The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-07-15
COUNCIL
WILL CAUCUS.

bers of City Council will caucus for
the purpose Of naming a ticket OF
city officers to be voted for on Thurs.
day evening. Every effort will be
made to prevent a repetition of the
deadlock that occurred when the last
caucus for city officers was held; but
it is not at all unlikely that dead.
lock will result.
The election of Michael II. Cannon
as a member from the Second ward,
to succeed Charles f. Sparks, Jr h.,
who was returned as elected by the
election officers, places new face on
the situation, and what the candi.
dates now want to know is where
Cannon stands
There Is no doubt that the big
Four'-composed Of Messrs. wi lis,
Kane, Mousley and Smilh-has lem
broken by Mousley bobbing up with
the candidacy of former Treasurer
William l.. Hamann for clerk of Coun.
Gil, and it is not known whether
there will be another combination
formed or not. Before Cannon was
seated four was a majority of the
Democratic members, but now it IS
not. Mr.. Monaghan of the Third
ward showed indications of becoming
one of the "Big Four" when Cannon
was seated and made it necessary to
have "BIg Five in order to accom-
pllsh anything.
1t is admitted that the hardest
contest will be between IIamann and
William p. Morrison, for clerk of
Council, and it would not be sur
prising if each did not appear in the
caucus with four votes to his credit.
There has been talk Of putting la.
mann in the position Of auditor, thus
diSpoSing Of him but this would not
be satisfactory to Councilman Zebley
of the twelfth ward, who is backing
John Boughman for the position aud
will insist upon his election. There
is also a contest on between Mr..
Willis of the First ward, who wants
John IIol2cr fol- baiif, and Mr.. Mon.
Afghan of the Third who Is behind
the boom of w. Il. McNabb.
Councilman Smith Of the Eleventh
ward, wants two candidates John j.
Ryan for coal oil inspector and Nor
risUn for clerk. Smith is counted
the hardest fighter in the Council,
and if he does not get what he waits
it is reasonable to expect that there
will be other disappointed Democrats
besides himself.
Jane, Kane of the Fourth ward is
supposed to be favorable to the can.
didacy of Morrison for clerk but he
is not taking 4 very active part in
this contest for the reason that he
wants Michael Council, the present
clerk of the market, reelected.
There are other candidates fox the
same position and Kane is looking
out for his man
Joseph +. McCallerLy from the
Tenth ward also has candidate for
coal Inspector in the person Of Dav-
id Council, but it is thought that he
got into the fight too late and that
Ryan will be the man to land the DO
siton. 1t is also said that Mr.. Mon
Afghan wants the position oil treasur-
cr's clerk for his brother and that
therefore the doom Of George J. lCo.
berg, the present incumbent, is seal.
CO.
The entire matter, however, him
ges upon what Cannon wants, and
there is no doubt that Mr.. Cannon
will want something. In the last
contest he wanted the city auditor,
and it was given him by majority
of the caucus but the "Big -Four"
prevented the election. The sane
man who was chosen then Ivy Cannon
would like to have the pos ton now,
and there is no doubt that Cannon
will do what he can to get it for him.
There will also be other troubles
when the reorganization Of the com.
mittees is brought up. This will have
to be done shortly and the question
is who will give up good position on
a committee for the purpose of max.
ing room for Cannon. If he was
compelled TO take the place of Sparks
on the committees he would secure
the tail end of three committees and
it is not likely that the other Demo.
cratic members will ask him to do
bhiS. In addition the committees
upon which Cannon replaced Sparks
would then consist wholIy:of Demo.
Gratis, which would not be right. 1t
Is desired to give Cannon the chair.
manship Of some committee but the
question is who will give up a good
place
1t certain that none OF the mem.
bcrS want to give up their present
positions and they do not have to
give them up because they have been
elected for two years 1t is likely
that at the meeting this evening the
committee matter will receive attcn.
ton as well as the nomination of
Democratic candidatcsfor city Offices.
| Various efforts at making comb :
nations have been tried but they
have not been consumatcd vet and at
present the fight for Office is open.
Even should live members combine to
name the officers, the three members
left out Of the deal could vote indie.
pendently and prevent the election
just as the "Big Fonr" did in the
last contest. For this reason there
is an opinion among many OF the Re-
publican members of Council and also
among the Democratic politicians,
that there will be deadlock and