The Connecticut labor news., 1924-04-19
CAHLL CROWD TO GRAB CONTROL OF
 STATE COMMITTEE
New Haven's New Boss Preparing to Fire Off Four Representatives
 From City Districts.

odII1eu away Dy tiiS iuSl ol po"Si following the recent successful gobb1- ing up of the city primaries and con vention, the Cahil1 group now domin- ating democratic politics in New Ha ven, Is, according to reports, prepar- ing for a general clean-out of the state central committeeman from the four districts in the city and substitu- tion of tried and true Cahill adher- The CaHil1 axe is going to hit them all, even including William J. Cronin, who was only appointed to fill a vac ancy i'll the Eleventh Senatorial dis trict a few weeks ago by the state central committee itself.
 The cards have already been stacked so 1t is said, and when the hand picked delegation from New Haven advances on the floor of the state con vention next month and reports its choices for state central committee men, the present committeeman will be among the missing, so 'tis said.
 According to the dope, Thomas H. Reyes, always an ardent Keating sup porter, will be given the gate and sue ceeded by Henry Brown. now an as sistant superintendent of streets and who openly worked against Sheriff Thomas L. Reilly and the ticket at the last state election. Brown IS one of the hand-picked delegates to the state convention.
 P. H. Kerwin, who represents the Ninth district and is not only well known business man but an ever con- sistent democrat with little regard for faction fights, is also on the skids and is to be replaced by William (Bi1ly) Devine whom the Cahill crowd seem to think can be depended upon to do their will. He's another delegate.
 Over in the Tenth, the Gibralter of democracy in New Haven, Lawrence Grady, who has represented the dis trict for several terms, is also being put on the toboggan but there's con flict as to who will get the berth. Deputy Registrar John Morrissey of the City Point ward was under consid eration but although he has been staunch supporter of Cahill he hassa bad habit (to the Cahill crowd) of speaking out in meeting and the pow CTS that be are not quite sure whether he could be kept down If sent to the state committee. An alderman from the Hill section also has hopes, so 'tis said, but so did the Kaiser once Senator Joseph Tone was also in the offing but as he wants to run for Congress may be eliimn ated from the state committee consid- eration. Anyhow the decision has been made that Grady goes out no matter who is selected to go in.
 The state central committee at a recent meeting filled the vacancy in the Eleventh district caused by the death of former Senator John F. Shan1ey by appointing William J. Cronin from the old Seventh ward which could never be considered a Cahill bailiwick. MT. Cronan was superintendent of streets under Mayor James B. Martin back about 16 years ago and has always been a hard worker for the party. But that makes no difference to the Cahill crowd apparently. There's three under consideration for the berth, including Alderman Michael F. Brennan, Ca hill boomer in the Twenty-s sixth ward; Hugh Macdonald, who was one of the Cahill candidates for tax collector last fall but succumbed to another Cafi1l man, Tom Goode, and Eugene Harri- gan, one of Cahi1rs deputies who was arrested for primary law violations
 Accordino to all the reports com ing from Cahi1l quarters there will be no mercy shown now that they have grabbed comDlete control of the party machinerv-for this corver+Io- at least. Fve-vone not v-'.h 'e-,, is arfu 'em' and must get otrr.