The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-05
COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
 PREDICTED
Impression Throughout City Is That Clifford B. Wilson Is Through.

In spite of the fact that the admin istration party won in seven of the twelve city districts in the largest
 primary vote eveN cast in Bridgeport, today is that Clifford B. Wilson is through as mayor of this city. The balloting was close, and in the total number of ballots cast the supporters of the mayor received slightly less | than half. The strength shown by the Voters League makes that group tion, they carried five districts, three of them with the aid of the Or ganization forces. The prevailing feeling this morning was that com chosen, one who can do most towards keeping the warning factions of the party harmonious and one who will
 be acceptable to the League element, who not only will have a good num- ber of delegates at the convention, but who are the men who hold the purse strings.
 The names of Malcolm MacFayden, Frederic Bart1et. and Edward 5pargo are being mentioned this morning as possible compromise candidates. Alex Robinson is also spoken of, but he says that he is not a candidate unless the party feels that he is needed to bring harmony. Robinson sent out a letter last night to all of the delegates announcing his candidacy. again for the post of city clerk which he has held for the past eight years, saying that he wished to take his own posi- ton from the situation of rumor and tell the delegates just where he stood.
 According to the published results i the Wilson, or rather the administra- tiOn forces, won in seven districts It is known, however, that surely one of these delegations and probably
 more will not support Wilson in the convention. The First district par ticularly, which is down in the ad-
 ministration column, will not work for I,ar of+ I0 1o1n gation there is MacFayden, who is a
 candidate himself, in spite of the fact that he says he is not seeking the
 office. The Eighth and the Tenth dis listen to reason" which means that
 they will support the choice of the party leaders to attain harmony.
 All of the districts were won by
 comfortable margin with the eXcep- tion of the fight for alderman in the Eighth. Mccormick. the administra- tion candidate, received sos votes to
 305 for Cone. who was the choice of the league in that district. The
 chairman of that district found that 631 ballots had been cast while only
 CPS voters had been in. Fdur ballots
 were found folded together for Cone
 anl these were only counted as one
 vote- If the three extra ballots had
 been counted in, tie would have re- suited, which, according to the rules,
 would have been settled by the dis trict chairman.
 The vote cast was the largest in the history of primary voting in Bridgeport, it being within 2,000 of he total votes cast for mayor in 1919. The women came out in even larger numbers than had been an- ticipated, casting about fifty per cent. of the number filed by the men. In all S,22S participated in the voting.
 Secretary J. Alex H. Robinson has called a meeting of the Republican town committee for tonight in his of fee to discuss the situation. He was confident this morning. that candi7l date would be found who would be able to keep the party together. Now that the preliminary fight is over the leaders realize that the more serious problem for them of defeating the Democrats on election day is the only