The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-08
(Naugatuck Correspohdenccl

Indications at 10:30. o'clock this morning pointed to. very heavy vote being cast in the , borough. "A total of about 1,40O had voted at this hour. At that time the heaviest vote had been cast in the first ward which Is the largest ward in the borough, 352 men and 208 women had cast their ballot, the third ward was running second with "a total of 295 men and 173 women having voted and in the second ward 22S men and 90 wo- men had voted. The total vote in the first ward was 660. the sec0nd ward total was 31s and the third ward 468.
 There are close to 6,100 on the voting list this year and 1t is pre- dicted that over 5000 votes will be cast. Lenders of both the demo- cratic and republican parties were lon the job early and large staffs of workers were present in all of the headquarters. There were nu- merous cars to carry the voters to and from the polls and both par ties were making strenuous ef- forts to get out a large vote early in the day.
 General predictions were that the borough would go democratic by large majority. There is great interest in the outcome in the bor- ough especially due to the fact that a focal man, Judge Martin E.. Gormley is a candidate for con- gress. It is expected that Judge Gormley will be rendered 8 large complimentary vote on account of being g local man. The first per- sons to cast their ballots in the first ward when the polls opened and Fred Warehouse. The first ballots cast in the second ward were Mrs Nora Standbridgef and William Brophy, ST, and in the third ward, Mrs Mae Condon was the first woman to vote and Alex Sokoloski was the first man. The result of the election in the three wards of the borough will be known shortly after the polls close as voting machines are used.
 Democrats End Campaign
 Tn one of the most enthusiastic rallies held during the present campaign the democrats of the borough brought their campaign to close last night in Tano's hall before large gather ing of citizens. Applause after ap- plause greeted the several speak CTS as they praised the democratic candidates and took to task the republican regime on charges of in- efficiency and false promises.
 The speakers at the rally were J, Edward Slavin of West Haven candidate for state senator. Thomas Dodd. president of the Yale Demo- cratic club, Mrs Nora Harris of New Haven, vice-chairman of the democratic state central commit- tee, Attorney Henry J. Freeman, Charles Prince of Yale, William McDermott and Michael Clancy candidate for representatives, D. Emmett Shea candidate for judge of probate, Judge Martin D. Gorm- ley candidate for congress from the fifth congressional district and former assistant attorney general in the administration of Woodrow Wilson.
 The rally was not over until about midnight. Judge Freeman and Mrs Dodd delivered two of the most stirring addresses heard in the borough in the present cam paign. Judge Freeman arraigned the republican administration for their lack of leadership and initia- tive. He attacked the statement of President Hoover made repeat edly during the campaign that the present depression is an aftermath of the World War and proved his point by pointing out that in this country in the past few years near- ly 5000 banks have failed while in Canada there has not been one failure of a bank recorded, the same he said is true of, other for eign banks. If the depression was the aftermath of the war then he said these countries would be in worse condition than the United States for at the>end of the war our country was the greatest creditor nation on the face of the globe. He referred to an article written by Frank vanderlip, one of the fore most banking authorities In the world, this article he said appeared in this weeks issue of the satur- day Evening Post. II fs non-parti- san and gives the facts. The United States government he said is going Into busiueaS. It has aiWaYe been