The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-12
ITALIAN VOTERS
 IN EIGHTH BOLT
 "MACHINE" SLATE
Convention Attended by B Readers of 'il Sole" Endorses Independent
 Ticket.

The Eighth district Republicans have three delegate tickets in the field two candidates for alderman and AL derman John O,Connelps followers have not been heard from as yet The first ticket, a Morris ticket, came out about a week ago. On it were the names of Robert Farrell, Thomas Watt and Pearl Cheeseman. Friday some of the residents of the district, who live along North avenue, held a caucus which they claimed was the regular caucus. Their ticket was Charles A. Nichols, Edward B. Greene and Frank Caseria. This faction nam ed George Seltsam as it's candidate for alderman. When the news that there had been two delegate tickets placed in the field reached that section of the district including Columbus place, Grand street and North Washington avenue there was storm.
 A dozen of the voters whose names appear on the Republican primary list got together and gave a dinner of roast chicken, spaghetti, and Chianti wine at the home of Louis Napolitano, 203 North Washington avenue. The political situation was talked over and yesterday morning District Chair man Loren Delbridge was waited upon by a delegation of Italian Republicans from the Eighth district. They said that they represented 35 out of the 40 Italians on the primary list and they protested against a caucus being held in the district unless they were rep resented. Chairman Delbridge said he would call any kind of a caucus they wanted as he had nothing to do with the caucus which put the Nichols Greene-Caseria ticket in the field.
 we will hold the regular party eau GUS for the district" said the spokes- man for the Italians.
 "A1l right said Delbridge I'll put an advertisement in the Standard and we will have a crowd"
 The Italians got a store at BIO North Washington avenue and five hours after the advertisement appeared in the party organ 35 people assembled including 23 readers of "Il Sole:''
 Chairman Delbridge trapped the meeting to order and several Italians erose and declared that they did not know George Seltsam who lives out in the country. They wanted an Alder man who lived in the business section of the district. Patrick Rice nomin- said that Joe was fine man who owns the finest brick building in Main street between Bulls head and Grand street, and that Joe had $15,000 invest ed in his saloon and other enterprises. Joe D'Agostino was nominated for all derman by exclamation. There was a wild cheer from 23 throats and then Robert Farrell who is one of the Nor ris delegates said that he thought it would be a good time to launch del- egate ticket. The chairman told him to go as far as he liked. He nomin- ated Thomas Watt to head the tick et Robert Farrell also nominated Pearl Cheeseman and then Thomas Watt nominated Robert Farrell. Watt and Farrell made the mistake of their lives that they did not put an Italian on the ticket for Billy Ballou, who works for the Adams Express Co.,, got onto his feet and nominated his fath- CT, Robert Ballou for a delegate. Rob- ert Ballou then nominated R. G. Rob- erts who lives down stairs beneath him in Parallel street. Then Frank Loperci made a speech that was the crowning success of his life in nomin- ating Patrick Rice, his fellow coun- tryman as the tail end of the ticket. The ticket with Rice's name on 1t won out by a vote of 23 to 13.
 Ralph Borino wound up the meet ing by making a motion that the dele gation should go unpledged to the con- vention. His motion was carried and the caucus broke up with three cheers for Louis Richards.