The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-29
THE CAUCUSES LAST NIGHT
NO IMPORTANT CONTESTS IN ANY
 OF THE WARDS.

City Ticket-Eighth Ward Was the Only One to Instruct DcIegates-The
 Ward TicI5e ts Nominated.
 Republican caucuses were held last
 night in the Fourth, Seventh Eighth,
 Ninth, Eleventh, Thirteenth and Eff
 teenth wards and the delegations chosen
 are all believed to be in favor of the
 renomination of the city ticket. The
 Fourth ward caucus was held at Tenn
 perance hall on Cedar street. About
 250 were present and the meeting was
 entirely harmonious. F. L. Averill was
 chairman and A. l.. Barnes was secre-
 tary The following ward ticket was
 nominated: For alderman, John Whit
 taker; for councilmen, John w. Schroed-
 CT, George T. Smith and Robert c. Dick
 erman. Delegates to the city conven-
 ton were chosen as follows: Frederick
 l.. Averill, Donald J. Carmichael, John
 F. Martin, Marcus Smith, Nathan B.
 Hoyt, Frederick E. Whitaker, Robert
 J. Moorhead, Fred M. Smith, Edward
 A. Prince, John w. Scobe. The city
 delegation was not instructed. Dele
 gates to town conventions: Thomas D.
 Simpson, George M. McKendrick, Wieg-
 and Schlein, William Yule, Charles H.
 Resell, Albert $. Teal, David J. Shields,
 Charles F. Bassett Frederick l.. Perry,
 Benjamin l.. Lambert.
 The Seventh ward caucus was held at No. 69 Lyon street. s. J. Well was
 chairman and Morris Weiss was secre-
 tary. The ward ticket was nominated
 as follows: For alderman, Edward P.
 Jones; for councilmen, E. Lester Smith, Louis Sperry and Edward Broder. The delegations chosen were as follows: To city convention, F.. Lester Smith, N. J.
 Cannon, Louis Sperry; to town conven- i tion: Richard w. Kirck, Morris Weiss
 John J. Roddigan, William Birney. About forty were present. The delega- 1 tions were not instructed.
 The caucus of the Eighth ward was held in Pyramid hall on State street. General F. s. Greeley was the chair man, and Andrew T. Bierkan the secre- tary. Delegates were elected as follows: To city conventions: A. McC. Mathew son, David H. Clark, James White, Harry B. Brown, Roger DeBussy, A. M. | Johnson, Robert J. Kempf, Lewis T. Davis; to town conventions: Adam Sat- tig, George M. Champion. F. c. Carl son, George D. Frost, Gustave J. Elsner, Frank Coleman, Thomas w. Kenny, Robert Mclaughlin. The ward ticket nominated is as follows: Alderman, Edward I. Atwater; councilmen, R. H. Tyner, James F. Rowland Charles F. Gerner.
 The following resolution was offered and was unanimously. carried and greeted with applause:
 We, the republican electors of the Eighth ward in caucus assembled wish to express the confidence which we have in the administrative ability and con scientous devotion to the duties of his office which our mayor, Frederick B. Farnsworth, has shown during his term of office.
 The new charter which was passed and took effect during his term of cf- flee cast upon the mayor new and un- tried duties and responsibilities which he has met courageously and success fully and he has established the business interests of the city upon a foundation which has resulted in the lowest tax rate in years, with the best general re- suits for the city and its citizens.
 With a continuance of the present ad- mnistration the taxes will be made l lower, thus helping the man who owns his house or who pays the rent there fore,
 Resolved, That we urge our delega- ton to use all possible means for the | renomination of Frederick B. Farms worth, and we pledge our united and | hearty support to secure his re-elec- tion
 The Ninth ward caucus was held at Bollmer's hall on Webster street. Lewis B. Brown was chairman and Frank Loveland was secretary. The meeting was a short one and there were no con- tests. Charles c. Unger was nominated for aldermen and the following were nominated for councllmen: Moses F. Wright, A. A. filling and George R. Johnson. The delegates elected to the city convention were as follows: J. c. Kelly, F. w. Orr. J. H. Wilkinson, s. T. Riggs, r. s. Wilson, Joseph G. Keg- elmeyer, D. M. Davis, F. H. Pfeghar, W. G. Davidson and Lewis B. Brown. The following were elected delegates to the town conventions Thomas Chad wick, Warren IT. Bristol, Walter s. Miller, Herman Lauffer, Charles l.. Ayres, c. F. Prince, George Stevenson, Joseph P. Peaker, Charles I. Shepard, Frank K. Loveland and Willis M. Bon- her. The city delegation was not in- 
 The republicans of the Eleventh ward held their caucus last evening at Polar Star hall. w. H. Preston presided. A committee of five was appointed to bring in list of nominations and while the committee was out E. c. Hill was colled upon for some remarks. Dele gates to the town convention were elect sd as follows: E. A. Johnson, c. S. Por- onto, Frederick Siebert, George Sur sess and r. M. Brown to the city con- voution, w. 1T. Preston, w. F. Petrie P. s. Conklln, J. A. Care and J. P. La rigne; committee to nominate ward of icers and to report by April s, w. E. , Morgan, F. A. Johnson. L. A. Humis- : on, J. A. Nelson, K. c. Hill, J. A. Carle, George Sturgess, Charles Schappa, c. $. Toronto, James A. Thorps, H. c. Co., vert, W. S. Moyle and o. c. Sparks. The Thirteenth ward caucus was held tt Masonic hall in Westville. W. H. Forsyth was chairman and John Stew ,nson was secretary The following yard ticket was nominated: For alder nan, Amos Dickerman; for councilmen, z ' P Lewis, Henry S. Bradley and l Ieorpe R HopkinS Delegates were i i