The Portland daily press., 1898-06-07
THREE APIECE And A TIE.
POrtland's Choice For Sheriff Still
Unsettled.
WARD SIX NOW BECOMES THE
BATTLE GROUND.

Wards One, Three and Four Elected Dress
Delegates, While the Buchanan Com
bination Triumphed in Wards Two,
Five and Seven-Another Caucus Neces-
sary in Ward six.
The outcome of the sheriff contest,
which last nights Portland caucuses
were expected to foreshadow, is still in
doubt.
The contest is narrowed down to Ward
6 as battle ground. that ward having
encounted a tie in it's caucus last night,
while the other six wards were evenly
idiyioed between Candidate Dresser and
his opposing combination
1t WAS an exciting night, not because
of any trouble at the polling places, for
the caucuses were wonderfully free from
excitement of that sort, but owing to the
closeness of the vote IN several wards, the
discovery of the tie in Ward 6, and the
delay in receiving the news from the ISL
ands, the nervous strain was intense.
Wards /, and were captured by the
Dresser forces, while Wards 2, and z
elected delegates favorable to Despeaux.
Ward 6 will hold its second caucus
this evening, the polls opening at
O'Clock.
A heavy vote was cast in every polling
place. The city committee had provided
official ballots, upon which were arranged
the competing county delegations, each
headed by square for the voters cross,
!, and beneath them a list of delegates to
, the state convention. This blanket bal.
the voters, who used instead, the small
slips provided by the candidates.
In Wards and 3, the lists of anti
Dresser delegates were headed by the
! word independent, which meant a
combination between Despeaux and
Buchanan. In all the other wards Candi-
date Despeaux's. name was printed in
the heading of his ballots.
The city committee had taken the pre-
caution to fix up the check lists, mark
ing with red r the name of every voter
whose Republicanism was unquestioned.
: This use of red ink was meant to guide
the caucus officers, so that nobody whose
party utilization was in doubt would be
allowed to participate This precaution
WAS unheeded in some of the wards
WARD ONE.
There was no excitement in this ware.
The voting proceeded quietly. There
was considerable hustling by the friends
of both Dresser and Despeaux. John
Cousins WAS chosen chairman, W. P.
Norton, secretary and William H. Looney
= and II. A. Chisholm, checkers
The following were chosen delegates te
the state convention, each receiving 81
> votes: Albert B. Hall, VIM. q. Looney
VIM. N. Taylor. Alpheus Griffin, Charles
F. Dam, Osman L. Mnnroe, George l.
Gerrish.
The vote for the delegates to the county
convention resulted gil for Dresser dele
gates, and $50 for the unpledged, or Des
peaux- Buchanan delegation. The ORES
ser delegates are: John Cousins, Frank
lin N. Calderwood, Henry f. Merrill
James T. johnson. Warren G. Loring
John 6. Monroe, Ralph 81. Eaton.
Both of the island wards went for Ores
ser. Peaks island gave the Dresser dele
gates "A votes, and % to the opposition
list. At Long island the vote was 6
to 20 in favor of the Dresser delegation.
WARD TWO.
f About 20 people were in the ward rcon
7 when Mr.. Stephen W. earle Of the cit
/. committee went to the desk, read tn
+, call and declared the caucus open 70
business, the first item before it bein
the choice of chairman.
On motion of Mr.. II. K. Colesworthy
. MIR. Thomas Pennell was chosen to tina
q = position without opposition. Mr. JOSEPH
= McCloskey announcing Tat the choic
. was satisfactory to the Dresser mon.
' Mr.. Colesworthy nominated Mr.. Carl
y for secretary. but that gentleman decline
because he could not be present durin
, the entire caucus. Mr.. Eugene A. Scot
- was substituted for him, and also mad
y checker, Messrs Benjamin Gribben an
: ii. *. Colesworthy marshalling the Des
- reaux forces, and Messrs. Stephen w
Carries and James Cunningham the ORES
- ser men. The balloting had not proceed
i ed over a few minutes, however, befor
g demand was made for a second checker
this giving rise to something of wrangl