The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-03
Aldermen

Eighth-Patrick III. Brady ..-- 171 Ninth-Thomas Stewart r---.-- so rentil-Hugh J- Lavery --- lo. E7eyenth@James P- O'Neil- ----- 213 rSxelfth-Garry Paddock .---..- 2S1
 There was nothing indecisive in the method in which the people expressed themselves at the polls yesterday when City Clerk Edward T. Buckingham was elected Mayor by a plurality of s04S thus exceeding by some 500 votes .he greatest plurality he had ever re- ceived as City Clerk Many things contributed to the sweeping victory which was won by the movement for progress and justice. MT Bucking- pam commanded the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens to a very unusual degree The policies of he men in office had failed in most unusual degree to command the confidence or the appreciation of the people The public anger over the har- DOT grab and the car barn surrender undoubtedly played an important part In the result. and not less important was the public faith in the necessity of the tax reforms which the Demo- erats have promised to put into effect
 The vote in the Eleventh and iy the public mind relative to the liar DOT Grab. In these districts are most Df the oystermen and others who fol- low the water for a living
 Only the Sixth district the Gibraltar ,f Democracy piled up the plurality for Buckingham that the Twelfth sent sver to City Hall
 Two years ago the Twelfth gave 200 for Lee. Last night it gave 4s0 to Buckingham
 Almost to a man the oystermen voted for Buckingham, and most Of them voted the ticket straight Thus they resented the three years of humiliation that had been heaped upon them by he harbor grabbers. who had sneered 1t them as ''clamdiggers'' and had de- -iared them little people" whose 300 uafIfn< craft were not entitled to moments consideration as against the claims of a great special privilege cor poration-
 The same feeling prevailed in the Eleventh. which is the home of Harbor Master Charles H. Morris. who all .hough a Republican. cannot but feel hat his harbor line policy has been Eindicated triumphantly by the people The Eleventh. ? years ago. gave Lee tS Last night 1t went against him 250
 Buckingham came across the river with 1 HIS plurality and he brought the other candidates with him with plural ties ranging downward. but never fall ng below substantial majorities- And with him also came three out of the tour aldermen chosen on that side or Inc river.
 In the Ninth. Stewart. by few Fotes defeated McAIahon- But in the Eleventh O'Neil defeated Biackham and in the Twelfth Garry Paddock won great victory over Bogart. whom rrany Republicans believed a ''railroad' man. while in the Tenth. Lavery de- -eated Paul with 157 votes to spare
 Up6R the west side of the river Lee carried only two districts. the Fifth, whose plurality was more than cut in A.T< nd he xr-ha he ha6 rotes more than Buckingham. Francis M Wilder. candidate for Alderman on Lees ticket, pulled through by a scant plurality. Henry Langhammer. the aected with the Farmer office. made he best run that Democratic candi- late for Alderman has made in many Fears in the First H. H. Jackson vas elected Alderman in the Fifth ,ver Veness, who made an even better un than he did in 1907
 Thus the Democrats will go into the Council with nine Aldermen out of .weIve up for choice. and will have twelve members of the board. which gives the Buckingham administration control by the Mayors vote in case If a tie.
 John NJ. DonnelIy, who was elected Tax Collector to succeed himself. en- :ering upon his third but not success tive term. proved that he is still sote getter. His plurality was 2.401- Fred Hall had a plurality of 2,O22, Boucher a plurality of 1,9l5, and Thomas a plurality of 94S- This was ! creditable showing for Thomas. ow- ng to the fact that it had been con- .eded that B. F. Cooney. the Repub- lcan candidate for Town Clerk. was much the strongest man upon the Re publican ticket
 The Socialist vote, while only about Rah as large as in the Presidential hection- almost doubled over the prev ous city election Patrick J. Cooney .or Mayor boiled 457 votes on the So- .iaIist ticket. and John T. Riggs. can lidate for Mayor on the Socialist La DOT ticket boiled 112. making a total socialist ballot of 567