The Portland daily press., 1900-02-09
In Wards Two and Four
1t Will Be Different.
There viii Be Plenty of Ex-
citement in These Two Wards.

The Democratic oAucusss will tax,
place tonight. In all but two wards o.
the city they viii be of the cut and dried
order. a few enthusiasts win assem biz
In lonely dignity, appoint a committee &C
present u list Of names rs candidates for
the several positions aud the ooinmittee
will then etire. 10 ward five Mr.. j.
Henry Brad ley will then take from his
inside pocket Il list OF names which the
other mem bers OF the committee will
read over and II their own nam es do not
appear thereon they will agree to it.
They will then return to the caucus and
join the four or i've men who win await
their return. The list uill te adopted By
reclamation and then the cauoUs will ad
journ TO GO dUwp to ward four, OF up 10
ward two to ses the fun. What will occur
in wand i've is what will heppsu IN all of
the other wards of the city excepting In
wards fou- and two.
In the iattsr ward there ia bound 10 be
ths usual monkey and parrot time One
who has attended an event of this oharac-
ter cnn almost picture what Will occur
there In advance only M mortal man I'm
less 1t be Mike McCann, osp reslly fore
tell what will be the resOl; OF the caucus.
Perhaps MIR. MoCEnu can tell, but he
himself may be fooled tonight
The great fight Is for the nomination
for aldermen, The present representative
from ward two, Mr.. Mannix, Ia said TO
be desirious of returning to the board of
nl1ermen for a third tsrm. In such u
ward as this one he represents, the seiec-
tinn of man for third tsrm as aide r
man is almost unheard of. MI Mannix 8
chances are said to be slim though he has
powerful backing. Councilman Florsnoe
r. Drisooll 10 said to De the man on whom
the mantle of sldermanio dignity will
fall. He has served three terms ana has
been regarded as very able exponent of
Dem ocratic principles in the common
council Mr.. Drisooll is young man and
this Is said u be his only fault In the
minds Of the ward two Democracy.
There viii be the usuGl scramble for
The council ticket. Mr. Edward ii urphy
will bs nominated TO succeed himself In
the council, but the other two places are
In doubt. MIR. Samuel Rose n bsrg. wht
was the d rst Eebrsw to serve In the city
council but who was turned down after
one term Of cffloe by bis brethren viii try
to get back for a second term tonigh ut.
or the other candidates there are &c
many and their chances SO uncertain that
IL would be folly to attempt to mentIou
fhem or tn rebssrss their qualifications.
But the fight of fights. tbs row of rows,
10 anticipated In ward four. Here twC
young ocurcilmeD snd an elder one,
Messrs 4. A. Burke and Joseph h. +.
Connolly ana Daniel Chase are out fer
the aldermanio nomination. The oanvafs
which these young men hsse made has
hesn a thorough one and has been In pro-
grsss for &C ne time. B0sb Of the csndi-
dates HAYS served two tsrIrs In the conn
ell, both HAYS been prominent in Its de-
libsrations ana 10th have besD prom inent
in the councils Of the party. Dir. Burke
10 oRs of the wideawaks, energetic and
up 70 date members Of the Argus local
force. He numbers AMONG his supporters
a great many of the prominent workers
IN this ward which he has ably Ispre-
nted for two years. Mr.. Connolly Is "a
law student and AS has been said bias also
been prominent in the deliberations OF
tire council.
The =. he ir 'PRrd four hes Neas 49, :