The Portland daily press., 1896-02-27


fhe Whole Business-If the Ticket
Nominated Last Night Is Elected
1t Will Be Quite Difficult. to Tell Who
Was Who.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Biddeford, February 26.-The we'll laid
| scheme of amalgamation of the Democrats
and Independents worked to charm to-
night in all the wards but Ward z, and
there the old time Democrats knocked the
plot into a cooked hat.
1t was a night of Democratic caucuses.
The Democratic city committee and th 9
leaders Of the independent movement
were in close communion at various
periods of the day, drawing elaborate
plans for execution tonight. 1t WAS
agreed that III four of the seven wards
Republicans should be nominated for
alderman, while the list Of nominees for
counoilmen would be evenly divided be-
| tween the two parties.
This plan contemplated Democratic
mayor and Republican majority in the
city council.
The plan was that there should be at
every caucus a prominent Democrat in
sympathy with the independent move
ment and it should be his duty to en-
tighten his constituents on the intrioaoies
OF the scheme. Then, instead of follow
ing the usual custom in making ward
nominations, committee selected in ad-
vance should be chosen to bring in list
OF candidates to be indorsed by the
caucus.
In several of the wards this modus
operandi was strictly adhered to and the
programme was carried out with becom-
Ing smoothness; but in several wards
some Of "the boys" raised strenuous
objection to it, and much sbrewd engi-
neering was necessary to bring 1t about
The biggest rumpus was raised in the
second ward, where the boys are most
numerous But after a great deal Of
argument and the interchange OF many
bitter and caustio sayings the Demo
tic-Independent scheme was adopted,
and the caucus adjourned amid the mutt
terings Of disgruntled debators. John B.
Lowell. who got the aldermanlo nomlna-
tion there, was the Democratic mayoralty
nominee year ago. He officiated as
In edtator in the caucus and explained to
tn ungry ones whose toes have been
frost bitten for two years that the plan
proposed was the only one by which the
Democrats could hope to elect a single
nominee this year.
In Ward there occurred another kick
against the machine Il ade caucus pro-
ceedings. but motions were promptly put
| and votes declared before the opposition
had time to conduct a warfare.
In Ward was where tue Democratic
mule kicked over the traces. The Inde-
pendent ticket offered in that ward
simply raised a laugh. 1t was headed by
| the name OF George r. Andrews, an ex-
city marshal, ex- assessor. and ex-chair-
man of the registration board, who has
usually been rated by his opponents as
Republican Of the offensive partisan
tripe.
William E. Youland's name had been
proposed by the Independents for alder
ma nio nominee In that ward, but George
r. Andrews wanted it, and tho fulfill
menJ Of his desire ''queered" the wh,le
cheme. Z be rank and file of the Demo-
oraoy refused to swallow him, SO they
proceeded to deliberately nominate
straight party ticket.
The news Of the Ward bolt struck
terror to the hearts of the men whose
autographs decorated the lengthy petit ition
presented to Candidate Carlos Heard to-
day. "The games' mp" was the typical
response that accompanied the announce
meIt.
Cautious Republicans who figure out
that he election of the Independent ticket
in six of the wards and the Democratic
ticket in the seventh, would turn the city
back into the hands of a Democratic
majority will be 10th to lend their assist
nee to the arran gement.
The following are the nominations
made at the Democratic oauouses.
Ward One-Alderman, Simeon W.
Richards, Rep; councilmen, two Demo-
orats and one Republican.
Ward Iwo-Alderman, John B. Lowell
Dem. ;..counoilmen, Philip j. Ietrault,
Dem. Prentiss A. freeman, Rep, Frank
Jones, Rep.
Ward Three-Alderman, Fred L. Good
win, Rep; oouncilmsn. one Republican,
two Dem ocrats.
Ward Four-Harry H. Goodwin, Rep.
councilmen, G. Baloine Lalime, DEM,
Charles S. Carle, Rep. Joseph Etchells,
Ward Fve-Alderman, Joseph Gooch,
Rep; counoilmen, Adolphe Simard,
DEM, Andrew ]. Dolliff. Dem., Dr. S.
j. Basaford. Rep.
Ward x-Alderman-Dannis Murphy,
Dem. councllmen, Gilman X. Little
field, Rep, Napoleon B. Osgood, Dem,
Edward L. Cowan, Rep
Ward Seven-Alderman, Charles II.
Andrews; counoilmen, DR.. Caleb J.
Emery, Hugh Simpson, Garrett Meads
all Democrats.
The Kingfield Case.
Kinfield, February 2e.-The general
store owned by ex- Postmaster Ossian
W. Gilbert, who was recently removed
from Office on the charge of appropriat-
ing 500 in government funds to his own
use. is in the hands of his creditors and
the stock is being sold at auction this
week for the benefit of these creditors
Gilbert is now under bonds for his an
pearanoe before the United States court.
having pleaded guilty to defalcation. Gil
bert claims that he did not purpose to
defraud the post Office department., but
got the funds mixed up with bis tangled
finances and did not realize that he was
SO deeply in the governments debt
Good Templars in Session.