The Nome nugget., 1903-03-14
B0L. ' IN
 SEVENT \ Another Caucus Has
 Been Called. WAMT s RESIDENT Of the Ward, For ii is Claimed That G0Odricl, Does Not Live
 In the Seventh.
WANT 8 RESIDENT

The people of the Seventh ward held cauCu, last Tuesday night and the ] nomination for Councilman was cap tureG by W. E. Goodrich. the present councilman Now there is to he an ] other caucus next Monday night for 1t has been discovered that Mir. Good ! rich is not d resident of the seventh 1 ward" To this end q steering com mittec" was appointed 10 determiue | just where Mr. Goodrich had his dom 1 icile and other things. The commit tee found ordinance j2, passed by the ] city council in 1901. when an attempt Was made to have councilmen elected l by ward, and not at large. Subsequent 1 ly il was discovered that the counc. had exceeded il, authority by several lars but the OrdiI anCe Was never repealed. l. >tlll stands as guide mark to folly. The ordinance states that the Sevent h ward i> "all that portion of the city lying east of the center l,np of the \. \. T. N T. Cos track to the limits of the corporation. According to this document Mr. Goodrich is resident of the sixth ward and 50 the steering is chairman, suggested that new eau GUS be called to place in nomination d councilman for the seventh ward. The committee, in it, report to the parent body, recommend, that after having i placed "in nomination candidate from ] the Seventh ward. that inasmuch as i Mr. Goodrich has already made 50 strong showing in our ward, and that ] hi, interests are contiguous to our ward interests. that in case he secures the cudO scment of ma jorlty of the voters of the Sixth ward. that the SeY- cuth ward endOl-e him. provided the voters Of the sixth ward will endorse i our candidate hereafter to be named. :"
 \ subcommittee has been appointe to secure full registration of the Sev
 enth ward voters. and no person will tc allowed to vote at the caucus unless be
 be bona iide resident of the ward. All J the candidates will be nominate ed at the caucu, next Monday night, and then each vii! hustle three days, at the end of which time a final caucus will be l held and the man having the longest pole will get the persimmOns-t that is to say the candidate controlling the ' o l., The people of the First ward" which includes the sand,pit and Belmont polut eastward to D street, will also hold a caucus next Monday evening. They have a candidate in Attorney John 1 Rustgard, but they want to cryatalli1e 1 hi, support.
 Last week Pap Dean. tho well known old timer, announced himself as a candidate for the council. Council men Archer and Goodrich will also ask reelection. while Stevens. it is sad,
 will, few days before election, 'come out on an anti-Jolley ticket" whatever that may mean. Other candidates who will undoubtedly be in the field are J. | L. Pigeon, John Rustgard. w. H. Bard. ! C. R. Staples, John NJ. Calvin and w. J. Rowe, the well known transfer man.
 this morning Mr. Calvin sad that le would be candidate. His many friends have been urging him to run for some tune, and he has consented. Mir. Gal vtn has been in Nome since 1899 and is manager of the Pacific Cold Storage Co. 5 down town market.
 Mr. ". J. Rowe was also seen, (by tclephoneD and he said that he had con- seuted to become candidate. Mr. l Rowe is one of Nome's most pubic spirited citizens and would make an ideal member of the council. He has had experience and is a successful bus mess man.
 The only new candidate for the school board so far as known is Capt. Harry Storey, who is being backed by the cit izens of the east end. Capt. Storey is a man of family.