Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-23
HAUGATUCK NEWS
Democrats Held Primaries Last Night
 in Three Wards.


 in Three Wards.
 The Democratic primaries were held In all three wards last night and in some of the wards the contest for bur- Kess was rather warm while in others 1t was a tame caucus. The meeting in the first ward was boiled promptly at | SOS by Ward Committeeman John J. German. J. J. German was elected chairman md Thomas H. Bentonl clerk After the call had been read the members voted by check list as there were two names in the field, the names were Thomas Walsh and James H. Kenney and when the vote was counted it was shown that Kenney had won by a vote of S5-34 John F. Ma her and Michael Joy acted as tellers and the total vote was 119. Delegates were elected to nominate the town and borough officials as follows: John NJ. Page. Thomas Walsh. George Wiggles- worth, Newall A. Smith. Peter Condon, Michael Joy and Michael Burke All ternafes- John J. German and Frank Campbell. John J. German was ap- pointed ward committeeman for the coming year There was a small at-
 
 ward when Ward Committeeman Jos eph Jackson called the meeting to order at S:05 o'clock James Maher was appointed chairman and Frank Kiely. clerk. Pierce Freeman. the present burgess from that ward was rauominated without dissenting vote. The delegates were nominated and elected as follows: William Kennedy, Tnf r James Maher. X. c. Bauman. Michael Clancy and c. D. Rissel Alternates, Fdward Geary and William Stevenson. Joseph Jackson was elected ward com mitteeman for the ensuing year. Pierce Freeman, the present incum- bent of the office made few remarks to the effect that some of his associ- ntes on the present board did not SUD- port him during the past year as he thought they should as Democrats. He also stated that there was some mat ters in regard to the town roads that he thought would come up before the next boaard. i. o.. that some men who secured work all the time while other deserving citizens only secured work at various times and never steady work. The meeting in the third ward . R. A. Peck was elected chairman. Pat rick Brennan was elected clerk. As there were two names placed before the meeting the voting was done by check list and Gorge Lambert and Maurice Quish were appointed tellers. The names of Thomas F. Riley and William P. Smith were before the meeting and when the vote was count ed it was found that eighty-seven votes l had been cast and that Smith had re- ceived fifty-fiye to Riley's twenty-two. i Delegates were then appointed as fol l lows: John Murphy, Jr, Thomas P. | Riley. Daniel O. Connor, D. NJ. Lins- | key. Thomas O'Conne1. George Lam- | bert and Michael Scanlon. The alter | mates are Henry Roberts and Frank | Johns. William Riley was appointed | ward committeeman for next year The delegates will meet fin the court | room Wednesday night to nominate | the other officials.
 The Republican caucuses are to be held tonight First ward. court room: second ward. Flynn's livery office; third ward, Union City hose house.
 The Italians who were working on the new Hillside avenue road secured their money yesterday afternoon and left town.
 The three nights entertainment of the f. NJ. C. 4. will start tonight at the opera house. The entertainment will consist of trick bicycle riding. twin torch swinging, male quartet and good music by orchestras. Supper will be served from to 8.
 The N. H. s. baseball team will go to Derby tomorrow to play the H. s. team of that place.
 The funeral of Michael o'Brfen was largely attended from St Francis church this morning Interment was in St Francis cemetery.
 Tomorrow night at Columbus hall the Rev Dr Parry will deliver his lee ture on "Saunterings Through Ireland" An excellent concert program has been arranged to precede the lecture and those who attend will enjoy q good evenings entertainment.
 .'The matter of the trollcys stopping where people wish to have have them will certainly be pushed till 1t comes about, was statement that was giv- en to the reporter by one of the re- elected burgessss last night. He also E stated that the Connecticut Railway and Power company has informed tue borough clerks that the conductors had reeei-ed orders to run their cars at a rate of speed not to exceed four miles per hour in answer to the last request of the board to the effect that the cars should stop to accommodate the people.