The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-03
CONVENTION TONIGHT
SPIRITED INTEREST SHOWN LAST
NIGHT At PRIMARIES.
Contests Numerous-TrusIer's Forces
Claim the Victory, but Others Pro-
fesr to BE Hopeful.

| The primaries last night were largely at
tended and a great deal OF earnestness
shown by the friends OF the various can
didates for Mayor There were more con-
tests than usual for Republican conven-
tons and the committee was kept busy
until late hour settling them The North
Side precints were particularly well attend
ed The candidates as FAR as heard re-
ceived fair treatment and won or lost on
the merits In almost every precinct where
Republicans are strong. States were put
out in printed form, and in many in
stances were shattered by the opposing
side. The day had been spent by all the
candidates and their friends in urging
voters TO attend the primaries and express
their choice. The friends of Mr. Trusler
were very confident. they said last night.
and Dr. Wagner expressed himself as high
| ly pleased with the showing he had made
There were expressions of pleasure also
| from adherents OF Charles A. Bookwalter,
who. 1t was conceded. had made a better
] showing than was expected. The Book
walter and Wagner forces together, ii was
| claimed by those opposed to Mr.. Trusler,
| would be able to prevent a nomination on
the first ballot, but the other side claimed
10 have secured four hundred of the dele
| gates. The number of delegates in the con-
| vention will be 631 and it will require GIG
votes 10 nominate. The names of all the
| delegates were not reported either to the
| Journal or to the committee and the result
could not be foretoid. 1t was plain at mid
| night that the contest had not been settled
| beyond doubt
The convention will meet in Tomlinson
Hail at p. m. but will occupy only the
lower floor. The upstairs quarters are be-
Ing repaired. The convention will have
Daniel NJ. Ransdell as Its presiding officer,
ne having been agreed upon by all the
candidates. The committees on organiza-
ton, rules, platform ETC.. will be made
known to-day. The committee on contests
| was appointed yesterday and spent the
| night in hearing the evidence in the sew
| eral cases Of contest. The committee con-
| sists Of j. w. Fesler. chairman, repre-
3: Pettijohn, representing those of Mr..
| Wagner; Nj. Steinhauer and George b. Ell
| lott, representing those of Mr.. Trusler
favors the domination anoe of M Mh NJ Cummings sae
| The Bookwalter following. however
| claimed that Lander is really a Trusler
to carry the contest TO the ioor Of 'f fhe
| convention II the decision was not salts
factory. There were said to be ten con-
tests, but there was so much to be done
with them last night that the committee
could not make report before going to
| press.
/ fifty men in Superior Court room No. 2
| waiting to be heard by the committee 1t
FASTENED the examinations as much as pos
sible. but at that hour it was thought that
| IL would be two hours before all of the con-
testants present could be heard. Most Of
the questions were technical: such as al
ways come up for consideration when an
interest is taken in the primaries. A con-
test In the eighth precinct of the Four
favor of the Trussler slate The delegates
not seated were for Wagner. There were
numerous rumors afoat that other names
| than the three prominent ones would be
and exCounty Commissioner Ostermeyer
The delegates are as follows:
First Ward
Second Precinct-M. L. Cummings, James
Bartlett. Joseph Lane, Mason Jackson.
Third Precinct-william Ellington. Louis
Eickle. A j. Bresson. David Tucker
Fourth Precinct-William Sheets, j. W.
Blackwell. II. j. Marshall
sixth Decentralization Hill. Alfred
White. j. f. Watts, A. w. Ball.
Seventh Precinct-F. 5. Lineger E G.
Graham. George Weaver. g. Woodbury..
| Eighth Precinct-Charles NJ. Glover, w.
| II. Gresh.
| Ninth Precinct-Charles p Gully. E. J.
Lakin, E. T. Howe. John Ballard.
! Tenth Precinct-Robert Alger, w. T.
Richards. ELI King. David Greenwood.
Second Ward
First Precinet.A. F. Green. w. S. Over
| Second Precinct. II. Bllingsley, S. Ora
ham. Edward Hoshour. E. J. Richardson.
| Third Precinct-Robert Townsend. Frank
Richardson, Thomas Yount. w. w. Juday
Fourth Precinct-R. II. Adams Howard
Kimball, Theodore Smithers w. VI. Gar
/ rard
Fifth Precinct-J. VI. feathers, Robert
| Fisher. John Reagan. w. II. Ridpath
| sixth Precinct-John w Pfaff, Lewis T.
Goebel, w. j. Roach, o. l.. Wade, W. d.
voris.
Seventh Precinct-Lew Cooper, F. c..
Gardner. G. NJ. Chandler w. T. Brown.
| K. E. Stevenson.
Eighth Precinet-w. C. Van Arsdel, A.
Miller.
Ninth Precinct-C. E. Thornton. f. E.
Tenth Precinct-H. II. Echols D. T. Scott.
3. F; Franklin. Charles F. Kennedey. r.
| Third Ward
| First Precinct-D &. Shideler F. E.
Hammer. E. d. Bogardus. Joseph Fultz,
| r. II. Bryson.
Second Precinct-E. c. Fulmer. H. Hol-
lingsworth. Albert Potter. r. S. Lennox.
Third Precinct-Derk De Ruiter. Frank
Stalnaker. o. F. Smith. j. s. Lazarus.
Fourth Precinct--Horace Wood. Ed He'd
| den. III. C. Tuttle w. H. Coburn.
Fifth Precinct-A 1. Isgrigg, A. A. Young,
! j. NJ. Maxwell. VI. Steinbauer.
| Sixth Precinct-james Pritchard, George
Dyer Clayton Jones. Jacob Smith
| Seventh Precinct-Samuel Holton II. Da-
/ Wis, Rand Butler, Emanuel Hart.
Ninth Precinct-Oran Perry, w. A. Van
| Buren,, Henry c. Long. w. p. Herod. Cliff
/ ford Arr.ck.
Tenth Precinct-w. A. Patterson. Jesse
Wright r. A. Tousey, William Moore.
| Eleventh Precinct-Robert Jasper, Robert
Rutherford, Hiram Blue. A. J. Frye.
| Fourth Ward
First Precinct-Alfred VI. Glossbrenner.
| George w. Lancaster. Lewis G.. Akin,
| Charles b. Cakes, s. A Harlan.
| Second Precinct-John w. Bowlus, George
Bauer Bert Boyd. William o. Byers.
Third Precinct-A. A. Wise. ]. W. Watts,
| Len Pentecost.
Fourth Precinct-E. Udell W. W. Wise
| A. A. Gould j. Harrison.
| Fifth Precinct-John Jones, William Glib
son. Ed Robinson. w. Richardson, George
| Matthews.
sixth Professionalism Petty, John
| Bickers. John Dunn, A. p. Cranor.
Seventh Precinct-C. III. Manser. Charles
Cheatham. r. NJ. Evans. Ben Locklear.
| Doc Francis.
Eighth Precinct-Gabriel Jones, John
| Ford. II. C.. Turner. A. w. Pratt.
| Fifth Ward
First Precinct-George Force. J. w. Chap
man. Norman Jobes, Jerry Bradshaw.
| Second Precinct-Silas Gilmer George w.
| Yanthis James Stuart. Ed Harris
| Third Precinct-P. Willis, Don ID. Wells.
| j. Hostetter. l.. Burris, w. NJ. Tompkins.
Fourth Precinct tcontesD-John b. Will
liams. Hamilton Rankins, Thomas Pratt.
Joseph Shores.
W. E. Davis, Jesse Ringgold, W. B. Rey-
nolds, James Shelton.
Fifth Precinct-W. A. Sides. Joe john