Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-26
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.
OF the Democratic Town
Convention.

SOuVeuIAOus
The democratic town convention was
Id in the police court room last even
q. Chairman Root of the town COM
ittee called the meeting to order. Mr.
Dot stated that he had prepared a reso-
tion which he wouldbe pleased to
.veacted upon by the.meeting, leaving
the town committee the selection
the names for justices of the peace.
ames A. Hynes was elected per-
anent chairman and Thomas Rafferty,
The committee on credentials
ere Emmons Chapman, John Lynch,
7. HI. Murphy and NJ. ID. Russell. The
Tiers appointed were William A. Gull
n, Frank Phelan, John II. Fruin and
ohn S. Fay.
The first business brought before the
invention after the usual preliminarieS
ad been attended to was the nomina-
on of candidate for first selectman.
he informal ballot resulted as follows :
/. j. Brown 10 votes and G. B. Web
Ter Z. The nomination of Mr. Brown
las made formal and unanimous
The informal ballot for second select
Ian resulted in NJ. F. Carmody receiv-
lg 1S and John Stanley votes. The
of Mr. Carmody was made
primal and unanimous.
n
ecretary to cast a ballot for j. j. Mad
en- for town clerk.
The Informal ballot for town treasurer
suited as follows: Maier Kaiser 10,
Tilliam c. keenan, 3, blank 4. The
bminatlon of Mr. Kaiser was made
rmal and unanimous.
The ballot for town agent and agent
| the town deposit fund resulted in the
Election of +. j. Brown.
chairman Hynes announced that Tax
pllector Hellmann wished 1t understood
at he was not candidate for re-elec-
On. The ballot resulted as follows
S. Fay 4, John Ii. Fruin 3, c. B.
Tebster 2, Edward McGrath 3, Martin
Gilman l, Joseph Downs /. There was
choice. Upon the motion of j. S,
by the secretary was instructed to cast
ballot for Robert L. Fruin and he was
Unanimously declared to be the nominee
r tax collector.
The ballot for first member of the
bard of assessors resulted in John S,
by receiving II, c. c. CommerfOrd l.
htrick Hayes 2. The nomination of MI
by was made formal and unanimous.
The ballot for second member of the
ullen, Sr, II, Patrick Hayes 7, John
ldlIcy - L. IL Ia CO ~ uldlh II LHCIS
hing no choice a formal ballot was
ken. Mr. Cullen received IA, Patrick
ayes 8. The nomination of Mr. Cullen
as made unanimous.
The ballot for first member of board
relief resulted as follows : Christian
auser l8, G. B. Webster 5, John Mahel
Mr. Hauser was declared the choice
4 the convention.
The ballot for second member of the
GARD resulted in John Maher receiving
4 votes. His nomination was made
ormal and unanimous.
The ballot for town auditor was 6
blows Emmett p. Riordan 10, Emmon:
Ehipman 6, w. w. Doran 1, NJ. F. Nc
Rnerney /, Patrick Hayes 2, Frank
halon 2. There being no choice {
rmal ballot was taken. E. p. Riordar
ec6iyed 10, Emmons Chapman s, Pat
lex Rayes B, William Doran l. Nc
;hoice being made another ballot wa,
AIKEN on which Riordan received 8
Mr. Chapman II, Hayes l, Doran l, there
,eing no choice. On the fourth ballo
Chapman received IA, Mr. Riordan Z
blank /. Mr. Chapman was declared tn,
choice of the convention.
The next business was the nomination
If registrar of voters. ]. S. Fa,
moved that the secretary be instructed
% cast a ballot for ID. j. Casey. Thi
vas objectedito and a standing vote wa,
AIKEN on Mr. Fay's motion. The result
vas twelve votes in favor of Mr. Fay.
notion and the secretary cast a ballo
or Mr. Casey.
Chairman Hynes appointed commit
zee consisting of John Maher, Johl
Delaney, Henry Dugan and j. H. Fruin
20 bring in list of nominations fo
school visitors, constables and CRANE
jurors. The report of the COMMITTEE
vas as follows: For school visitors
John Maher and James Russell: for con
stables, John +. O'Brien, J. j. Egan
George Rudolph, Henry Flanagan
,or grand jurors, j. L. CEatfield, Georg
J. N. Tobin. The report wa
Mr. Roots resolution giving the dem
2cratic town committee power to prepar
,he ticket for justices of the peace wa
after which the meeting ad
iourned.