The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-02
w. P. BAILEY CLERK OF
COUNCIL.


tronage last night. Several of the old Of
ficers were retained. but there are a num-
Der Of changes, chiefly in the minor Of
fees.
The members of the board had had no
conference to select officers, and as a
result the caucus. lasted over two hours.
It was about 1920 o'clock when the doors
leading from The mayors Office to the long
room were thrown open and the mayor and
councilmen filed m and took their seats
at the council table. The election was at
once entered upon with the following re-
suit:
Clerk of Council-W. p. Bailey.
City Treasurer-C. 5. Hardee.
City Engineer-W. J. Vim.
CITY Attorneys b. Adams
Health Ofhcer-W. f. Drummer.
Recorder-W. c. Hartridge.
Clerk Of Markell. p. Masters.
Keeper Of Laurel Grove Cemetery-J. V.
Kennickeu.
Messenger of Council-I. s. Cohen,
Keeper of City Clocks-Theus Bros.
City Physicians-Drs. J. A. Crowther
a. A. Morrison, r S. Kenan, S p. Lloyd.
Chimney Contractors-Eastern district
Daniel Sullivan; western district. A. Shelf
tall.
Harbor Master-John Reilly.
Port Wardens-W. y. Adams, Lewis
Virgins.
All the members of the new council were
present on the right of the mayor sat
Aldermen Well, O'Donnell, Charlton,
Davis, Reid. on the left, Aldermen Hun,
wi 1xpn
krouskoff; at the foot of the table Alder
man Hamilton chairman of council.
There was a large and eXpeetant crowd
to witness the election. The entire space
back of the railing was crowded. num-
Der of the leading supporters of the new
administra ton were on hand. The best of
order was preserved, however, and only
once did the mayor find IL necessary to
caution the crowd against too great dem
onstrativeness. Some warm supporters of
the administration had placed in the CEN
ter Of the council table a large star, hs,v-
ing five green points and a golden center.
Across the center were too diagonal black
lines, sgnifying the manner In which the
election had been won.
Mayor MeldTim announced that the
meeting was for the purpose of disposng
of the applications for the various offices.
Clerk Manucy, VINO officiated for the new
board his successor not yet having been
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was that OF Mr.. W. =. Bailey for clerk Of
council 1t was announced that the APP
plieation of Capt. 6. w. Lamar had been
withdrawn. There being no other applica-
tons for clerk Alderman Charlton moved
that the mayor be authorized to cast the
ballot OF council for Mr. Bailey. The mo-
tion was adopted unanimously and the
ballot was so cast Mr.. Bailey's election
was received with applause.
Mai. C. s. Hardee was reelected treas
urer in similar manner without OPPOSE
ton, the mayor casting the ballot for the
board.
There were three applications for city
engineer. Col. w. J. VIM, the tncum-
bent, MIR. Percy Sudgen and Mr.. John 5.
Bowen. Col Winn received the full thir-
teen votes There was much interest in
this ballot as Col. WINS opponents were
both said to have strong backing, and
there was much apprehension on the part
of mis- friends that he would not be re-
elected. Col Winn was heartily congrat-
ulated after the adjournment of the cOun-
Gil.
S. b. Adams. city attorney; Mr.. John
Power, city marshal, and Dr. w f. Brun-
ner health officer. were all reelected with
out OPPOSITION, the mayor casting the bal
lot for each.
There were two applicants for the office
of the recorder, MIR. IL. L. Wilson the
q
1t was evident that this was the election
in which the crowd was most actively
interested and the voting was watched
with the closest attention. When Mr.
Hartridge received seven votes the number
necessary to a choice, there was lively
applause with cheers. The vote resulted
Hartridge -, Wilson J.
There were eleven applicants for clerk
of the market as follows: l.. T. Mas
tiers, G. +. Wakefield. +. j. Beytagh, John
Hodgson, A. NJ. Cohen, John j. Dinon j.
IL. Storey, G. o. Penton, T.. L. McEvoy,
T. p. Reynolds, J. II. Baker Mr. Masters
was the lucky man, receiving u votes.
Mr.. Beytagh received one vote Mr.. Mas
ters' friends cOmplimented him with a
round Of applause when the result was
announced.
There were six applicants for keeper Of
Laurel Grove cemetery, j. V. Kennickeu
A. b. LaRoche. IL. A. Mcleod. H. +. BEN
nett, George w. Alley. and Clifford w
Anderson. Mr.. Kennickel received p
votes and Mr.. LaRoche one vote There
were cheers for Mr. Kennckell when the
result was announced.
Isaac S. Cohen was elected messenger OF
council receiving 10 votes. The other an
plcants were John Harrison. John Gelbel-
house, John HodgsOn and Thomas T.. Rv
an. This election was watched with great
interest as Mr. Harrlson's friends had
hoped that on account of his age and past
services, he would be retained
For Keeper Of the city clocks there were
three applicants, Theus Bros A. Ingram
aud Robert Schneider. Thcus Bros re-
ceived y votes and Mr.. Schneider vote.
For The iour city physicians places
there wore twclvo applicants as follows.
Drs. j A. Crowthcr, A. a. Morrison. II
s. kcnan, S. y. Lloyd, l.. T. NYeleh. q.
{. Lawrence, IS. j.. shetiait. -. h.. pud-
ley. =. i. Brannen, j. G.. Atkinson. r. H..
Love, J. RI. Bugg Drs. Crowther. Nor
iison, henan and Lloyd were elected. the
two FIRST named received 10 votes each. and
the two last named - votes each. Drs.
g. c. Lawrence and ID. T.. Dudley received
ono vote each. Or. $. =. Lloyd. the col
ored city physician, was the only city
physician reelected. The three white in
cumbents not reelected are Drs. Law.
renee WEIGH and sheftan
Daniel sullivan was reelected chimney
contractor for the eastern district and 4
shefiall for the western district The 9TH