Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-12

When Town Committee Chairman E. c. Lillibridge called the meeting to or
 der at 8 o'clock every seat in the hall
 was taken. and there were many men
 standing at the rear. A. &. Spalding
 was elected chairman on nomination
 of Alderman Henry Gebrath.
 Chairman ooaldins on Conditions. He took the chair amid applause and
 as he looked over the big crowd he re-
 marked in his opening words that
 there should certainly seem to be no
 doubt of the party's success when con-
 trasting this attendance with the other caucuses, where he understood the at
 tendance had been 75 and 35. The
 democrats. he said, had frequently
 been twitted on the present condition
 of business in the country, both locally
 an dnationally. and it was true that Norwich in the past year had gone through reverses seldom suffered by cities of it's size. Dividends which had
 been stopped on the thousands of the
 United States Finishing company stock held here, the thousands of dollars tied up in the Thames Loan and Trust com pany, and the loss of dividends on New Haven road stock were referred to by the speaker, who said that the critics told of the bad things but failed to speak of the good.
 But about a year ago a certain mill in the northern part of the town got into financial difficulties. and it was laid to the tariff. Now under different management the mill was running nights. he understood. Good business was reported by the Ponemah mills, Lawton mills and the velvet mills The Cheneys in Manchester, who employ 4.500 hands, also report good business.
 Chairman Spalding counselled for harmony In the party, no matter If there were contests in the caucus, and made some suggestions about the way the big meeting should vote in case it became necessary to take ballot. These materially aided in the conduct of the caucus in a comfortable and orderly way.
 Curran and Beckley Clerks.
 M. J. Curran. on motion of J. J. Cor kery, and John F. Murphy, on motion of John J. ShugTue. were nominated for clerks. but as MT Murphy was not present T. H. Beckley was nominated
 by T. J. Kelly in place of MT. Mur- phy.
 Nomination for Mayor.
 As he rose to make the first nomina- ton, J. J. Desmond remarked that he could detecta very brotherly feeling in the attitude of those in the caucus, and
 he said that In nominating tho man
 who should be the standard bearer he felt like paTaphrasing the saying that one good turn deserves another by
 saying that one good term deserves
 another, for all would say the present incumbent of the office of mayor had given good term. It had been busi-
 ness methods applied that had made the term success and as indexes of that could be mentioned the Boswell avenue trolley extension and the re- heving of Franklin square from the trolley express business. Regarding national politics also he felt that the party record had been as successful as that of Mayor Murphy in Norwich. It had been a common sense. sturdy and sterling administration by Mayor Mur- | phy, and he took pleasure in renomi- mating him.
 cluded, and Alderman T. H. Reckley seconded the nomination, saying that the mayor had been a busineSSlike and forcefuf leader in the past two years Edward Kirby also took the floor to | second the nomination and proceeded l to some reasons why the democratic | party should be kept in power. When he made glowing reference to the Stars and Stripes somebody applauded | by shouting "Hoorayi" and this start | ed the members of the caucus, so that | they were very restive while MT Kirby l was speaking and had to be rapped to 1 order several times by the chairman. MT. Kirby spoke first on national | matters, speaking in admiration of the | tariff bill, the income tax bill and the | federal reserve banks; all of which | stood to the credit of the democratic | administration. At times it was hard for him to be heard at any distance ! from the chair, because of the restless | ness of the meeting, but he passed on | to speak of local matters before he sat | down. He said the streets were in par 1 ticularly fine condition.
 Then the viva voce vote for the nom- 1 ination of Mayor Murphy was taken. Except in the case of the two contests
 the nominations were all unanimous. Aldermen Nominated. l Corlror1, p,oHa fha | of Henry Gebrath for first alderman. | speaking of the successful administra- l tion of the past two years, in which ! experienced men have served in the
 inee has been in office for the past ten years. | On the vote one person in the hall | shouted '-No!" in stentorian tones. Thomas M. Shields congratulated the
 caucus on the size of the gathering as 1 indicating interest in public affairs | and he nominated M. H. Hourigan for
 second alderman. His nominee, he
 said was a man of character who had | given satisfaction in office.
 i counciImen.
 For councilmen, William J. Kramer
 was nominated by Thomas J. Enright, Milo R. Waters by Henry Gebrath, | Hugh Kinder by E. c. Lillibridge, and
 John R., Fowler by Elmer Kingsley, in I the order named.
 l Clerk and Treasurer. l Stephen D. Moore was nominated for
 city clerk by B. c. Lillibridge. Charles 1 s. Avery for city treasurer by Thomas | M. Shields.
 Contest for City Sheriff. | For city sheriff, Timothy A. Carey | was nominated by William T. Mahoney and Patrick F. Brennan nominated 1 William J. Carroll. tssz The vote was taken by passing from l left to right in front of the chair and 1 was announced as follows:
 | Whole number of votes cast. 425 | Necessary for choice. e.....,.... 213 l William J. Carrcu --..., 1f5