The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-15


ject, " said the chairman. "Pease prepare
your ballots.''
"Who is to know who hos a right to
vote" said man.
"We do" said the chairman. awe
have two members of the city committee
at the desk and we know about eyerv
man in the ward.' Thus Quoted. the
balloting proceeded. The first vote stood ::
Whole number OF votes, I03
Necessary for choice, So
John B. Kehoe had, 30
Cornelius A. Mannix, 30
buddy,
Scattering,
and there was no choice.
Up went a howl and a whoop from the
crowd, and all proceeded to ballot for the
second time. The second ballot resulted
| as follows:
Whole number of votes, ia
Necessary for choice, 5S
J. b. kehoe had, 60
G. A. Mannix, "a
and Mr.. Kehoe was nominated.
Mr.. Kehoe made neat little speech
thanking the ward for their mark of
| favor.
Messrs W. H. Doherty, Joseph Henley,
aitd WI DE- iorysOyN N6f6 uOlnlIldU6u lOr
the common council by reclamation, as
was the rest of the ticket as follows.
Warden-Henry E. Wilson.
Clerk-Michael D. Flaherty.
Observation-Disclosures j. Madden and
John Madigan.
City Committee-M. G. McCann, +. F.
Driscoll, f. B. Kehoe, J. A. Fitz, Joseph
Mclaughlin.
WARD THREE.
When the PRESS man reached the
ward room in the City building, he
thought for a moment he had got into
the wrong place, it was so unlike the
average Democratic cauous-it was pain
fully quiet. Surely this place of stiffness
could not be a caucus of the "unterri-
fed" was on the point of searching
some where else for the caucus, when be-
hind thu rail spied the classic features
OF Capt 9. H. Chase and that was evil
dence enough. Where the Captain Is,
there Democracy dwelleth. There were
about two dozen men scattered around
the edges of the room and there was
it meant. I thought at first the assembly
was engaged in silent prayer, till recalled
it was Democratic caucus, but was in
formed the caucus was "only waiting''
for committee that had gone out to
arrange list Of lambs to be led to the
sacrifice 10 March. The committee was
F. 81. Verrill, NJ. E. Hicks and Isaac
Phillips. They soon came back and re-
ported the following list:
Councilmen-Charles Weber, Thomas
G. McGouidrio, Charles G. Blake.
Warden-M1les Standish.
Clerk-Timothy j. Donovan.
School ommittee-SamuelL l.. Bates.
Consta bles-Thomas Il. Dodge, James
W. Healey.
(Tha name of Charles Weber will
probably be strange one to most of the
voters of ward three. but you know him
ust the same. Charles isn't his everyday
name. His everyday-o signing
Observation-Disclosures max
Observation-Disclosures eagleing-odd
following yaohtsailinR-ohoir singing
name is Carl E. A. Weber, and he is
good fellow. His naturalized-politica
Democratic name is 'fCharles" That's
why the ward three caucus nominated
Charles Weber.)
The caucus unanimously nominated by
aoolamation, for alderman, George E.
Sawyer, the well known confeotioner
These gentlemen were chosen delegates
to the Mayoralty convention: Charles
Fl. Chase. George Tolman, Thomas j.
Feeney, George E. Sawyer, Robert E.
Ahern, Willard T. Hicks and John H.
Donovan.
For city committee, these names were
selected: Charles Collins, Charles Henry
Chase, NJ. +. Hicks, Robert e. Ahern
and Frank II. Verrill.
just as the caucus was about to ad-
journ, man named Plant moved to raise
com mittee to notify the various nomi-
nees of the action Of the caucus. No
body ever heard of doing this at ward
caucus, but Mr.. Plant voted "yes" and
nobody else wanted to mar the solemnity
of the occasion by making noise and
voting mo- SO the motion went and Mr..
Plant was made chairman, SO he'll be
busy for the next week notifying. The
leaststhe nominees can do is to give him
adjourned. Thomas +. MoGillicuddy
was the secretary.
WARD -FOUR.
There was large attendance at the
caucus in this werd. James H. O'Brion,
called the caucus to order, and was
chosen chairman, with Robert Haye S, as
secretary and with the ward comm ittee
as checkers. A ticket was used, and the
only contest was for mem bers of the
council, Thomas A. Flaherty, James
Mcdonald, John E. A. Merrill, and
Captain Michael E. Conley were candi-
dates. The only excitement was made
by a few men whose votes were rejected.
" You tried to vote at the Republican
caucus, and that settles it,' Mr..
O'Brien would say, and that did settle
it, The whole number of votes cast was
1873; necessary to choice &c. Winslow
K. Howell, was nominated for Alder
man, receiving 10 votes, there being no
contest.
The vote for oouncilmen stood, Thomas
A. Flaherty ITO, John 3. A. Merrill, 90;
James Z. Mcdonald, go; Michael &c.
Conley, g. On motion of Captain Conley
the vote was made unanimous.