The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-04
MAYOR WILSON IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE POST Believes Interests of City Won't Suffer By His Be
 ing at Capitol WILL PRESIDE
 OVER SENATE Common Council Will Elect Naylor to Succeed Judge Elect Paul l.. Miller

ssI shall not resign as mayor" said Mayor Clifford B. Wilson today when asked concerning his plans. Asked if he thought he could properly dis charge the duties Of both @efices, when as presiding officer of the Sen ate he will be required to be away from the city several days each week, from January until June next year, he replied:
 q don't think the interests of Bridgeport wifi be neglected by my absence. On the days am away, shall arrange to be in my office in the city hall earlier than my present office hours.s The present, office hours of the mayor are from Il to 1 o'clock each day. These are the hours when theeSenate is in session at least three days of each week.
 The mayor said today the election of a Republican board of aldermen was very gratifying and that it as slIred the administration of being able to carry any action it favored The new common council which will be organized on Dec. T, the first Monday in December. will have Is Republican and g Democratic mem bers. The new aldermen will be Will liam P. Corr Democrat, in the Second district; Henry A. Lewis. Republican, in the Third: John F. TooIe, Demo- crat, in the seventh Daniel P. liar rigan, Democrat, in the Eighth Am drew R. Roswell, Republican, in the Ninth; Hiram winterburn, Republt- can, in the Tenths and John Y. Ca1d- we'll, Republican in the Twelfth
 The old members of the board who kreturn are Malcolm McFayden, Re publican, in the First; Mauritz Ol- son, Republican in the. Fifth; Will liam Kearns, Republican in the Tenth; Frank J. Clancy, Democrat, in the Fourth. and William J. Moran, Democrat, in the Sixth district.
 Paul L. Miller, of the Fifth district and the Republican leader, was elect ed judge of probate yesterday. At council his resignation will be given and accepted and Edward J. Naylor. former manager of the Woo1worth's s FiveS and Ten cent store now in the manufacturing business will be chosen in his place. MT. Naylor has worked for the Republican cause, both In his district and the city and he IS the choice of a majority sof the Re pubIicans in the Fifth to succeed MT Miller.
 No Democrat will have the chair manship of any important committee in the new makeup of the common council.
 Alderman MaeFayden will be presi- dent of the new common council. This place carries with it the chairman ship of the finance committee. He will also retain his chairmanship of the streets and sidewalks committee.
 Alderman Olson wall be reappointed chairznan of the sewers committee and Alderman Stagg will be reappointeG chairman of the lamps committee. AL derman Cole will have the fire de- partment committee again. Alder man Primrose will retain the commit tee on claims. Alderman Whitney hav- ing served last year as a member of the commit tee on ordinances will prob- ably be given. the chairmanship of that committee. This committee usually has a lawyer for it's chairman but with the resignation of Alderman Miller there will be nos Republican lawyer in the board. In fact the only law yer alderman now is John H. Casey. He will be a member but not chair man of the committee.
 The new board of education will or ganizes on the same date as the com mon council, Monday, December r. As previously told in the Farmer, Col Elmer H. Ravens the vice president of the board, will be advanced to it's head. Attorney John J. Cullinan will sue ceed him as vice-president. Will liam B. Boardman, the present secre- tary, will be reelected.