The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-13
FAIRFIELD DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE H. R. ELWOOD
FOR FIRST SELECTMAN
Worthy Out of Race For Republican
SeIectman Nomination-Banks For
Registrar of Voters.
(By Our Special Correspondent

By Our Special Correspondent.)
Fairfield, Sept. 13-Deputy Sheriff
H r. Elwood was last evening nom
maj ted for first selectman by the Dem,
ocl ats at the caucus held at the town
hall. Sheriff Elwood has been third
seIectman of the town for the past
year. Other nominations were: Sec
o1id eclec imam, Milton Jennings; as
SCISSOR, Carl Schmidt; board of relief,
William II Bulkiey and John London;
auditor of town accounts, Isaac Book;
grand jurors, James Smith, Joseph II.
Sturges, c. b Brothwen and Charles
Mills; tax collector, W. H. Flanagan:
c'mstables, Maurice Sullivan, William
T. Bulk ley, Fred Hawkins and Edward
Jennings registrar of voters, James
Farrell; town school committee. Will
liam C. kinsella. No nomination was
made for town clerk. John Hawkins
was chairman of the meeting With
Isaac n. Book, clerk.
John A. Worthy, who was consider
ed to have the Republican nomination
for second -selectnan within his grasp,
has announced that he will not be a
candidate. Selectnan John G. Lobdell
also will not be a candidate. With
Mr.. Worthy's withdrawal comes the
announcement that Frederick A. Burr
has aspira tions for the Office and will
have his friends present his name to
the caucus Monday evening. Edward
B. Morehouse is still candidate, and
now that Mr.. Worthy has withdrawn,
he seems to rule favorite as First Sc
1ectman Rowe's running mate.
The bone of contention, however,
among the Republicans, is the nomina-
ton for registrar of voters The pres
ent encumbent, William Da11ing, is
candidate for denomination and has
his friends out working for him. Lee
Roy P. Beach, the youngest justice of
the peace in cyaptivfty, has announ-
ced that he is a candidate and has re-
ceiVed assurances from the powers
that be that he is good enough for
them. Mr.. Beach is not relying on
these assurances only and is out dis
tributing the glad hand among the
young fellows with whom he is better
known. It is really a battle between
the old and the young blOods, the lat
ter coming to the surface because they
believe the older crowd have had their
fingers in the pie long enough. Inter
est is added to this contest by the ad-
vent of Edgar Banks, who also is a
candidate The former assessor real
izing that there is a split has entered
the field.
James Meade, of stoughton, Mass,
and his chauffeur will most likely be
found not guilty when their cases,
charged with reckless. driving, comes
before Justice Wakeman. It was the
Meade car which ran down ana killed
John O'Dwyer in Southport Coroner
John J. PheIan has found that the
killing was an accident It was be
1ieved at the time of the killing that it
was accident ard no arrests We're
made. However, after the coroners
hearing there was so much conflicting
eEidence that the authorities arrested
Meade and his chauffeur. There was
a difference of opinion IS to whether
the boy stood in the roadway or upon
the size of the road. The testimony
has been so conflicting that the coro-
rer Fad to secure witnesses from New
York They were Mr.. and Mrs James
MsShayne, who declared that the boy
suddenly ran from his position ca the