The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-31
NEW CITY ADMINISTRATION
THE IN.1 UG GURATION IN CITY HALL
 TO-MORROW 1T NOON.

for the Occasion-Democratie Caucuses
 To-morrow Night - Contest for Assist
 ant City Clerkship-Two Democratic Candidates for Presidency of Board of Aldermen. As the time approaches for the change | in the new municipal administration speculation is rife as to the appoint ments to be made by MT. Driscoll As
 yet he has not announced single ap- pointment and has given no indication
 as to where any of the plums will drop. Dozens of states are made daily by the
 politicians but these are not made
 from any authoritative information.
 and are merely guesses One report
 has 1t that MT. Driscoll seeing that he cannot please all those who are expect ing appointments, will name for the places at his disposal men who have
 not been mentioned as being in the race. Although he will give out no infornla- ton on the subject, it is believed by
 many that he will not announce his ap-
 pointments until the middle of June.
 The inauguration of the newly elected
 city officials take place in the alder
 manic chamber in the city hall at F
 o'clock noon tomorrow. The chamber
 will be decorated for the occasion by
 Janitor w. A. Schappa.
 The first meeting of the new board of
 aldermen will occur on June 5, and the
 first meeting of the councilmen on June 12 At these meetings officers of the
 two boards for the ensuing year will be elected and also an assistant city clerk
 and members of the board of finance.
 The republican councilmen have al- ready caucussed and nominated R. Fl. Tyner of the Eighth ward for presi- dent of the board. The republican al- dermen have not caucussed yet, and no caucus has been called.
 Caucuses of the democratic members of the court of common council have been called to be held in the city hall o-morrow evening. Separate caucuses will first be held by members of each board and after these Q joint caucus will be held. In view of the democratic majority in both the boards of council men and aldermen 1t is practically as- sured that the men nominated by the caucus tomorrow night will be elected and consequently considerable interest centers in the outcome of the meeting. Thus far there have been mentioned for the democratic nomination for the presidency of the board of aldermen two names, those of John J. Hogan of the Seventh ward and Captain F. s. Dow of the Fifth ward.
 There seems to be now no question but what MT. Hogan will receive the caucus nomination, as first mentioned in the Journal and Courier. A story has been going the rounds recently to the effect that Captain Dow had been asked to accept the nomination and that he had been assured that the elev- en republican members of the board would vote for him and that five demo crats had pledged their support to him, thus making the sixteen votes neces- sary for an election. Captain Dow when asked as to the truth of the ru- mor stated that it was true that he had been asked to allow his name to be used, but that he was not making a fight for the place He said, however. that he was in the hands of his friends and if they elected him he would ac- cept.
 There has been as yet not much talk concerning a democratic candidate for the presidency of the board of council, men. One candidate for the place who has been prominently mentioned is Councilman F. J. Conlin of the Seventh ward The joint caucus will select a candidate for assistant city clerk, and up to yesterday it was generally SUD- posed that James B. Martin. the pres ent assistant city clerk, would be re- elected without much opposition. Alex ander Troup, jr., has announced him self as a candidate, and it was reported yesterday that Mayor elect Driscoll was supporting him for the position. MT. Martin could not be found last night. but he is reported to have sail that he did not believe tbat MT. Driscoll was working against him as he was on good terms with the mayor r-eleot.
 A prominent democrat speaking of the matter last night said that he could not believe the story that MT. Driscoll was opposing MT. Martin as it was only at MT. Driscolls earnest solicita- tion that Mir Martin consented to ac- cept the reelection as chairman of the town committee just before election, he having previous to that decided that he l could not give to the position so much | of his time as it would require during the campaign. The gentleman also pointed out the fact that although he | opposed MT. Driscull in the primaries, Mr. Martin after the primaries was one of those who worked the hardest to se- | cure MT. Driscoll's election. If the re- | port is true that the mayor-elect is | MT. Troup an interesting battle may be looked for in the joint | caucus tomorrow night