Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-29
THE NOMINATING CAUCUsEs,
Great Interest Manifested in Nominating
Candidates fur City Onices. Two Good
Tickets in the Field. j. q. Cross
Nominated by Petition for
City Attorney. and y. r.
johnson for Councilman

Nominated Oy F0t1t1Ou IOr
City Attorney. and b. r.
johnson for Councilman
for First Ward.
The call for caucus to nominate can.
didates for city offices, Monday night
drew out such crowd as to astonish old
Aberdonians. The city council room
was too small for such number, and
the meeting was adjourned to the Acme
| opera house, and the auditorium of that
building was packed. That 237 votes
were cast upon the first ballot for mayor
gives an idea of the attendance.
The interest manifested, and the en-
tire absence of political feeling was con-
elusive proof that the people of Aberdeen
prefer business administration of its
affairs to the building up Of tenas pc
litical machine. Although the contest
for place on the ticket was, at times,
pretty warm, the utmost harmony pre-
vailed throughout.
For mayor, VIM. Anstie, Eugene
Frauce and II. N. Anderson were placed
in nomination, and the first ballot re-
suited in: Anstie 50, France 76, Ander-
son IS. The second ballot was between
the two highest. Anstie and France, and
Anstie won by 3 votes, the ballot stand
ing, Anstie l02, France 80.
For the office of treasurer the names
of James Patterson and Peter f. Clark
were presented. Clark won, receiving
40 votes to 81 for Patterson.
The next in order was nominations for
attorney, and j. C. Cross, E. E. Shields
and J. c. Hogan were named. The first
ballot gave Shields 63, Cross 60, Hogan
81. Another ballot was then taken be-
tween Shields and Cross, in which
Shields received 93 to II for Cross.
For clerk, Geo. A. Black, F. G.
Wheeler and Chas. ALBERT were named,
and Black received the nomination on
the first ballot, having got l25 out OF the
l65 votes cast.
After one ballot, DR.. Paul SHIFTS was
nominated for health officer.
For councilman at large, DIR. Seth e.
Maker and 4. E. Eaton were named,
and Eaton was nominated ON the first
ballot, having received 101 votes to 40
for Maker.
Then closed the city caucus, and ward
caucuses were then held to nominate
councilmen from each ward. In the
second ward, E. B. Benn and NJ. K. Sher-
wood were nominated for the twO-year
terms, and Ross Pinckney for the one.
year term. In the first ward j. d.
Morehead was nominated for two years,
and Conrad Knudson for one year. After
naming the ticket "The Citizens Ticket"
the caucus adjourned.
On Tuesday another call, for caucus
to meet that night in Koehler's hall, was
issued, and about 100 voters assembled
and nominated the Taxpayers Ticket, J"
in opposition to the nominees Of the
night before.
This caucus started in with harmony
"to burn" and nominated Eugene
France for mayor, ]. G. Hogan for at
torney, and Jas. Patterson for treasurer,
by reclamation.
For clerk, two ballots were necessary
to decide between +. G. Wheeler and A.
M. Ballew. Ballew was finally success
full, with 48 votes to A for Wheeler.
For health officer, DR.. Scamell received
the nomination, with "a votes to 30 for
DR.. Overmeyer.
The caucus endorsed the nominee OF
the "Citizens Ticket" E. f. Eaton, for
councilman at large.
At the ward caucuses, the first ward
endorsed the candidates for councilmen
on the "Citizens Ticket" while the sec
ond ward nominated w. F. Entrop and
j. Lindstrom for the two-year terms,
and II. II. Carter for one year.
Yesterday petitions were filed nomi-
mating j. C. Cross for city attorney, and
b. f. johnson for councilman for the
first ward.