The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-16
REPUBLICAN CAUCUsES.

Tho Ranublicans of Portland, herein
after DESIGNATED. are notified to meet in
oa,c,s in their respective ward rooms,
on Monday, February Fl, 1898, at 4
o,c1ook in the afternoon to select seven
de,eoates from each ward to attend the
Portland mayoralty convention for the
puruose of nominating candidate for
MAYOR. also to nominate candidates for
one alderman, three councilmen, warden,
clerk and two constables from each ward,
also to select five members of the Republi-
can city committee from each ward, and
in Wards 1,3 and 5,a candidate for men,
Der of the school committee.
The polls will be opened at O'Clock
and will remain open until o'clock
pm, and for such further. time as any
caucus may vote
check list, prepared by the Republic
can city committee will be used in each
ward, and no person whose name has
not been marked thereon as hep ubil
can, is included in this call, and will not
be allowed to vote or take any part IN
said caucus. Errors or omissions in said
committees, who will be in session for
this purpose at Republican headquar-
tiers, room 8, Brown block, 597 l'2 Con-
gress street, from 7.3O to 9 O'Clock ON the
evenings of the 18th to the 10Th of Febru-
ary inclusive; also at any time prior TO
O'Clock in the afternoon of Monday,
February 81, 1898, but no corrections of
any kind will be made after the hour
above mentioned Headquarters will be
open day and evening of the week above
mentioned, where the check list may be
seen and examined by any Republican.
All Republicans are earnestly requested
to see that their names are correctly
marked upon this list and to be present
and take part in their respective ward
caucuses.
To accommodate those residing within
the voting precinct of Island Ward l, and
Island Ward 2, the caucus for Island Ward
1 will be held at Long island, and for ISL
and Ward 2, at Peaks island, at O'Clock
D. M, on the day appointed.
A plurality of the votes cast in any
caucus will be required to nominate can
didates for office.
The official ballot. to be used at the sew
eral caucuses,will he prepared and print
ed by the city committee, and will con-
tain the names of candidates for delegates
to the mayoralty convention and all
other ward officers. Names of candidates
for said delegates and ward officers will
be placed upon these ballots upon request,
said request to be made to the chair
man of the city committee on or before
10 O'Clock noon of Saturday, February
18th, but any other written or printed
ballot will be received and counted as
cast.
The chairman and secretary of each
caucus will make a record of the names
of all persons for whom ballotssare cast
and the number of votes cast for each
candidate, and certify and deliver the
same together with the check list, at Re-
publican headquarters Immediately after
the adjournment of the caucus.
The delegates selected to attend the
nayoralty convention are requested to
meet at Reception hall, City Building.on
Wednesday, February 90, at O'Clock in
the afternoon for the purpose of nonli-
Mating candidate for Mayor.
Per order of the Republican City Com
mittee.
GEO. Fl. ALLAN, Chairman.
THOS. A. BOWEN, Secretary.
Portland, February 2, 1898.