Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-27
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. Miles E. Connolly Downed in tho
 Fourth Ward After q Bitter and
 Exciting Struggle.
 Never before in the history of Water bury was there such interest taken in the democratic primary elections as was shown yesterday. In the second and fourth wards it was a life and death struggle between the opposing factions. Judge of Probate Ellis Phelan headed the winning ticket in the second and was opposed by Edward l.. Frisbie, Jr. The voting was spirited aud close, and although the Phelan men were sanguine of success early in the evening, the arri- val of bus containing thirty FrlsOle supporters from Waterville dampened their ardor and tried their nerves. When the ballots were counted 1t was found that the Phelan ticket was elected by I'll to 14S.
 In the glorious fourth ward the light ragged hot and furious for four long hours The Connolly men were forced to the rear step by step and practically gave up the contest shortly after ( o'clock The opposition was thoroughly united and as a result the largest vote ever cast at primary election III the ward was polied. It was after o'clock when the counters completed their work and when it was announced that the Dillon ticket received 372 votes tn 320 for the opposition, mighty shout went up.
 In the first ward Alderman Ramettis ticket had almost walk over, Capt A. J. Wolff, whose name headed the oppo- sition ticket, having publicly announced that he was not a candidate. The vote was TIT to 40.
 In the third ward only one ticket was in the field and sixty votes were cast,
 The nominations were as follows;
 FIRST WARD. Alderman-Frauk J, Rametti. Councilmen-E. D. Williams, Al Arion, M. J. Colloty,. Lucien Wolff, Daniel Noonan.
 Delegates to City convention John Dugap, Mortimer Heffernan, J. A. Gull Delegates to Town convention-Thom- as Conlon, Dennis J. Casey, J. M. New ell, M. Leary, William Conlon. Delegates to School convention William Finn, Hugh Treanor, John Cor don, M. Bergin, Peter Bennett. Ward committee-M. Mulholland, John Lycns. Edward Cullum.
 Town committee-Thomas Moran. SECOND WARD. Alderman-Ellis Phelan.
 Councilmen-Henry s. Chase, Maier Kaiser, Ralph L. Bronson, Dennis J. Calvin, George E. Lambert. Delegates to Town convention Thomas Flanagan, Thomas Butler, John Sweeney, John J. Russell, John Don nelly.
 Delegates to City onvention-James | Freney, John Kirschbaum, Thomas l Dofr E'ra,l- Phn- Ian.
 1 Delegates to School convention-Tim- othy Kelly, John F. Charters, John T. Lynch, John F, Garren, Isadore Chase. 1 Ward committee-D. F. Calvin, M. F. Carmody, P. H. Gordon. Town committee-James E. Russell. | THIRD WARD. } Alderman--Martin Hellmann. 1 Councilmen-Henry F. Cunningham John H. Fruin, Joseph Archambault, sn Timothy L. Horigan, Michael F. Spell. | man.
 | Delegates to the City convention Harry Dikeman, John McAuliffe, David H. Hayes, Daniel Rafferty, John F. O'Brien.
 Delegates to Town convention-Em
 mons M. Chipman, David H. Casey John H. Fruin, John J. Phelan, Alfred
 G. Germain.
 Delegates to School convention-Pat
 rick Cronin, Daniel J. Mahaney, George G. Adams, David H. Hayes. Florence
 Clohessy.
 Ward committee-Henry F. Cunning
 ham, James Horrigan, Michael Guilfoile Member of Town committee-David
 H. Hayes.
 l FOURTH WARD.
 For alderman-William F. Dillon. r Councilmen-James E. Byrnes, Thom
 as Kane, Emmett P. Reardon, William
 Casey, John E. Finley.
 Delegates to Town convention
 James Coughlan. Thomas Fitzgerald
 Martin Connor, John J. Casey, Patricl Mooney, John Tobin, William E. Bowes ! Delegates to City convention-Johl c. Claffey. William Cunningham Michael Cass, James M. Kelly, Patricl ] Thompson, Edward Pagan, Jr, Terrence Coyle.
 Delegates to School convention William Cassin, Michael F. McKinne1 ney, Michael D. Russell, John s. Fay David J. Altman, Charles Maher, Joh1 J. Claffey.
 Member of Town committee-Wi
 liam H. Doran.
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