Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-30
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Republicans Lock Horns Again-Two Lively Conven.
 tions Last Night-The Machine Won Ii Both of Them.

One hundred electors and John Kel- l0lgg's bull terrier, Fudge" attended the second ward republican caucus in q the City hall annex last night. There were two tickets in the field. one headed by E. O. Goss and another known as the output of the machine and another with Wallace IT. Camp in front and dubbed as the Peasley-Kel- sey 'get up." A disinterested citizen would say both parties came forward with Creditable standard bearers but of course this would be tremendous admission from the contendfng forces and it was noticed that both kept mum about this part of the program. The meeting was called to order by Cap tain Garter of the town committee, and G. Middleton Parsons was chosen clerk. Mir Carter was then made per manent chairman. A ticket contain ing the following names was nomi- mated by Attorney Marsh: E. O. Goss, William Flint, Eugene c. Adt, Walter l.. Holmes, William J. Lar kin and U. G. Church.. The chair ask ed if there were any more nOmina- tfons and by way of reply George l.. Riggs submitted the following: Wal
 ace H. Camp, W. c. Morse, Robert pennison, Charles A. Templeton, Char
 es F. Loomis. A petition was then
 cad signed by fifteen electors calling for vote by the check list. This came from the Camp followers and was looked upon with a mild contempt by VI the machine operators, but with all their skill they were not able to put it aside and the vote was ordered uak- en in accordance with the request, Messrs Hodges and Walker acting as tellers. When the result was announc- Ad ho% H1al1 l1o4es he'd been cast, 73 for the head of the se- called regular machine ticket and p for the other. The delegates were au- thorized to name their own alternares. Two resolutions introduced by Robert Y Walker, law student, one requesting the Waterbury delegation to do it's utmost to secure the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for president and the other stating that in the opinion of the caucus the best interest of the republican party would be served by placing the Hon George l.. Lilley on the state central committee from the 10th senatorial district, were passed. While blind man could see that har- mony was not the watchword, still the opposing factions behaved we'll and considering the strained relation be- tween the fns and the outs the caucus passed off very quietly. A feature of the voting contest was the presence of ex-Representative l.. F. Root en route to the booth. A friend sought to show him the error of his way, but he shook his head and went on the downward path like one who felt that 1t was too late to mend.
 A great many of the fifth ward re- publicans are Shouting that the eau GUS held in the aldermen's room last evening was conducted illegally. Whether 1t was right or wrong, some fifth warders who were about half minute late said they would take their grievances to the state conven- -tion, and that when they heard the caucus was in the hands of Martin Parkinson, and that exile from the second ward. William M. Gillette, they could not expect fair play.
 The clock in the City hall tower had not ceased striking the huor of \ eight when MT Parkinson closed the door Of the room. mounted the rostrum and called the meeting to order. There was no occasion for him Do go to all this trouble, for there was no disor- der and only about half dozen pres ent to make any were they so inclined. And the majority of that half 8 dozen were boys who did not seem to know the difference between paster and Sheriff Gillette's yellow horse
 Up to the first stroke of eight by the city hall clock, MT Parkinson stood at the door with a check list and as one entered the room and he happened to know him he would
 mark off the name with a blue pencil If he was considered ''au right" and If he were considered wrong red pencil was used The significance of the two colors was only too apparent Red meant that Parkinson and his henchmen would make noble efforts to wade in the gore of the man whose name was thus marked off, and the other color meant he was true blue. There were few dark-hued men present, who were said to be rem nant of Lieutenant Sandland's Sardin- fans, gathered In from Bridge street and thereabouts where potatoes grow on republican fences.
 Matt Carlon was at large in the cor ridor with bunch of tickets. button holing everybody whom he suspected of having more collar buttons than himself, and Sheriff Gillette kept guard at the front door with a new cigar and his old overcoat. But he looked to be out Of his element among the heathenss Hindoos and Mongolians of the fifth ward republicans, for the lin- en collar and the enamel shoes, the exquisite violet and pinky pink and such other evidences of gentlity that