The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-13

Fort WardenS-WlusTn D. AudHst
Lewis Virgins.
Superintendent of Police - Thomas
screven.
Superintendent Of Fire Department
John f. Mcguire.
Superintendent of Water works-I U.
Klnsey.
Tax Assessor, Chairman and Ex-oficio
Clerk H. H Osborne.
Tax Assessors-Samuel Reynolds, Philip
NJ Russell
City Attorney-Samuel B. Adams.
City Physicians-Drs. G. Il johnson,
Elton s. Osborne and NJ. NJ saliba
Chimney Contractor. Eastern Division
Z. Thompson.
Chimney Contractor, Western Division
John A. Fallon.
Harbor Master-James Mcbride
Clerk OF the Market-Alex Mendel
City Marshal-H. E. Dreeson.
Keeper city Dispensary-IA D. Strut
ton.
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery--Henry
Garwes.
Assistant Keeper City Dispensary-E. ].
Kieffer. Jr
Recorder-Shelby Myrick.
Keeper of City CIocks-Robert Schneid-
er.
No time was spent by the aldermen in
caucus. At o'clock they were ready. and
the meeting was called to order. The
'dress circle" and the gallery" were
both well filled, city officers. candidates
and those who stood well with the pow
ers having places within the railing. while
others, possibly not fortunate in appear
ing or, the scene in time to avoid the rush,
remained standing beyond the pale dur
ing the long meeting.
Alderman Dixon moved that the rules
be suspended and that the Mayor cast
the ballot of Council for all the candi-
dates without opposition. This motion
was carried, and the list of those who had
no opposition for their positions was read
The Mayor then cast the vote of Coun-
Gil.
The election then proceeded. and the
crucial moment for the opposing candi-
dates and their friends was reached. City
Marshal John Power received the ballots
of the aldermen, passing then to the
Mayor, who called the names, the clerk
acting as teller.
The following are the candidates who
had opposition and the way they were
elected:
City attorney, one ballot Samuel B.
Adams. z; F. NJ. Oliver. 6; W. Hampton
Wade, 0.
City physician, white, one ballot. G. H
johnson. 10; Elton s. Osborne, 12; NJ M
Saliba, 9; Harold L. Warwick, /; John Z.
Haskell, 4.
Chimney contractor eastern division.
one ballot, f. Thompson. 9; 1. G. Schwarz-
baum, T.
Chimney contractor western division
one ballot. John jeffrey. 5; John A Fall
Ion, z; p. Schaulheiser, l.
Harbor Master. Three Ballots-James
Mcbride, 5, s, q John Reilly 8, 3, 2; F. A.
Won Eberstein, /. !. 2; c. Percy Lee, 4
AZ
Clerk of che Market. Eleven Ballots
Alexander Mendel, 3, 3, 3. 8. 4, 8. 4, 4, 6, a.
8, 8, 5; Thomas Gracen, 8, 4, 3, 2, l, /, 3. O.
0, /, 0; Palmer Kirkland, 0. 0. 0, !. 0, 0, o.
0. 0, O; Thomas p. Reynolds, 3, 3. 3, l. A.
3. 2, 2, 4, g. o; L. p. Masters, 8, 3, 4, A. 6,
s, 4, s. 5, 6, 8; John L. Chapman !, 0, 0, l,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0. o.
City Marshal-One Ballot-John Power,
3; ]. Robert Creamer 0; Henry L. Dree-
son, s.
Keeper City Dispensary, Two Ballots
Henry Gallagher, A. 8; Eugene M. Baker.
g. = . T. P'''ne'' o. o L. = S'Fu''0n'
Keeper Laurel Grove Cemetery, One
Ballot-Henry Garwes, z; Henry G. Black
3; Robert S. Nell, 3.
Assistant Keeper City Dispensary. One
Ballot-Edward J. Kieffer, Jr.. 9; r.. L..
Weed. 8; blank, !.
Recorder, One Ballot-Shelby ATyrick, g.;
/. M. Norwood. /; G. E. Bevans, 0: Wal
ter C. Hartridge 8; Thomas L. Hill. 0.
Keeper City Clocks, by Bids-Awarded
on motion, to Robert Schneider Follow
ing were the bidders: J. Levy $140;
Sternberg & Co. $780, Robert Schneider
s175; Hunter & Van Keuren, $780,
The chief interest was in the race for
city attorney, and the announcement Of
"seven'' for Adams ELECTED a
burst of applause 1t is said the
board stood as follows on this race:
Acknowledgement Tiedeman. farrell
Doyle, Minis Graham, Thomas and Haas
Oliver-Aldermen Dixon. Horrigan, Wells
Schwarz. Bacon and Mayor Myers.
Mr. Adams said after the election that
Capt ]. Ferris Cam had not retired in
his favor, and denied that any difference
in the result would have been caused by
Capt Cams continuing in the race. The
votes received by Mr. Oliver, he said.
would have been divided with Capt. Cam
while all seven of the votes he himself
received would still have been cast for
him. The withdrawal Of Capt. Cam, Mr.
Adams said, was not intended to be. nor
did il operate in his favor.
An Endorsement with a long string Of
names. many of them those of ladies.
probably had something TO do with the
recollection of Z. Thompson to the post
Of chimney contractor for the Eastern
Division. This Endorsement was read, as
were all other communications addressed
10 Council, having a bearing upon tho
elections
The first real contest, in so far as re-
curing more than one ballot, was
that for harbormaster. The incu.n-
bent, Capt, John Reilly, reinforced
his candidacy with a petition from the
shipping houses on the Bay. but this did
not prove effective against the political
potency of James Mcbride, who won out
on the third ballot. His partisans IN che
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