home force in it's ranks
The prosp cts for success for the Citi-
zens party this year are very good and
the party is we'll united. Judicious NOM
| nations at the primaries to be held to
morrow night will bring it victory. The
joint meeting of the Standing Committee
! and candidates for nominations held in
| the rooms of the Shenandoah Republican
| League last night was an excellent one.
Il was extremely harmonious and all can.
didates have resolved that they will accept
the results at the primaries as the
voice of the people and abide by them.
The Crawford county system is to be
given fair and honest trial and it Is
almost generally believed that it will not
only prove satisfactory, but that it will
ultimately be adopted by the county. The
abolishment of the conferree system is
accepted with general favor.
When the Citizens Standing Com
mittee met last Dight it had all tickets
for the primaries filled with the exception
of nominees for Judges and Inspectors of
Election and Committeeman. The COM
mittee filled the vacancies after con-
sultation as follows Judges of Election
First ward, David Rennie; Second, H, @.
Boyer; Third, NJ. H. Keller; Fourth,
James j. Powell; Fifth, Jeffrey Williams.
inspectors ward, F. G. Reese;
Second, Henry Goodman; Third, George
L. Hafner; Fourth, P. w. Bierstein;
Fifth, Andrew Grimes. Standing Com
mittee-First ward, David Rennie
Second, w. j. Watkins; Third, I. ],
James; Fourth, B.. Yost; Fifth, John l..
Hassler.
The following temporary election boards
were appointed to conduct the primaries
on Friday night; First ward-Edward
Doherty Judge John Kendrick, inspectors
f. c. Reese, clerk. Second-George H.
Krick, Judge Henry Goodman, inspector
William Reeves, clerk. Third-M. a.
Kehler, Judge; George L. Hafner, in
spector Thomas Edwards, clerk. Fourth
james j. Powell, Judge; p. W. Bier
stein, inspector Samuel Shone, clerk
Fifth-Wllliam Brown, Judge; Samue
Davis, inspector; John Bum, clerk.
The distribution of the tickets for the
primaries was the most puzzling question
before the meeting. Under the new rules
the Standing Committee has all tickets
printed, the expense being betrayed b!
the assessments made on the candidates
Some thought all the tickets should b
reserved at the primaries and given to tn
- voters. Others thought certain amour
should be reserved for thas purpos
and the balance distributed amon
the candidates to be used Will
making their canvass. 1t was fnall
decided that 1000 tickets be printed 70
each ward, 300 to be reserved for distribu
tion by the election board to voters, an
the balance (7OO) to be distributed propol
tionately among the candidates. A
amendment that all the tickets be retaine
at the primary window was defeated, bu
a subsequent motion that all tickets D
distributed at the polls was carried.
The candidates who may be successfr
at the primaries and the Standing Con
mittee will meet in the Republica
League rooms next Monday evening, {
seven o'clock