Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-11
ANOTHER STATEMENT,
Secretary Shanahan of the Democratic Town Committee Talks-Over Eleven

Town Committee Talksl-Over Eleven
 Hundred Votes Cast at the Primaries. The democratic primariesf!to determine the choice of the democrats of Waterbury for the postmastership were held from i to 9 o'clock yesterday evening with the fol- lowing result: First ward, 173; second, POS; third. 213; fourth. 520; total, 1,1O9 votes. The only candidate was D. E. Fitzpatrick and he received all the votes cast.
 The committee express themselves as we'll pleased with the result of the prima- ries and say that the vote is as large as could be expected considering that there was no contest.
 The supporters of Mir Brown take the matter in different light and regard the small vote as proof that the party did not approve of the tactics. The total demo- cratic vote at the October election was about ? 500.
 Compared with the vote at the primaries of 1893 and 1892, yesterdays vote was not so small as it looks. Last year there were ten factions struggling at the primaries and the vote was as follows First ward, 415; second. 425; third, 40l; fourth, $50; total 2191. This was the largest vote ever cast at primary election in this city. In 1892 the primary vote stood: First ward, 216: second, 1O3; third, 227; fourth, 724; total 1270.
 D. E. Fitzpatrick, when interviewed to- day sad he had nothing further to say. The people had spoken and the matter would now go to the higher count. gentleman, who appeared to know whereof he spoke, told the DEMOCRAT to- day that when the whole history of this case is made public MT Pigott will not be in as bad a light as he appears at the present He intmated that the congress- man some time since recommended MT Fitzpatrick's name to the postmaster-gen- eral, but owing to the strength of MT Browns recommendations, the latter de- cided that primary election should be held.
 Secretary Shannahan of the town con- mittee said to-day, "Everything that could be done to harmonize things at the pri- maries was done by the committee. As soon as the letter from Mir Pigott was re- celved, requesting that vote of the dem- ocrats of Waterbury be taken on the mat ter Committeeman Hallinan called on MT Brown at his residence and told him the news. Mir Brown seemed somewhat sur prised at this action of the committee in communicating the news to him so qui-kly for he said. he had been informed that the committee was opposed to him and consequently would naturally withhold such information as long as possible. MT Brown was then informed that a meeting would be held that (Tuesday) night and meeting would be called Wednesday night calling all aspirants for the office to attend and perfect arrangements for the primaries, which it was agreed, should be held on the Monday night following, At the request of Mir Brown the meeting calling for can didates was postponed until Thursday, he stating that this would give him time to | consider whether he should enter the race. At the meeting Thursday night Mir Brown was asked if he had decided to enter the race and answered in the affirmative. The meeting voted to hold primaries. After that MT Brown asked if there was going to be direct vote of the people for postmas- ter. It was then voted that an open and direct ballot by the people be taken with only the name of the candidate and the | office for which he was running printed thereon. After this vote had been passed Mir Brown said that he had been frozen out, but added I am not out of the race | for postmaster and then left the room. | In the matter of checkers and moderatorS | it is difficult to see why men in favor of Mir Brown should be appointed inasmuch as he stated he was not in the race at the primaries. Still his interests were not lost sight of. In the fourth, Alderman Altman, who signed MT Browns petition was moderator. In the third, Commis- 1 sioner McAulif we'll known Brown man, was asked to be moderator, but de- clined. In the first ward Joseph Cullen acted as moderator and John c. Butler was at the box in the second ward. Some of those men, perhaps all of them, have signed Mir Browns petition, and in any case I think the selections were impar- tial as could have been made. The only thing the committee could do that would meet the approval of MT Brown and his friends was to ignore the request of MT Pigott. He had all the time he could ex- pect to consider the matter and the cleo tion would have been held earlier were it not that the committee wanted to leave no room for fault6nding."
 A paper protesting against official recog- milton of the primary is being circulated to-day.