The record-union., 1896-08-08
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
L Will be Held Throughout the County
This Afternoon.
Lists Of Delegates Put Forth at the
City Caucuses Last
Night.

From to o'clock this afternoon the
Republicans of the county will vote for
delegates to constitute the County Con-
vention that has been called for next
Monday, the 10th inst. The call pre-
scribes the following test:
1.-The qualifications of voters, in addi-
ton to those prescribed by law, are that
they shall be duly qualified electors. and
entitled to vote in the precinct In which
they offer their vote at theenext general
election; and that will pledge them
selves to vote for the Republican NOM
inees at the ensuing general election "
The city polling-places are to be as
follows:
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
Precinct Front to Seventh streets
north of K street; 81 delegates. Polling
place, No. ZIG street. Inspector, f. F
Tebbits; judges, Thomas Harper, p
Hurley
Precinct 2-Seventh to Twelfth street
north of K street; 81 delegates. Polling
place, Ninth and streets. Inspector, Y.
W. Gum; judges, Dugald Gillis, John
son Pritchard.
Precinct 3-Twelfth to Thirty-first
street, north of K street; q delegates.
Polling place Eighteenth and I streets
Inspector, Ed. E. Panabaker: judges,
Ike Christy and w F. Jackson.
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
Precinct Front to Sixth street
south of K street; % delegates. Polling
place, Armory Hall. Inspector, T. J.
Finn; judges, H. Gallagher and J. Raj
ferty.
Precinct 2-Sixth to Tenth street,
south Of K street; 20 delegates. Polling
place, Capital Hotel. Inspector, James
A. Harvey; judges, J. J. Cassidy and
David Stuart.
Precinct 3-Tenth to Thirty-first
street south of K street; 90 delegates.
Polling-place New Pavilion. Inspector
William Hanlon; judges, John WEIGH
and Joseph Mann.
FIRST PRECINCT.
George K. Rider is the committeeman
in the First Ward, and he was asked
last night if he would call caucus. He
said he would not, but later on init
mated that he would have a ticket in
the field to-day, though he thought 1t
wouldn't be in it."
There will be an anti-Rider ticket
there, just the same, and it will be COM
posed of the following-named citizens:
William Beckman, William Land, A.
J. Rhoads. F. F. Tebbets, J. Zemansky,
H Mcclellan, w H. Sherburn, L. Tay-
lor, L. J. Simmons, w. A. Anderson, J.
f. Cavanaugh, j. Norton. L. Cohen.
Thomas Harper, NJ Rowland, Theo.
Labhard, l. A Robie Ed. Kay, NJ Gins
berg, H. c. Fisher, p Hurley
SECOND WARD.
In what is known as the Second
Ward, but in reality the First Precinct
of the Twenty-first Assembly District
for primary election purposes-Frank
Daroux is the County Committeeman.
SO far as could be larened there was no
caucus held there last night, but 1t was
understood that Daroux would have q
ticket in the field.
In that precinct, as in the Rider, there
will also be an opposition ticket A
meeting of Independent" Republicans
was held in Schacht's Hall last evening,
and the following ticket named:
George e. Lavenson, r. L. Thirlkeld,
F. j. Butler. William Carragher, w. r.
Hall, j. w. Crone, w. j. Ford, P. Stein
er, 7. j. Finn, John Campbell, w. B. AL
word, B. F. Shields, II. Gallagher, VIM
Il. Dunlap. William Hurley, John H
Schacht, Thomas King, John Fender
CAST, J. Measure, Richard Clark, WILL
lam Featherston, Edward Kennedy and
Ira @. Shaw.
COURTHOUSE CAUCUS.
AT the Courthouse County Committee
man William n. Lamphrey called the
caucus Of the Third Precinct Of the
Twentieth District to order, and stated
the object for which the call had been
made.
Thomas H. Berkey took the floor and
said the Republican party was on the
eve Of an important campaign, and
though the caucus was but a prelimi
nary step, it was very essential and
should have Chairman of ability and
integrity. AS such he named A. J
Bruner.
Mr.. Bruner was elected without CD.
position. He said he felt honored, and
returned thanks accordingly. He con.
sidered the caucus the most import.
ant event In the campaign, and the
better the caucus was attended the
better the ticket which would be nomi
mated. The Republicans had a hare
fight ahead-the hardest for years, per
haps, but he believed they would win
With Mckinley for their leader, and tn.
grand old principle OF protection theil
war CRY, victory should and would
crown their efforts.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Bruner'.
remarks E. T. Meister was chosen
Secretary, after which, on motion o.
Mr.. Berkey, a committee Of five wa:
appointed by the Chairman to select
the names of twenty-one Republican.
as candidates for delegates to the
County Convention, subject to the ap,
prevail OF the caucus.
The committee consisted of J. M
Avery, Dugald ellis, John Pritchard
Philip Douglas and J. F. Daul.
A recess was taken while the com.
mittee was arranging the list, and sew.
eral lively discussions concerning pri
mary elections were INDUCED in be-
tween the different members of tn,
caucus as a proper way in which t.
pass the time.
The committee finally filed in anc
handed up their report. recommending