Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-22
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS
Democratic Primaries Are On In Full BIast-Two Tickets in Every Ward-Votng on
 the New Rules.

The democratic primaries will be held this afternoon and evening from 4:30 o'clock until 9:30. The booths will be located at the following places: First voting district, lot on Phoenix avenue; second voting district, north side of green; third voting district city court room; fourth voting district, South Main street. opposite Scovill street; fifth voting district, Scoyill street. Voters in the sixth voting dis trict, which is part of the second ward, will cast their ballots at Waterville.
 Some folks may say that there is not enough at stake to warrant them in going to the polls, but in this they are very much mistaken. The simplest election is of sufficient importance to bring out every elector in the com munity. It is to the stay at homes and not to those who go to the booths belongs the blame for whatever there may be discreditable in the conduct of public bodies The citizen who makes use of the franchise regularly, even though he gets on the wrong side once in a while unwittingly, deserves more credit than the one who thinks he knows too much to take hand in the tussle one way or the other and leaves the battle to be fought out by others while he looks on from distance. It is the duty of every democrat in Wa terbury to vote to-day, because upon the result depends the future of the party to great extent at least. Many are anxious to know where their neigh bOrs stand upon certain issues. and no better way of finding this out could be l determined than by dropping down to 1 yolr ward polling place and casting 1 Nyo1yy 1nl1nt fC,~ nifho,. of t1no fyvo nar,. | tending clements, If you are not satis- fled with one ticket you can pick ur ] another and if you are somewhat sen | sitive and prefer not to be twitted about being a follower of this one or l that one, you can get a ticket and vote | it without anybody knowing whicl side you favored. To be sure the best way to do the job would be to walk right up to the booth, looking every body squarely in the face, call for the ticket YOU want and vote 1t without bestowing thought upon whether anybody was watching you or not. But it is not at all necessary to make ar l exhibition of ones preferences on suct occasions. What is wanted is to get 1 the white slips of paper into the boxes the counters will do the rest.
 The weather promises to be iust right for outdoor exercise, and inas much as it is too early for setting oui i flower pots or doing chores aboul lawns and gardens. it is quite likely l that a big vote will be boiled. The indications point to a fair fight so tha1 l ---e yanquished cannot consistently dt l otherwise than take their medicine ant step in behind the yictors and worl with them. Come, now, ye warning ele A Iaanf fssAsl llaTshal syopr forces and d! your prettiest and then have done witt contentions for the present.
 Below will be found the tickets tha are being voted in the several wards.
 FIRST WARD.
 Delegates, Edelbert Reichenbach Jeremiah Delaney, Eugene Clarkin Daniel Sullivan, Charles Neuman.
 Alternate. William Derwin.
 Tellers, Timothy Garren, John J Lynch.