Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-30
pollrIcAL POINTERS.
An Unusually Strong Town Ticket Name d
 By the Democrats.

An Unusually Strong Town Ticket Name d |
 By the Democrats.
 The delegates to the democratic town | to nominate a town ticket l were called to order in the police court | room last evening by Chairman James A. Hynes. John s. Fay was chosen as chairman of the meeting and John Fruin, secretary. John H. Dugan, Henry J. Flanagan, John F. O'Brien and Joseph Doherty were named as credentials committee to represent the wards in the order named. Twenty-two delegates were found to be present, three of whom were substitutes. The chair named J. H. Dugan, John F. Garren, James Doherty and P. H. Riley as tellers. The first nomination was that of first selectman. Twenty-one ballots were cast and Moritz Grelle re- ceived the entire number. His nomina- ton was made formal and unanimous as was also the nomination of every one of the candidates afterwards balloted for. John McElligott received the nomina- tion for second selectman. For town clerk James J. Madden received the vote of the entire delegation on the first ballot. The secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for Moritz Grelle as the candidate for town agent and agent of the town deposit fund. George Strobel Qdu D"0nLy NOC6S lOT lO"h treasurer OD the first ballot. Frank P. Brett had practically no opposition for the office of tax collector and first constable. Fred J. Brown and Christian Hauser were chosen as first and second mem- bers of the board of assessors respectively. For the board of relief John Thompson and John Maher were selected as the candidates. For registrar of voters Henry J. Flanagan was re- nominated, and Edmund J. Corden was the choice of the convention for the office of town auditor. A motion was then made and carried that the chair appoint committee of one from each ward to retire and make out the balance of the ticket. Chairman Fay appointed T. J. Caniff, H. J. Flanagan, J. F. O'Brien and P. H. Riley as such com mittee. They reported the following names, which were accepted by the convention: For constables. Richard Tanning, John F. O'Brien, Edward A. Butler and John c. Thomson; for grand jurors, Mark Warner, Thomas B Mcconnell and Joseph Archambault; for school visitors J. J. Mcdonald and Dr B. A. O'Hara. While the committee \ were out Fred J. Brown came in and learned that he had been nominated for first assessor. He declined the nomina-
 tion, through MT Hynes, and Norman D. Grannis5 was nominated to the
 vacancy.
 A meeting of the candidates selected
 by the democratic town, city and schoo Iconventions will be held in the demo
 cratic headquarters, at 8 o'clock this
 evening.
 The republican caucus last night rati
 fled the following nominations reported
 by the committee appointed week ago
 Assessors, Gordon B. Lawrence, Danie Kiefer; board of relief, Imri A. Spencer
 Henry w. French; constables, William J. Rigney, James J. Egan, Emmons w
 Chipman, Charles B. Waters; granC jurors, David E. Sprague, David G. Por
 ter, Stanislaus s. Lapointe; school visi
 tors, Homer F. Bassett, William E
 Austin; town auditor, Frederick B. Mer
 riman; registrar of voters, John Blair
 City ticket: Auditor, George M. Chap
 man; city sheriff, Ernest c. Colby
 water commissioner, Frederick B. Mer
 riman. The report of the committee t
 nominate delegates to the senatorial am probate conventions was accepted am
 the following delegates were nominate by exclamation: Senatorial, F. B. Mel , riman, Edward Foley, l.. I. Munsor Daniel Kiefer, F. w. Tate, George A
 Boughton. H. w. French, s. B. Mum Probate. J. H. Guernsey, I. A. Spencer Harry White, J. Henderson, Jr, Pat Meerlander, A. Bernier, George A Driggs.
 It is expected that Hon Bourk k
 Cochran of New York will address tn . democrats of Meriden next Wednesda evening. In that event more than on } hundred Waterburians will charter
 special train and attend the lecture. Clinton B. Davis, chairman of tn democratic state central committee
 has invited all the democratic senator 5 to meet at the committee rooms in Ne' Haven this afternoon to transact in
 portant business.
 The Meriden delegates and som
 twenty delegates from the shore towr
 were opposed to the nomination of
 NV. Kellogg, by the republicans of tn Second district, but bowed to the wi of the majority and had nothing to say g It is generally conceded by the republ B cans of Waterbury that Mir Kellogg is 7 weak candidate and that MT Pigott wi
 have a walk over. Colonel Dohert
 would have been a much more fol
 midable opponent.
 By the provisions of the secret ballc 3 law the office of town collector is al l pointive, the board of selectmen mal a ing the choice. For this reason tn 8 democratic town committee have d. cided to not place the name of a cand