Good Sized Ward Caucuses

Held by the Democrats of Ann Arbor

HOT FIGHT IN TWO WARDS

Over Delegates to City Convention — Contesting Delegation in the Seventh — Good Candidates Named for the Offices

 

The democratic caucuses were quite largely attended throughout the city and considerable interest was manifested in the outcome. The only place where any serious difference arose was in the seventh ward, where the caucus after nominating ward candidates split on the question of delegates to the city convention, and two sets of delegates were elected, one the [Lisemer] delegates and the other anti-[Lisemer].

 

FIRST WARD.

Quite a large caucus was held in the first ward and absolutely no contest developed. H. W. Douglas was made chairman and W. H. Smith secretary. Warren W. Wadhams and Adam Sauer were made tellers but had no work to do, as the following were nominated, the secretary casting the unanimous ballot of the caucus. 

 

Supervisor — John R. Miner. 

Alderman — Paul C. Meyers. 

Constable — To be filled by committee. 

Ward Committee — S. W. Beakes, J. D. Ryan, J. F. Schuh. 

 

The 24 delegates were elected by acclamation. Over 50 were in attendance at the caucus. The delegation was instructed to vote for Eugene Mann for mayor. Mr. Mann announced his unwillingness to accept. 

 

SECOND WARD.

Sid W. Millard was made chairman and a lively caucus resulted. There was a large attendance and a number of voters were challenged as being republicans or socialists, some of whom did not vote, others swearing in their votes. 

 

Eugene Oesterlin was nominated for supervisor by acclamation, but two ballots were necessary to settle the aldermanship. The first ballot resulted: 

 

William Herz ..... 27 

Titus F. Hutzel ..... 27 

Louis Kurtz ..... 17 

Scattering ..... 3 

Total ..... 74 

 

The second ballot nominated ex-Alderman William Herz as follows: 

 

William Herz ..... 39 

Titus F. Hutzel ..... 7 

Louis Kurtz ..... 10 

Total ..... 76 

 

Martin Walsh was nominated for constable. 

Ward Committee — Theodore Apfel, John Walz, Jr., William Murray. 

 

THIRD WARD

There was a good attendance at the third ward caucus. All the nominations were made by acclamation. John Kenny acted as chairman and Clinton J. Snyder as secretary. John C. Fisher was renominated as supervisor and William J. Claney for alderman. There were two nominations for constable, Charles Ryan and Charles Schott, Mr. Ryan promptly withdrawing hls name. Mr. Schott was nominated.

 

The ward committee elected was William H. Dancer, Richard Kearns and Paul Schall.

 

FOURTH WARD. 

Prof. J. W. Dwyer was made chairman and James Boyle secretary. There were about 60 out at the caucus but no contest. Martin Seabolt and William Walsh were made tellers. The ticket was named by acclamation as follows: 

 

Supervisor — Joseph Donnelly. 

Alderman — Philip Schumacher. 

Constable — Peter Hertchen. 

Ward Committee — The chairman, who was empowered to name them, said he would do so later. 

 

FIFTH WARD. 

Asa Allen was made chairman and James Boyle secretary. The only ballot taken was for supervisor, resulting in the nomination of George W. Weeks by the following vote: 

 

George W. Weeks ..... 14 

Chris. Allmendinger ..... 7 

Blank ..... 1 

Total ..... 22 

 

Alderman — Ernest T. Rehberg. 

Constable — George E. Lavear. 

Ward Committee — James Murray, Asa Allen, Fred Luebke. 

 

SIXTH WARD.

Bradley M. Thompson was made chairman of the caucus and the following nominations made: 

 

Supervisor — M. J. Cavanaugh. 

Alderman — Col. B. M. Thompson. 

 

SEVENTH WARD. 

There was a big caucus in this ward, the western part of the ward, where laboring men live, being out in force for Lisemer, while the balance of ward was out against him. The result was two delegations to the city convention. 

 

Ex-Senator Charles A. Ward was made chairman and H. J. Abbott secretary and duly sworn in. The following nominations were made without division: 

 

Supervisor — B. F. Schumacher. 

Alderman — Daniel Fletcher. 

Constable — Jacob Schlimmer. 

 

The ward committee selected was Charles A. Ward, Fred H. Belser and H. J. Abbott.

