The Portland daily press., 1900-06-06
The Fight Solely on the County
Attorneyship Issue.
The Bearing The Result Has On The
Senatorial Contest.

evenly uiviued on this Issue In Portland,
though 1t is impossible to tell definitely
just what the result will be. Below will
be found list of the delegates chosen and
the stories Of the caucuses In the several
wards.
WARD ONE.
A good vote was out in ward one but
things were all one way from the begin
ming. There was little or no excitement
At no time were there more than twenty
voters in the ward room. Mr.. Frede-
rick j. Ilsley was chosen chairman OF
the caucus with James A. Comedian as
secretary, +. Q. Twitchell and Arthur
W. Beal as checkers. The whole num-
Der of votes thrown was 23s of which
the Whitehouse ticket had 1853 and the
Allan ticket IS. The two island wards
had not been heard from last night but II
! is not believed that they will change
the vote very materially. 1t viii be i'm
possible for the island to change the re-
suit Of the caucuses on the main land
anyway. The following Whitehouse
delegates were chosen:
Whitehouse delegates TO county con-
vention-John Cousens, Edward N Greedy,
Henry r. Merrill, Harry NJ. Bigelow,
John A. Fowler, Albert II. Hatch, John
W. Richardson.
Delegates to state convention:
William II. Looney, Edward H. Sar-
gent, Richard K.Gatley, Alpheus Griffin,
William n. Taylor, Albert K. Perry,
William Il. Gulliver.
Delegates to district convention:
G. W; L. Cooling, Charles b. Showers,
L. Q. Fowler, +. N. Calderwood, John
NJ. Conway, George K. Lefavor, Joseph
A. Tyler.
WARD TWO.
Charles Baker was chosen chairman Of
the caucus and James s. Dyer was secre-
tary and Mr.. Brown checker. White
house delegates were successful by a vote
Of 119 to 90. The delegates chosen were:
whitehouse delegates 70 county conven-
tion-1saiah Daniels, William ii Kohfing,
Sanford A. Maddox, James Hepburn,
George f. I. Owen, Hugh f. McDon-
ough, Edward Jordan.
Delegates to the state convention:
Daniel Davies, Eben Maxwell, Isaiah
Daniels, James Cunningham, John Dry
den, Perez L. Griffin, Charles r. lib
belts.
Delegates to district convention: +,
Jabez True, John b. Brown, Hiram
v. Fernald, James Il. Leighton, San
ford A. Maddox, James j .Logue, Charles
5. Campbell.
WARD THREE.
The chairman of the caucus in this
ward was Wilbur G. Whelden and George
f. NfacGowan was the secretary. The
Whitehouse delegates won out in close
contest, with the exception of one
Herbert r. Sargent who is an Allan
man. The following are the success
full gentlemen:
Josiah Burnham, John ID. johnson,
Walter II. Lyseth, Harry p. Newton, AL
bert +. Smith, Dwinal A. Haynes, Her
bert II. Sargent.
The Allan delegates received from 1856
to 1871 votes apiece.
Messrs.. Burnham, Lyseth and Haynes
each received $50 votes, Messrs. johnson
and Smith l9l votes. Andrew j. Rich
was a candidate on the Whitehouse ticket
but was defeated by Captain Sargent of
the Allan ticket. Mr.. Rich had 1s7 votes
and Captain Sargent lSs votes.
The following are the delegates to the
state convention:
Wilbur C.Whelden, Edwin f. Hillman,
Joseph NJ. Ridlon, Edwin E. Brown,
John w. Comedian.
The following are the delegates to the
district convention:
David F. Corser, Josiah Burnham,
George S. Staples, Andrew j. Rich,
John n. Long, Milton Higgins, Charles
A. Sloman.
WARD FOUR.
Councilman George G. Jose was the
chairman of the caucus in this ward and
Charles G. Douglass acted as secretary
and checker. Only a few minutes was
required to count the ballots as no split
tickets were thrown. The Whitehouse
delegates won, 100 to "a.
The following are the delegates to the
county convention:
Horatio CLARK, william A. Allen,
Henry A. Elliott, Henry w. Way, Ed
win A. Springer, Daniel Bowen, Mat
thew NJ. jerks.
The following are the delegates to the
state convention:
Nathaniel W. Morse, William II. Gray,
Edward @. SWEET, Fred b. Gage Mar
tin ]. Sullivan George @. Jose, Charles
II. Lamson.
The following are the delegates to the