Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-10
WESTERLY

/ such distribution of sthe fund. inelud-
 ing it's aecumulations
 There fs said to be a contest over
 Third District court to be made at the present session of the Rhode Island
 general assembly, the contestants be- ing Clarence E. Roche, the present ln-
 cumbent, who succeeded the late Ed ward c. CrandaN, M. Walter Flynn,
 son of Senator Maurice W. Flynn, and
 Russell Dower. MT. Roche has fil1-
 ed the place with ability for the past
 ten years. During the war MT. Flynn
 entered an officers training camp to qualify for a commission, and was
 admitted to the bar while in the mili-s tary service. MT. Dower was severe ly wounded on a France battlefield, that resulted in the lose of his right l arm, and is the only Westerly young man maimed as a result of active ser - vice in the war. He is not a lawyer but is well qualified for clerical work. Before the war he was bookkeeper for
 a Providence firm and did similar work l at the Misquamicut Golf grounds at Watch Hill last season. No real good
 reason is assigned for change, but if there. is to be change the clerk ship could be ably filled by Mir. Flynn | Or MT. Dover
 4AO | lA4IO QUG1dl~ COla@s prIses the towns of Westerly, H0pkin- ton, Richmond and Charlestown, and the legislative delegations from these towns will nominate. the clerk of the court. So far as can be learned, there 1 is no opposition to the reappointment of Judge Oliver H. Williams.
 A Narragansett Pier man, named CasWell, Is said to be candidate for 1 sheriff of Washington county to suc- [ E 1,rf S1-. COX is well within the political ring and will probably be reappointed. The deputy sneriffs for the county are ap- | pointed by the sheriff. Fred T. Mitchell i Is deputy sheriff for Westerly.
 The woman suffrage amendment was ratified during the first hour of the t1920 session of the Rhode Island gen. eFal assembly, and during the first week quite l batch of business has been, introduced, and effort made to put some of 1t through at the woman suffrage speed, but without success. An attempt was made to repeal the property qualification law. by giving the matter immediate consideration. This was denied, the democratic minority voting for immediate eonsid- ef-ation and the republicans against. The only republican voting with the democrats was Representative Samuel 1 II. DolNIS OI " eStCFfN. At last S2SS1On he voted consistently with the demo- | erats on the same question. It is said by inside politicians that the chief 1 reason why property qualification is | not repealed in Rhode Island is be- cause the change would be liable to i give over the control of the city of ] Providence to the democrats The res olution was referred to the committee
 on special legislation and will probably l be -pigeonholed by that committee. Tn Rhode Island committees are not re- quired- as is the case ist the Connec- ueut legislature, to give public hear ings on all bills and to report back all bills, favorable or unfavorable, to the house in which they originated.
 Immediate consideration was denied l the soldiers bonus bill and it went to l the finance committee, as did also the re solution calling for a special cleo 1 ton en Feb. 10 to pass on the loan of | g 5h9.000 to meet the bonus, and also
 act upon the proposed s5oe ,ee9 bridge