The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-11
Political Gossip
Things apparently look bright


 Things apparently look bright to the republicans thrOughOut Connecticut judging from the many contests, for house nom- inati0ns that the s. Q. D. inc dulgeei i'm last night in various towns of the state. In direct contrast tO the local repnbli- can town caucus, many com fnnnites were the scenes of bitter battles as the scramble to ret on the party ticket grew greater and greater. In some instances old "war horses" were forced to fight for places on the ticket with those of the younger element. There will be many new faces in the house in the coming session of the legislature.
 In WOodbufy the veterans Of the house, Representative Asa hel Mitchell and Robert o. Jud- son were victorious only after Q fight that lasted till midnight. In WOlcott Judge Harold Logan sprnng . surprise and opposed Representative Claude v. Rad ger, who sought renOIninatiOr. The latter was victorious, how ever. Waterbury's nominees, of course, are Ernest l.. Clyde and Mrs Florence Sherwood. representative Leon E. Me- CArthy was renOlninatcd i'm AnsOnia. William B. Bradley wns nominatcd in Beacon Falls. A democrat represents tho town Iios. Representative Anthony Rich was renOminat- ed in Bristol and Augustus G. Funk was given Judge Peck's placa on the ticket after de- fehtiris F. H. WaterhOuse. Representatives Kenneth Boyn. ton and Charles H. Jackson . were reliominated in Cheshire. Representative Harry Morse was relolninated after . con- test in LitchfleId.
 In 1fiddlebury the nominee for tho house on the republic can ticket Is Representative Howard E. Bronson. He has been endorsed by the demo- crats. too. Prosecutor Joseph E. Talbot and s. Alton Clark are the house candidates in Naugatuck On the z. .. T. ticket. Judge John J. Me- Garry of New London was re- nominated. So was Rcpresen- tative George H. COwdcll of Prospect and Representative Seth M. Bcecher the veteran house member from Seymour. In Southbury Representative Isaac c, Platt was defeated for reorganization by Herbert F. Wells while in Thoinaston Representative Frederick IL. White was rcnOminated. The TorringtOn republicans picked Romeo Gcrvasini and William SzesxkOwslki. Harry B. Russell and Eugene Lamphier are the house nominees in Watertown.
 Among the members of the 1888 house, who failed to get rcnOminatiOn, besides Repre- sentativcs Plat, were F. F. Rowland of Oxford, F. H. Race of Frankiln, William Green- backer of Nfiddlcficld, A. L. Mills of Hampton and Bernard H. Allen of East Hartford. From all indications there will he about the same number of women members in the 1885 house providing. of course all the nominees are victorious. These ren0minated yesterday were Mrs Marjorie ID. Farmer of Darien. Mrs ClafisSa Nevius of New Fairfield, Mrs Olive D. PiersOn of Cromwell, Mrs Syl- via Hull of Easton, Mrs Clara Lewis of Monroe, Miss Finnette Nicholas of Fairfleld and Mrs Sara B. Crawford Of Westport., Bolton Hebron, Wilmington, MiddletOwn, vOluntpwn and SOniers also picked woman candidates for the house.
 In Leiyard . democrat, Cal- win R. Mann, was placed in sl0niinatiOn against F. B. Allen republican. Mann lost by only four votes. lin NewipgtOn q tie resulted in the contest between Harold q. Lucas and E. Leroy Pond. Another caucus will be held Saturday night in an ef- fort to break the deadlock.
 The republicans of New Haven nominated candidates for the state senate. They are; District 6, Edward J, Lynch; district Q, Harold U. BlakesIcej district 10, Eugcnc Roman: die- trict "A. Juaeph Della Vaile. In Meridef the RephhIicans of the 15th district had . contest last nisht, Former Senator Wayne Q. Robinson finally re- ceived the senatorial nOniina- ton when he defeated John F. Kreniineki.
 The democrats flid Q little nominating for the house last night too Gapcueoe were held tn Branford Enfield. AlonlyiIle North Brandford, North Haven Old Saybr0ok, Oxford. Rocky HILL Stanford, 17honinston, union, WcstbFook and Wood hplage. 0earse A. Potter ia tlle nominfe ll. ThpmAslpn. "A woman, Mrs zsabeIl0 Martin ssas ch0ekss by tue Woodbridge
 In Ilaytford tlie repuhllcans of fbo slrst aezsaiofiai dIslrIcf enN1HGn ln 2 e<5zsIeAt f0F iIlo senate flolnlnalI0n. Attorney James ~. BrcaIla wss nnnlnaie