The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-25
CITY COURT
 FACTIONS
 IN COMBAT Corridors Thronged With Adherents of Opposing
 States. Regular Committee Rooms Too Small; Hearing in
 Supreme Court
 Chambers. Speakers Selected to Repre- sent Either Side-Close Observers Declare it Nip and Tuck Between" Old" and ''Young"
By Our Special Correspondent )

(By Our Special Correspondent) 1 Hartford, Feb. 25.-This is a field day for Bridgeport before the committee or
 Judiciary, which is hearing the argu. l rnents Of the two factions of Republi | cans from that city in regard to the appointment of judge and deput! judge of the city court, and the corri.
 dors of the capitol have been filled al day with the friends of both sides o1
 the contest, the largest delegation o1
 Bridgeporters which has appeared a Hartford for a number of years be-
 ing present in the interests of the con- tending factions. The hearing was opened at 2 o'clock
 being held in the rooms of the Su-
 preme court, owing to lack of room
 for the big delegation in the commit
 tee rooms, and both sides put forth
 their strongest men to make the argu-
 ments
 The slates are headed by Carl Foster
 for judge and Frank L. Wilder for
 deputy judge upon the state of the old
 men, and they are opposed by Elbert
 O. Hull and Robert H. Gould as the
 candidates of the young mems faction of the Bridgeport Republicans. Both factions were extremely busy during
 the morning and. up to the hour at which the hearing was commenced,
 and the adherents of both sides ex- pressed themselves as confident re- garding the outcome. In the opinion of outsiders, however, the contest is a close one and it is nip and tuck be- tween them.
 The proponents of the Foster and Wilder candidacy were heard first by the committee. Owing to the large number appearing it was impossible for the committee to hear all who were present and both sides selected num- Der to make the argument and the oth- CTS were given an opportunity to ex- press their preference by a rising vote. There was but little advantage for either side in point of numbers.
 The principal speakers for the Foster and Wilder slate were former judge B. K. Nicholson, who acted as master of ceremonies for that side, Senators Manwaring and Holzer, Representative Clark, Mayor Lee, Charles M. Cole, Att torneys Stiles Judson and J. B. Klein Others who favored this candidacy were:
 Messrs. w. H. Marigold. Wilder, Zink. Wilson. Judge Thomas P. Cough lin. William P. Dewitt. H. H. Jackson, Henry Towe. Henry E. Bishop. former Senator W. R. Brown. ex-alderman James F.. Burnes. Peter Hummel. At
  George Burnes. L.. A. Kornblutt. and John T. Gray. S. T. Brown. Judge A. B Beers. Ralph s. Beers. Judge W. H. Kelsey, Robert Fitzroy. Attorney Shapiro. City Sheriff Thomas Hamil- ton. John H. Clampett. and Harry Crossley.
 The leaders for the young men who the cause of Hull and Gould were: Senator Thomas Arnold. IT., At torney John c. Chamberlain. Thomas Arnold. Sr.. and J. J. Fisher. Henry Hoffman, Rodney Allen. ex-Alderman Sturges. Alderman Eugene Meyers. Frank Francis Arthur Conner, James Booth. Alexander Robinson, Ernest s Perrigo. A. J. Hull. G. c. Bean. Attor- ney Christian Newman. Albert E. Law cry. Attorney Fred Fallon. J. A. Turn er ST., Attorney I. Cohen: Frank Charles Poland. Capt. Arthur Jelliffe. Capt. Fred Sturdevant, Ives. Howard Rickel, William Selfram. James Hughes. Wii- liam Dodge. Walter Barker. and many others.
 There were various rumors through put the corridors during the afternoon. the "old' men expressing the greatest confidence as to the result and the young men saying they were sure of winning ouI The hearing had not been concluded at press hour.