The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-28
THE FOLEY TICKET WON
RESULT OF THE DEMOCR1TIC
PRIMARIES HELD YESTERDAY.

The AnU-Administr Faction Sc.
cures FOrty-eight of the Seventy-si,
Delegates to the Town Convention
The Outcome May Affect the Choice o1
Delegate to the National Convention
The Vote In the Various Wards and
the Delegates Chosen.
AS the result of the democratic pri-
maries held in the various wards yes
terday afternoon and last evening, the
Foley faction will go into the city and
town convention, to be held in st. Alloy
sius hall this evening, with forty-eight
votes and the Cronin faction with twen-
ty-eight. The so-called Foley faction
is that which supported in the prima-
ries f. H. Brethauer for the nomination
for town clerk, ]. j. Carr for registrar of
vital statistics and Francis w. Foley
for general registrar. The Cronin fac
tion supports Albert Widman for town
of vital statistics and William ]. Cronin
for general registrar.
The primaries were the elimination of
the red-hot political scramblng which
has been going on in every ward in the
city for the past few weeks. The last
hard work prior to getting out the vote
yUh
ward workers could be seen hustlng on
nearly every street in the city, button
holng acquaintances, passing out pri-
mary tickets, suddenly discovering
great affection for casual acquaintances
and doing the hundred and one things
known only to ward politicians and so
essential for success in municipal cam
paigns
At o'clock the primaries opened. At
each polling place was a throng of heel
ers, men with the ward in their vest
pocket, men wanting to vote, but want
ing drink more, and a steady stream
of voters entering and coming out of
the voting room. The vote in every
ward was big one, for a primary vote.
The contest which was on meant much
to those who were running it, and each
side worked hard. Carriages were in
great demand and We're used to bring
in the Indifferent voters who didn't care
a snap whether the administration
forces won or the anti-administration
crowd gained the ascendancy. 1t was
generally conceded by both sides that
the Cronin ticket was the adminstra-
tion ticket, while the Foley ticket was
anti-adminstration. Among those lined
up with the latter We're Walter Leigh
Harry Leigh, James E. McGann, James
b. Martin, Senator T. j. Fox and AL
derman Henry Donovan, all known as
strong men in their party. With the
administration forces We're Director
Troup, Superintendent Spier of the de-
partment of charities and correction
w. H. H. Hewitt, F. S. Andrew, Ed
ward A. Rourke, Charles Spreyer, Fire
Commissioner Sullivan and host Of
other prominent democrats.
The forty-eight votes in the conven-
ton tonight claimed, and for the most |
part conceded, to the Brethauer- Carr
Foley combination are distributed as
follows, the number of delegates to
which each ward is entitled being not
ed: First ward 8, Second ward 5, Third |
ward 8, Fourth ward 8, Sixth ward 5, |
Eighth ward 5, Twelfth ward s, Four
teenth ward 2, and Fifteenth ward 2 |
total 48.
The twenty-eight votes in the conven-
tion which the Widman- Cafferty- Gro
min combination secured by carrying six
wards are distributed as follows: Fifth
ward 3, Seventh ward s, Ninth ward 6,
Tenth ward 4, Eleventh ward 5, and
Thirteenth ward 2-total 2S.
Although the primary fight yesterday
centered around the nominations for the
office Of town clerk and registrar of vi
tai statistics and the election of gen.
eral registrar, there is back of all a
much more important matter which
really tended more than anything else
to make the contest bitter one and to
rouse each side to the greatest efforts
possible. This is the choice of dele
gate to the national convention and the
election of a member of the state COM
mittee. 1t seems to be pretty well un-
derstood that Alexander Troup would
like to be reelected to the state COM
mittee and also to go as delegate to
the national convention. Some of the
most prominent democrats of the city
and of the state, men who in 1896 We're
divided on the money question, now
think that there is a chance for a dem
ocratic victory in the coming presiden-
tial campaign, if the money question is
not placed prominently in issue. They
know that Mr.. Troup, if elected to the
state committee and a delegate to the
convention, will work with the
radical silver wing of the party There
seems to be a general desire among gold
democrats and silver democrats alike to
bridge over the differences of 1896 and
unite for the big contest coming on con- {
servative issues.
The settlement of the question as to {
whether or not radical silver man will ,
go to the national convention and sit on /
the state committee will come up soon, {
and the two sides in the primaries just {
held We're separated on this line more t
than on the fight for local offices, which ,
was in a measure collateral, furnishing
a chance for division preparatory to the t
bigger contest soon coming on. 1t is a | |
well known fact that the faction which t
supported the administration ticket, I
Messrs. Widman, Cafferty and Cronin, l
IS also supporting Mr.. Troup for dele c
gate to the national convention. The /
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