Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-03

IO-day and passed off very quietly.
 There was a very marked difference
 in the interest taken Tn the result com
 pared with that of former years, when
 there were salaries and considerable
 patronage connected with the office of
 selectmen, and nearly everybody was
 interested one way or the other. Un- der the new order of things the se-
 lectmen do not cut much of figure | in politics and were it not for the in- terest stirred up in such an election as ! IS on to-day by the eonstables, the af-
 fair would be as tame as a Quaker l meeting. 1t was an iaeal day for n
 battle of the ballots. rather chilly to
 be sl,re, in the early morning hours, but not cold enough to make a felcw feel uncomfortable provided he had q friend an the ticket and wanted to do
 little husfling. The booths were In
 charge of the following officers:
 First ward-Mo Moderator. John T.. Daily: checker, Fl. B. Snow; license box tender, John McHale; ballots, D. O.. GriswoId, John Mclaughlin; envelopes, E IT. Cummings, Thomas F. Reilly; usher, John Leeney; deputies, Bernard
 
 Second ward Moderator, s. IL. Ar thur; checker, John l.. Saxe; license box tender, J. IT Price; ballots, Pat rick J. Bowling, J. +. Campbell; en- velopes, w. T. Keaveney, Oscar w. Rame; ushers, w. +. Trowbridge, Will liam Dover; deputies, J. H. Pryor, F. A. Walker.
 Third ard--Moderator, Edward Costigan; checker, T. H. Trowbridge; license box tender, James Rigney; bal lots, Henry W. F. Satchwell, James
 H. Pryor; envelopes, w. H. Sault,
 John J. Sullivan; ushers, M. J. Feeney, o. w. Hubben; deputies, T. F. Nelli, gan, R. F. Smith.
 Fourth Ward Moderator, Walter Wooster; checker, w. J. Shananhan; I license box tender, A. Fl Humphrey; ballot booths, Philip Donovan, F. E.
 Truman; envelopes, Daniel Cashman, G. R. Abbott; ushers, John w. Dow l ling, Charles Totten; deputy regis 1 trars, R. s. Walker, w. G. DOucette. Fifth Ward-M Moderator, IT. J. Cor I den; checker, Mark s. Chipman; li- cense box tender, James Fitzgerald; {; ballot booths, Charles Treon, D. l.. Da- balot booths, Charles Treon, D. l.. Da- wis; envelopes, William Howard, Si- mon Cronan; usher, Robert Hampton; deputy registrars, William Rowe. Irv- ing Emerson.
 ! The vote was light in all the wards.
 There were no hacks and very few ac- tive workers about the polls. The democrats claimed that tbey would win easily, but a few enthusiastic re publicans were in evidence and chal- lenged the boast of the opposition at every corner so that 1t was hard to get line on the result. One thing both parties were agreed upon and that was that the counters would not have a big job. There was not much scratching and the total vote cast will not be over third of the whole. There was some lively sprtnting among the constables and nobody appeared to be able to say with any measure of cert tainty which man will be dropped According to the figures given out at 3 o'clock the vote by wards was app proximately as follows:
 First ward, 51O; second ward, 400; third ward, S25; fourth ward, 510; fifth ward, 300.
 It turned out pretty cold in the af-
 ternoon and many wished the law
 were so that the saloons would not be
 obliged to close when an election con- test is on. It was hard to get a
 "nip," too, no matter how we'll posted
 fellow happened to be so that it is probable that the doctors will be pre- scribing for them tomorrow if some good Samaritan does not open his rear door and give them a bracer.
 New Haven, Oct 3.-Elections are being held in 162 towns and three cities of Connecticut to-day, and as the weather is delightful the vote probably will be as heavy as usual for those administrative officers who are up for annual selection. Tn a number of the towns the voters are also asked to record their preference on the Ques- of intoxicating liquors during the next administrative year. Not all towns vote on this question, as 1t is optional with the voters themselves to say whether the question shall be inserted in the warrant for the eletcion, and some towns go for years without talk, ing action on this matter. In nun. ber of towns this fall the no-license agitation has been vigorously prose cuted and the canvass has attracted attention beyond the borders of the town. In conjunction with the cleo tons most of the towns held their annual meeLlngS TOT IHe QlScuSSlOn and disposal of business, to make the year. ly appropriations and to vote the tax levy. In the state at large there is less political interest in the elections than usual, due in a measure to the absence of factional rivalry and again to the fact that town clerks are not being elected to-day except in few isolated cases, the new law giving this officer Il two year tenure of office.
 While the interest in the result Of the elections Is keen, it is not particu- larly so to the chairmen of the repub- lican and democratic state central committees who agree mat the signifi, canoe is purely local and 1t can have no bearing or give any indication of the trend of the voting at the Novem- Der election. This year there is an en, tire lack of political activity in the towns. The cities which are holding an election for municipal officers, the voters also selecting town officers, are New London, Norwalk and South Nor walk. Last year the South Norwalk voters held a town election apart from that Of Norwalk in which both cities