The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
Political Gossip

Holders of liquor licenses in Cheshire, ThOmaston and Woodbury are known to be scampering about quite active- ly right now trying to line up sufficient votes to prevent their respective towns from voting 'dry" in the coming town elections. In all, 26 towns will vote on sslOcal option" and the three towns mentioned above are the nearest ones to Wa. tefbury. New London is the only county in the state where there will be no towns voting on "local OptiOn". In aM, there are 125 towns holding elections on Monday, including mayor aIty elections in Middletown and Stamford. Twenty-three towns will use voting machines and the remainder will use pa- per ballots.
 Providing he IS reelected, Congressman-at-Large Charles M. Bakewell of New Haven may go on the important con- gressiOnal ways and means committee. Congressman E. w. GOss of this city, as ranking congressman from Connecticut, would be more entitled to the post. but he is reluctant to gire up his post on the military af. fairs committee. les.erlay Congressman Goss spoke in Wfnsted on the serious effect on q representative govern ment of the gag rule as in- voked at the last sesison of congress. Attorney Frank Sul- Hvan ofthis city, Congressman Goss' secretary, was also prcs- ent at the gathering. as was Thomas Mullen of Hartford, state commander of tine Uni. ted Spanish War Veterans.
 Borough Warden Michael H. Roberts of Stafford Springs has been nominated for the post of high sheriff of Holland county by the democrats. Er- nest H. WOOdworth of Coven. try and Louis D. Eaton also sought the nomination.
 Thomas J. IOOmis has an- nounccd himself candidate for the office of state represent tatiye from West Haven on the republican ticket. He is com- mandcr of Hughson post of the American Legion and also judge advocate of the second district, American Legion. In 1926 he served as executive secretary of the American Le- zion, controlling the activities Of IS posts and 1000 men in Wayne county, Micn.
 Another war veteran has thrown his hat into the polit. ical ring. He is Arthur S. Baesc of SOuthhury, commander of Newton post, Veterans of FOr- eign Wars and a member of the Southbury board of fi- nance. He seeks the democrat ic nomination for senator in the 17th district. The g. o. D. nominee is .the incumbent, Senator Henry M. Bradley, Jr., of Derby. The democratic senatorial convention will be held Saturday afternoon. in Seymour. Former Senator John T. Walsh, democrat, is not candidate this year. Gar rett Burkett of Ansonia has been a candidate for the nOm- nation but 1t is now reported that he will withdraw in fa- vOr of Bacse. Middlebury is included in the 17th senatorial district.
 William J. Kirby is one of the candidates seeking the democratic mayoralty nomina- tion in Ansonia. There are others in the race, also, and the democrats .are moving slowly so as to avert . serious breach in the party ranks at this time. With the state elec- tiOn drawing nearer and near CT AnsOnia democrats want to preserve unity as much as pos Sible. It will be remembered that is was a miscount of 100 votes in AnsOnia two years ago that was responsible for the false report that Judge Martin E. GorInley of Naugatuck had been elected to Congress.
 From mayor, to compensa- tiOn commissioner to congress i'm short space on only q few years will be the record of ex- Mayor Edward T. Buckingham of Bridgeport If he is victori. Ous in the coming election. Yesterday he was given the democratic nomination for congress in the fourth district when Leroy o. Downs of Nor- walk, newspaperInan, with drew. Ex-May0r Buckingham is now compensation commis- si0ner for the fourth congress sional district.
 Following the 6. O. p. county convention in New Haven on Saturday several old leaders met and discussed tine situa- ton in Milford where there are more candidates for She house of representatives than there arc posts to be filled. Representatives William A. Ford and Warren A. Field want to go back to the house while Former Representative Louis E. Guyott claius ft's his turn once more. There are FEmors fiiat on Of the trio may Do nominated for the senate from tho flth fn the place of the incumbent. Senator Jnhn ". Lynch of West Haven. Mrs. Alma M0cIier, ice.chnIFmnn Of the Milford town committee also has her eye on the z. Q. D. senatorial nomination, howe ever, co this makes tlso Gitua- finn more complicated.