The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-14
PRIMARY
MEETINGS.
Republicans Held Cau-
CuSeS Last Night.
DELEGATES WERE CHOSEN
For the City Convention Which Will
Meet on Saturday.
SCHOOJ COMMITTEE NOMINEES
DELEGATES WERE CHOSEN
SCHOOL COMMITTEE NOMINEES.

resulted as follows:
FIRST WARD.
Henry +. Lippitt William A. Dyer,
Thomas ). Delauo, Frank Peabody and
Howard X. Stokes were elected delegates
to the City Convention next Saturday.
| Fletcher 3. Mason. the present ilcum-
bent, was nominated for member OF the
school committee. It was voted to give
the delegates power to I'LL VACANCIES.
For the First District George II. Pad
| dock was nominated for warden and
| Thomas 3 Delano for clerk. The word
| committee was give n power TO I'LL vncan-
| cies AT tho Second District meeting
| Peter II. Brown was nominated for warden
| and William Frankland, clerk. The ward
committee was given power to I'LL all
vacancies.
SECOND WARD.
The delegates to the City Convention
are ri. j. Spooner. &. A. Barden, Il. A.
Littlefleld, John ). kellogg. and Charles
Nothcutt. Edward L.. ID. Turner, school
committee. The wardens and clerks are
the same as last year.
THIRD WARD
The delegates are Walter Lloyd, William
j. Robinson, Harris q. Ester brooks.
Herbert Il. Golf and Albert Roberts. Mrs.
Edwin ID. McGuinness, wife of Mayor
McGuinness for the school committee.
The wardens and clerks Of the district
were nominated as follows: First Dis
triot-Waroen. Robert +. Brown; Clerk,
John Smith. Second District-Warden.
II. q. Thompson; clerk. George A. Day.
Third District-Warden, Allmiger X.
England; Clerk, William j. Hill.
FOURTH WARD.
Delegates. DIR. Il. B. Harvey, William
Millsn. William ii. Draper, William A.
Wall, Edwin Knowles, Jr. Member Of
school committee. Mrs. Joseph II. Ken
drick. First district: Warden, Munson
Najac; clerk. Charles ID. Cobb. Second
district: Warden, John w. Courtney
clerk. W. II. Moseley.
FIFTH WARD.
Thomas w. Waterman, David Burton,
William f. Allen, Walter G. Greene
Ozro q. Heath were elected delegates
lloyd q. Eddy for school committee.
1t was voted that the nominations for
warden and clerk OF the first district be
left to the ward delegation Of the city
committee. TIE nominations for the
second district were: For warden, James
| A. Davis; clerk. Samuel L. Carpenter.
| With brief remarks in regard to the
efficient services rendered by Col. James
III. Smith as n member of the school com
| mittee, and in acknowledgment thereof
NJ. w. Gardiner presented the following
resolution. which was unanimously
adopted:
| Resolved, That the thanks of the cleo
| James ii. Smith for his untlring effort.
| in behalf of the public schools during tn,
| IL years he has been member of tn,
school committee.
| SIXTH WARD.
| William &. Pierce. b. s. Lake, W.
Kraus, Frederick Sharples and August
John son were elected delegates.
For school committee for three years
Judge Frederick Rueckert. ana for TIVE
years, Orsmus A. Taft.
| In the first district Samuel Grafton wal
nominated for Warden and Hugh "
Mulvey for clerk. In the second dstric
Charles II. Such for warden, and ns cltrh
Rufus q. Sprague vera named.
SEVENTH WARD.
William ID. FlaGg. Franklin A. Chacs
| George ii. Grant Louis j. Pierce and
Elisha G. Knight were the delegate,
selected.
For school committee for three years II
| Howard Pepper was nominated and
| Henry r. Barker was made the pomine,
| TO fiji the unexpired term of DR.. Bixby.
The wardens and clerks selected were
| District No 2-wardcn, John II. Latham
| clerk. Martin w. Kern. District No. l.
Warden, Thomas G. Robinson; clerk,
Charles T.. Brown.
EIGHTH WARD.
Lester Il. Hill. Charles X Stark. Bay
lies II. Cbace Herbert +. Humes and
George r.. Higgins were elected delegates
p. Francis Walker was nominated a,
member of the school committee for three
years.
william NJ. Kenerson was nominated
for warden ana Frank A. Waterman fol
clerk mt the meeting Of the first district.
In the second district Charles II. Morse
was nominated for warden and David II.
Whittemore for clerk.
NINTH WARD
Delegates, Albert A. Baker. q. W. X
Matteson. william A. Dalton, John q.
Massic and Daniel X. Ballou; candidate
for school committee. Jacob W. Bertou,
NJ. ID. warden OF tho first district, ID. G..
1inkbam: clerk. Albert IL. Taylor
warden of second district Charles T..
Austin: clerk, Walter T.. Monroe.
TENTH WARD
Henry u. Corbn. John Hill. William
NJ. Brown. charles n. Caldwell and
John 4. Baldwin were elected delerates
Ihe selection of member of the school
committee, wardeps and clerks, wss re-
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