Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-11
bURPEE FRIENDS ARE
 IN FIGHTING TRIM f Irving Chase Gets Senatorial Nom inaton He Must Not Oppose
 The Colonel.
HE WANTS TO BE JUDGE.
And His Friends Will Try To Send Men To Hartford Who Will
 Not 0ppse Him.

The registration for the primaries,
 which closed last night, shows that
 there is going to be something doing in Waterbury on August 31, especial
 ly if the fourth and fifth wards,
 where the Phelan, Lynch and Hurley
 forces will battle for supremacy. In
 the fourth ward the number of new
 names added at the meeting held last
 week and yesterday amounted to 425
 and in the fifth the total is 450.
 These added to the ones on last year
 will make up large number of the
 votes of both wards. Nobody knows
 which candidate for senator has the
 largest following among the new
 men, but impartial observers say that 1t is about even, but of course the followers of the different candi- dates are positive that their man is ahead.
 While the democrats are preparing for battle royal over the senator ship, the republicans are going to enjoy love feast, although at one time 1t looked as though there might be some blood letting in that camp, too.
 When the name of Irving Chase was mentioned as candidate for sem ator the friends of Colonel Burpee scented danger and buckled on their armor for the fight of their lives. The colonel wants to be reelected judge of the city court. and his friends will not be satisfied with a holdover job. They want him chosen in both houses and say that he was treated in a most shameful manner last year. all through the efforts of few people who have personal grudges against him. It was sur missed that Mir Chase was picked with a view to making better headway towards turning down Burpee at Hartford than H. H. Peck did two years ago, and the colonel's friends were not bashful in asking leading questions about this.
 It appears that when the men be- hind MT Chase saw what they were up against they asked for confer ence which was granted and after talk between repre- of both clements 1t was agreed to bury the axe with the un- that the Burpee contin- gent shouldn't strike a blow here during the primaries and election and that MT Chase will play dumb dog when Colonel Burpee comes for reappolntment as judge of the city court in Hartford. The story comes from what appears 10 be very reliable source. but when 1t was repeated this afternoon to per sonal friend of Mir Chase. he said that he felt confident that Mir Chase was not party to 1t and added that who knew Irving Chase would know that he would not enter into a compromise on any thing of that sort to get elected to any office. This may all be true so far as Mir Chase Is personally concerned. but enough has leaked out to satisfy the public that some very successful mis- sionary work has been done between friends of Colonel Burpee and Mir Chase to warrant the statement that there is not going to be any clash be- tween them. either here or in Hart lord. Whether these agents acted on heir own account or not nobody ap- pears to know. but in any case they nave been at work and appear 10 nave made commendable headway to- xarls bringing peace out of what | to result in the liveliest | zind of a scrap.