The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-15

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liam shaw was named as Chairman
or the evening II. n. Kendig was elect
ed secretary, and w W. Montgomery
ana chas. G, Orvis were made telIers.
Two candidates for the nomination
appeared before the caucus, W.. S.
! K -so:tt and s. a. Sinclair A / the
opening Of the meeting MI Kenworthy
addressed the meeting IN protest
against the afIiliation Of democrats In
1.-THE caucus
The vote was cast as rapidly as was
possible and the count resulted in the
choice Of S. d. Sinclair as nominee Of
the ward. he having IS votes and Mr..
Kenwortny IS. This gentleman is an
other who has served on the council.
Third Ward.
Another spirited contest was Wit
messed in this ward. The caucus was
called In the supervisors room Of the
court house and was one OF tho larg.
est in the city. Chas. Mccall, another
old alderman In the service Of the
city. won out over Andy Baker. No
Hess than one hundred and twelve
votes were cast.
Committeeman Fred A. Preston call
ca the meeting to order and James r..
Gentry was called to the chair. Frank
B. Gordon was elected as secretary.
JEFF Harold, John M Heron and
james p. Dodds were designated tell
ers. The vote having been counted
out, Mccall had IS votes TO Baker 10.
and was declared the choice Of the
caucus for the nomination.
A. s. Wisegaryer was chosen as.
committeeman for the ward during
the ensuing year.
FOUR. card.
THE caucus was called to order at
the Morrow livery Barn on High ave-
nue. east by Ward Committeeman u.
G. Patterson Il. G. blanchard was
named as chairman and Carl Johnson
was made secretary. Seventy-fiye hall
lots were cast and Frank Christie won
cut . s:s:c..
Les White and John N. Martin. Chris
tie was the fourth man selected who
has done service on the council. He
received forty votes; White "a, and
John Martin Il
G. W. Lafferty was named as conn
nlitteeman for the ensuing year.
fifth Ward.
Almost one hundred ballots were.
east at the Fifth ward caucus, which
was the most enthusiastic in years.
The hundred men crowded into the
rear room of the city Offices and de-
E,dsiatss.a separately the precious scraps
Of paper that named for council, for
the long term Albert Cooper, and for
the short, Dennis Robinson.
1t was a record caucus in interest.
In support Of Mr.. Cooper, who is a
member Of the Friends church, there
was large delegation, of the Friends
Of Oskaloosa whose influence was felt
in the caucus. Following the selec-
tion Of Mr.. Cooper as candidate for
the two years term. the support nf
these Friends was divided, Dennis
Robinson, who was close second on
the choice for the two years term fall
ms heir to many ballots.
The meeting was organized with
Colonel J. T. Redmon in lne chair.
Principal Robert williams Of Fifth
ward school was made secretary, and
Lewis Cruzen and G. woodruff APP
pointed tellers. George Andrews was
named by reclamation as committee
man for the ward.
1t was resolved to cast but one bal
lot, the man receiving the most votes
to be declared nominee for the long
term and the second most nominee
for the short. This was reconsidered
and the selection of the long term
candidate was proceeded, to be follow
ed by the other nomination.
BY plurality of ten votes Mr.. Coop
er was declared winner over Mr. Rob
inson, the vote being, Cooper 80, Rob
inson 20, Fahrney 9, and Hendryx 8.
BY plurality of 16 Dennis Robin
son was chosen as short term coun-
Gilman. The vote was: Robinson Az,
Hendryx 26, Fahrney Fl and Cooper 2.
Throughout the meeting was mark
ed by a great interest that presaged
strong fight in the ward.
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