Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-09
CHARLES A. oArEs NOMINATED
 FOR MAYOR BY REPUBLICANS
Received sf vetes for the Nomination After He Had Rsfvssd the Honor.


 The republican caucus for the city election was held Thursday evening at the town hall and was well attend ed, about lie being present. The cau- GUS was opened by William Congdon,
 chairman of the republican city com
 moderator and Charles ". Hill was elected secretary. In only three of- fees, were more than one candidates offered and in only one of these nom- nations was a second vote, cast.
 The chief cffice of the evening was that of mayor. There had been quite a little talk about the city about Will
 Hard N. Bowen as a candidate and he was nominated by William A. Dawson.
 A ftori1ey Charles A. Capen then nofn-
 mated Charles A. Gates for the can- didate as mayor. He said. :'For the past 45 consecutive years. I have at
 tended caucuses and there has always
 been plenty Of men to fiji the ofIaces. Some of the men are very desirable in all respects with the. exception of
 not being popular at the polls. We
 know that he is to be nominated, with
 whom have not talked with and
 de not know if he will accept the
 nomination. He is competent Of being
 mayor and his personality draws men
 of all parties to him. He is now high
 sheriff, and I place the nomination of
 Charles A. Gates before you as can-
 dfdats and in doing so wish to cast
 nQ TeH6Cfi0nS on the 06A6f C1H01daeS0.
 We want man who will be elected.
 Mir. Gates immediately arose and
 said, q wish to thank you for the
 honor you have. conferred upon me,
 but as I am filling the offlce Of high
 sheriff of the county, | feel that i
 should not be nominated.
 MT. Capen then said to Mir. Gates
 that he hoped. that he would recon
 si1er his refusal Every man owes a
 certain duty to the public and he all know. and Mir. Gates knows that the republican party has honored him time and time again. It is a duty that he owes to his party, to this cau-i
 Moderator Burr then declared the polls closed and appointed A. L.. Ge-' linas. H. c. Case. J: M. Shepard and Fred Avery to distribute aud collect was found that 1ee votes had been cast. Charles Gates receiving s1, W. N. Bowen 20 and A. J. Bowen l.. Up- on the motion of William Dawson MT. nous. MT. Gates then said, way down in my. heart I would much pre- fer that the honor would go to some one else, but so long as you have tapplause, and'I assure you that 1 will make an honest effort to be elect ed and if am elected. I will aim for an economic, progressive and busi- ness admlnfStfatfOf1s political circles, and has held many offices. In 1899 and 1901 he was elect ed state representative and in. 1905 he was elected state senator. Tn 1901 and 1903 he was alderman at-large in, this city and under the old adminis- tration Of this city he was one Of the coupcilnaen. In 1912 he was the re- publican delegate to the national re- publican convention at sChicago and 4<A <st~> rH~ Is also a member of the state central conference from the 29th district, sic- ceeding Charles N. Daniels several years ago. In nominating him. the re- publicans claim that they have a man who will give Mayor Dannie Dunn q run for his money. \
 Judge Toss then stated that the cau- GUS had started in right by selecting Willard N. Bowen. the defeated caH- didate for the nomination be norni- mated alderman at large. On the mo- ton of Charles Capen, he was nomi- mated by exclamation. For the other candidate for alderman at large, Will { liam E.. Weber was nominated by Ei- mer Young and Albert H. Judge by J. M. Shepard, the former receiving 6e votes and the latter s7 and MT. web- Der was declared rominated.
 George S. Elliott then named Albert C. Scripture candidate for city clerk | and he was nominated by acclamation'i and later by the same method for city treasurer.
 James Smith named Elmer Young candidate for city sheriff and he was nominated by exclamation.
 For auditor, dificulty arose for A. I L. Gelinas named Joseph M. Bsrard. ". A. King named Charles Boss and William Dawson named Harold c. the ballots were as follows:
 Joseph M.- Berard ...... A 5s
 Charles l.. Boss ........ 34 > 2s
 Harold c. Wiggins ..... 27 19
 By motion of MT. Wisgins, Mr. Be- rard was unanimously declared nomi- l hated.
 Aiphonse Chasnou and Frank L>ar- l abee were nominated candidates for l
 Jay M. shepard moved that the committee be given the power to All I III .vacanciea and after William s. !