Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-08
JUBILANT VlCToRS
New Haven Democrats Cele. brated All Night Over the
 Sweeping Victory.

NeW ndNeu, .OcC O.-DeIHOCrdtlC Jlbilation over the party victory at the polls on the city and town tickets yesterday lasted all night, and to-day the figures of the vote given the various candidates were the subject of much scrutiny. The defeat of the republican ticket except in the case of Town Clerk Fred Whitaker is at | tributed to desire on the part of the voters at large to change the officials at city hall. The cutting of the re- publican ticket was general all over the city and was least effective in the tenth ward which is more than three to one republican. It was known be- yond doubt during the day yesterday that the colored voters, of whom there are more than 700 in the ninth I and tenth wards, were voting for. MT Martin, the democratic candidate for mayor by pasting over former Sena- for Chatfield's name on the republi- spite the fact that one of their own race was on the ticket for selectman. l He went down with the rest of the ticket.
 City Clerk Street, q former news paperman, and very popular, received heavy vote from the democrats, but he. lost by a margin of AT to James J. Devine, the democratic candidate. Lewis S.. Welch, former editor of the Yale Alumni Weekly, was sacrificed by the party as Francis G. Anthony was reelected for tax collector by majority of over 2,600, and City Treasurer Strong was defeated by for mer treasurer Henry Fresenius, the well known brewer, by over 1900.
 Town Chairman Macdonald is greatly surprised at the outcome and attributes it purely to desire of the voters to try democratic admins tration and the next city government will be almost wholly that way. Col onel Ullman and MT Chatfield have lit-, tie comment to make. The success ful democratic candidates agree in an opinion that conditions had been shaping themselves in the past few years to a democratic victory and the combination of time and ticket came yesterday. In political circles there is a claim that the democratic vic- tory is opportune for the reason that it will compel the national commit tee to give more than perfunctory attention to this city and the state in the next presidential canvass. and tr,,I hn al, ;rrn sl,;t, of Attorney David S. Fitzgerald the city may prove debatable ground in the next state campaign This is the democratic view, while among the re- rublicans the opinon was held that yesterdays democratic victory here and in Waterbury will count for lit- tie in the greater contest of next year. Among the colored men it was point ed out that the voters of the race who have heretofore been mostly re- publican, took the opportunity to show their attitude against the party because of the action of President Roosevelt in the Brownellsville af- fair. Many of tho prominent repub- licans interviewed those cOlored men who were working openly yesterday among their fellows against the re- publican ticket and it was stated that no grievance against any indi- viduaI was cited. one cOlored man saying that the idea was to deter mine just what power the colored citizens had in the town wards. There was so much more pasting on the republican tickets than anticipated. the strength of the so-callcd colored vote is not apparent.
 A partial analysis of the vote would seem to show that much of the Ital- ian vote in the fifth and sixth wards which has been counted on tho re- publican side. went democratic.' and a street parade at the head of which rode an Italian banker who had an- nounced his departure from the re- publican ranks to that of the oppos- ing party and in which several hun dred of his countrymen joined. seem cd to indicate a state of iubilation in those wards which was unprecedent- ed. Both sides had Italians as cam didates for aldermen in the fifth ward. hut the democratic candidate won out by 4T votes.
 Town Clerk Whittaker's election by 1.1SS ovaT Fred Brethauer. democrat. when Martin for mayor won by 1.JiT over Chatfield. indicated his ability as l vote gntter. NIr Whitaker was political manager for Senator r. l.. IIoman last year and he was among the witnesses summoned by George l.. Fox in the latteT's contest before inc senate over the senator's reten- tinn of the seat because of alleged corrupt practices.
 The presence of state officers here to watch for violations Of the license law was early known. hut several complaints have been made against alleged violatOrs- It is understood that Mr Fox had several private de- ieotives in town to assist in watching the election