Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-24
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Deadlock on Calling of the
 County Convention.

S0sAASJ WAY SAA S~NAAs Robert McGrath Holds Out for Water
 bury-Other Members of Committee
 Afraid to Come to Brass City-Local
 Delegates to State Convention and
 Others Started for New Haven This
 Afternoon.
 The democratic county committee have agreed to disagree as to Where the shrievalty convention shall be heiu, Robert McGrath making claim TOT Waterbury and the rest of the com mittee agreeing on Branford. It ls hard to see why there should De any trouble about this, and probably Lhere wouldn't be any if some one dldh ue- sire it. On September 10 the following item appeared in the Democrat in re gard to this question: Ut was an unln- fentional error to state that 1t was up to Robert McGrath to name when ana where the shrievalty convention snail be held. The matter is in the hands of 6 committee consisting Of WllaFu D. Warren. New Haven; Robert Mc- Grath Waterbury; Frank Norton, Mer- iden; James Downey, Wallingford. pr O'Sulliyan of Derby. deceased, was the first member of the committee The committee was named by the chairman of the last shrievalty convention and has the right to decide where the com ing convention shaA be held, and also name the temporary chairman. MT Warren being the first member of the committee it is plain that it is up to him and not MT McGrath to call meeting of the committee for the pur- pose of settling the question"
 The information contained in the paragraph quoted was furnished by Mr McGrath and Registrar James A.. Hynes, the latter reading the order in which the committee was named to the reporter to show that if there was dis satisfaction about the calling Of the meeting no one should blame Robert McGrath After talking the matter over the trio, Hynes, McGrath and the reporter. they were standing opposite the Apothecaries' Hall Co.'S building at the time), expressed the hope that the committee would deciue to hold the shrievalty convention in Waterbury.
 Norwich, Sept 24.-Hon Charles F. Thayer, who is a candidate for nomin- ation for governor on the democratic ticket, left this morning to attend the state convention in New Haven. May or Thayer's name will be presented to the convention by Dr Patrick Cassidy, of this city, a close friend.
 Lieutenant Colonel Geddes says that if he had been consulted about the matter he feels quite sure that the ar mory could have been secured for voting place this year. Probably that is true, but the quartermaster general is reported as being very emphatic in stating that the armory shall not be used for such purposes any more and that while he was sorry if the change should put the city to any inconven- fence, still he thought the time had come to take a decided stand on the question.
 The delegates to the state conven- ton which will be held in New Haven tomorrow, accompanied by large number of prominent citizens, left here on the Cheshire loop at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Some of them will return on the midnight train and go down again in the morning, but most of them will spend the night in New Fla ven It was said to-day that Thayer had developed wonderful strength during the past few days and that when the result is announced 9e will have the necessary number of votes to give him the nomination. One of the delegates told Democrat reporter that no matter which man won out, Thayer or Cary, he should be prepared to do all in his power to elect him, and that so far as he knew Ele same thing might be said of the other members of the Waterbury delegation. If this be true Of the whole state, and there is no reason why it should be otherwise, Connecticut will be free for a time from men who have been too long in power for the good of the people.