The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-31
Political Gossip

Republicans have at last completed the work of nam- ing the delegates who will nominate the party's ticket at the g. o. D. state convention in Hartford the week after next. Yesterday various senatorial districts throughout the state held caucuses and elected dele gates.at-farge 10 the state ses- sion and, at the same time, state central committee. Many upscts in the makeup of the central committee took place and Waterbury will follow in line when the local delegates meet to make their choices.
 Yesterdays caucuses were held by senatorial districts made up of more than one town. The 14th senatorial dis. trict, for instance, includes a large number of towns, in- cluding Wolcott, Naugatuck and Prospect and tretches all the way down to West Haven. Senatorial delegates elected at the caucuses of the various towns the other night attend- ed the senatorial district cau- cuses yesterday and last night.
 One of the surprises of the 2. O. D. -caucuseS was the resignation of Miss Katherine state central committee in the 2Sth district. She will con- tinue as vice-chafrman of the committee and as a member of the national committee, however. In her place Miss Mary Potter of Woodstock was chosen. Sabin s. Russell of Killingly was reelected to the committee from the 18th district.
 The Bridgeport caucus was the most fiery one of them all. In the first place the state delegation was pledged to former Mayor Clifford B. Will son for governor. Then there were several battles for the various central committee -berths. At prviate conferences all of them were decided with . the exception of the 22nd dis trict fight. In the 25th district caucus in the Park City Mrs Alice Russ of Shelton was named to the central cOmmit- tee in the place of Miss Helen Lewis of Stratford, whose forces met a smashing defeat in last Tuesdays g. 0. p. cau- cuses. Charles E. Wheeler, who led the successful forces against the Lewis group, was renamed to the central conn mittee. The 22nd district fight will be settled next week at an adjourned meeting.
 AsaheI w. Mitchell of WOodbury, veteran g. o. p. leader, was dropped from the committee in the 32nd dis trict. F. K. Kaiser of Thomas ton went on in his place.
 The definite declaration of former Commissioner of Mo- tor Vehicles Robbins B. Stoeckel of Norfolk, made last night, that he is not in re- captive mood as far as the gubernattlrial nomination is cOncernedb apparently cuts the number Cf 2. o. p. candidates down to five. However, it is possible yet that StOeckel will be induced to reconsider his decision. A move to swing the Litchfield county votes in the state convention, numbering 94, was made at meeting of the 31st- senatorial district yesterday in Canaan. A resolu. tion was adopted stating that StOeckeI is favored if he wants to run.
 In the 14th senatorial dis trict caucus, State Senator John F. Lynch of West Ha- ven and Mrs Caroline M. Platt Of Milford were elected to the state central committee. Sem atOr Lynch was reelected. Mrs Platt succeeds Mrs Glenn. ency Schall of West Haven. In the 3Oth district, Mrs Ernest Howe of Litchfield and AttOr. ncy Charles P. Roraback of TOrringtOn. were reelected to the committee. In the 17th district Mrs Ethel MatthieS of Seymour was elected to the committee, replacing her mother-in-law, Mrs Annie w. Matthies. Frank A. Waters of Middlebury was reelected from the 17th district. At the 18th district caucus held in Branford, former Lieutenant. Governor J. Edwin Brainard was dropped from the central committee and his place given to Judge Waldo S. .Blakeslee of North Haven.
 Raymond F. Gates of Willi. mantle and Ms Lillian M. s. Frank of Canterbury were named to the committee in the 29th district caucus. As pre- dicted, William F. Bailey of Bethel, member of the com. mittee for the past 25 years, withdrew and was replaced on the centrOl committee by Sem ator Fl. Sanford Osborn of Bedding. This occurred at the Bath district caucus. Mrs Seth