The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-25
FREDERICK W. ORR ELECTED
LINCOEN WOULD NOT WITHDRAW
 LETTERS FROM HIGH OFFICIALS.


 The Majors Friends Made a Strong Fight for Him but Were Obliged to Yield on the Twenty first Bailot-A Young Republican Gets the Office.
 Frederick w. Orr was elected sealer of weights and measures last evening in the joint session of the court of com mon council by vote of 31 to 20 over Peter Carberry, the democratic candi- date. The result was obtained on the twenty first ballot and ended long struggle which has been going on among the republican members of the municipal legislature.
 Major William A. Lincoln was the caucus nominee of the republicans, but it was manifested in the session of the court of common council held two weeks ago, and of which the meeting last evening was an adjourned session, that he could not be elected. Another caucus was held, but it accomplished nothing, and so the matter stood last evening at o'clock, when the repub- lican members had determined upon still h'rd caucus to be held immedi- ateiy before the joint session of the court of common council and to make one more effort to have Major Lincoln withdraw his name from the candid acy.
 The chairman of the committee ap- pointed at the caucus last week to so- licit Major Lincoln's withdrawal pre- sented communication from Major Lincoln to Chairman Hamilton In ad- dition to this letter and Corporation Counsel Ely's letter there was a com munication from the mayor. These were read before the caucus by the clerk.
 Alderman Chillingworth made mo- ton to adhere to the caucus nominee, Major Lincoln This was lost by a vote of 19 to F. It was then voted to select new candidate, the vote being 19 to 13 in favor of the resolution. A recess was taken for ten minutes in or der to allow the Lincoln men to agree on a candidate. There was considera- ble work done in this brief interval an1 there was a sufficient break in the LlnCOlI TdDkS LO IdiIle d though his election was not assured, as five Lincoln men stuck to their choice, as the vote later in joint assem- bly, shows.
 Upon reconvening Councilman Unger nominated Frederick w. Orr and Coun cilman Beers seconded the nomination. As part of good faith on behalf of the Lincoln men, Alderman Smith moved to make the choice unanimous. There was no dissenting vote. The caucus then adjourned.
 The following are the communica- tions received by the caucus:
 MAJOR LINCOLN'S LETTER.
 New Haven, Conn, Feb. "A, 1S96 To the Republican Members of the
 Court of Common Council of the City
 of New Haven:
 Gentlemen-On the evening of Feb ruary 18th, I was waited upon by three gentlemen, who informed me that they had been appointed as a committee of your number to request my withdrawal as candidate for the office of sealer of weights and measures. Two of these gentlemen, I have reason to believe, had been friendly to my candidacy, while the other had voted against me in caucus and in the board of council men.
 Feeling that such a request, coming from such a source should be accom- panied by the reasons therefor, I asked why my withdrawal was desired The answer was that it was desired in the interest of party harmony.
 I have been a resident of New Ha- ven for thirty-nine years with the ex- ception of four years and four months spent in the service of my country along with the fathers of several of you gen. tIemen. Since the birth of the republi- can party, have been an earnest ad- vocate of it's principles and a consistent supporter of it's candidates. As re- publican, I could not permit any re- quest made of mein the interest of party harmony to pass without consideration. I have given this request due considera- tion and am at loss, from any in formation conveyed by your commit tee to understand why it should be made of me.
 I am not in a position to state of my own knowledge what occurred at the caucus at which I was nominated, but I am informed that it was presided over by Alderman Hamilton of the Fifth ward, who did not favor my candidacy, that on the final ballot I had a clear and undisputed majority of the votes cast, and on motion of Alderman Smith of the Eleventh ward, who was likewise adverse to me, my nomination was made unanimous and so declared by Chairman Hamilton. l was further in- formed by the member of your com mittee who was originally adverse to my nomination, that should another caucus be called he knew of no reason why he would not vote for me. In view of these facts, it would seem as if every consideration of party loyal ty and harmony should compel the sup port of my candidacy by every partici- pant in the caucus. No one knows bet ter than your nominee the deSirability of harmony in any organization, and ! especially in a political party, and 1 would be the last one who would fail to do his utmost to bring about such state of affairs in the republican party of New Haven, but I know of no consideration either of party loyalty or party harmony that makes it my duty to withdraw from a candidacy regu- larly accorded me by a caucus of the l republican members of the court of common council