The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-08
DELEGATES OF
The DEMOCRACY
Result Of Primaries In Various
Wards Last Evening.
FITZGERALD men CONFIDENT.
Claim That More Than Majority From
Providence VIII Be In Their fayorat
State Convention Thursday.
FITZGERALD men CONFIDENT.

The Democratic primaries I'm the various
wards OF the city were held last evening
and. with but two exceptions. there was
little out OF the ordinary. No attempt was
made by the Fitzgerald sdherents TO cap
ture the Second ward caucus and the
state convention delegates chosen there
from are understood TO be IN favor or
Mr.. Honey OF Newport and Mr.. Quinn Of
Warwick a. delegates TO the national con-
vention st Sc. Louis.
In the Sixth ward, there were two uck-
sts in the field and here the Honey ana
Quinn men we're victorious by nearly SIX
10 one.
In the Tenth ward, the warmest contest
was waged and won by plurality or 81
in a total OF 274 votes cast.
The Fitzgerald men claim 20 or the 70
delegates from this city but IL remains to
be seen II he can hold such strength In
the convention Thursday next.
Following IL the result summarized or
last evenings primarfes
FIRST WARD.
The total number of ballots cast footed
,Ip ll2 and Roger w Sullivan acted as
warden with John j. Finan, Peter u.
Swift and Bernard T. McElroy officiating
as clerks.
The delegates chosen: Dennis r. cronin,
Charles w. Burns and Thomas +.
O'Neil.
SECOND WARD.
Thoner r. peckham acted as warden.
assisted by the following clerks: James
eastman. Thomas Clark. Michael n.
Gearin. Frank J. Mccain and j. r. Ma
larkey.
Delegates chosen: Richard r. Comstock,
william j. Pyne and Christopher Dunn.
THIRD WARD.
Frank f. McKenna was warden with
John J. McElroy. Mark w Greenhalgh.
Henry Il. McPhillips. Daniel O'Connor,
William J. Rankin and Edward j. Fftz-
patrick. clerks.
Delegates chosen: John C. Dunn. Thom-
as f. Galllgan and Thomas j. Flynn.
FOURTH WARD.
Warden. William r: Galligan; dele
gates. Samuel r.. Daubney and Patrick
I'll. kehoe: only ~ votes cast.
FIFTH WARD.
Moderator, Michael r. Kelley; dele
gates, James A. Coleman, Michael A. Ney
and James E. Reilly; "a votes were cast.
SIXTH WARD.
Warden Samuel Grafton; clerks. Ar
thur Kirwick. Albert r. Moore, John +.
ONeill and Daniel McIoughln dele
gates. Thomas A. Carroll. Christopher w.
oBrien and John A. Conley; lo2 votes
were cast.
SEVENTH WARD.
Warden. Peter L. Doyle: clerks, John S.
OBrien, Joseph r. Baggott, Richard
Phelan. James g. Kirby and Thomas IL
Carter; delegates. ]. Frank Connolly and
Thomas II. Cooney; less than 80 votes
cast.
EIGHTH WARD.
Eleven votes were cast in the Eighth
ward. and no opposition developed TO the
election OF David j. Barr and Charles
Mulhearn, who will support Fitzgerald In
his fight for control OF the state con-
yention.
NINTH WARD.
Warden. Michael j. Nagle; delegates,
Thomas j. Dorney and John G, McElroy;
there were leo votes cast.
TENTH WARD.
Joseph NJ. Dempsey filled the position
OF warden. with Patrick McGinn, Thomas
r. Sullivan, John V. Croghan, Patrick +.
Ide, Patrick j. Markey and James
O'Rourke. clerks; delegates, Miles A. Nc
Nance, James OBrien and John j. Gal
Igan, receiving 1853 votes, out of total
of ga cast