The sun., 1900-05-08
THE SLATE WILL GO THROUGH
Liberty Fire Company Com
pletes Preparations for Re-
ceptiOn to New Chief.
DI&QUIETING REPORTS DENIED
Washington Fire Company will
Stick to Combination---Judg
of Election Of Liberty and
Friendship Companies
We're Legally Chosen.

TIE slate of the combination com.
panies in the Fire Department-F Friend
ship, Phoenix, Washington, Weccacos
and Liberty will go through at tonight's
election for chief engineer and two as
sistants, despite published reports to the
contrary.
The slate is as follows: Chief 1hn P.
Welch, of the Liberty; First Assistant
Ii. NJ. Wiley, OF the Friendship; Second
Assistant John +. Palfry OF the Phoenix.
The report that seventeen members OF
the Lib. rty Fle Conn any would
vote against Welch WAS strei uou :
ly denied by officers and members Of
that company last nigat. A report that
the Washington Fire Company would
leave the combination was likewise
strenously denied by officers and mem.
bers Of that company.
Another report that in case the Liberty
Company gave malDrity for the co.u.
bine State, the election would be taken TO
City Council aud Contested on the ground
that two Of the mpanies, Liberty and
Friendship, had nos elected their Judges
OF election bit appointed them, which is
Illegal. This also is denied by officers
and members Of the TWO companies. The
vice president Of the Friendship Com
panv authorizes the statement that they
are willing to bet : 90 t. IS that the
judges Of that company were eiecel.
The Liberty Fire Company held a
meeting last night ard completed ar
rangenents for tnnight's election and
the reception to the new chief, which,
according to the com bination slate, will
be John P. Welch, member of the
company. A band, which will be either
the First Regiment or Hyatt's, will
furnish music, and there will be refresh
ments.
The company had, at its last meeting,
appointed committee of three to en-.
gage band and secure refreshments for
the occasion. This committee haG,
however, engaged the Opera House and
the Opera Hou-e orchestra. and given a
formal invitation to Council as well as to
persons not firemen.
The action nf the ctm nittee was net
The Council will be well
coined if they CHI ose to come.
All firemen, whether members of the
companies or not, will be
welcomed. The reception is not fnr the
u ,lic generally. The reception wiIltale
| la,e alter the polls close. The polls op n
1t a ! the engine houses at Z p m. and
close at 10 p m.
Members of the Liberty Fire Com
pany say they will stand hv the seal Of
the company and vote for the slate.
The company on the first meeting
night in January nominated Mr.. Wech.
There were thirty of the thirty-onr mam-
bers OF the jmpany present. Before the
into the election of can
1idate motion was unanimously passed
that each aud every member pledge
themselves to stand by the nominee.
Welch received seventeen votes, while
his only opp lnent, Augustus Thurman,
yotsthirteen votes.
Mr.. Fuhrman said last night that he
would vote for Welch and knew of no
one who would vote against him.
The attempt to break the combination
through the Liberty is made every two
years.
The Washington Fire Company held
ts monthly meeting last night the
ubie,t Of the election of a chief did not
'ome up.
James D5ugherty will b. inspector
md Henry q. Roller and Frank Platt