The herald., 1898-10-19

During the selecting Of the committeeman
Congressman Barlow arrived in the hall and
as soon a. the committee had been an
nounced he was introduced and was given
hearty reception and made short and tell
ing speech. He touched upon his business
opportunities and asked for chance to dis
cuss them with Mr.. Waters. Barlow was in
terrupted time and again with cheers and
applause and twice when he stopped was
urged to 10 on. The close Of his speech was
marked by continued cheering.
City Central Committee
The chair then announced that he desired
each precinct to select during the hour of
adjournment the person whom the delegates
desired to represent them in the new city
central committee to be selected by the con-
vention. The work of the convention was
then resumed.
| City Engineer
Nominations for city engineer were called
for and it w9e some little time before anyone
took the platform, in fact motion was
made to pass the nomination when Richard
ton J. II. Dockweiler. The name was
! greeted with cheers and then came another
wait and q motion that nominations close
and 1t was about to be put when Lucen
Earle Of the Second ward came to the front
and nominated Ernest Abs Hagen. Earle
strung his speech out until the chair, in re-
sponse to cries Of time" from the delegates,
was compelled to tell Mr.. Earle to wind up
his talk.
F. w. Allender seconded the nomination
OF Dockweiler. e. 7. Hardin came forward
to make q nomination. For some reason the
delegates and the lobby did not take kindly
to Mr.. Hardin and began the tactics used
against the same speaker on Monday name
ly, continual talking, calls of "time," ETC.
| Tl~;r kho Cha koCk he stl,,,1l
the horns" and demanded that the delegates
behave themselves Mr.. Hardin named
Captain w. I. Lambie.
Then came chance for the boys to yell.
Tom Casey took the rostrum and was given
a reception that ratified" him. He said l,e
couldn't make speech but anyhow he could
and would and did second the nomination of
Henry Dockweiler. After Casey's "threc
base hit" for his friend the ballotng com
mcnced.
Dockwsilsr Nominated
When the Eight ward had been called it
was evident that Dockweiler had been nom-
mated by an overwhelming vote and mo-
tion was made to stop the balloting and
| make the nomination by acclamation. The
| motion was carried and amid cheers Dock
weller took the platform and briefly re-
turned his thanks for the honor conferred,
saying that if elected he would conduct his
past.
The convention then adjourned until 30
p. m.
Afternoon Session
AZ soon a. the convention was called to
order nominations for superintendent Of
streets were called for. In rapid succession
w. b. Hyatt nominated j. 4. Yoakum, DR..
Edelman nominated Charles G. Kol9ter, r.
]. Adcock nominated T. NJ Nickel, Shirley
| With his usual regularity Allendcr arose
and seconded the nomination of Yoakum
and kept talking until called to order. II. b.
Cook, the first colored, mansto address the
convention, seconded the nomination Of
Charles G.. Holster. Andy Barber seconded
the nomination Of YoakuIn. Joseph Mes
mer also seconded the Yoakum nomination.
Then somebody made a motion that the
candidates show themselves on the stage.
The Ballot
The motion was adopted and all the can
didates except Yoakum were promptly on
the stand. Cries for Yoakum continued
and it was impossible to proceed with the
ballot until Yoakum had been found and
presented to the convention, his supporters
keeping up an incessant shouting which the
chair was unable to control. Yoakum was
given a rousing reception when he was at
last presented and the balloting then pro-
ceeded.
The precincts, for the first time in this
| convention, were divided in almost every in
stance among the various candidates.
The gavel was taken by l. B. Dockweiler
during the election who announced the first
ballot as follows:
Noister ....................... l26h
N!ckol ......s............... llt
Watson ....................... ~
4Oakum ...................... l04h
Total vote cast, 45l. Necessary to choice,
Before the announcement of the first bal
lot John T. Jones offered resolution de-
ploring the death of Judge w. A. Ryan and
culogizing him az man and Democrat. The
resolution was adopted by rising vote and
copy Of the resolution was ordered sent
to the mother Of the deceased.
The Second Ballot
No sooner had the roll call on the second
ballot begun than it was at once seen trade
had been made somewhere. Holster began
to take Watson's strength while Nickel lost
and Yoakum held his own with but the gain
Of single vote. The ballot resulted as fol-
lows:
AOleCer ...................... .l7Z l-6
N1ckell OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lO4 1-3
" dCsOn s.....................
OHkum .....................l l65 X
Total vote cast 45l. Necessary to a choice.
226.
Nickel withdraw
Immediately after the announcement of
the second ballot Adcock took the platform
and withdrew the name Of 3. M: Nickel "a
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