The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-04
DEFEAT OF HALEY IS
 SURPRISE
Woman Is Chosen To Be Town Treasurer -Coun-
 cil Pro-Charter.

While stratford voters were poll ing the largest number of ballots in the history of the town yesterday, the Il last town meeting was quietly start I ed in an upper office of the Town hall. With this meeting passed
 custom of government that has been
 effective for 2s2 years. Since the II Year 1889 the town meeting has been growth of Stratford, the voters at
 special election on July 12, decided to try new form of government
 and voted for the council manager 1 plan.
 1 While the offices of selectmen still | exist, they have virtually no power but hard battle was put up for the honors just the same, and the first I item at the head Of the ballot yes | terday furnished a big surprise for
 F. E. Conine was elected first select
 beEt,, James Lalley. The vote was close. and not until the last district
 was heard from, which was the first, was the result known. The first gave l Conine 199 votes and only 97 to Lal- ley, giving Conine a plurality of 49 votes It is believed that Lalley's act1on on January IT, last, when he I removed the No. hose truck from Lordship for repairs without findin. methods of substituting with other apparatus, is what caused him to lose support
 Rheinhold Person and Seymour Wells were chosen selectmen. Hugh Hamilton was defeated. The total vote was: Person. 1.50S; Wells, | 1,402: Hamilton, 1,1O1.
 There was no contest for the office l of town clerk, Miss May Morehouse | polling HOO votes. The same situa- | tion existed for the registrars of vot- CTS, both candidates being automat- icalyl eleceted, receiving votes fol- l lows: Edward Blackert, 1,721; Ed ward Skinner, 1,706.
 Tie real contest centered around the election of the councilmen in the | nine districts. The results obtained indicate that seven and possibly eight of the nine men elected are pro-char- ter, which seems to assure a fair and impartial trial of the new form of government. The race in the second district was perhaps most hot1y con- George Barnes, the totals being 2o9 and POI. One of the women who had worked hard for Barnes nearly broke down when the returns were com pleted. Sammis was largely instru- mental in putting the charter across and probably is as well posted on the matter as anyone in Stratford Sammis gave full credit for his vic tory to Roy Lewis who worked un- tiringly in his behalf
 Another close race was in the Fourth, where four candidates ran so close together that it was anybody's election up to five o'clock when the polls closed. Benedetto won out with 73 votes, only four ahead of his
 
 of the election were the big support given Seymour. Wells in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth districts; the walk away Ralph Sherwood had over 235 to 36, and the fact that George Carroll did not run even close second to Walter Keeling in the Seventh, where Keeling carried the district with 143 votes. as against 47 for Carroll and AZ for Webster Conine.
 man; two selectmen and one council man in each of the nine districts First district, First selectman. fenins '99 99s 7sH Mss sso ss 199. Councilman, Sniffen, 204; Ander- son, 102.
 Second district, First selectman. Persson, 254; Wells. POT: Hamilton 16S. Councilman, Sammis, 209; Barnes POI.
 Third district, First selectman. Person, 377; Wells. 355; Hamilton. ITO, Councilman. Turney, 35s. Eaton,
 Fourth district, First selectman, Conine, 151; Lalley. 75. selectmen, Persson, 115; Wells, 126; Hamilton, 1ss. Councilman. Benedetto, 7s; Neil son; ss cenroy 54. Maj, MaTfiak; ssisctm.n Al: Person, 121; Wells. 10: Hamilton, SS. Councilman, Albright, 126, Sanford, 34; Williams, A.
 Sixth district. First Selectman, Conine, 173; Lalley. f43. Selectmen, Person, 17S; Wells. 1os; Hamilton, 150. Councilman. stanton. 145; Herr mann, 133; MoIyneux, ST.
 Seventh district, First Selectman. Conine, 103; La1ley, 96. Selectmen, Persson, Al; Wells, 14S, Hamilton, 70. Councilman. Sherwood, 235; Baldwin, 36.
 Eighth district, First Selectman, Contne, 125; Lalley S5. Selectmen, Person, ,125; Wells, 155; Hamilton. 1O6. Councilman, Keeling, 143; Car roll, AT; Webster Conine. AZ.
 Ninth district. First Selectman, Conine, 23; Lalley, 69. Selectmen, Person, 63; Wells. ST; Hamilton, IT. Councilman, Tomlinson. Il. Scheon,
 The new council will meet on Oc- tober 10, and go over the budget pre- pared at yesterdays town meeting. It will also be one of the first duties of the council to fit the tax rate for the coming year, arrange methods of taking care of immediate financial | needs, and in view of the stress of this business it is improbable that a | manager will be chosen at the first | meeting.