Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-19

Ctv Councilman Thomas +. Postles
f 49, coored me mber of that body, was
sr,s trated. at the meeting of that body,
last night. in his. effort TO land Dr. Con-
N Baufon colored, as one of the city
,sreine physicians, William p. White,
one Of the Republican members Of Coun-
II refusing TO vote for Dr. Banton,
,hboueh the latter is said to have been
rominated by the vote Of a majority Of
ibe caucus. which was participated in by
NJ Postles and all of the white Repuh-
iicans In retaliation, Mr.. Postles de-
cred the white Republicans when il
,ane to selecting the physician for the
rayt district. and voted for the Demo-
sr,fic nominee, DIR. Harvey B. Patton.
ubo was elected. On this ballot DR..
Horace Bradley, the Republican nominee,
roeived only FIVE of the six remaining
Republican votes, somebody voting
blank
As stated above, all Of the Republicans
. anticipated in the caucus, and, accord
f ln- 10 Mr. Postles, DR.. Banton, his candi-
date appeared to be the choice of a ma
iorty Of the caucus for the Second north
eastern district the nominees for the
other districts being DR.. n. b. Morrison.
\ Dr. Horace Bradley and DR.. George r.
+ Follk
Mr. Pcstles evidently believed that the
f Republicans were going to vote solidly
for this supposed slate, and when the
selection OF a man for the First district
came up which brought the first ballot,
. sl Of the seven Republicans voted for
f him. but the break came on the second
f ballot. at which the colored physician was
I the only Republican nominee, being put
IN nomination by Mr.. Postles. The
Democrats put up DR.. Thomas d. Cook
sCanst him. DR.. Cook received seven
yoies and Dr. Banton six
When it came to selecting the man for
the Fourth-northwestern district. Mr.
postles stood with his Republican col
leagues and DR.. George r. Foulk was
elected Dr. John p Malcolm received
ihe support Of the Democrats. Some Of
the white Republicans were Of the inn
preston that Mr. Postles thought Mr..
Simmons was the white Republican who
deserted him, drawing this conclusion
ium the fact that he voted for Dr. Patton,
Vlo is in Mr.. Simmons district, while he
voted with the white Republicans in
Hecting DR.. FoulS, who is in Mr. Taylors
district Whether Mr.. Postles really
looked at matters this way is not known,
for he declined to make a statement after
the meeting, although he said he might
have something to say later. He adj
mitted that he voted for DR.. Patton. how
ever but could not tell who voted the blank
ballot and nobody else appeared to be
willing to give this information.
The new vaccine physicians are as fol-
lows.
First Southeastern district-Dr. N.
B. Morrison, Republican.
Seoond-Northeaste Thomas d.
Cook, Democrat.
Third Southwestern-Dr. Harvey B.
Patton Democrat.
Fourth Northwesten-Dr. George r.
Foulk. Republican.
1t was learned that Mr.. Whites candi-
date Dr. II. NJ. First, was turned down in
caucus. which is said to have been the re-
suit of joke. When the caucus was
epout 70 convene Mr. Postles was invited
70 participate, and, according to Mr..
W,hlte, he was the person who extended
The invitation. Some Of the members ex-
pressed surprise at the attendance Of Mr..
fostles, as he has not been a regular at
iendant at some of the caucuses in the
past. In fact, it is said that he was not
always invited.
However, last nights caucus was held,
with all the Republican members in at
tendance, the conference taking place in
The Office Of Mayor Wilson. Following
custom, the members made nominations
lot candidates for the four vaccine physi-
cans and, contrary to the expectation Of
some Mr.. Postles had a candidate for the
vN99riheastern 40 district, Dr. Banton. Mr..
y, nmle also nominated his candidate, DR..
INST Some of the white Republicans
thought it would be nice thing to throw
S9.inpnmentary 9.i votes to Mr.. Postles' can
Udate. So far as is known, there was no
understanding to this effect, and, from
Nnai aii can be learned, each man who
reached this decision evidently thought
~ was the only one who was compliment
y, ,lg ms colored colleague, but it developed
Nat there were three members who usero