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WEST NEWGeo. A. Sheridan and W. J. Edwards. I Wm. Langton and T. P. Hurley were ap- I pointed tellers. It looked from the start as I | if Mr. Sheridan had the advantage, although I ( Mr. Edwards’ friends worked hard for him. I ^ When the ballots were counted Sheridan I t had received 434 and Edwards In. The I , friends of Mr. Sheridan were so enthusi- I t as tic over his success that they carried him I j on their shoulders out of the room. The I i victory was duly celebrated bv a collation, I -served under the auspices of the Mistletoe I Pleasure Club, President M. J. Horgan act- I | ing as master of ceremonies and D. J. Cah- 11 a lane toast-master. j |In the race for the collectorsbip there I , were three candidates—H. G. Van Vechten, I | Charles Crowley, and John McLeman. The I ( first ballot gave Van Vechten 260, Crowley I ; 216, and McLeman 139. As it required a j majority of the votes cast to elect, the chairman ordered another ballot. In the mean- I 1 time a large number of the voters left th« j building, after voting, and did not return. I ; Mr. McLeman withdrew his name, leaving I the field to the other two. When the see- | ond ballot was counted Mr. Crowley was I declared elected, he having received 141 1 votes to Mr. Van Vechten’e 110. IThe appropriations, aggregating $18,105, | were all adopted, and the meeting adjourned I shortly after midnight. jEt.it PAES EISTEICT. IThe largest meeting ever held in this dis- I trict was the one that assembled in the new 1
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New York City Richmond County Advance
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Sat, Aug 26, 1893
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