New Britain herald., 1922-03-31
The Fourth Ward

The Fourth Ward
 When the primary closed at the fourth ward, John O'Brien and Will liam F. Curtin were delegated to check off the list of those who had voted, while the counting was left with rep resentatives of Paonessa and Hallor- an. The check count showed that 1O7 votes had been cast, which included 35 women. When the ballots were counted, the count showed Halloran 63, Paonessa 54. It was discovered that there, were ten more ballots than had been accounted for by the check CTS. Gives PaOneSsa 10. It was explained that during the first few minutes of the voting, the checkers had not been provided with 8 check list, and there was possl- bility that mistake had been made. Another check was made by two other counters, and it showed the same count as checked by OBrien and Curtin John l.. Ross then announced that the 10 additional votes would be awarded to Mr. Paonessa, and the matter would be referred to the demo- cratic town committee. This left the count: Halloran 63, Paonessa 54.
 The Third Ward.
 | In the third ward James r. Kiniry and William c. Dunn were delegated by Moderator William M. Hopkins to count the number of votes checked on the lists, and William Hickey and Gerald P. Cream were selected to count the votes.
 ... 25 EXTRA VOTES.
 The check list showed 153 votes cast and the ballots numbered IFS, making surplus of 25 votes. There were a number of ballots which were pasted together, and these were ques- tion and put to one side. The offl- cial vote of the ward was announced as 153, with 123 for Falloran and AZ for Paonessa. Thirteen votes which were pasted together were held out by Moderator Hopkins, to be turned over to the democratic town committee for decision.
 Conlon Elected.
 In the sixth ward Frank l.. Conon defeated M. T. Kerwin and T. Frank Mccormick for the aldermanlc nom- ination. Mir. Conlon was given S2o votes as against 14S for MT. kerwln and 145 for Mr. Mccormick.
 Schmarr and Lynch.
 Otto Schmarr and stephen A. Lynch were nominated for councilmen In a three -cornered fight Mir. Lynch re- ceived 447 votes, and Mir. Schmarr 3S6. Bernard V. Dougherty was glV- en 262 votcs
 Convention Tonight.
 At the city convention tonlght' ac- Ition will be taken on a proposal to amend the bylaws of the democrat party in such a way as to permit oi primaries every year instead or ward Icaucuses. While there is conslderaole lsentiment in favor of the change, lthere is also a feeling Tn faVor ol lcontinuing the caucuses and there Twill, be opposition voiced when the Iamendment is introduced.
 Sixth Ward Selections.
 Tn the sixth ward last night, Phllp T. Smith and James F. Boyle were named members of the town commit tee Delegates to the convention were selected as follows: A. M. Paonessa, M. T. Kerwin, M. F. King, J. J. Dunn lT. r. Mccormick, Sarah Grace, Mary lT. Crean, P. J. Smith, E. o. kilbourne |T. c. Smith, J. M. O'Brlen, Johr keevers, J. w. Manning, Jack Heery Thomas Hart, J. J. Coffey and A. dor- , bach.
 Candidates in Fifth.
 Lawyer Elias T. Ringrose and HOW ard Smith were named as candidates for the common council in the nl'f ward and Roger Mcdonald and James D. McKenna were selected for tht , town committee. Convention dele gates selected are as follows: Johi Costello, Howard Smith, Roger NC Donald, P. c. Mcintyre, M, J. Kelly Paul Nurczak, James k, Halloran Thomas O'Day, Robert Grace, Josepi Richards, William Earle. James 7 McKenna and John McInerney. Third Ward Results. In the third ward Dr. William MOT , rissey and William Heslin were tn selections for common council ol