The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-10
Greenwich Determined
To Smash Dual Ring
Citizens Rally in Support of
Movement to Gust Walsh
Control
William L. Tierney, Prominent
Attorney Is Backed by Best
Sentiment in Town for Judge
ship in Opposition to Charley
Burnes
Especial to The Fa11ner.D


Hartford, Feb 1o-The fight over the
borough judgesf1ip in Greenwich
promises; to be a. battle royal with the
chances strongly in favor of the DEM
ocratic candidate, William L. Tierney,
for judge and William J. Ferris, the
Bull Moose candidate, for deputy
The present borough court judge is
Charley Burnes, Jim sWa1sh's chief Of
staff. and of course both Charley and
Jim are determined that there shall
be no change. However. in view OF
the recent action Of the Democrats OF
Greenwich there, appears httle HkeIA-
hood of the Walsh crowd getting any
Democratic help in this General AS
sernbly.
dictate nominations in both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties IN
Greenwich, for years. The Wa1sn Qy-
nasty worked SO SUCCESSFULLY that o1n-
ing this city. It's the old game Of
you tickle me and I'll do the same
for you. The game is for the two
machines to pretend to be as Tar apart
as the poles. while in reality they are
as close as two peas in a POD a
change is taking place in GreenW1ch
and it is wholesome change- Inc ne
Democrats down there have thrown OH
the yoke The other evening they as
sennbled in caucus to, the number. OF
400. It was the biggest and the most
the town has ever Witnessed 1t
meant business. It's purpose was to
destroy the dual ring so far as the
honest Democrats Of the 6oNVn n. e Coz
great beginning. By a unanimous
vote the candidates. of Attorney Tier
ney for judge and Mrs. Ferris for dep
uty judge were endorsed and the
Democratic representative from Green
Wfch Nelson Mead, and the Demo-
cratic Senator from the district, Dean
these candidates.. The caucus re
pudiated the action of q majority OF
the Democratic Town committee Wnfch
accepted the resignation OF one OF the
Democratic candidates for Representa-
tive last fall and placed on the ticket
in his place William G: Rungbee,
Walsh Republican, Had 1t not been
Progressaves would, have a vote in
the House equal to that. Of the Repllo-
licans.2
This political trick will never be for
gotten nor forgiven by the straight
forward Dem ocrats of Greenwich, and
the deal was so palpable that 1t has
aroused a feeling that promises to
at the next election, for now that the
Dem ocratic party has broken away
from the Walsh control there will @be
hundreds of independents who will
vote with it for cIean politics.
Mr. Tierney Isl one OF the ablest
young LAWYERS in the county. One
can Judge Of his standing In his home
town when it is known that In addi-
ton to che Democratic endorsement
he has the endorsement of hundreds of
independent Republicans, the Progress
sive party and practically all of the
clergy of the several denominations
Mr. Tierney assured the meeting that
If he is chosen judge he will clean out
the court from top to bottom and there
will he no compromise. The whole
Republican organization led by J.
Henry Roraback will exert every move
known to them to prevent the eleva-
ton of Attorney Tierney, but the
chances are the ftold gang is in for
a house cleaning.