The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-29
There Are Several Can
didateS For Place.
MR.. JONES' PLURALITY 81
Official Count of Special Election
Votes Completed.
THE NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.

There are several persons, principally
politicians, who are interested as 60 who
will be the next president OF the Common
| Council. A number of aspiring local
| gentlemen are satisfied IL tho honor fell
| upon them they would be able to sustain
| 10 to the glory of themselves and the ever
lasting credit of their friends. The
gentlemen are modest about referring to
their personal qualifications, but they are
outspoken in illustrating the shortcom-
ings OF possible rivals. Several members
OF the. incoming council say they see no
good reason why John W. Angel should
not Le chosen. He would like To hays
the distinction and he would make n
capable presiding officer There ale
! friends of Mr.. Joseph ii. kenuriok who
| believe that ho would make "A strong eau
didate and that large number of votes
would be cast endorsing him.
! Nearly one half of the total memb ber-
| ship Of the council would not turn aside
| IL the honor were thrust upon them. 1t
is quito certain that there will be at
least six candidates for the Office unless
some one member develops unex neted
vote getting ability. Ii the man for the
| hour fails To show up on the political
horizon before January ], the rival can.
didates will have q not time in the town,
and it is not at all unlikely that there
will be a combination Of forces after in
etfectual efforts to elect favorites, and
that dark horse will SIT upon thethrone,
with power TO appoint the various COM
mittees for the. ensuing year.
This appointment OF committees is an
important annual event in the Common
Council and the power vested in the
Mayor ana the President of the Council
is not to be sneezed at. Meanwhile the
ed
bench and dispense the gifts TO friends
and foes VIII get in their work and fence
buildings and log rolling will be in order
until the time OF local political doom
arrives.
There is lull in speculation rs TO who
will he president OF the Board OF Alder
men, but that distinction outs SO little ice
in comparison with the gift hestowing
office tnat il paes before the ambition To
be president of the Council.
The board of rey yistration and canvas
sers concluded the official count of the
ballots cast for councilman in the special
election in the second ward this morning
and Augustine Jones will sit in the COM
mon council as representative from that
ward. much to the discontinue of his
Democratic rival, Daniel +. keileher
At the conclusion OF the warden's court
last Saturday evening Mr~ Jones had 277
votes. That total has been increased two
votes by toe official count SO that Mr..
Jones total is 21e. and his plurality 81.
The Official count in detail was as fol-
lows: First district, Jones. so3: Kelleher,
l04; Perry, |; Royce. D; Williams, 3; de-
fective ].
Second District--Jones, g; Kelloher,
1ii; Perry, IL; Royce, o; Williams, 3;
detective, B. Total-.Iones, 279; kelleher,
2iS; Perry, 2; Royce, o; Williams 8;
This makes all the official counting and
the officials in tho Office have resumed the
business OF registration. which will now
increase rapidly until the annual Jam of
late corners who VII wait IN the long
lines as they have done SO many years
before, for chance TO get enrolled for
the privilege Of voting during 1898 This
may be obviated by registering nnw.
The plans ordered by the special com
mittee on train shedS are having the
finishing tuohes put Tn them in the Office
of the city engineer. The mayor and the
committee bad Peek at them Saturday
afternoon and they appeared to he all
right. the order TO City Engineer Clapp
was to so ahead. They will be all ready
next Wednesday morning when the spec
ial committee will assemble at II o'clock
I in the executive cham Der in the city. hall
/ to discuss the question which has now
! developed into so mu. h Importance and
/ to decide upon what is To be done next
| IL is generally understood that the rail-
| road company will not agree to the new
! plans after they have been submitted. te-
| canse they have already said that they
would not build the kind Of shed that ap.
/ pears in tire plan. 1t is practically the
/ same plan as was presented at first, with
| the exception that the he'd does not over
! all the tracks. IL only goes over the fivs Q
main tracks and it is Of one arch instead
of three. as in the plan submitted by tho
railroad company. The stub track she Is
/ Join n tho main shcd'so that the ed flee
| is practically one shed. There was no
| provision for this in tho plan submitted
| by the railroad engineers. Whether { his
! will be agreed TO by the railroad officials
| Is purely "a matter of conjecture.