The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-03

voters ballots already on file. More are expected to come in before closing time on Tues day. Town Clerk John A. Me Guire of WallingfOrd states that many applications asked for and given out have not yet been returned
 Over 300 members and guests of the Daughters of Democracy gathered last night at Thirty Acres in Orange in honor of Major James A. Shanley, democratic candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. Major Shanley is resi- dent of New Haven and sur- prised thousands four years ago by the run he gave the veteran republican member of the house from the third dis trict. ex-COngressman John Q. Tilson. Ex-Mayor David E. Fitzgerald of New Haven paid tribute ito Jim Shanley, our next congressman. I say this with great deal of confidence and in campaigning in the towns of the district I find that the tOwnspeOple feel he meas ures up to the standards and principles of manhood and ability that justifies his elec- tiOn.'
 Lewis Fox of Ha.|fOrd. who has been active in the present campaign and who for years has been intimately in touch with the peace movement, has come out in behalf of Con- gressman Herman P. KOpple- mann of Hartford, the demo- cratic candidate for reelection in the first district. He halls Congressman KOpplemann as very great air to the cause of peace. "Though I am a demo- crat, working for the best in- terests Of the democratic party, l am not concerned with party politics." states Mir Fox. II speak as one who has been in. tcrested in the peace move ment since my undergraduate days in Princeton
 Inmates of insane asyIums are not eligible to vote by ab- sentee ballots, ruling handed down from the attOrney-gen- erals office points out. The question decided was raised by the town clerk of the town of Stamford. In the opinion of the attorney general. the statutes does not take into cOnSidera- tiOn any person committed to an institution for the insane.
 The absentee ballot law is developing many interesting questions on the eve of cleo tiOn. The statute passed at the 1883 session forbids idiots and insane persons being made voters but it was not clear that if they became insane or idiOtic after being made vot- CTS whether or not they were eligible to vote. However, the fact that they were detained in hospitals or institutions made 1t extremely difficult for them to get to the polls. even if they desired to do so. Now that the absentee ballot law is in effect it was believed by some that these persons would have the absentee ballots brough to them. However, the ruling bars them from voting. In the law as 1t reads mention is only made of inmate sof penal in- stitutiOns as those ineligible to vote on the absentee ballots.
 Christopher V. GranfieId has been named fulI-time adjutor for the New Haven department of charities. MT Granfield is a resident of New Haven and has been connected with various insurance concerns. The work of the adjustOr calls for him to determine the cash or loan value of policies held by ap- plicants for municipal assist- ance Those holding policies with a cash surrender value turn them over to the charities department which supports them until the cash is exhaust ed and then places them on the direct relief rolls. The en- tire cash surrender value is not ta k c n, however, sufficient money being left to take care of the holder of the policy when death occurs.