Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-27


 Box-tender-W1lliam J. Dunn.
 Checker-Chardes A. Isbell.
 Alternate at large-Peter H. Burns.
 The town delegates on the unsuc- cessful first ward democratic primary ticket have filed a protest against the count in that district with Chairman Burns of the town committee.
 1 The fourth ward ticket is causing all the trouble. Captain D. E. Fitz- patrick, who was the recognized head of the fourth ward ticket, said to-day that the ticket was made out without reference to the candidates for judge of probate or registrar. It was inde- pendent in every sense except that 1t was out and out for Attorney Phelan for senator,
 Attorney Gnilfoile was very hopeful of victory when a Democrat reporter talked with him on the subject to-day. He said that his chances of securing the nomination were good. He claimed four delegates on the fourth ward ticket and also five from the first and the same number from the third. This gives him fourteen out of the twenty. eight delegates and he needs only one more to secure the nomination.
 l Haven cut quite a figure in determin- ing the result of the democratic pri- maries held here yesterday. The party wants Judge Bronson for governor aud it was said that it would be a graceful compliment for tine city of his birth to send Bronson delegation to ,tle convention. Whatever else they failed to do, 1t seems they made q good job of this for so far as can be learned the delegates chosen are for Bronson to man.
 Invitations are being sent out for meeting of all good citizens who be- lieve in freeing the city of Waterbury from the clutches of the republican machine, to be held in Turn hall Mon- day night. It will be the hottest thing of the kind ever held In the Naugatuek valley. The speakers wall give the meeting some inside facts which will be likely to cause some of the dyedN1n the wool followers of the machine to wonder why they didn't hear these things before.
 John Flanagan, registrar of voters, claims that he has a fighting chance for re-nomination. The supporters of Henry O'Connor, the other candidate for the position, say that they cannot see how Flanagan stands a ghost of q show. The OfConnor supporters claim the six delegates from the fourth, five from the third, five from the second and five from the first. This claim gives about seven delegates to Flana- gan The Lowe ticket won in the sec ond but the O'Connor men claim that the delegates to the town convention on the ticket were selected for him.
 The supporters of both candidates fof the democratic nomination for judge of probate are claiming victory. Attorney Guilfoile is confident that yesterdays, primaries resulted in vic tory for his supporters, while James Cassin, spokesman for Judge Lowe in his absence, claims that the old war horse has added another victory to his long list MT Cassin said this morn ing that at least seventeen of the dele gates elected yesterday will vote for Lowe and possibly this number may be increased one or two. The fifth Is solid for Lowe and so is the second. He claims that four delegates on the successful ticket in the fourth ward, which Is known as the Brett indepen- dent ticket, will be found among the Lowe supporters.
 The democrats came near having . to vote in their hats yesterday or wait
 until they could make boxes of thelr own. Town Clerk Blair was out Of town and before leaving he left strict orders to his son not to allow anybody to take the ballot boxes out of the vault. A representative of
 Chairman Burns of the town commit tee called for them in the afternoon
 and was informed that he couldn't
 have them. Mayor Elton was out of
 town and nobody knew whether Al derman Blakeslee or MT Beach wsis , acting mayor, and as result the managers didn't know what way to turn. They finally sought out City Clerk Nettleton, who after a search
 through the dark spots in the hall dis
 covered six moth eaten boxes which
 served the purpose all right. No such ' hitch ever occurred before and the public will be curious to know what motive MT Blair had in issuing such an order He was not home to-day
 and nothing definite could be ob- tatned regarding the end in view. , Local democrats are beginning to :, warm up for the coming town, state , and national campaign and already a
 canvass of the voters Is being made, for what purpose is not known; but , it Is said that those taking down the . names are finding democrats thicker 3 than sage brush on a western prairie
 this year, and that no sooner do the canvassers ring the bell than the oc- . cupants of the house come right to the front door, and. in answer to the question, startle the democratic
 agents by saying that the occupants of the house are democrats through \ and through this year. The canvass : CTS have run into q few, however, who stood by the democrats during
 the last campaign who this year, are | I H,1A ATn
 whole it is like making an old-time
 canvass-so easily do the voters re-
 spond when questioned about their !. democracy; while for the last eight : years it was like getting blood out of n tlirnip for the average everyday | democrat to acknowledge that he was
 going to vote for Bryan and free sil- , ver.-Middletown Penny Press