New Britain herald., 1924-09-16
REPUBLICANS NAME ].
 TOWN CANDIDATES
Hold Largest Caucus in History
 Of PlainVille Politics
". R. PALMER SPEAKS

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 The nominees of the republican party for the town offices to be voted on at the annual town cleo ton on October 5, were chosen last night at caucus in the town hall. The gathering was the largest of it's kind ever held in the history of the town, a total of 164 voters being counted at the. meeting. The court | room Of the town call was filled to | capacity and many voters stood in the corridor. All nominations were unanimous. Many were made by the secretary, c. H. Newton cast in gone ballot. s. S. Gwillim was moderator.
 The first nomination was for a three-year term on the board Of assessors which was made vacant by the expiration of the term of J. J. Kimmel. One vote was cast for the nomination of Mir. Kimmel. The remaining members of the board are s. P. Williams and W. J. Simp- son. Mir. kimme's work on the board at the time of last year won praise.
 Next on the list was the nom nation Of two men for the vacan- cies on the board Of relief. The vacancies were for two and three years respectively, caused by the death of A. H. CondelI and the ex- piration of the term of Joseph N. McKernan. Henry S. Washburn was nominated unanimously for the two-year term, and the secretary was ordered to cast one ballot for the nomination of Mfr. McKernan for the three-year term.
 The next nomination called for was that of members of the board of selectmen. A. A. Mcleod, treas- urer of the Plainville Trust Co.,, nominated First Selectman William J. Johnson to succeed himself and in his speech, he paid high tribute to the work accomplished by MT. Johnson during II years service on the board. Mir. Johnson was nomin- sted for 12th time. James Simpson was nominated for second select man to succeed c. H. Calor. Mir. Calor would have had the nomina- tion but because Of his physical condition, he has been forced to voluntarily retire. He has served the town as member of the board for over 10 years and at present is confined to his home. The voters are sorry to hear that he is forced to give up his active particlpa<.Sn in town affairs.
 When the call for nominations for the position of auditor which has been held for the past year by F. L. Benzon was made, Mir. Ben son was promptly put before the meeting, but he rose to decline, stating that he could serve no longer because of the system of bookkeeping in vogue. He stated that the annual audit is farce and he felt that he could not remain in that office until a good system of bookkeeping was installed. Miss Sadie Wheeler was then nominated, but Mrs. Frank Usher stated that Miss Wheeler wished to decline through her. s. r. Williams then again nominated MT Benzon stat ing that seeing that Mr. Zenzon was cognizant of the condition of Nhc towns system of keeping books, he should be the one to have the of fee and effect whatever changes he thought best. Mir. Benzon then stated that if those present would support him in the town meeting when he asked for power to hire a firm of accountants to put in good system in the town, he would be willing to accept. He put the question to the meeting but failed to receive an answer. When 'his name was put before the meeting by the chairman. the roar of ayes that greeted it made it certain that those present would support his attempts to put a business system in the town when he should ask for it.
 & S. Gwilim and S. P. Williams were nominated as grand jurors to succeed themselves.
 Little time was spent in renom- mating Willis J. Hemingway for the office of tax collector whlc> bn has held for many years
 For constables, motion was made to cast one ballot for the four men who held those positions dur ing the past year. They are: Daniel Emory, F. W. Furrey, George Schubert and George Buys. Mir. Emory declined the nomina-