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

The Only thing ieft was 10 take . ballot
and several msu were mentioned who
should step behind the rail and count the
votes 10 decide this uomentous question.
Finally everything passed on nicely By
would withdraw from the great contest
Ex-Counoilmsn Dousherty now took
his place and again read the call. Mr..
Dougherty hso hard time Of II during
the rest Of the evening. but he acquitted
himself In good style, 10 teing through
no fault Of his that the noisy proceedings
were not checked. He said that three OF
the candidates had requested him to act
ss the chairman OF the oaucua joseph
Melaugh was declared elected secretary,
alter several other names had been with
drawn.
The ilrst businsss In the blectlon Of the
ward ticket was the pomination OF alder
man. Contrary TO expectations all Was
serene on this point % Alderman Mannix
made his way to the front and explained
that he had served In the upper board for
two years and that he was now ready to
step down and out. He then stated that
Councilman Florence +. Drisooll who
had served In the lower board for three
years. was . candidate for the nomina :
tion. Mr.. Aannix moved that the nomi-
nation OF Mr.. Drisooll be made unani-
nous and the caucus 20 voted. Mr.. Dris-
coll was called for and made q II tile
speech of acceptance.
Next came the nomina ton Of first
councilman and although there were
few dissenting voices, Edward Murphy
who has been a member Of the lower
board for the past year, was declared to
be the nominee.
Joseph Mclaughlin, Jr., who has been
in the council for two years. was the oan-
didats for TIE second place on the ticket.
So was Samuel A. Rosenberg. The
Rossn berg party were terribly noisy at
this stage Of the proceedings and hollered
out with all Of their might. But they
were evidently spprehensive that their
idol could not get this honor since IL was
really due Mr. Mclaughlin. Thsreat
Mr.. Rosen berg said that he was not .
would try bis chances at third place. The
field was left clear to Mr.. Mclaughlin
who was then named.
Now came the real issue of the evening.
Mr.. Rosenberg ami his gang were deter
mined that they would win and tnsy I'm
mediAtely set out to accomplish their
purpose. They shouted the name Of
Rosenberg at the top Of their voices and
repeatedly asked that his nomination be
made by reclamation. But there was an
other aspirant in the field. This was
Michael j. Landsrs, who said only little
but who had been putting In some telling
licks. Mr.. Landers and his cohorts de {.
manded ballot to settle the dispute and
the chair In putting the qussti on. decided
another petty row over the matter Of who
should be elected to count the votes, Al
derman Mannix and Harry Z. Wilson
were chosen.
For the next hour the voting went on.
The crowds surged up TO the railing be-
hind which were the ofiicsrs Of the meet
ing and on a number Of occasions It
seem I'd as though trouble was to ensue
over the question Of allowing men to
tuEOW tuGiT NOtcUs INV tACNo was NJ Vdt-
break. Had there been sny, Officers Chase
and Foss would hive been right on hand
to settle the disputes. The Rosenberg
gang coIlsgted by them selves and CON-
tinued their shrisks. They psrchsd about
the windows and on the ohairs and cried:
GAN vote for Rosenberg, the peo-
pies friend, who has done more for this
-ara tl,n = aov othar yrau Whap ba -as
in the council he stood up for Us lAboring
men,"
When the time came to count up 1t wSs
found that Mr.. Landsrs had IS votes and
that Mr.. Rosenberg had II votes. This
was complete sumner to the defeated
candidate and he and his friends got out
Of the hall in double quick style. A few
appointed to prepare ward committee
and Mr.. Hose nberg had been chosen he
could not be found and another man was
chosen.
John p. Jones was nominated for ward
clerk and Mi chael j. Gearin and Thomas
Jordan were named as oonstablss. Ex.
Alderman Mike McCann was named az
ohC VI hhc SobSNNpkec, WV was Nt-CAtoas
1hsre was another hot time when 1t
came to nominate candidat, for warden.
The names of John II. Ray and Harry Z.
Wilson were mentioned, but tie Ray peo-
pie had the loudsst voices and according.
ly won out.
John j. O'Neil, Jospeh A. MoGowan
and Aiehasf1J. Geafiu were appointed to
select a ward committee and they re-
ported the names Of William ii.
Doughsrty, John ]. O'Neil. James K.
Hnssett, Edward J. Young and Joseph j.
O'Connor. These were declared elected
but some patriot made himself heard by
crying out: whats the matter thersf
Why Is It that the lower end Of the ward
can't be represented on this committsef"
The final trouble Of the evening was
over the question az to whether the chair
should name delegates to tie mayorslty
convention. There was wrangle which
continued for several minutes regarding
this matter but the chair was of the opin-