Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-06
CONNECTICUT TOWN ELECTIONS.
All But Six of the Towns Are
 Voting To-Day.

Economic League Shows Up in Sev-
 eral of Them-The License Question
 Is One of the Big Features of the
 Day in Several Places-T Toisingtons
 Vote Heaviest in Years.
 New Haven, Oct 6.--In all but six of the 16S towns of Connecticut, elections are being held to-day to determine the control of local affairs for tue ensuing year, while three cities also have muni- cipal elections. New Haven, Hartfordx Bridgeport, Ansonia and Naugatuck are the places where town elections are not held at this time. Ill Norwalk and South Norwalk the annual elections for mayor and other city officers are being held, and New London has an election for various minor officials, the maycral- ty election biennially in odd years.
 Aside from the usual interest att tacning to the political significance 0r the results ill the little town elections there are this year a number of local contests to which attention has been drawn generally throughout the state. Torrington is aroused over the liquor AASNAA1O ing combined to defeat license" part ly as result of the action of the sa- loon keepers last Christmas in decid- ing to do away with the custom of treating customers and giving then presents. Stratford has a school com- mittee contest, and Plainville and New Britain voters have ben awakened to an alleged need of change in the ad- miniStration of town affairs from an economic standpoint. The Economic league figures in .an interesting and complicated way in Manchester and East Hartford. In the Manchester the league catured the republican organiza- ton and the chairman of the republi- can town committee then became a candidate on the democratic ticket. The East Hartford leaguers captured the democratic caucus after failing to nominate their men in the republican caucus.
 The first town to report the result of the election was East Haven. The republican ticket was elected and liz cense was carried. Last year the town went no license.
 Torrington, Oct 6.-ProbabYy the largest vote in the history of the town other than a presidential election is being cast here to-day. The interest is confined solely to the license ques- tion. Seventeen hundred ballots had been cast up to 12:30 tfiis after noon. The saloon men are a trifie sure of victory, but felt also that they were being dashed on the quiet. 1t is known that many who for years l have voted license are to-day voting no license, but on the other hand there are many who never paid much atten- ton in the license question who are voting in favor of license because they believe no license would hurt the town in business way.
 Meriden, Oct 6.-TweIve hundred votes were boiled in the election here up to noon. There is no vote on Ii- cense. The contest for first selectman is very warm one, the candidates being George w.. Miller, the present incumbent of the office and republi- can and Thomas l.. Reilly the well known base ball manager on the dem- ocratic ticket. The vote for those two is very close.
 New London, Oct 6-Only moder- ate vote is being boiled here to-day on the city and town election. The fea- IsaAC AS tiO hSlC OL LllC C.SSALId1 l1dOOI
 union against the republican nomin- ees for the school ticket. There is no vote on the license question.
 South Norwalk, Oct GA large vote
 is being polled and the conditions fa- var democratic mayor. The balance of the ticket will probably be republi- can.
 . Norwalk, Oct 6.--It looks favorable for the republicans in the election to-
 day. although the vote on the mayor will be close.
 ANGRY PROPERTY HOLDERS.