Putnam patriot., 1922-11-10
REPUBLICANS WIN
 AT POLLS TUESDAY
Putnam Gives State Treasurer G. Harold Gilpatric Record
 Plurality
Thompson Democrats Upset cPpon.
 cnts and Elect Judge Munyan

days election in Putnam and neigh boring towns. the pluralities piled ap in most cases being decisive. In Thompson the voting was closer than in the other towns and one Democrat was elected to the important office of Representative F \. Nun van winning by the heaviest vote ac- corded any candidate (bf5) except State Treasurer C. Harold Gilpatrlc, who received 612.
 There were several notable things about Putnam,s election. The most conspicuous one was the total vote accorded State Treasurer Gilpatric. who received l496 votes, a majority of l062 over his opponent. R. D. God dard. This is the first time that any such plurality has ever been accorded any candidate in Putnam. IL Is esti- mated that over 500 Democrats voted for Mir. Gilpatrio.
 Mir. Fox Make, Good Showing
 John O. Fox, Democratic candidate for county sheriff. made splendid showing against his opponent. Sheriff Charles 4. Gates of Willimantic, who was elected 766b to 5952. Mir Fox did no campaigning in his own behalf. In towns in this section. generally, Mr. Fox boiled more votes than did Mir. Gates. the vote given Mir. Fox in Putnam being heavier than that re- eeived by any other Democratic can didate
 In the 29th district. John Ash of Pomfret was elected state stnator over his opponent. the vote being Ash. 4O5s: Williams. 3s5S. In the 2Sth dis trict Judge Clarence H. Child of Woodstock was victor over Frederick E. Bitgood of Dauielson in the race for the state senatorship. Judge Child receiving 200l against 2324. Judge Child carried his home town with a majority of 2s3, while Mir Bitgood also carried his town by 59.
 Voting Heavy Despite Rain
 The weather man served up on Tuesday perfectly good Democratic weather drizzling rain, such as fell all day long. being taken in years gone by, on election days, as sort of omen of the success that the Demo erats would enjoy that day. Whether or not this served to hestir the work CTS of this party to greater action. is unknown. but they surprised everyone by the total number of Democratic voters that went to the polls, the mi- nerity party being unusually heavily represented.
 Election night The Patriot furnish ed bulletins on the local. state and na- lional elections, for the benefit of a crowd of several hundred men and women assembled in Union Square. The returns were received by the Western Union Telegraph, and while still smoking hot, were megaphoned from The Patriot office windows to the crowd below. It was almost z o'clock when the last of the crowd had dis persed, we'll satisfied with this addi- tional service rendered by The Patoirt
 Thompson Democrats Sueeessful
 Several reasons gre assigned for the significant results of Tuesdays voting in the Town of Thompson, but the fact remains that the Democrats of the town made the greatest show ing in years. polling surprisingly heavy vote. electing Judge r. A. Nun 4ss. 4f al ffxfts A the state legislature. and coming within three votes of giving Jodoin the same total as received by Con- gressman Freeman.
 In the town there are 1926 names ion the voting list. and during Tues day 1924 of these people dropped their ballots in the boxes at the North Grosvenordale or Thompson village voting districts. This fact in itself indicates how busy the party work CTS must have been in getting out the greatest possible number of voters
 Republicans Lose Ground
 In the North Grosvenordale dis triet there were IT'S ballots cast and ci tNfHf kNfft were @@b rAtaiANk Rtht- ocratic ballots and ITO straight Re publican votes, indicating that q good many perfectly good Republicans were won over to the opposing fold. The great number of split tickets doubtless marked by the Republicans in the majority of cases. cut down the number of straight Republican tick cts, the splitting being accounted for by the heavy vote given Judge Nun gan for Representative--his total of 557 being more than 100 more than any Democratic candidate and great CT than any Republican nominee ex- cept State Treasurer Gilpatric, who received 6f2. In the whole town, only l2 votes were thrown out by the moderator.
 Pomfret Voters Show inierass
 Greatest interest in Pomfret cen tered in 9he contest for the state sen atorship f29th Districtj, the Repub- liean candidate being John Ash of Pomfret, who polled 29s votes against l65 secured by his opponent. There was also unusual interest in the strug gle between the Republican and Dem