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FIRST WARD DEMOCRA RS.

democrat being nom mated for school com.
missioner by the republicans of ward
three.
FIRST WARD DEMOCRA RS
The democrats of ward one met at AR,
station thre.. T.. q. Sinclair was elected
char man and o. s. Cameron secretary. E.
u. Taft WIS nominated for alderman, John
ONeil for school conin'sSic ner, j.. l..
| Freeman for ward clerk and + r.. Per
| kins. j. II. Chambers and II. }. Dubuc fo-
INSPECTORS Of election. John Wilson was
elected as the wards member of the Cit'
committee and j. j. Mclaughlin. Michael
Collins and Edwin Ward were clecte,t
ward committee.
SECOND WARD DEMOCRATS.
The democrats of ward two met at TN,
former Star Hose house on Winooski avet
ne. j. T.. Burke was elected chairman anil
H. j. Mentally secretary. The ticket non =
mated by the republicans Thursday even
ing was endorsed as follows: Aldermen
G.. T. Trick: school commissioner, DR.. Fl.
=. Tinkham: ward clerk. y. o. Ray: it =
spec tors of election, A. II. Duhamel. Gail
Stcckwell and Max Samue lson. Patrick
Ready was elected n member OF the cit,'
committee and Patrick Henry, W. !.
Casey and Peter Shiatte were elected
ward committee. John Shcahan frank
Murray, Max Agcl, a. H. Mc.Ially. w.
Spcar and Fred Durgan were elected can
wasting committee.
After the business of tho caucus had
been completed, chairman Burke addrcsSc
the democrats present at length m mat
ters personal. lie declared that he alono
Rad stood between the ta>psN ers and ruin
Gus eXtravagance the past year and tina
he was better qualified to act as mayo.
than DIR. lldWlcy because he had serve /
a. alderman for one tenn.
THIRD WARD DEMOCRATS.
a hurry call for Il third ward democrat
ic caucus was issued on Saturday TO fill
the vacancy caused by the refusal of OH.
Yer DeNarcnneS to be "A candidate for
school commissioner. The caucus wa
held at fire station two. with William Mo
ran as chairman ana NJ. T.. Sullivan as sec
rotary. John l\metz was nominated for
Sc ool commissioner.
THIRD WARD REPUBLICANS.
Tho third ward republican caucus fol
! lowed that held by the democrats. w. r.
Gates was elected chairman, with J. y
BeaureEard secretary. j. w. Beatty moved
that the caucus make no nomination for
alderman but the motion was lost on a
division of the house. Thomas Faiey pre-
sontcd the name of Arthur r. St. Pierre
as IA candidate for alderman and he wa
ed to succeed himself as school commits
sioncr. j. II. Brockney. Thomas Failey
and /. Il. Girard were appointed a com
mlttee to nominate ward officers. They re-
ported as follows: Ward clerk, +. II.
Crandall; inspectors of election, Il. J.
Madisan. Thomas Failcy and Oliver De-
Narennes; ward committee, w. b. Gate,
i. T.. Girard and J. II. Brockncy: canvas
sing committee. j. Il. Beauregard. j. b..
Deyctte, John BcrGoron. S. NJ. Atherton
and Napoleon MERCER The report was ac-
ccptcd and adopted and the caucus adj
Jo'lrncd.
FOURTH WARD REPUBLICANS.
The republicans of ward four held their
caucus III the city court room. The de-
liberations We're harmonious the nominal
tons all being unanimous. An adjourn
ment was taken after session of les :
than ten minutes duration. The caucAs
was called to order by A. j.. Walker and
y. l.. sherman was elected chairman. VI II
Ira w. Drew secretary. Judge II, w j.
Hawkins presented the name of Georc
q stiles MS Il candidate for alderman to
succeed himself, and the nomination he
ing seconded by Alderman Beach NJ.
Stiles was unanimously nominated. DR.
Walter s. Vincent was nominated as II
candidate for school commits ioner tn sue
coed himself and George c. Mayo was
nominated for ward clerk Tho election in
spcCtors nominated were Frank Brown. II.
&. Whccloch and j, +. Conlon, while the
ward committee was elected as follows:
A, o. Walker T.. ID. Clifford and Gardner
Brewer.
Fol RTH WARD DEMOCRATS
The ward four democratic caucus was
to have been called to order at s o'clock
at the city court room, but It WIS nearly
A.pn e., .
then there were less than half dozen pres
cnt A slate of nominations had been pre-
pared by the ward committee previous
TO the caucus and the list was presen ed
and unanimously adopted The caucus
was called to order by W. II, Brown. who
read the call, and was then elected chair
man, with Frank J. Dwyer secretary. The
nominations and elections were as follows:
Alderman, Robert J. Brown; school com
missioner, Walter $. Vincent: ward clerk.
Frank j. Dwycr; inspectors Of election,
r. T.. Conlon. Frank Brown, T. A. De-
lancy. ward committee w. II. Brown r..
l.. Burke, j. c. Kelley; member of city
committee q. w. Kelley.
FIFTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
The caucus of the ilfth ward democrats
in the City Hall was characterized by a,
small attendance and little enthusiasm
James Ryan of the ward committee called
the meeting To order and l.. NJ. Sutton was
elected chairman, with d. &. Kelley Sec
rotary. James Ryan presented the name
Of John w. johnson as "a candidate for al
derman. Henry Latour seconded the nomi-
nation and it was made unanimous j. e.
Henderson was mentioned as a candidate
for school commissioner but Frank Daley
made the statement that Mr.. Henderson
would not accept any nomination from the
caucus and no vote was taken ID. j. No
Ian then presented the name Of Thomas
i. Clay as a candidate for that Office ard
he was unanimously nominated. A COM
mittco consisting Of j. &. RYAN, Joseph
Mitchell and John w. Johnson having been
appointed to nominate ward officers re-
ported as follows: Clerk, Frank Mccarthy:
inspectors of election. Joseph Mitchell, Jo-
seph Carlin and Martin Garvey; ward com
mittee, James Ryan, Frank Zottman and
Frank Mccarthy; member of city commit
tee, Fl. L. Daley. After adopting this re-
port the meeting adjourned having trans
acted the business for which ii was called
in less than 20 minutes.
e. BURKE FOR MAYOR.