New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

R. Halloran. James Degnan, Paul Nurzack, James J. Watson, Thomas J. Devine, Frank Shugrue, William Earles and Richard Brophy.
 The real pyrotechnical display of fireworks occurred when the business of naming two ward men was reached. It had been expected that MT. Me- Intyre on his record in the past would receive no opposition but Charles J.. Burns evidently feels different about the matter, for he placed the name of John Riley as a candidate against him. MT. Mcintyre quick to size up the sit uatiOn stated that under no cOnSld- eration would he enter into a contest for the place He told of his inten- tiOns of withdrawing from the cOm- mittee, but the wishes of his friends had been adhered to and ne would be pleased to act but not if he faced Op- position He was willing to have MT. Riley take the place, il he sought 1t.
 Mir. Riley said that he became a candidate for a place on the commit tee when he learned that MT. M cIntNre had decided to withdraw. Here the secretary of the meeting inquired of Mr, Riley whether he wished to re- main in the race.
 Riley said that it mattered not to him, it was up to his sponsor to withdraw his name, but said sponsor was not in a withdrawing mood, ana said that taking MT. McIntyre's state ments for what they were worth, he saw but one candidate and moved tor the nomination of Mr. Riley. It was carried. Second place on the commit tee went to Anthony Andreluic on a of Watson After a plea for hearty support by MT Mcintyre the meeting adjourned.
 Kcrwin Beaten.
 Alderman Michael T. KerWin bowed to the will of the voters of the SlNtn ward last evening, when he went down to defeat in a three sided con- test for alderman at primary held in Ruthenian hall on Erwin Place.
 The victor in the race for the alG- ermanic hOnorS was councilman A1i- gelo M. Paonessa who received 144 votes Mir. Kerwin being second with 96 and William J. Smith, the youth- ful contestant, third was 94. When the result of the primary, was an- nOunced, the nomination of Council man Paoncssa was made formal and unanimous by MT. kerWin and sec onded by MT. smith.
 The fight was one of the features of the present campaign, where tho three men have carried on a fight for the place that has been marked with cleanliness throughout the battle. Although entering the race at the eleventh hour. Mir. Smith made q cred itable showing and his friends. always loyal to him. feel confident that his ot rprncnjyp1 the floor of the council. The winner is to be congratulated for his success, and there is no doubt of his success full administration of the trust placed in him bv the voters in the ward. He has been in the common council for the past six years. MT. kerWin, while a member of the municipal family, has made many warm friends in both parties and there will he many re- grets when he steps down and into private life once again.
 Al the close of the primary the ward caucus was called and Thomas J. Smith was named as chairman ot the meeting and John J. KcOugh sec retary. Before the business was taken up Senator George M. LanderS arose and addressed the gathering. Dur ing the course of his remarks he urged strongly that the members Of the party get together and reap the benefits of the opportunities that of- fer themselves He said that in case of a vacancy in the council from the ward he favored a primary, so as to give all chance to select their can didate, rather than by the old method of having the other members of the council in the ward do it. The speak CT pointed out to the assem mblage the value of club organization, showing what the local opponents of democ- racy have attained by the club move ment Senator Landers spoke of the rive by suggestions and reCOmmenda- tiOns to their representatives in the council and at this juncture some one person broke in and inquired about Sunday baseball playing. to which the speaker said he favored. In COnclu- sion the speaker said that the repub- lican machine of 1916 was one of the strongest in it's history and it was the grandest opportunity of smash ing it.
 The announcement of the selection of MT LanderS and William J. Lene- han as candidates for the common council was received with applause.
 The fine feeling and harmony that existed throughout the evening seemed for a moment in danger of receiving