Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
ROBERTSON FOR GOVERNOR.
New Haven Democrats will Support Him Now That Bronson is Out-Durant 1Owned by Regulars
 Democratic Primaries
THB TWO FIRST WAR1

THB TWO FIRST WARI
 State-James M. Lynch, James J. McLinden, Frank J. Herr, Andrew J. Koneally, Matthew F. Watts; alter nate at large, Adolph Zweibel
 gressionaI-William c. Keenan, 1ahn B. Connors, James Carroll, Ed
 Ed L. Maloney, Philip Fitzpatrick;
 rnate at large, Michael J. Robin
 robate-John H. Moran, Alfred T.
 isbury, Daniel w. Sullivan, Eugene
 Clarkin, Henry T. Walsh; alternate
 t large, Frank Crary.
 enatorial-Patrick J. Lawlor, John Piracy, George B. Degnan, Edward J. ' Morgan, Patrick F. Deeley; alternate I at large, John F. Mclaughlin.
 Town-William F. Maloney, John J. Lynch, Denins J. Cooney, Eugene M. Doyle, Patrick J. Cavanaugh; al- ternate at large, Michael H. Conlon.
 TeIlers- Carey, Bernard NIulcrone. 1 The first actual conflict between the machine republicans of the six teenth senatorial district and the in dependent wing reputed to be led by Attorney Durant took place last even ing at the first ward republican cau- GUS in the City hall and resulted in great throw down for Durant. It was a knock out blow. and this is believed to be the finish of Durant in this campaign, for the first ward was said to be his stronghold. It was the most interesting caucus that has been held in the city in many years. It was well known beforehand that both sides to the issue would do all they could to gather their friends, but when the caucus was declared open at 7:3O by Attorney McMahon, chair man, the rush to pass the checker at the door amazed everybody. Hun dreds of men blocked the stairway in their haste to get into the hall, and ten minutes after the first man pass ed in half dozen lines were formed along the stairway and Chief Egan decided 1t would be wise to have the { police department represented and he accordingly assigned Sergeant Pagan and Officer Tehan there to see that no one in the great throng had brick in his pocket. It soon became too evt- Aent that the check list process was fentirely too slow in getting the vot- CTS into the hall and that 1t would be 9 o'clock before the last man would pass. if it were persisted in, and so it was wisely abandoned. Checker All derman James H. Filling and Box Tender Walter Scofield then took up I position near the right hand corner of the stage and the voting began i'm mediately. Sergeant Pagan and Off, .i cer Tehan proceeded to get some or { der into the great crowd, and arrang- ed the excited men into ranks two J and three deep. There seemed to be at least 600 men in the serpentine rows that ranged down the middle aisle and around the sides It was plain that both sides to the contest had done considerable hustling during the week and also. that they were not over delicate or scrupulous in ex- plaining the features of the issue. 4 There were many present who would require a good deal of time to explain their presence in the winding rows. Some of those interested were under the impression that 1t was the corona ton of Attorney Durant as hustler in his party and some did not hesitate to say that 1t might be his political rJIination. MT Durant himself did not seem over sanguine. Meanwhile the voting was going on and it seem ed as if the three or four long lines of men would never pass the checker, they moved so slowly. And as each man cast his ballot he passed out by the fire escape off the sta ge not wait ing to hear the result. They were un- < der the impression that they had to leave the hall after voting. Later, Chairman McMahon deemed 1t advis- able to state that 1t was not so. It was 9:3O o'clock when the result was announced. The total vote cast was 456 The regular ticket got 281 and the independents 175. Immediately after the result was made known MT >Durant disappeared. The counters were George H. Clarke and Matthew ,, PheIan, Duranters, and Walter Sco- { field and James A. Peasley, regulars. s This means that Henry H. Peck q has got four delegates to help him get I the nomination for senator from the sixteenth district provided he desires I 1t, and 1t has been admitted since last evening that the result in the first ward is merely a hamburger of ' what is coming in the second and third wards. The successful ticket \ follows:
 State-R. N. Blakeslee, 2s1; F. |. Ellis, 2s1; L. J. Oedell, PTS; J. W. Phelps, 276. Congressional al-Joseph M. Baril, PTS; c. M Dittrich, 281; F. W. Rich ards, 281; J. H. Guernsey, s281.
 Senatorial-W. E. Scof1eld, 280; T.. S. Lewis, PIT; l.. L. Williams, 281; L. Coddington, 279.
 Probate-D. D. Gerold, 2S0; M s. Neiman, 2S0: F. D. Pagan, 279; B. A. Thunberg, TIT.
 Town-C. H. Blake, 2S1; E. H. Thi- bau1t, 28o: c. M. Parsons, 2S1; G. A. Sanders, 279.
 The declared result was not at all satisfactory to those who remained to the last, and cries of "stuf1ng' were loud and numerous. The first announcement gave a total of 458 of which the regulars got BOT and the Duranters 151. This would be two to