Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-25
PoLITlCAL POINTERS.
An Open Letter From Member of | the River Street Club. Editor of the DEMOCRAT:

An Open Letter From Member of the River Street Club.
 Editor of the DEMOCRAT:
 It was published in a recent issue of the DEMOCRAT that the River street club had instructed the executive committee to affiliate with the Young Mems Denl- ocratic club in making out ticket for the coming primaries. On August 15 the executive committees met in joint session and 1t was moved that a sub committee of three from each body be out ticket that would be satisfactory to both clubs. John C.. Altman stated that the committee from the Young Mems club did not have the power to make ticket or appoint a committee for that purpose, and further stated that it was the intention of the Young Mems club to meet all of the clubs in the ward and work for har- mony. At this point I argued that it was all waste of time to try to wheel the Pleasant street club into line, and urged the joint committees to prepare a ticket at once. The ma iority thought it better to wait, however, and the meeting adjourned until Monday, August 15. At this meeting the repre- sentatives of the Young Mems club said that they had full power to act, but
  joint session and prepare a ticket, at meeting to be held on August 23. At that meeting John c. Altman spoke for harmony and said that much of the credit for getting together was due to | the Young Mems club. A committee was appointed to prepare a ticket and reported one of the best tickets that could be selected, but unfortu | nately there was question as | N@ ,l L~ DIl Al committee on this point being divided. B. F. Riley stated that the Pleasant street club insisted on Eugene Sullivan for alderman. MT Altman did not feel | like giving way to Mir Sullivan and the meeting finally adjourned. Wednesday | evening was set for the executive con- mittee of the River street club to hear | the report of the sub committee. When the time of meeting arrived there were present from the Young Mems club, | Lawrence Ryan, Michael Pendy and two others whose names I do not know
 from the River street club, M. F. McKennerney, John J. Burke, James E. | Byrnes, Patrick J. Kelly and myself. We waited until S:45 and finally learned that members of the executive com mittee were at John s. Fay's office making out a ticket. I went there to investigate and found Alderman F. B.
 Kelley, Terrence Coyle, James Hayden, John c. Thompson, John C. Altman,
 John s. Fay, Joseph Dougherty and
 Frank Ryan. When asked if they in
 tended to attend the adjourned meeting
 they said they knew nothing about it.
 see by the morning paper that the
 River street club has prepared ticket
 headed by John c. Altman. As a mem-
 Der of the executive committee of the
 River street club I ask permission to
 make public this report, as the prima- ries were called before the committee could report to the club. The properly Iappointed committee was ignored in the
 making out of the ticket. 1 am, yours
 truly, DANIEL F. KELLY,
 Member of the River street executive
 committee.
 The First Ward Democratic club will
 fling out it's banner tonight. It will be lsuspended across East Main street from
 the rooms of the club to the opposite
 building. Representative J. L. SaXe
 will speak for the club. If the weather
 should prove stormy the exercises will
 be postponed.
 } Great preparations are being made fol to-morrow's democratic primary cleo tions. In the first ward Charles
 Thatcher will head one ticket and it is , probable that the North End club will have another in the field. In tie
 second ward there will be only one ticket, headed with E. l.. Frisbie fol alderman. The fourth ward will very , probably have two tickets. John C. : Altman will head one ticket Eugene
 Sullivan, who was to head the other
 has withdrawn, but it is sad that ht
 will not interfere with the placing ol another ticket in the field. In the thirC
 ward it is probable that the opposition , tickets will be headed by D. II. Hickey and D, J. Mahancy, respectively.
 II PRIMARIES.
 The democratic primaries for the cleo r tion of delegates to elect delegates to the l congressional, senatorial and probate ] conventions; and delegates to the repre- 1 sentative, town, city and school cOnven tiOns; also to elect member of tn, l democratic town committee and tC l place in nomination one alderman ant l five councilmen from each ward, will b, 7 held on Friday, Aug 26, 1899. Poll 2 will be open from 1 to 9 o'clock, D. m. 9 polling places as follows: First ward s old police station, Phoenix avenue
 second ward, booth corner North Mail r street, near Citizens bank; third ward l police court room. City hall building I fourth ward, F. J. Emmet's, No IS l Scovill street.
 Will Wear Uniforms.
 9 The inspectors and repair men of tn,