Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-04

defeat of the day spelt the only re- publican victory, as Casper K. Bailey, the republican nominee for councilman from the Sixth district, made fine run in every district and won his election to the council, in which he will be the only republican for the next two years.
 Smaller Than Two Years Ago.
 With all the democratic victory that was scored, the vote yet showed a falling off in the democratic figures of two years ago, as at that time the normal majority for the ticket was Al against 62 this year, while Mayor Thayer was elected two years ago by 154 majority, contrasting with MT. Murphy's majority of IA this year.
 From the time that E. Allen Bidwel and Charles A. Gager, Jr., cast the | first two votes when the polls opened in the Central district in the city hall | till the last two ballots were dropped in within a minute or two of 1 o'clock by William J. Curran and William Farrell, the workers put in unceasing effort to get out the vote in all the districts
 Automobiles were brought into ser vice to get the voters to the polls and were dashing to and from the polling | places all day. A machine rounding up democratic voters broke down at | the state hospital but another was | pressed into service and got the man to the ballot booth in time to count his | ticket.
 | Early in the afternoon the demo- cratic workers were predicting a clean | sweep One of the peculiar mixups iu | the First district happened when Can didate Murphy came to vote. In some way the stub from his ticket was | slipped into the ballot box while the ballot got into the box for stubs.
 1297 for Principal TirreII.
 On the election of town school com mittee the first under consolidation the high figure was recorded by Prin- | cipal Tirrell of the Norwich Free Academy, who had 1297 votes, whicl was 143 better than the highest vote for any of the three democrats who were elected.
 When the polls in the town hal were declared closed at f o'clock tn, counters were announced for the citl and town elections respectively by Moderator John D. Hall and Edward T. Burke. They were sworn in anC retired to the anteroom to do thei counting, while Moderator Hall called the city meeting to order According to the charter the mayor should talk, charge of the meeting, but after a 25 minute wait while Mayor Thayer wa! looked up it was learned that he coul( not be there. Mir Hall then proceeded with the meeting which upon motion of Corporation Counsel Joseph T. Fan ming was adjourned to the evening O Tuesday, June Il, at o'clock
 Returns from Sixth District First.
 Just after 6 o'clock the first return. came in, being from the Sixth district the school committee vote arrivin{ first. The vote in this district return. ed the two candidates for mayor even l24 to l24, but Henry Gebrath for al derman made the high run in his hom, district of 151. In the vote for coun cilmen William J. Kramer and JohI R. Fowler were high men in this dis trict, the former getting 133 and thu latter 134. The district returned demo cratic majorties all through. Caspe K. Bailey with 127 leading the vote fo any republican candidate.
 Second District.
 The Second district results arrivet shortly afterwards, giving the frs actually known lead for Candidat Murphy Here the majority for Mur