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Show 1 s I flWNIglPftfc, POLITICS All indications arc that the coming municipal election will be a very warm 1 contest. There will be three tickets I in the field, Republican, Democratic I and "American." The conventions K will be held early and the campaign I will be long and bitter. The first to step into the ring arc the democrats. C The city committee met and decided I on Tuesday, Sept. 17th at 10 a. 111. at II the Grand theatre as the time and m place for holding the convention for I the nomination of candidates for may- or, and city officers. The convention I will have 392 delegates. The ward I conventions for the nomination of ten councilmcn will be held two days lat-m lat-m cr, Sept. 19th. Two candidates are to fl" be nominated from each of the five n wards, one candidate for the two year 1 term and one for the four year term. I District primaries arc to be held on X Thursday, Sept. 12. The district chair- man will designate the places. Dcle-I Dcle-I gates chosen at these primaries will 1 serve at both the city and municipal I conventions. The ratio fixed is on a I basU of one delegate for every twenty votes cast for Richard P. Morris for S mayor in 1905 and one '"legate for 1 each major fraction. Tl will give the following rcpresenta ion in the convention: First Ward First district, 8 delegates; dele-gates; Second district, 7 delegates; Fourth district, 8 delegates; Fifth district, 11 delegates; Sixth district, 11 V delegates; Seventh district, 7 dele gates: Eighth district, 10 delegates; Ninth district, 9 delegates; Tenth dis- Itrict, 9 delegates; Eleventh district, 9 delegates; total, 99 delegates. Second Ward Twelfth district, 9 delegates; Thirteenth district, 7 delegates; dele-gates; Fourteenth district, 9 delegates; dele-gates; Fifteenth district, 6 delegates; Sixteenth district, 8 delegates; Seventeenth Seven-teenth district, 11 delegates; Eighteenth Eigh-teenth district, 10 delegates; Ninc-,- tccnth district, 8 delegates; Twcn- .' tieth district, 8 delegates; Twenty- first district, 7 delegates; Twenty-second district, 10 delegates; total 93 delegates. Third Ward Twenty-third district. 19 delegates; Twenty-fourth district 9 delegates; Twenty-fifth district, 9 delegates; Twenty-sixth district, 9 .1. . delegates; Twenty-seventh district, 15 delegates; Twenty-eighth district, 14 delegates; Twenty-ninth district, 9 delegates; total, 84 delegates. Fourth Ward Tliirtieth district, 12 delegates; Thirty-first district, 13 delegates; dele-gates; Thirty-second district, 12 delegates; dele-gates; Thirty-third district, 10 delegates: dele-gates: Thirty-fourth district, 15 delegates; dele-gates; Thirty-fifth district, 11 delegates; dele-gates; total, 73 delegates. Fifth Ward iThirty-sixth district, 5 delegates; Thirty-seventh district, 7 delegates; Thirty-eighth district, 5 delegates; Thirty-ninth district, 9 del-agates; del-agates; Fortieth district, 9 delegates; Forty-first distric', 8 delegates; total, 43 delegates. Beginning at 8 o'clock, the primaries pri-maries will remain open for at least one hour. In each district primary there will be selected one to serve as a district chairman, one as a secretary secre-tary and three others o act as the districc campaign committee. The "American" party city convention conven-tion will be held Thursday, Sept. 19. The ward conventions for the nomination nomi-nation of councilmcn will be held Wednesday, Sept. 18, and the primaries primar-ies for the selection of delegates to both the city and ward conventions will be held Monday, Sept. 16. At a meeting last evening the city committee decided upon these dates and also fixed the apportionment. The city convention will be' composed com-posed of approximately 575 delegates, one to be chosen for every fifteen votca cast for Thomas Weir, the "American" congressional candidate in 1906. The apportionment for the ward conventions will be one for every ten votes cast for Weir. The republican city committee is scheduled to meet Saturday evening to decide on the dates of holding the convention and primaries and other matters connected with the election. Willr.rd Hanson is chairman and H. S. Anderson secretary. A new chairman chair-man will be elected as Mr. Hanson does not care to serve through the campaign, his time being fully occupied occu-pied with the duties of his office of county attorney. A strong effort is being made to induce J. U. Eldrcdgc jr., to accept the chairmanship and run the campaign. He can't be beaten beat-en as a campaign manager. He has been through four or five campaigns as chairman or secretary, and holds o3pojp3 MaiitiiAt v sv pjooaj oi for chairman and II. S. Anderson for secretary would make a good team. There arc several probable candidates candi-dates mentioned by the republicans for mayor, but no particular one seems to have the lead over the others. Those most frequently mentioned are George T. Odcll, James E. Clinton, James D. Murdock and Dr. A. S Bower. The democrats may name present Mayor Bransford as their mayoralty candidate, but it is more likely to be Ex-Mayor R. P. Morris. The "American" candidate for mayor may-or will in all probability be Mr. Bransford, but Mr. Halloran's friends may succeed in giving him the nomination. |