The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-20

uIoIOtJ Ol lAlG WtAIhs AlG IeAuIAo WNS held in Weir's hall on Elm street, and nearly 400 republicans availed them selves of the opportunity to select their candidates for alderman and council men and delegates to the city and town conventions. The principal con test of the evening was over the nomi- nation for alderman, the candidates be- ing Theodore H. Macdonald, clerk in the town agents office, and Felix Chii- lingworth, the present senior council man of the ward.
 For several weeks the political pot has been boiling at fever heat and all sorts of deals and combinations have been made to secure the supremacy in the ward. Yesterday the members of the good government club took a hand in the matter, and during the day near ly every voter in the ward received typewritten postal signed by Walter Judson, H. s. Peck and H. F. Peck, favoring Councilman Chillingworth for the aldermanio nomination. As re- suit of this concentrated effort the caucus was largely attended, and the Chillingworth forces finally succeeded in carrying the day.
 Promptly at 7:30 the caucus was call ed to order by Commissioner Lyman H.
 Johnson, who is chairman of the ward committee, and upon motion of Major
 W. A. Lincoln Alderman Henry F. Reyes was unanimously chosen chair man and W. E. Whittlesey secretary. Messrs. Lacey and Caldwell were ap- pointed tellers, and Chairman Reyes called for nominations for alderman.
 For a few minutes breathless silence pervaded the room, neither faction ap-
 parently caring to make the first nom- ination. Finally Major Lincoln ad- vanced to the table and placed Felix Chlllingworth in nomination for the
 office of alderman.
 During the course of his remarks he
 stated that it had been the unwritten law of the ward to return to the court
 of common council anyone who desired to be returned, provided they had made
 good record. Alderman Reyes, he
 said, declined to be candidate for re-
 election, and therefore it was eminent ly proper that the senior councilman should go up to the board of aldermen
 Councilman Chillingworth, he said, had been an indefatigable worker for | the best interests of the ward, and to his efforts was largely due the park | system of the western part of the city, and the securing of a lot for a school
 house and fire engine company in the ward.
 The nomination of Councilman Chil- yoo 1r,it1, and at it's close Alderman James H. l Macdonald advanced and placed in nomination Theodore H. Macdonald. In his nominating speech he said that he was glad to see so many residents
 and electors of the ward present, as it was healthy sign and evidence of real interest in the affairs of the ward. Some weeks ago, he said, I was ap- | preached by a number of young men who presented to me a ticket for the | suffra ges of the electors of the ward | They asked me to support the ticket,
 but I told them had nothing to say in reference to the selection of a ticket, l but the. one presented contained the
 name of my own individual choice. Councilman Curtis has moved out of the ward, Councilman Mitchell out of
 the city, and Alderman Reyes declined
 to run. The ticket was suitable to me
 because it contained the name of per-
 son who I had advocated last year. and
 other painstakirg, careful men.
 | The statement has been made that
 there is ring or machine here in the
 ward, which was powerful enough to
 put in power any candidate that might
 be selected by it. This I deny nor l should any statement have been made,
 as it is an insult to the intelligence of
 the voters of the ward There is no
 man who has the power, strength or
 affection of any to such an extent as l to say who shall or who shall not be
 the nominee of the voters of the ward | Tn placing in nomination Theodore H.
 Macdonald, I desire to say that twenty
 years ago, when I first came to this l city, he was a member of Sunday
 school class of which I had the honor | to be teacher, and since that time have always taken great deal of in terest in, him. For twenty-six years he l for number of years not only voter | Uul dH lIlu6ldllBdDle WOThtT lU DT1US
 victory to the republican cause For
 number of years I do not remember
 single meeting of the court of com-
 mon council at which he has not been present, and consequently is we'll vers- ed in municipal affairs.
 l The statement has also been made 1 that because he is not a taxpayer he
 should not be chosen as the representa- tive of the ward, but I believe, and | think the intelligent voters of the ward | do also, that the tax earner is entitled
 to equal considera ton with the taxpay-
 CT. I therefore desire to place in nomi-
 nation my own individual candidate, l the name of Theodore H. Macdonald. l The nomination was received with 1 loud applause, after which Charles W. l Pickett and Elizur Sperry were nomi- 1 mated from the floor, but declined to
 allow their names to stand. The bal 1 loting then. commenced, and about an | hour later the result was announced as ! follows: Total number of votes cast, 1 361 of which Chillingworth received 1SO
 Macdonald 176, and scattering 5. There
 was no choice, and a second ballot was ! ordered, resulting in Macdonald receiv- l ing 165 votes and Chillingworth 195 and the nomination, The result was ! received with considerable applause.