Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-25

gan. The regular ticket won easily. Total vote cast was POS; for choice 105 was necessary. Walker, who, It
 will be remembered. was on both tick cts, received 109 votes; Ford l64;
 Chesson 152; McCauley 51, and Chat
 field 34. Gregory was not heard of.
 The check list was not used in ballot
 ing and there was nothing to prevent
 repeating.
 Nominations for delegates to the city
 convention were next in order. Col
 onel Doherty arose and said 1t was
 with reluctance he had allowed his
 name to be placed on one of the tick
 cts (the regular) and he wished to
 withdraw in favor of his friend, 0. M.
 Truman. There was no objection to
 his withdrawing and MT. Truman and
 Daniel Gregory were nominated 1n
 his place. This put MT. Gregory on
 both tickets. The result of the bal
 lot was favorable to the regular tick
 ct again. Neither of the new nomin-
 ees were heard of. Miller c. Haynor
 walking off with the plum. This
 closed the work of the convention and
 the hall was soon cleared of the evil
 dences of the great battle of Bunker
 Hill. It was generally understood
 that the delegates favor Cornelius
 Tracy for mayoralty nomination.
 The Fourth ward republican cau-
 GUS which came off in the city court
 room last night proved Waterloo for
 Edward Foley and his friends, "Cliff"
 Els running things to suit himself and
 succeeding in routing the Foley az
 gregation horse and foot.
 ELS assisted the counters and he did the business so expeditiously that his opponents suspected him of jugglery
 and shouted 'AIurderI Firep' and ev- erything else they could think of. but
 it was all to no avail; the lightning calculator having things his own way to the end. Town Committeeman W. A. Robinson called the meeting to order. John Leggett was elected chairman and William T. Ashworth secretary. Edward Foley and John Meyers acted as tellers. The follow ing ticket was nominated: For alder Cornelius Thacy, Herbert A. Brooks, John B. ValIee; delegates to city convention-H. J. Bessette, F. J. Rametti, E. w. Biggerstaff. The al- dermen on the defeated ticket were E. Foley, ". A. Robbins and b. w. Wightman. A few so-called demo- crats gwho work at Benedict & Burn hams, and a dozen or so. from Holmes, Booth x Haydens were present and took an active part in the voting con- test. The fellows who were bullied by ELS claim that they didn't have anything like fair show and talk of bringing the matter before the town committee. but this will not amount to anything. ELS licked all his op- ponents in an open fight and his back CTS say he can do it again.
 The activity of Dr E. ". Good 1 enough is attributed to a desire to pro- cure renomination for the board of | education.
 It is Edmund Fitzgerald. Magner | alley, contractor and builder, not Ed | mund Fitzpatrick, who is running for | alderman on the fourth ward Fitzpat- rick ticket e .G nso I, F b85.3 l
 Rumor credits Dr A. A. Crane with | great aspirations in this campaign. It | was the doctor who pulled Alderman | Hall from premature political grave | at the second ward Republican caucus | Monday evening, and the alderman is said to have promised him his strength | to back him for heath officer in case of the election of the republican can d1date for mayor. There is no harm in | this Under consolidation the posts of city and town health officers are united under the head of the first named and the salary of both with it, also. This will be about $1, 1,50O year.
 All who have filed applications to be made voters should bear in mind that the board of registration will be in ses- sion in the police court room next Sat urday from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until q in the evening to examine the of applicants and admit to the electors oath those who shall be found qualified If your name is on the list and you want to be sure of getting through, you should be on hand early. The board will be in session but one day this year. and as the num- Der of eligibles is large it seems to be believed that many will get left.
 Let us have the battle of the prima- ries fought out along the lines of fair play and decency, so that there will be no bad feeling when it comes to closing 1p the ranks behind the nomi- lees of the party with a view to giving the opposition a good broadside on election day. For this reason it would be well not to indulge in misrepresen- -ation about any particular candidate It looks as if Mayor Kilduff was being made the victim of good deal Of this Sind of business. For instance, the statement is being openly made by men who know it to be false and oth- ITS who probably are ignorant of the acts. that the award of benefits and damages arising from the layout of Sylvan avenue was not equitable and | hat Kilduff was to blame for the whole if it. Without any intention whatever if expressing an opinion as to wheth- 1T the award of benefits and damages vas right or not, it is nothing more han fair to say that it is unfair to harge Mayor Kilduff with having Inything to do with it. The hearings, he award of benefits and damages