Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-13
DEMOCRATS NAME THEIR TICKET
Caucus of Over 500 Selects Present Men In Office
 Again Town Ticket-Lllibridge and Wilcox for SeIectmen-C. J. Downes Wins Over Martin J. Keough for Registrar by 3O5 1s2 in Only Contest Caucus
Greeting for J. j. pesmend.

J. J. Desmond was given the greet ing of applause as he arose to noIni- nate for member of the town school board
 For Town School Board.
 Mr Desmond came to the front with a smile on his face and said he took the applause to indicate the pleasure of the meeting that he was still alive, Last election day, he said. he was oc- cupying the ambulance on the way to the Backus hospital, but he was out of the hospital now and he expected at this election to vote for Dr. P. J. Cas- sidy, whom he would nominate for a member of the town school board, where the doctor had shown his fitness and ability in what he had been called upon to do.
 John NJ. Lee nominated Judge Thom- as J. Kelly to succeed himself at the end of a year, saying that MT. Kelly was one who had also proved his abil- ity on the board and should De con tinued on it. Both the nominees were elected.
 Renominated c. j. Downes.
 When the nomination for registrar of voters came up Edward T. Burke took the floor and predicted that all though there was going to be con- test the rival candidates were good friends and would continue to be good friends. The office is an important at needs an efficient man, who can ac- complish all that can be done for the democratic party, and it needed man who would get to work at once. In this view of the facts no better choice could be made than to put in a man who could give his entire time to it and no better choice could be made than to take a man who had been a. capable man for the party in this place. The party should not show in- gratitude and refuse to do for one of it's own members what it had done in this caucus for a republican.
 Nominated Martin J. keough.
 John J. Connolly nominated Martin J. Keough, saying that he was a dem- ocrat through and through and would be a democrat whatever the result of this caucus.
 This nomination was greeted with applause and the voting started by passing from left to right in front of the chair.
 Chairman Spalding warned against CrOwding and advised the voters to go slowly, but the most eager damned their way up to the desk and strug- gled to get inside the railing.
 Downes 3o5, Keough 182.
 When the vote was announced the result showed:
 Whole number of votes cast .... 487 Necessary for a choice ........ 244
 Cornelius J. DoWnes .... 305
 Martin J. Keough ........ 182
 Mr. Downes was declared elected when the cheers subsided and Mir, Keough came to the front ana thanked those who had supported him and urged all the caucus to support at the polls the man who had just defeated him for the nomination. He was viz orously applauded.
 The town committee was empowered to fill any vacancies occurring on the ticket, and former Councilman Barry moved that the town committee be the same as last year.
 After this had been passed John J. Shugrue came to the desk with a paper bearing the names of M H. HOurigan from the First district, Thaddeus Leahy and Meyer Blumentha1 from the Second district James Clifford from the Fifth district and George H. Dolan from the Sixth district. whom he pre- sented to be added to the town com mittee.
 Joseph T. Tanning stated to the meeting that he had no objection to more names on the town committee. nor to any of those names that had been suggested, but he thought it was irregular for so many nominations to come from one individual in the meet ing, and moved to adjourn, which was seconded.
 The crowd started to leave the hall, but MT Shugrue stuck to his place at the desk and tried to speak, while Chairman Spalding raped for order and Mr. Tanning insisted that the mo- tion to adjourn was before the house and should be voted upon.
 Considerably agitated in voice, Mir.