The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
"CRooK",
 PECK BOUTS FOES
 AT C.. O. P. CAUCUS
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ever held here It started Off in a peaceful sort of way with the election of Judge Peck as chairman and Ar thur Meloy as clerk. The Peck ma chine, through Clifford B. Kearney, immediately offered the following slate for town committeeman:
 Charles H. Peck. Frank B. Conine, Clifford B. Kearney, John B. Boards ley, George O. Lines, Charles H. Silli- man, John J. Corr. Gustave Johnson, George Ash, Oscar Swanson, Louis H. Wells, Joseph Buskey, c. Edwin Du- Four, Fred w. Nettleton. Rollin S. Curtiss, Edward Bliss, Kingsley B. Hill, Samuel c. Lewis Sylvester Row land. Walter J. Hanford, Clayton HeoItze1, Julius Haase, David L.. Rhoadesy William A. stagg and Al fred sBredel1.
 A substitute list was presented by Representative J. Henry Blakeman of the Morehouse-Beards clan. The list follows:
 s. J. Henry Blakeman, Edward P. AL len, Arthur G. Baldwin. William E. Bassett, George H. Bateman, F'reder- ick G. Bevans. William H. Bradley, Frank E. BIakeman, William Bur stein, Fred Chowenhin, William H. Crawford, Frederick s. Cummings, Walter O. Curtis, Harold DeLacour, Harry A. Burnes, c. A. Cassell. John Graham, Jr.. Arthur E. Cranson, Dr. DeRuyter Rowland, Thomas H. Jajoe, Edward c. SpaI1, James La1lyi Harold c. Lowell, John Molyneaux, Fred W. Nettleton, William Nichols, Fred r. Palmer, Asa L. Parketon. Edward B. Sniffen. Richard J. Stanton, E. Mills Tonnlinson, Olaf unbehagen. Henry B. Wells, William J. Williamson. Fred Townroe, George A. Fairchild, Will liam H. FFeyer. Paul F. Goodell. J. A. GoodselI. kwa1ter A. Hubbel.f Joseph A I1ap B. Wheeler, James R. Vans. Louis D.. Todd, William H. Hart. J. H. O'Brien, Frank A. Smith, Louis Synder, Charles A. Davis and Fred G. Taylor.
 Immediately one of the Peck tribes men moved that the substitute list be tabled George Ash, John J. Corr,
 ford B. Kearney and Arthur Ere dell were named tel1ers and Henry B. Wells and Frank l.. Hanson were checkers.
 It took more than an hour for the balloting, the festivities being enIiv- peculiar to Stratford political gather ings Some one with a hob-nai1ed voice opined that the chairman, Judge Peck, was more or less of thus and-so,'' to say nothing of his being a this and-that."
 The judge bowed sniling1y at his ad- mirers, and somebody else allowed that the Judge was a crook
 Then Ivan Warehouse sought to in struct the tellers in their duties. His interest peeved Tellers Kearney and Bredell. especially when Mir More house, who used to be a football star, threatened to hand MT. Kearney "a punch in the eye"
 .sY'aint big enough for that was Mr. Kearney's reply, and as he spoke, he started a hayn1aker from his heels. Constable Ash interfered just in time fa +oI1 blow on a most expansive portion of his anatomy.
 Some of the early stratford settlers who have always been opposed to fighting started to leave when 1t looked as though some bouts would be staged. The chairman asked them to stay.
 Don't go home. boys; it isn't all over yet" he cried.
 "Robbert crook.'' chorused some raucus voices.
 'foh, boys!'' reproved the judge over with you.''
 The boys didn't accept the invita- tion and the judge read the result of the ballot. His side had won by more than to l..
 The caucus then unanimously elect .eT Judge Peck, Samuel C.. Lewis, Rol- lin A. Curtigs. and Julius Haase as delegates to the state convention | Browning his triumphs of the even ing, Judge Peck then made a, slight speech He thanked his friends for their support and made his gratitude really felt by announcing that he'd run for Ivan Morehouse's job in the Legislature, and also would accept a nomination for judge of probate.
 Attorney Warehouse said today that the official check list wasn't used, and some of his followers weren't allowed to vote because their names didn't ap- pear on the list that he said was pre- pared for the occasion. MT. More house hadn't made up his mind today whether the seating of the Peck dele gates will be contested before the state convention.
 The Peck machine had several autos, including huge bus, to rally the vot- CTS at the caucus. After the meeting a social time was held by the Peck forces in various sections of Ho1Iister Heights.