 

 At this point the scrap began, each side named a candidate for delegate. Then [it] was suggested that 14 names be voted on at once, Finally in the midst of the confusion, some one moved that the caucus adjourn to outside the building. The chair put the motion and declared it carried and a good part of the caucus moved out the door, including the caucus officers. There they reassembled and after sending in an emissary or so to see if harmonious action could not be brought about, adjourned to Fischer's grocery, where they named their delegates. Those that remained in Weinberg's shop named Ernest Betke as chairman and elected another set of delegates. A. J. Sawyer, jr., acted as notary public and legal adviser. 

 

DELEGATES ELECTED. 

The delegates elected to the city convention to be held this evening were as follows: 

 

First Ward — William Tuomey, M, C. Peterson, Eugene Mann, George Cosgrove, James C. Lewis, Albert Harmon. J. D. Ryan, S. W. Beakes, Emanuel Wagner, Reuben Kempf, Guy Henning, Morgan O'Brien, Ross Granger, Adam Sauer, Gus Sodt, H. W. Douglas, Fred Lamb, W. H. Smith, J. F. Schuh, B. F. Watts, James Kearns, Dr. E. A. Clark, Emanuel Luick. 

 

Second Ward — Eugene Oesterlin, Louis Kurtz, S. W. Millard, John Walz, jr., Will Walz, J. Fred Staebler, John Mayer, sr., Paul Schall, jr., William Murray, Nic Schneider, Fred G. Schleicher, Emil Golz, Titus F. Hutzel, Theodore Apfel, John Wheeler, Gottlob Knapp, Carl Mayer, George Dengler, Herman F. Miller, George J. Mann, Theodore Reyer, Charles Aurey, George Kraut, Chris Schlenker, Wm. Gerstner, Chris Martin, Martin Schaller. 

 

Third Ward — M. J. Martin, John Krumrei, Paul Schall, William Rohde, John Fischer, John Kuebler, Julius Kronke, Richard Kearns, John Kinney, Morgan Williams, James Quinlan, Edward Morrison, James Laubengayer, Walter H. Dancer, C. J. Snyder, Michael Kinney, John Berger, John Ryan, Marvin Davenport, W. J. Clancy, Michael Ryan, Charles Kusterer, Joseph Gauntlett, Jerry Collins, Lawrence Clinton, W. H. Mclntyre, Orton H. Kelsey. 

 

Fourth Ward — J. W. Dwyer, J. W. Markey, William Walsh, James R. Bach, Albert Fruhauf, Philip O'Hara, Joseph Donnelly, Henry Mueth, Wm. Conlon, Martin Seabolt, H. J. Brown, Robert Zachmann, William Kennedy, Arthur Brown, Fred Gillen, Peter Hertchen, William Seerey, J. A. Covert, Fred Rentschler, John Finnegan, Seward Cramer, George Rinsey, J. H. Boyle, Moses Seabolt. 

 

Fifth Ward — Ernest Rehberg, Wm. Kapp, James Murray, John McWhally, James Boyle, Asa Allen, Jos. Gross, Nicholas Miller, Chris Allmendinger, Fred Luebke, I. Greenman, Robert Kempert.

 

Sixth Ward — M. J. Cavanaugh, E. B. Norris, Col. Frazier, B. M. Thompson, Judge W. D. Harriman, T. D. Kearney, H. Hurry, Jonn L. Duffy, Thos. Brogan, J. J. Edwards, C. Huddy, George Ottley, George Miller, Comstock F. Hill, Patrick Bonner. 

 

Seventh Ward (the anti delegation) — Homer P. Finlay, Fred H. Belser, H. J. Abbott, Charles A. Ward, D. A. Hammond, Ben Ream, D. E. Hand, James Finnell, James Murnan, Louis F. Limpert, W. N. Salisbury, Thomas A. Bogle, Dr. W. S. Mills, W. Welch. 

 

Seventh Ward (Lisemer delegation) —  Ernest Betke, Gustav M. Meyer, Edward F. Meyer, Jacob Schlimmer, Albert Hahn, Henry Otto, George Frey. 

 

Frey, C. Seyfried, R. Schlimmer, Ed. Tessmer, Gus Hinz, Wm. Bethke, C. Teufel, J. Frey.