The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-27
CAUCUSES HELD LAST NIGHT

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 B LZTS- WARNER DELEGATES WERl
 CHOSEN IN SIX WARDS.
 The Mclean Faction Hopes However f'
 Secure Majority in the City COnven
 tion-A Protest Filed Concerning tn
 Seventh Ward Delegation-FOurt1
 Ward Delegation split-Contests ii
 Other Wards.
 The first of the republican caucuses to elect delegates to the city convention which will elect delegates to the state convention which will select presidentia electors and a chairman of the state committee were held last night. The contest between the two factions the one supporting o. R. Fyler for chair man of the state committee and George P. Mclean for the nomination for gov ernor and the other favoring Warner | tee, has been waged for some time and last night was the first opportunity to ascertain the result of the work which has been going on in this city. The fight here has been over the choice of a state committeeman from New Haven. The present member of the committee from this city, F. A. Betts, is candi- date for reelection and is pronounced Warner man. The Mclean faction is endeavoring to prevent the election Of MT. Betts to the state committee, while the Warner faction Is working tooth and nail to secure his reelection.
 | The Warner delegates chosen were: Five in the Third, three in the Fifth, five in the Sixth, four in the Seventh, eight in the Eighth, and five in the Twelfth. As to the complexion of the delegation chosen in the Fourth ward there is some difference of opinion, but those in each faction agree that it is a split delegation.
 | Caucuses will be held tonight in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards, tomorrow night in the First ward, next Monday night in the Second, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh wards. | Although large majority of the dele gates chosen last night were Betts-War- ner supporters the Mclean faction claims that in the wards yet to hold caucuSes they will elect delegates enough to secure majority in the city convention. As a result of last nights causes the Third Fifth, Sixth and Sew enth wards are conceded to be in the control of the Ullmans.
 In every one of the caucuses held last night there was contest One of the hottest was that in the Seventh, where a large number of democrats voted. This was objected to by the Mclean men in the ward, but their ob- jectioh being unheeded, they organized themselves into aNcaucus, from which democrats were shut out This caucus chose Fyer delegation and late last night filed with Chairman Theodore H. Macdonald of the republican town com mittee formal protest against the seating of the delegation chosen by the other caucus, in whick a majority of the votes are said to have been cast by democrats. After those objecting to democratic votes being received had in- sisted upon the adoption of some plan whereby those votes could be kept out, it was decided to vote from the check list. Instead of this being done, how ever, the ordinary ward voting list was used, it not being marked, as is the check list, to show who were democrats and who republicans.
 The Third Ward
 The struggle in the Third ward, at 177 Congress avenue, was brief and not very spirited William F. Clarke was chairman and Jacob Ullman secretary After the vote Secretary Ullman an- nounced the election of the following five Betts delegates: William F. Clarke, Jacob B. Ullman, John H. Allard, John Leonard and T. Hershman. Of 139 votes the secretary's report showed that 12S had supported this ticket.
 Fourth Ward.
 In the Fourth ward the struggle took on a more vigorous character and was more protracted, but the final result was the same. The meeting early d- vided into two factions, one of which was under the leadership of Frederick Averill and the other under that of Ma than Hoyt. Nearly 400 republicans had assembled at 52 Cedar street, and they constituted very earnest gathering, of which Frederick Averill was chosen chairman and Atherton l.. Barnes sec- retary. The chairman began right early to deal in personalities. Singling out George McKendrick, he pointed to him and said: "McKendrick, you're a liar; you never fought openly" Then fol- lowed cheers of approval and yells of derision, and Nathan Hoyt attempted to address the chair, only to be remind ed that he had received notice of the chairman's intentions and should have done his 'objecting before. A policeman who came to ask the chairman to an- nounce that one of the voters present was wanted by some ladies outside was told that he couldn't run things there even if he did wear brass buttons The policeman subsided and business was resumed. The following committee was to prepare list of delegates for the approval of those assefnbled: A. s. Teale, Councilman Henry F. Hosley, Thomas Simpson, Alderman John Whit aker and Robert J. Morehead These soon returned and presented the follow ing list: W. A. Whitaker, T. D. Simp- son. R. J. Morehead, John Whitaker, George Smith, H, r. Hosley, A. s. Teale, ! Henry Munson, William Powell and l Frederick Lord The opposing faction having obtained a hearing, Nathan IJoyt AToyop6ar uvilSop o,d Sox~,,oI