Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-10
A LARGE CAUCUS.
Republicans Choose Delegates
to County Convention.
They Were Instructed for ManIey,
Leigh and McFadden.
Fight Was On Sheriff, McFaddcn Win
ming, $50 to 213.

It was l-rre and magnificent caucus
Of Republican voters that met in City
l.all. last evening, to elect 10 delegates
and T. aIjeiHatrs to attend the county
convention to Nc held in this city on
Wednesday,. June ]. The reason for
the Iarg. attendance is explained by
the fact tndt i friendly contest for tine
nomination for sheriff Of the county
bad been st1rted, and the friends Of the
opposing candidates turned out in force
10 vote for their respective favoritcs.
Andrew J.. NcFatden. the present in
cumhcnt rf tlc Office, desires Il rCnomi-
nation, ana Joshua Z. Bean, one OF his
deputies was in the field with the OBJ
iact Of securing tho support Of the Re
publican citizens of Augusta for the
same high office.
The result Of the contest was that
Two sets Of delegates were presented to
;hc caucus to be voted for. For two
hours the baliotipG continued, ana
when the votes were counted it WAS
found that the McFadden ticket was
elected hy 4 vote Of $50 to 213 for the
Hean list.
1t S O'Clock Hon. p. O. Vicllery,
chairman of the city committee, called
The caucus to order ana nominated
Hon. Charles $. Hichborn for chair
man.
Mr. Hichborn briefly thanked the
caucus for the honor conferred, after
which he read the call. He cautioned
The caucus to proceed decorously ana
quietly in the work TO be done. lie
said that no one could vote ut this eau
Gus save those who would be legal voters
in September and il voting ut that time
would vote the Republican ticket. He
stated that the right Of challenge would
he recognized. and that those chalIcnG-
cd should stand aside until all others
had voted, when their cases would be
investigated.
ON motion of DR.. It. G. Kinsman, w.
c. Boothby was elected secretary.
Hon. J. Il. Manley moved that the
members Of the city committee be ap-
pointed to receive, sort and count the
ballots, and that the chairman appoint
one from each ward to assist them. The
motional prevailed, and the following
gentlemen were selected 10 aid the
committee:
Ward /, J. NJ. Nichols; ward ,, 4. B.
Perkins; ward 3. l.. c. Dudley; ward 4,
Geo. a. Clutter; ward ). Roland A. Serb
ner: ward 6. Manning S. Campbell; ward
z Weston Lewis; ward s, Byron Savage.
AT this juncture il was announced that
the voters would vote by wards and that
the check list would be used. Eight ta-
bles were brought in and the committee
men and their assistants took seats at
them.
NJ. s. Campbell announced that the
a.. II a -:oI-r
the McFadden ticket, and Geo. c. Shell
don stated that the one headed by Lewis
!. BurIeiGh was for Bean.
The following is the McFadden ticket:
DeIcgates-P. o. Vickery. Lendall Tit
comb Ira II. Randall, Clarence B. Bur
leigh. II. NJ. Heath. John Manley Nichols
Nathan Weston. CHARLES r. Hall. Jas. l..
Kingsley. Victor French, Charles S. HicAl-
born. Walter IT. Davis, Manning S. Camp
bell, A. W. Brooks ". Il. Williams,
Charles Fl. White, Alfred Fred Patnaud,
j. NJ Cross. Geo. A. Cioutier
Aternates-W. H. Gannett, \. NJ Cod
dard. Smith s. Randall, F. J. c. Little,
Charles r. Written. Manson Dennis, VIM.
II. Reid, Samuel c. Manley, Charles II.
Cunninrham. f. a. Hussey. Geo. ID. Has
kell, w II. Allen, ". H. Mason, Jas. ].
Druery, Norman L. Bassett. Augustin Ca
ret. Gee. N. Twitcncll, Arthur E. Perez
val. WeIlman Curtis.
The following is the Bean ticket:
gates-Lewis A. Burleigh, L. s.
Lyon. Howard Owen, J. Howard Chand-
Ter. VIM. c. F'ifeld. \. A. Soule. James
]. Maher. Daniel Scribner. Albert 7.
Fuller. Hiram Clark. Charles J. House,
Geo. A. Cloutier, Ruel W. Dutton,
Manson Dennis. Fred Z. Merrill. Lewis
Butler Roscoe E. Penney. William Z.
Barrows. A. r. Perkins.
AIternates-D. w. Ward, Frank Hew-