The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-03
CITY PRIMARIES
The Republicans Hold
Their CauCuSeS.
They All Passed Off Without
Friction of Any Kind.
Delegates to City, State and Con-
gressional Conventions.

delegates to the city convention for the
nomination of Mayor, treasurer, overseer
OF the poor and harbor master on Oc-
! tober 10; to the state convection for the
election Of Presidential electors and to
| the First Congressional District conven-
| tion for the nomination of a candidate for
| Congress; and to nominate school COM
mitteemen, wardens and clerks.
| The primaries all went on in good
order and in manner very suggestive OF
| the fact that all Republicans are work.
| ing together. They nave commenced
their municipal campaign with enthusi-
asm and there is little zest ADDED to it
| by the fact that two tirst-class men are
| known to be in the field for the May
| orally nomination.
None of the delegations were pledged
last night TO stick TO any one man, re-
gsrdless OF circumstances, but in several
of the wards preferences were expressed
| for the candidate who shall head the city
ticket. AS a matter CT course, the Sec
| oud Ward delegates were ins tructed for
MIR. Spooner and the Tenth Ward dele
agtcs for MIR. Covell.
In wards Two and Three the new
caucus reform rules were tried and with
| good results.
he nominations fer school committee
men are mostly for reflections. Mr.
John q. Massie succeeds MIR. Silas II.
Manchester in the Ninth Ward, and Mr..
| Manchester will be returned to the
school committee from the Seventh Ward.
The delegations chosen in the several
wards were as follows:
| FIRST WARD.
| Delegates to State and district conven-
tions-Royal Z. Taft, Henry f. Lippitt,
II. Anthony Dyer.
Delegates to city conventions-Ch Christ
opher Rhodes, William IA. Earle, 8. s.
Austin, A. s. Doane, j., Irving Davis.
! For school committee-H. V. A. Joslin.
SECOND WARD.
| Delegates to State convention-Augus-
tus Jones, Robert G.. McGrath, George
| A. Littleield.
Delegates to district convention-John
NJ. Rounds, James b. Sweet, John s.
| Clayton.
For school committee-Alfred MetcaIf.
| For city convention Joshua NJ. Adde-
| man, George B. Peck, Frederick
Emmitt, Simon Jerskey and James A.
| Abbott.
| THIRD WARD.
Delegates TO state and district convep-
tion-Albert Roberts, Jonn Smith, Albert
(, Pratt.
Delegates to City Thomas
| Parker, Edward j. Lewis, John Oldham,
George Davis and William McCord.
For School Committee-John A. Frost.
FOURTH WARD.
Delegates TO State and District Conven-
| tion Ex-Governor ID. Russell Brown, Still
man White and Arthur j. Williams.
Delegates to City ConFention--Charle
| Edward Paine, Dr. j. &. Budlong, Will
ism Millep, DR.. William B. Mead and Ed
| mund +. Prentiss.
| For School Committee--Willism r.
| White.
FIFTH WARD.
Delegates to State Convention-Marimu
1
FREQ Cooper.
Delegates TO District Convention
George f. woodley, Stephen s. Arnold,
| William f. Allen.
Delegates to City Convention-Gsorge
ii. Burnham, James II. Smith, Roswell L.
Smith, William II. Blundell William A.
LARA bee.
For School Committee William A.
| Crsnston.
| SIXTH WARD.
| Delegates to City Convention-Louis II.
Comstock, Frederick Sharpies, Chsrles
Livingstone, Edgar p. Evans and George
| A. Youlden.
For School Committee-Hoaman s.
| Dorchester.
SEVENTH WARD.
| Delegates to city convention-Henry s.
Taft, Thomas c. Robinson, Elisha {.
knight, Ira NJ. Wallace.
Delegates to state and First District
Congressional onvention-Dutee Wilcox,
Gorham r. Pomroy.
For school committee-Silas II. Man
chester.
EIGHTH WARD.
| Delegates 10 city convention-James r.
Dixon, Cbarles +. Higgins, Adoniram J.
Bennett, Robert l.. Walker, Daniel T..
| Williams.
Delegates to state co nyeniion--Charles
| X. Stark and Charles II. Kim ball. The
same gentlemen were chosen delegates to
tho First District Congressional conven-
| ton.
For school committee-Dr. Lester S.
| Hill.
NINTH WARD.
| Delegates to city coDvention-C Charles