The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13

happy nature has brought him many friends.
 Freeman Opposed
 The only other contest that pre- vailed was one in which Henry J.. Freeman was nominated for the membership of the board of educa tion. The name of James Leary was proposed for this post and la ter withdrawn. Dr Charles $. Kennedy was nominated but was defeated by Attorney Freeman. The latter has been secretary of the board for some years.
 Milton Calvin nominated Mir Leary and later withdrew his name. substituting that of Dr Kennedy. Freeman won by a 1922 vote,
 The convention lasted three and half hours. It did not get un- der way until nearly 2 o'clock as groups were talking things over in the halls or behind closed doors fin the rooms in the town hall. John Burke was chairman of the con vention and Daniel Callahan was elected clerk.
 Reject Primary Proposal
 There was some difficulty in keeping delegates in order and the action on the wardenship was de- Iayed until the end of the meet ing. The delegates voted to re- tain the present caucus system for another year. Third ward demo- crats voted against the direct pri- mary system as did also second ward democrats. The direct prj- mary had been suggested by the town committee
 This matetr was not taken up until late howo yer and some of the delegates were not present to vote. The meeting throughout was q lively one and plenty of political moves were indulged in.
 Sheridan Accepts
 In accepting the nomination for warden, Burgess Sheridan ex- pressed his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him and said he would work for the interest not only of members of his party but for the benefit of all the residents in town. There is too much bond ed debt in the borough now and it Is being permitted to increase, he said. II do not wish to run the town on $600,000 when the total income is only $500,000. He asked his workers to conduct clean campaign and to avoid personali- ties.
 Prospects for the democrats seem to have frightened since yesterday for Burgess Milton Calvin, who was beaten for renomination in the first ward in a close fight, has an- nounccd that he and his supporters would back the candidate, Joseph Dinneny.
 , Indications are things may be more harmonious now.
 MT Sheridan will oppose War den Harris Whittcmorc, Jr, who Is admittedly n strong opponent. However, opposing the present warden will be nothing new for 1t was an unusual meeting of tho borough board when the warden and Burgess sheridan did not have at least sklrmish and usually a more serious scrap.
 Committee Blamed
 "A green town committee" was blamed by P. August Johnson for the action of five appointed to of flee on the Progressive party in refusing to run. Those five were: Sidney Bayliss. named for auditor. Howard Hubbell, nominated for first ward burgess. Fred Burke, proposed for q second ward bur gess, Joseph Lengyel. nominated for bnliff and Stanley Zapatka, also named for baliff.
 According to MT Johnson, the committee understood they had received acceptance on the part of the men nominated but the Iat- ter did not think the committee was in earnest when they proposed the matter and believed they were being "kidded".
 However. we will have q full ticket" MT Johnson said. The town committee will meet tonight at the home of Mir Johnson on Grove street and they will try to fill the vacancies in the party ticket. Hans Nissen, Sr. is the can didatc for warden on this ticket. Court Cases
 Friday tho thirteenth proved un- lucky for Harold Ginsler 330 Long