The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-10

Robert Il. Ahsvn, Thomas J. Mssnss.
Bartisy q. Tiahsriy. stephen Telsy.
IN WARD FOUR.
A. ward fonr the caucus WAS unsx-
peotsdly tame and the expected fight and
contest did not amount TO 90 very much
after all. Mr.. Tobias A. Burke. who was
a eaudidats for alderman was defeated By
Mr.. Josph k. ". Connolly BY vote Of
los TO IS The rain and had walking
pro we'd fatal to MIR. Burke's chances as
his strength was mostly In that part OF
the ward north Of Cumberland street,
while Mr.. Connoliy's strength was In the
| vicinity OF the ward loom.
Al seven o'clo,k the ward room was
ia ,ked full, the grsatsr number OF those
present who made themselves heard in
tire tumult OF the caucus loom were
Connolly men. Mr.. Joleph nc. Y. Con.
oily, the OF nirnau OF the Deuoo-a tie
ward tonmittse, called the caucus to
order aud then read the call. He then
called fo- tie selection o. a chairman.
James II. McDo-ald was selected with
oat opr oIit'on and Thomas J. Flaherty
and n. J. Kelly were electsd checkers.
Thoras W. l.. Mopoaough was chosen
secretary.
Mr.. Mcdonald on assuming the chair
taid that IL remained WITH the caucus to
decide whether or not the nominations
should be male by a,olamatlon. There.
upon some began t, shout by a,clana-
t,on, and others howlsd for the check
itts. At lat Mr.. Gibbons worked his
way t, the front Of the crowd aud st BOD
upon n ohair. He ATTEMPTED to speak but
at fret there was howl of prot ,st which
lastsd for some minut,s and when 10 was
ended Mr.. Gibbons said:
"All we ask for Is square deal and o
fair show In this caucus. We ask that the
check litts be used"
| There was considerable OPPOSITE ION
manifest I'd {, this but 1t was decided By
the chairman that the check iisti should
be used.
Joseph H. DeCotti then got hearing
L. r. Connolly, whom he said worked
for the good of the party for q long time
and was . young man OF fne character.
When Mr.. DeCosta presented Mr.. Con-
nolly's name there WAS yell Of approval
from the crowd. Mr.. Gibbons then got
upon chair and faced the crowd to
present the name Of Mr.. Burke. The
crowd did not sssm disposed 10 listen to
what he had to say but after Mr.. Glib
hons had raped upon the osilins with
his umbrella for little while he got q
hearing. He said that all that he asked
for was . square deal. At this there were
cries of "sit down. " "shut up" "tnat's
enough" and one man over In the corner
somewhere persisted In shouting "thrne
cheers for LAdysmith. Mr.. Gibbons
was not ratified BY this demonstration
but continued to place the name OF Mr..
Burke before the caucus though he was
several times interrupted by the shouts Of
the Connolly supporters In the crowd.
| The polls we're then opened and the
caucus proceeded to ballot. Several at.
tempts were made by those who voted
first to cast two or three ballots ut once.
The secretary Of The caucus was Con-
molly supporter. but he said that he In
tended to give the other man square
stufiiug the ballot box was detected he
personally felt Of every ballot which was
deposited.
| When the crowd In the ward room had
voted there was a lull In the proceedings
for q few minutes, and one Of Mr.. Con-
nolly's friends made motion that the
polls be closed. Mr.. Burke objected to
this and asked that the polls be kept open
q little longer and the chairman decided
TO grant MIR. Burke's request. After .
few minutes however, he decided that all
| who wished had voted and declared the
polls closed. The votes were then counted
and 1t was announced that Joseph Il. II.
Connolly had 1906 votes and MIR. Burke
had As. The whole number Of votes cast
Was $50. A PRESS reporter sat inside
the voting place and checked Off 1l3 men
who voted. This did not include one
man who voted for Mr.. Burke whose
name was not on the voting list, bus
this was not discovered until after the
man had deposited his ballot.
or course the-Announcenent Of the vote
was greeted with applause and CHEERS.
Mr.. Burke, the defeated candidate, then
got upon q chair and made very hand
some speech. He said that 1--WE have all
come hare tonight as Democrats and we
have had good fair caucus. No one ao-
cepts the result Of this caucus with bettsl
grace than do. The contest between
Mr.. Connolly and myself has been q
friendly one, and though realizs that
there have been personal differences be-
tween hsse Nhobsys spRportsdi U.s. they
have not disturbed the friendly relations
existing between Mr.. Connolly and my
self. will then ask all my friends to
bury all personal differences and come
here on election day and give Mr.. Con-
molly your cordial support, as shall do.
would move you Mr.. Chairman that
Mr.. Connolly's nomination DO made
unanimous"
Mr.. Burke was oheered loudly when he
concluded his brisf spaech