Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
NOMINATING ALDERMEN.
j. G. Burnes, j. II. Hoiton, j. j. Shea and
j. A. Kelley the Candidates.


Inc republican caucus OF inc hrst ward
was held FRIDAY evening IN nre station
with good attendance In the matter OF
the numberof canuiuotes presented fortho
nomination for aldermen the caucus takes
llrst place with four names. Ihcy were
., ,0, Du' ne, ,,,,i;t r,,s,,
the present incumbent.
The caucus was called to order at 1870 ly
G. A. Rumsey of the ward committee and
Hon. Elihu X. Taft was elected chairman.
5. NJ. Flint was selected rs secretary and
nominations for alderman were called for
The word alderman apparently had a very
enlivening effect upon the gathering and
the names of candidates began to fly out
of the crowd like shots from "a Maxim
gun. When the four candidates had been
named the chair was empowered TO Sc
lect tellers and the following were ap.
pointed +. G. Webster c. w. Trask and
Fred Warner. The box was allowed to re-
main open for 30 minutes when the follow
ing result was declared:
Whole number of votes. %: necessary
for a choice, AZ; j. G., Burnes had 6 Henry
j. Dubuc had g. O. A. Rumscy had Q. and
w. j. Edgcumbe had 8.
During the ballotng a committee con-
sistng of s. Nj. Flint, c. A. Rumscv ard
j. c. Burnes was appointed to select ward
officers and they made the following re-
port which was accepted: Ward clerk,
W. G.. Weller; inspectors of election, J.
H. Chambers, T.. Il. Perkins and A. r.
! Lowell: ward committee, f. T.. Davis A.
| Il. Atwood and Robert TAYLOR
VT; buI!es Is me oVerseer or me weav-
mill.
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| The Second Ward democrats caucus was
called to order Friday evening in the
Hose bN Sal ir
who read the call. p G. Dodge was elect
ed chairman of the metinge. Freeman
Saltus. jr., secretary. Mr.. Dodge said the
meeting was called to nominate an alder
man and ward officers and that IN order
to win they should put up a candidate of
good character and one who could not be
bought. He meant no reflection upon the
present incumbent but wanted Il candidate
nominated who would win j.. w g.
Clapp then placed in nomination j. II. Hol-
ton, whom he thought was the strongest
A. II. Duhamcl and William Riley; ward
was seconded by j. X. Mcmahon, who
spoke Of tho high character of Mr. Holton.
He was unanimously placed in nominal
ton. Tho other officers named were ID.
w. {. Clapp tor school commissioner; IN
speI.oIS Vi s1ca,ol' ,,' u,n p,i ,oNSI IT,;
clerk H. j. McNally; canvassers Fred
White, John Sheehan. Jose ph Agel, Will
liam Duggan, jr., and James Ready; ward
committee, Carl Stockwel Fred Dough-
ertv and y. p. ShoEtsleeves. Freeman
Saltus. jr., vas reelected a member of
| the committee
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| The republicans of the Third Ward met
IN caucus FRIDAY evening at hre station =
Inc caucus vas called to order by -. X.
peterson VI the ward committee. w. H.
| Gates was elected chairman and w. v.
IScully secretary. i. r. Ahearn nominated
John j. Shea as the party's candidate for
alderman. The nomination was numor-
ously seconded and was made by unani-
nous vote. The other names on the demo
| cratic ticket were endorsed as follows;
| Clerk, John L. Madigan; inspectors OF
election. X. j. Madigan, Thomas Failey
ana julius Simays. j. Il. Scully, Thomas
Failey and Chester Hildreth were APP
pointed Il committee to nominate a ward
! committee and canvaSsing committee
They reported as follows: Ward commit
tee NJ. L. Sanborn ID. r. Peter son and
John kmetz; canvassing COMMITTEE, i. Il.
Scully, John Mueller. Thomas Farley,
Louis Ouimette. f. III. Crandall and ID. r.
Renaud. The report was accepted and
adopted and the caucus adjourned.
| FIFTH WARD DEMOCRATS
|
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