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A contest ensued only In one ward. the
Third, and this was wholly on factional
lines for control OF the ward. The old
Second ward wing under Alderman Nc
Caughey and Isaac Gill had locking
of horns with Thomas o'Brien and his
friends of the old Fifth.
The McCaughey- forces won out by
q wide majority. the vote standing 62C
20 172 O'Brien was beaten in mis- own
district, PIG to II. About one-half the
total vote was cast in this ward.
Things were somewhat mixed in the
Fourth ward, all sorts of tickets being
circulated. but the result was the same
as the rest.
in several of the wards unanimously:
THAT we heartily and enthusiastically
Endorse Mayor Fitzgerald's candidacy for
the governorship and recommend to the
Democrats throughout the state of
Rhode Island their cooperation and sup
port In promoting his candidacy
The vote by wards was as follows;
First, l42: Second. 1866; Third. 792: Fourth,
2s2; Fifth. 1888; Sixth. AZ. Total, 1917.
FIRST WARD.
A small party was present in the First
ward room when order was called. War
den jeremiah f. Leahy being absent
Fred j. Coyle was elected to the pest
ton. Peter Barden served as clerk of the
First district. Thomas King was clerk
for the second district and Edward r.
McCaughey for the Third district.
Ballotting commenced at 7:15 O'Clock
and the following ticket was elected.
Delegates TO state and congressional con-
vention--Thomas Mumford Edward r.
Butler. Arnold C. Messier: delegates 40
city convention-John Rock, Charles T..
Mccarthy. Charles Mumford. John 2.
Burns Edward Connaughton; ward ana
city committee-Charles f. Mccarthy,
George King. Patrick Kaveney Edward
+. Cavanaugh. Edward Il. Butler; elec-
tion warden. First district--charles r.
McCaoe; clerk, James f. Nolan; caucus
warden. jeremiah +. Leahy; caucus
clerk George ii. McCabe; election war
den. Second district. Francis ]. Kenneuy
clerk. Albert II. Allen; caucus clerk
Thomas King election warden, TnTd |
district. John Farrell; clerk, Cleveland
Lovely: caucus clerk Terrence Donneiiy
The vote by districts was as follows: I
First, 30; Second. l02; Third, 10: total.
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SECOND WARD.
The Second ward caucus was held at |
the Young Mems club. on Woodbime |
street. The clerks q. the districts were |
as follows: First, William REYNOLDS: |
Second. James ii. Crowell Third, James |
+. Cullen. John f. O'Neil presented the |
following ticket. and there was no oppo- |
sition: Delegates TO state convention. |
John ]. Fitzgerald. James H. Higgins: |
delegates TO city convention, Joseph H. |
Clark. Louis A. Murphy, Joseph c. Maur- |
or, George A. Riley, Fred Marshall:
members OF ward committee Augustin +. |
Burns, John 4. O'Neill Thomas F. Nc |
Ardle. John ]. Hines Joseph c. Maurer:
caucus warden. Charles r. Mclaughlin: |
First district, clerk. James G.. Finn: cleo |
tion warden. Daniel p. Mcclure: election |
clerk, John r. Carney; caucus clerk Sec
ond district. James II. Crowell: election |
warden. Second district. Thomas ]. Phil |
lips: election clerk, Fred w Boland. |
Third district, caucus clerk, Charles q. |
Stanley; election warden, William H. |
Motley: clerk Edward H. MoCaughey.
THIRD WARD.
A big crowd was present at the caucus !
in the third ward. 792 votes being de- |
posted. This ward is made up OF por- |
lions OF the old second and fifth wards |
the old Democratic strongholds Every |
enort was made TO get out the voters
Control of the ward was the objective |
point
The Mccaughey- OH Keenan, ticket
eore the inscription. Union Labor Tick |
ct" while the other was Anti Machine |
Ticket In bold type. Voting commenced |
shortly after o'clock with William +.
Meagher as warden and Charles Morris |
Bernard +. McElroy and Henry r.
Quirk, clerks for the first, second and |
third districts. respectively.
The Union Labor Ticket was "a fol-
Delegates
Edward McCaughey. John w. Davis. Mat
new j. Dooley. James Z. Bannigan; dele
gates to city convention. William Kier-
nan, Frank p. Gormley, Henry l.. John
con. William keoueh. James s. Finan;
ward committee. Bernard Keenan, Ber-
nard Hughta. James II. Fitzpatrick. Pc
Ter j. Quinn Matthew Storm.
The O'Brien or Anti Machine" ticket
was ns follows. Delegates to Demo
cratic state convention. Hon. John w
Davis. Hugh =. Mcintyre. Peter III. Mo-
ley. Thomas Lee. delegates to Demo
cratic city convention Augustus schroe-
ger, Thomas McAloon. Charles J. Hanni.
San. John Goodwin. Charles r. REYNOLDS.
members Democratic ward and city com
mittee. Joseph J. Mcclure. John r Nc |
Cam. Michael Duffy. Thomas w r,ona
hue. Joseph T. Clark.
For caucus warden. Daniel j.. Harold |
vas opposed by Joseph r. Hunt The
euccessful ward officials were Daniel |
Harold. with Charles Morris as clerk Of |
The FIRST district, Bernard for the secord |
olstrict and John G McKeough for the /
thfrd district. First district election
warden. Joseph Kenney; clerk. Frank
yord: second district election warden.
Joseph Dursin; clerk Joseph IT. McNuI- |
~; third district. election warden. Thos
" Sherry; clerk Joseph y. Hughes The
Union Labor Ticket received e20 votes.
ne "Anti-Machine Ticket ia. The