Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
DANIELSON

There was much entertainment Tuesday Ia listening to the various explanations of why certain things happened in Mon days rather unusual town election. Ev- eryone was privileged to study the returns and many did, Yhereupon there were ex- plantations.
 They were after Bacon" referring to Selectman James Bacon, republican, and got Szyles," referring to Former Select man Alcott D. Sayles, was one popular version as to what happened in the con test for places on this board All of ulhicA sounded plausible enough, and may have been more or les strue, until Bne heard another version In this case the explanation was Well, we got Sayles at laSt, and even without half trying" This version usually came from demo- erats. who would not and have not voted for Mr. Sayles as a member of their party for years. "The strength that MT. Szyies always has had among a faction of republican voters was still more or less his in Mondays election and saved him from being defeated by more than two votes through his heavy losses in hls own party" was another explanation. The reader may take his choice of these eX- pianations offered from various sources or still hold to some other theory of his own.
 The fine showing made by Mark Burns, democratic candidate for tax collector, against his successful opponent was ac- counted for in many quarters on the the ory that Tax Collector George Williams is receiving what many taxpayers think is too much compensation for the po- sition and that they showed their resent ment by dese-ting him as republicans in Nl, ,o fact remains however, that the compen- sztion rate for collecting the taxes this year Is yet to be fixed by the voters, and that there was no real redress to be ob- tained through Mondays balloting.
 real surprise of the election was the vote given Frederick E. Cunneen, sue ressful candidate for place on the towr school committee. He received a total ot SIP votes, more than any other candi- tate for a place of the committee. MT Cunneen ran on the democratic ticket though he is an avowed republican. His entrance into the election was the after math of an error in handling his nomina- ton in the republican caucus a montl ago, when failure 10 permit the cacus tC vote on his name after he had been reg ulzrly placed in nomination gave birth t A wave of resentment that had it's cul imitation Monday. Quick to seize upor their opportunity 10 disrupt republican solidarity, the democrats, on the follow ing day and without Nr. Cunneen' knowledge or consent, entered their par ty caucus and named him as one of thei candidates for the town school commit tee, sacrificing some prospective and re ceptive democrat possibility as an incl dent to their act.
 Mir. Cunneen showed surprising strengtl at the polls getting scores of republican votes and pract-aIIy solid support iron the democrats There are means O knowing that many women voters swun: their strength to him.
 Another thing about the election tha was out of the ordinary was the victor, of Mrs. Ella A Woodworth democrat over William S Hunter, republican can didate to fill an uneXpired term on tn school committee. As in the case of MT Cunneen, Mrs. Woodwork benefited ma terially from the support of the womer voters, a majority of whom were repub iicans. Damase Boulais, reelected Wa the only one of the three republica, candidates for the town school commftte to win Out and this is an unusual hap pening for Killingly.
 Close observers see in the unusual hap penings in the election a warning tha the electors are dissatisfied about variou things, about which more will be hear later, it is promised anI that the bat ties to be fought out will be on non partisan lines
 At the parish room at St. Alban' church this Wednesday, evening ther