New Britain herald., 1920-03-31
DEMOCRATS ARE YET
 WITHOUT CANDIDATE
PaoneSSa Seems Out of Race and
 HallOran Is RetiCent
CALAAN FOR CITY CLERK

Their Campaign With QuisleyCur-
 tis Battle to Be Settled at Primaries
 Tomorrow.
 It Was reported today on excellent authority that Alderman Angelo M. Paonessa, prominently mentioned as democratic nominee for the mayor atty, will be a candidate for alder man to succeed himself. It was fur ther stated that his ballots are now being printed for the minor office, which is an indication that he will not seek the office of chief executive.
 Not Seeking Office.
 Ex-Mayor Joseph M. Halloran, upon whom the members of the dem ocratic town committee have admitted the party pins it's hope, is reticent about announcing his candidacy. He has in fact refused to become can didate unless the vote at the ward caucuses this evening show that 1t l3 the wish of the democrats that he take up the standard of their party. The eX-mayor is known to be in re- captive mood for the position and he has been approached a number of times in an effort to draw from him a formal announcement of his candi- dacy He was visited this afternoon by members of the town committee and the matter was preached. Ills only stateme ents were to the effect that ne will head the democratic ticket in the even of a decision in his favor at the caucuses this evening.
 In the democratic ranks the matter of picking a candidate has been a diff ficu1t one. Numerous possibilities have come forward and one by on3 have been eliminated until the names of Paonessa and Halloran now seem to stand out alone. With the state rnent that PaoneSSa will seek a berth this evening as alderman from the Sixth ward, it is assumed that he has dropped out of the mayoralty race.
 Callahan a Candidate.
 One new candidate in the demo- cratic ranks has come forward today in the person of Clarence Callahan, whose friends have urged him to op- pose Col. X l.. I'4fssss i,sss5fe- for f.itS. clerk Mr. :E,t.t..isali is an aA-so1dier who served overseas with the \ D. He was injured several times and for Sey- eraI weeks was blinded as result zof gas burns. He is now employed at the freight office He is one of the young est candidates for office whose name es have been mentioned. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Callahan of Crown street and is a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus and the Y. M T A. X B. society. He is a mem Der of the Fifth Ward Democratic club. ...
 Curtis Is Active.
 Literature sent out by manage of ho 'I1rt iS ion into the homes of registered repu5- Hcans today. The record of the Third ward alderman was extolie1 and assurance given that in the event of his selection as the republican nominee for mayor. the city Was cer- tain of a sound business .tdminist ra- tion for the next two years. The gen tleman from the Third ward has been very quiet this spring, so far as pub lie speaking is concerned, but there are many who believe that work ir his interest may be more effective than many think.
 Quigley PIunges Onward.
 Mayor George A. Quigley is con- ducting his campaign along the lines on which he started. It consists of factory talks and appearing at repub- Iican smokers
 The mayor gave his final monday rally before a fairly large gatherins at the Stanley Works gates today. In his talk he outlined briefly the sue cess of his admins istration and asked for the support of the Firth ward Shortly after opening his talk, James O'Keefe. a we'll known I'D soldier. in terrupted the mayor and gave 8 fiery talk to the assem blaze in which he scored the Quieley opponents and urged that the mayor be supported a' the primaries tomorrow.