The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-20

With the exception of the Sixth dis trict, where Alderman Henry J. Clam pett was defeated for re-nomination the organization tickets were victor ious in each of the districts where contests were waged in the Democratic primaries last evening.
 The most spectacular contests were in th4Second, Ninth and Twelfth dis tricts. In the Second and Twelfth districts the rival tickets ran neck and neck. But in the Ninth district under the leadership of Lawrence J. Gill, the insurgent ticket was defeat ed almost two to one.
 weather in the districts where contests were waged, there was a large turn out of voters. It was considerably after 10 o'clock when the final returns from the L2th district. which as usual was the last to send the results, came into Democratic headquarters.
 The first unofficial report was that Paddock had carried his district by five votes and that a second counting of the ballots was in progress in the belief that the insurgent ticket had beaten the regulars. M
 When the oflcial returns were re- ceived however, it was found that Paddock had cleaned up by a substan- tial majority. .a 2 Y was the ] onis o ssr. 4rc3 of ,f the he raeu- ,S lar district n1affthers Sn the city. C1ampett's adversary was Charles F.. Hardy, who is very well known in the district, with large personal follow ing. His victory over the Clampett ticket was predicted early in the day, { nd Clampett and his adherents work ed tooth and nail to retain the dis trict control. A total of 5S7 votes was boiled and of these Hardy received 321 and Clampett 266.
 In the Second district the contingent headed by Former Alderman John H. McMurray was defeated by the close margin of "A votes in the aidermanic fight. The organization aldermanic candidate, William H. Mccoy defeat ed Peter J. Boyle, 265 to 241. McCoy's nomination is regarded as equivalent to election, for the district is a Dem- ocrattc stronghold. McCoy's victory over Boyle was not so great as the victory of the delegate ticket support surgent. or McMurray ticket The Gerrity ticket, so called, defeated the ticket headed by Thomas Quinn, 289 to 215. Second district workers say that Mccoy was not so well known throughout the district as Quinn, hence he did not receive a ma jority over Boyle as large as that of
 
 In the fifth district where two dele gate tickets had been advertised there was but one when the voters arrived on the scene. The insurgent ticket did not put in an appearance and only the organization ticket was in the field.
 The organization ticket in the 9th registered a sweeping victory. Patrick H. Brady, president of the Common was renominated over John T. Kennedy, POS to 77, and the orga- nization delegate ticket, headed by Frederick J. Voos, Jr., won out, 2O6 to 84, over the insurgents headed by James ]. Clancy.
 "Give me a clear night and I'll win two to one' was the prediction early in the day of Lawrence J. Gill, the leader of the Ninth district The night wasn't clear, but GilIs vic tory was almost two to one There was but one candidate for Alderman, John J. Ennis, Jr., who received 49S The organization ticket headed by G. M. Coughlin received 329 votes, while the opposite tallied 174.