The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-15
CANDIDATES NAMED.
cAucusEs HELD IN FIRST, SEC.
OMD, FOURTH & FIFTH WARDS
CANDIDATES NAMED.


Saturday evening in the several
1 wards and candidates in four wards
of the city were chosen for the city
council The third ward caucus was
postponed until Thursday evening,
| March Is. An unusual lack of inter,
est marked the caucuses, and they
Iwere poorly attended The lack of
attention paid by the party was a
matter of surprise for the leaders and
caused not little comment.
First Ward.
Just thirteen people were present
at the Matthews shop on North /
street when the meeting was called
to order. OF these only ten were priv
LEGGED to VOTE In the absence of
John V. Miller, chairman of the ward,
James O'Hearne called the meeting to
iorder and asked for chairman. r..
S. Rosborough was chosen and C, E..
Munroe was made secretary. James
III. O'Hearne and John W.. Hethering.
ton were named tellers. John Heth-
erington mentioned Al Kessler for the
nomination, and c. L. Munroe's name
was likewise mentioned. 1t was de-
cided to ballot, the first ballot to be
informal. The entire ten votes were
cast for c. A, Kessler, and J., w.
Hetherington moved to make it unani-
nous, and the thing was done accord
ingly.
C. e. Munroe was made ward chair
man for the year.
The entire meeting consumed not
over ten minutes.
Second Ward.
The Second ward caucus where
there is always contention of some
character was also a tame affair. The
meeting met in the Al Mendenha4l
machine shop at the corner of B street
and First avenue formerly Inc loea-
tion of the Montgomery grocery.
There we're just eighteen persons in
Guiding the Herald reporter, present
when the ward committeeman, VIII
r. Campbell. raped for order. Hon.
Lou Shangle was selected to preside
and w. r. Campfeld asked to- make
record of the proceedings. j. Il.
Flewwelling was cited to do teller
duty. A number of names had been
mentioned during the day in connec-
ton with the nomination, prominent
among which had been those of Jas.
A. Brown, one of the owners of the
Bell clothing business, and ]. E.Flew.
yelling, editor and owner of the Oska-
loosa Record. When it came to nornt-
nations, Jean Mendenhail placed tne
| name of Mr.. Brown before the eonven.
ton. No opposition appearing, the
nomination was by reclamation and
w. R. Campfield moved to make it
| unanimous. 1t was so done.
Messrs. Campfield and Flewwelling
were mentioned as ward chairmen for
the year, and Mr.. Campbell was
chosen to succeed himself in the du-
ties devolving upon the Office, and the
Injecting adjourned after but a few
minutes of actual work.
Third Ward.
The caucus in this ward for suffi.
cient reasons was not held Saturday
evening. 1t is now called for Thurs
day evening, at which time a choice
for the council will be made.
Fourth Ward.
Another small gathering was that
| in the Fourth ward at the business
Office of the G. A. Morrow livery barn.
About one dozen people representing
the ward in the important matter OF
| securing a nominee to the city coun-
Gill; Ward Committeeman Frank 4.
Nash called the gathering to order
and asked for choice or a chairman
BY common consent, Will Cricket took
the position, and Tolbert NJ. Wells
was made secretary. No tellers were
deemed necessary under the circum
stances. The meeting became infor
NAL for the moment and the name OF
]. L. Milligan, manager Of the Green
Candy Company, was placed in nomi
nation by Will Neagle, and the choice
was by reclamation, and unanimous
on the motion of Mr.. Wells.
Frank T. Nash was continued as
chairman of the ward organization
and the meeting adjourned to discuss
the possibilities of the school election
on the following Monday.
| Fifth Ward.
The Fifth ward caucus was one o.
the most interesting Of the evening
and although there were only a few
of the boys present, they transacted
more business than a. | the attendants
of the other wards. Two candidate:
were to be nominated, one to fill ou
the unexpired term of ex-CouncilmaI
Sam Stringfellow, resigned on account
of removal from the ward, and the
other a two-year nominee.
The meeting was called to order BY
Committeeman o. N. Downs, who wa!
told TO remain in ,le chair for TIL
evening. Lou p. Stanton was mad,
recorder of the actions of the caucus
No teller was necessary on accoun
of the limited number present. Thu
business of the evening was done b!
"vive voce" vote, as Mr. Ralston put
it.
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