Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
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Sh ward republican caucus which was held in the aldermens room last evening, there was quite fight Will liam A. Sandland, lieutenant of Con- pany A. was 'out' for blood and re- venge for the offense by the powers that be in not giving him Thomas H McMahon's position as clerk of the board of charities, or Mortimer Dorans as superintendent of the board MT Sandland had been given to understand that bis fealty to his party was at last to be rewarded by an appointment to either one or the other of the above offices, and when, after he had blown off all the boys to liquid entertainment and buckled on his sabre and boots to be ready to jump ins he was gently told to forget it. So last night he was out for revenge in the fourth ward, and he had some other of the boys with him. The sidewalk outside the City hall was lined with them, each with bunch of tickets. And while they were wor--- ing up the spirit to move all corners of ! their party, the lieutenant was recon noitering in the back alleys of Canal street gathering recruits.
 1t was a warm night under sthe sur
 
 ward. Even "Charlie'' Commerford, sformer democrat, who held the office of postmaster during Cleveland's first administration and went over to the republicans last fall for no other req son than that victory happened to perch upon their banners by accident, even he was ruff1ed by the undercur- rent. But his silk hat did not give any indication of the storm that knocked him into a corner in the party he once despised and called corrupt. As he shook hands with Senator Tracy, he tried to hide himself under his hat. But the senator, dauntless and without any string tied to his politics, held the ex-democratic postmaster by the paw as prohibitionist holds up his horri lle example on the stump.
 When the senator dropped the paw of the ex-democrat, the latter retired to his corner and his hat and sat there all through the convention, as lonely as sf he were in the middle of Sahara.
 But eventually the affairs of the meeting got under way. Inspector of Schools Tyrrell called the meeting to order and after announcing the busi- ness of the night, Clifford Ells was elected chairman. MT Tyrrell was nom- mated as secretary, but he declined. William $. Case also declined the honor, but he finally consented to wear it and ascended the rostrum. The busl- ness of the convention was to elect three delegates to the town convention which shall elect eight delegates to the state convention to be held May 10, and also for the purpose of selecting a town committee to serve for the ensu- ing two years.
 Chairman Ellis having announced that he was ready to receive nomina- tions, Henry Weyand, William A. Rob- bins and John Mraz were nominated by MT Tyrrell, who is said to represent the interests of the Kelsey-Peasley crowd which was defeated in the first A-Srard the evening previous. The Sandland revenge ticket was then an nounced, William A. Sandland. Henry Loveridge and A. w. Goldsmith The baIloting began immediately and the check list was used. This was hard ly necessary for the politics of the only man present that could be ques- toned was the ex-democrat1c post master. About a bakers dozen be- sides him were present.
 | But toward the close of the ballot ing a host of dark4browed men, who might have been the ad- vance guard of the Balkan exhibit to the St Louis fair, entered the room in single file and marched toward the bal lot box. These were Lieutenant Sandland's conscripts captured in the alleys of Canal street and Catherine lane Their invasion brought a rip ple of excitement and the regulars shook with fear. School Inspector Tyrrell reached up for the moon to shed more Night on the darkening prospects of his side of the house, but 11>v hoo TH HYo dfnrxyY Inn ex-democratdc postmaster offered him the refuge of his hat. MT Tyrrell was too dispirfted in the face of the dark -browed horde to do anything but decline and seek safety in the ante room from the threatened defeat.
 But when the result was declared he found there was no cause for his alarm. The count was IS against p for the regulars and Lieutenant Sand land and his revenge ticket and the ex-democratic postmaster filed out of the room crushed. As for the Bal kan exhibit, they smiled, for they did not understand.
 There are 12 towns in the state that have not held caucuses to elect delegates to the democratic state con- vention, which will be held May and 6. These towns will have to hold them by tonight, as the rules provide they must be held seven days prior to the convention.
 Speaking of the appointment of ex- Congressman De Forest of Bridgeort as temporary chairman of the coming democratic convention, the Hartford Times says that a precedent which is of interest occurred in the democratic : state convention in Waterbury June 2, 1900, held to elect delegates to the : national convention. The state cen tral committee then named as tempo rary chairman Mayor Kilduff of Wa 2 terbury, Bryan man, who was not ' a delegate. There was no objection on the part of the anti-Bryan men, and Mayor Kilduff presided through out the earlier proceedings until the election of the permanent chairman, Holm q Geary of New London.