The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-21

ton, Whlch came rom a large pOuy or voters
 When the councilman named MT. Farnsworth the delegates made the hall ring with cheers We have accepted communication from the Good Gov ernment club and we shall ratify every word of it by electing Frederick B. Farnsworth mayor" said MT White in conclusion
 Fred A. Betts moved that the secre- tary be instructed to cast the ballot. The motion prevailed amid loud cheer ing. The chair announced the selection of Frederick B. Farnsworth.
 On motion of A. MaXcy Hitler of the First ward the chair appointed com- mittee to notify MT Farnsworth of his nomination. George Bean and Dwight Blakeslee were appointed and instruct ed to proceed at once to carry out the intent of the convention.
 When Chairman Goodhart called for the nomination of city auditor, Captain tain E. A. Gessner of the Eighth ward placed before the convention the name of Benjamin F. Brown. The nomina-
 tion was seconded by w. F. Shappa, There was no opposition, and the sec retary cast the ballot.
 City Clerk Richard F. Lyon had no competitor He was nominated by Dwight Baldwin of the Second ward. George A, Butler seconded the nomi- nation
 Fred A. Betts named Charles S. Mer- sick for city treasurer, and Herbert E.
 Benton, Rollin J. Bunce for city sher- if. Both nominations were approved
 There was a commotion at this stage of the proceedings, as the fight of the evening was about to begin. Frederick l.. Averill, of the Second ward, who was recognized by Chair man Goodhart, placed the names of Ed ward Wines. the present member of the board of fire commissioners, before the convention. MT. Wines nomination was seconded by several delegates. A. j. Weld of the Eleventh ward claimed the attention of the chair. He was rec ognizcd, and nominated Clarence G.. Ames. His choice was supported by
 Fred Coates of the Ninth ward William M. Parsons of the Second
 ward made some remarks in which he | took occasion to speak of the service MT. Wines had rendered to the city, 1 and seconded his nomination. | Isaac M. Ullman spoke eloquently of | the work done for the party in the Sixth and Seventh wards by Clarence G. Ames. He heartily seconded his | nomination.
 Herbert K. Benton was about to sec ond the nomination of MT. Wines, when Candidate Farnsworth was ushered into the hall and introduced to the con- vention
 MT. Farnswortf1 said: Gentlemen of the convention. You know that I deep ly appreciate the evidence of your good will. It does not come as surprise,
 exactly. I may say I have had some | intimation, and .-I had sseme things
 written down to say to you but l am
 reminded of the story of the old Sotch l beadle who, when asked by the pas-
 tor how he liked the sermon, replied,
 q dinna like it. First, because you read l it. then you dinna read it weel, and
 lastly, it was no worth reading" So
 gentlemen, I have determined never to | read anything. I have never been
 much of a candidate Eight years ago
 I consented to become a candidate for | the legislature from this town. I en- | joyed the canvass. You all know that
 two years ago my name was mentioned
 by a gentleman in the city convention,
 then withdrawn, and Mayor Hendrick
 named You will, I know. excuse this | bit of personal reference. 1 esteem
 what you have done for me this even- l ing far more than I could the realiza-
 tion of the dreams of riches l indulged 1 in when messenger boy working for
 the Western Union Telegraph company.
 Should I receive the election of mayor,
 I wish the support of all good citizens.
 In conclusion MT. Farnsworth said
 that having been nominated he was
 ambitious to be elected. The candi-
 dates remarks were received with ap-
 plause and cheering by the members of | the convention. When he had finished
 speaking MT. Benton was accorded the | floor. He seconded the nomination of
 MT, Wines for fire commissioner. The 1 convention being ready for balloting I l.. M. Ullman and Fred A. Betts were
 appointed tellers An informal ballot
 was taken Whole number of votes | 107. Clarence G. Ames received 69 and l Edward Wines 38. The ballot was
 made formal and Clarence G. Ames de-
 clared chosen.
 The ballot was made invalid by q
 man voting who was not delegate
 Isaac M. Ullman called the attention of | the chair to this and the second ballot was taken with the result given i above.
 The fire commissionership being dis
 posed of, the real fight began. There i were three candidates for police com
 missioner, James H. Parish of the 1 Eighth, Marcus P. Smith of the Fourth
 and John V. Rattlesdorfer of the Sixth
 ward. Oratory abounded upon all sides 1 and each of the aspirants had cham
 pions.
 Arthur c. Graves of the Eighth ward i nominated Alderman Parish, and haC | no sooner taken his seat when Isaac M. Ullman claimed the floor. He told ! of the conquests made by his man ! Alderman Rattlesdorfer. He was fol. i lowed by Herbert E. Benton of the ! Tenth ward, championing the cause oi 1 Marcus P. Smith of the Second ward l Mir. Benton referred to the communica. | tion from the Good Government club i Then came the seconds and it seemed
 as if every man in the convention hal ! had suddenly developed into an ora. l tor.
 i A ballot was finally ordered The 1 c, fr,- oI I,saJ1 lot