Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-26
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Republicans of the Fifth Finally
 Found the Janitor.

Stairway-Ed Belden's ssT. D." and
 a Few Matches Served for Lights
 War to the Death Threatened for the
 Knifng Cr Durant and DOherty-
 Democrats All Ready for To-mor-
 rows Primaries.
 The last of the republican caucuses was held last evening. when the fifth ward had nominated its aldermen and delegates to the city convention. The meeting was held ill the FrancO-Amer- jean hall (the old Monitor hose houseJ, 263 Bank street Those who came to the meeting came near going nome without having the qualification or holding meeting, and nothing to say about one, only that they were almost frozen to death.
 For half an hour the half dozen re- publicans who throw q little color into the political situation in the fifth ward stood around outside the staircase that leads to the entrance of the hall try ing to keep up their feeble spirits with a borrowed match, a cigar and the sound of music from the saloon next door. After various suggestions q man was dispatched to fetch the janttor, and after he was ten minutes gone 1t was suggested to send another man after him. Some favored the idea of adjourning to the rear room in the sa- loon. where the music prevailed, for It would be a great and unique thing to make political nominations to the ac- compartment of Turkey in a Straw" or ''The Heart Bowed Down." Other suggested going to the City hall, but such step. though almost quarter of d mile were anyone long enough to Col fA nf party and it would be all up with the fifth ward republicans then. Atslength the first man sent for the janitor re turned with the tidings that he could not find him. and the man who was sent after the first man sent back the information that the first man met his best girl and it was up with him for that evening. This necessarily irri- tated the first man to be misrepresent- ed in this manner, for he is man who always considers duty before love.
 In this extremity Edward H. Bel den, who was present with his pipe. which is forty years old. in the inter- ests of Martin Parkinson and Cliff ELS, suggested that they retire to the top of the staircase and there select chairman, formally open the meeting and adjourn to the City hall, where it was more comfortable. Thereupon to the stairway the republicans and dem ocrats adjourned and with the light of a match, the burning eyes of a few cigars and the flaming of Belden's pipe. David Corwin was nominated permanent chairman. No one seemed to have the courage of making the mo- ton to adjourn to the City hall: there seemed to be something wrong about it. and as there has never been any thing wrong to happen in the politics of the fifth, it was not going to hap pen now, said one of the boys. How ever, it did happen. The motion was made to adjourn to the City hall after a good deal of persuasion on the part Of Belden, but the room in the saloon and not the City hall was favored. The strains of My Madeline" struck a love-sick republican as quite entraac- ing and the motion was hardly passed when he was standing on the steps of the saloon, ready to lead the way to the interior. The meeting on the stairs had adjourned and the crowd of q dozen or so was creeping down she dark stairs when the cry went up: Heres the janitor." and here he was coming, smoking and swearing be cause he had not been notified of the favor that was to be shed upon his domain. Everybody then scurried back mp the stairs and in a second Cy- erything was in business shape. A few more democrats had increased the crowd, and the chairman took the chair. Joseph Reid and Patrick Cav anaugh declined the secretaryship and finally William R. McVitte accepted it. Imrf Spencer was nominated for al- derman, also William Claxton and Charles Tocchi0. There was a scrap for the nominations for delegates to the city convention. It was here ELS showed his hand Patrick Roach nom mated Martin Parkinson. who was mysteriOusly absent. because he de sired to be surprised by this nomina- ton which he had arranged. for him. self. Joseph Reid. clerk in the post office nominated Bernard F. Reid. and Mir Roach again nominated F. Daun- ais. One of the trio was to get left. for the rules give the ward only two delegates. Edward McBady and James Hayes declined the honor of tellers. but Joseph Reid and Charles K. Corwin, son of the chairman. ac- cepted it. Parkinson was in danger. as shown by the first ballot, which was 20 for Reid, 6 for Parkinson and 2 for Daunais. Where the twenty eight votes came from was a mystery to a spectator. for there did not seem to be that many persons in the hall But such a little thing as that made no difference. The second ballot showed g for Parkinson and 2 for Daunais. This settled; Parkinson was saved and the caucus adjourned.
 PATRICK HoLoHAN REFUSES. Editor of Democrat:
 am candidate for no office, neith- CT will be a delegate to any conyan- afon whatsoever
 P. HoLoHAN.
 John Kirschbaum. ST. and John Kirschbaum, Jr, whose names appear on an anti-administratTon ticket in the Second ward. state that the use of their names is unauthorized. They are for Edward G. Kilduff for mayor.
 Democrats of the fourth ward will hold meeting in Dunn's hall, Wash ington street, tonight. Timothy F. Donovan, one of the candidates for ale derman on the Fitzpatrick ticket, will preside. Fitzpatrick and others will make short addresses.