Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-24

rant. Chapman and the disguise of the kid glove crowd, Anderson, went at 1t hard. Once Durant gave up hope and moved the election of Anderson in speech. Five ballots were cast before the selection was made, and then George Chapman left the hall, victor by eleven votes. Durant was knocked out by the machine and his friends, who had left the hall when they ought to have remained and helped him fight.
 A number of the fifth ward demo- cTats held q meeting last night in the office of the board of public works, and heard suggestions from the steer ing committee. It was said to be an out and out Fitzpatrick crowd. An other meeting will be held tomorrow night and the management wants to see all the electors of the ward pres ent.
 The following named gentlemen will head one of the fourth ward democratic tickets as candidates for aldermen: Edmund D. Fitzpatrick. carpenter and builder, 69 Magner alley; Adelard Gagnon, grocer. 365 South Main street; Timothy +. Donovan, $50 Baldwin street, shipping clerk at Holmes, Booth & Hayden's. They will run on the Fitzpatrick ticket.
 The second ward republican ticket will look strange minus the name of W. l.. Hall, who retires covered with glory from a party standpoint. MT Hall has filled the position of chairman of the board of aldermen for several -D Dl nTa1 .oI1, l., sIa very efficient and impartial presiding officer. Of course he had some off de cisions, especially during the past month or so, but the number was small considering the length of time he served in difficult position.
 Does the re-nomination of Alderman BlakeSlee to succeed himself from the first ward mean that he has been side tracked for the mayoralty nomination? It looks that way, but his friends claim that if the democrats put up the right man Blakeslee will be the nom- inee of his party for mayor, and the town committee will name some one to ill his place on the ward ticket F. R. White has also been honored by re-nOmination in the first district It 1s a well earned recognition. He is a fearless public official and when the occasion calls for it. as it often does, he never fails to give his own col leagues back slap. Fred Stanley. the new man on the ticket. will be apt to have to hustle to hold his own. The democrats got an alderman in the first two years ago and there is no reason why they should not be able to repeat the trick this year.
 Ex-Assistant City, Clerk "Cliff'' ELS and his friends were out in full force at the first ward republican caucus last night, and made themselves felt there, too. Mir Els is born poIi- tician. and as he is said to be in the race for q place on the ticket as candi- date for the office of city clerk, it looks as if it behOOves his competitor. George H. NettletOn. the present assistant city clerk, to get a move on him, else he ELS aggregation will soon be so far ahead of him that he will not be able to make up for lost ground. It was said last night that Els had maiori- ty of the first and second ward dele gates, but there seemed to be some question about this. many claiming that eight out of the eleven delegates chosen were for Nettleton. Of course this is nothing more than mere con- lecture still so many unexpected things happen in politics no one should be surprised if MT Els should develop considerable strength between now and the date set for the convention.
 They can all assign reasons for the defeat of F. l.. Cross at the second ward republican caucus last night. but the nF z Ifzr S.. I, ward the striking machinists last sum- mer. The manufacturers claimed at the time that Cross was q thorn in their side. At the meetings held by the bosses Mir Cross favored coming to terms with the men and the other fellows held that this got noised around and gave the strikers c0nsid- erable courage and resulted in proIong- ing the conflict You can wager all you're wOrth,' said q manufactures. not long since, ''that Fred Cross will never again represent the second ward in the aldermanic chamber" The re- suit of last nights caucus proves that the man knew what he was talking about. Probably the best proof that could be put forward in support of the statement that it was the bosses and not the working people that brought about Mir Cross's defeat. is the tri- umph of Mir Goss of the ScoyiIl Manu- facturing Co, where the strikers re- ce.yed no recognition whatever. MT Cross will retire from the board of aI- dermen with a very creditabIe record. He has been one of the most active members of that body, and while he is a decidedly strong partisan, it cannot De denied that he has always shown a disposition to be fair on all matters pertaining to the public good The re- tentiOn of Mir Goss is a wise move on the part of the electors of the second ward and the Scovill Co. He is q very competent public official and keeps a sharp lookout for his district as well as for the concern of which he might rishtfully be termed the head at the present time.
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