Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-04-25
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Citizens Meeting.

between 300 and 400 voters met in
Ravenscrofts' Opera House on Monday
evening.
Shortly before o'clock Tony Nc
Luckie stated that the object of the
meeting was to nominate men to serve
the town in a proper way, and suggested
that George Stern take the chair.
This accomplished, the chair called the
meeting to order and delivered pa
triotic address. Among many good
things Mr.. Stern said that it was the
duty of every citizen to speak out ON
this subject and, that it was of the
utmost importance to all. He believed
that the present Mayor, Bailiff and
Policeman could not be improved upon,
but the CounCilmen nominated at the
republican primary could be, and i'll his
opinion the Mayor would have a hard
time finding competent members for his
most important committees if the ticket
nominated be elected. He closed by
making an earnest appeal to the audi
ence to select good men.
At this juncture everybody wanted to
speak at once, but George Jones got
started far enough to point out the
necessity of nominating good ticket and
he moved that ticket be nominated.
Carried.
Frank Spates wanted to know if it was
the intention of the meeting to nominate
Il half or whole ticket. He thought the
ticket should be i'll full.
Squire Perry Weimer stated that he is
a democrat and wanted that fact under.
stood, but he was willing to support a
"Citizens Ticket"
a. l.. Mckenzie thought Il full ticket
should be nominated.
George Jones stated that Treasurer
Duggan told him that his work was very
hard that he had handled about $4,000
and but for having the assistance of his
daughter he would not have been able
to do the work.
Daniel Porter thought that full
ticket should be nominated
William Grove made Il strong plea
for endorsing Mayor Lammert. He
said it would not be easy to get any
better Mayor.
Cornelius Bahen interrupted Mr..
Grove to say that he was not so sure of
that point
Mr.. Grove continued his remarks and
closed by asking the meeting to endorse
Mr.. Lammert for Mayor. BY doing SC
they would be doing their duty.
At this juncture the motion of Nj.
Jones to nominate IA full ticket was put
to vote and was carried
The chair stated that he was now ready
to hear nominations for Mayor.
William Grove nominated Mayor Lam
inert, and Richard f. CLANCY moved tina,
Mr.. Lammert be nominated by acclama.
ton. Carried
b. T. Schofield said that anyone who
read the JOURNAL knew what was going
in the town. He explained about the
III" puihlo lIuNC Dttll IldCttt III
operation. He also referred to the street
paving and said it was a good thing; in
a couple of years the ones who opposed
it would wake up and wonder why they
did not pave before.
Charles Dillon thought that one at d
time should be nominated. Suggestion
adopted, the following gentlemen wer,
placed in nomination-Joe L. Marx,
Silas Duggan, Charles E. Tucker, 7. G
Dillon, George Stern, Martin Hartig
Henry Mayer, Thomas Rowe, Conrad
Knieriem, P. O'Rourke, John S. Brophv
D. D. Price and J. H. Hitchins
After considerable talk the list
dwindlcd down to Hitchins, Duggan
Hartig, Tucker and Knieriem.
While the count for Councilman wa.
going on the meeting endorsed Henry
Fisher and Roger H. Williams for bailif
and policeman.
The ballot resulted in the nomination
of Charles E. Tucker and Sil;s Duggan
and tie between Conrad Kmeriem and
J. H. HitchinS.
a motion to nominate the latter by
acclamation was adopted.
After Il silver Offering to dcfray ex
penscs of meeting, adjourned sine die.
Besides chairman Stern the officers OF
the meeting were Messrs. Henry X
Netf secretary, Richard F. CLANCY
and Charles Stewart Parnell Barrett
tellers.
The ticket, endorsed and nominated
was as follows:
For .N"yor-Peter Lammer.
For Co""cjlmen-Charlcs h. Tucker. Sila.
Duggan and J. II. Hitchins.
For Boait-IIenry Fisher,
For PI;cemo"-ROger II. Williams.
Get Together.
The Cumberland CoHrier suggests
that 1.-The job printers of this section
should get together and regulate prices
for their work as nearly as it can be
done.
No doubt about it.
The other day the JOURNAL named
Slla for a job that i'll expenditure OF
time, labor, material, and knOTing hOW,
nuuhf IN haya lrounht at Ia.ot x) ,,I