The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
P. August Johnson Opines Warden Did
 Nice Job On Budget
Candidates on Both Major Tickets to Be Endorsed By Third Party-MethOdist Choir to Sing Cantata
 Sunday-Edward DaIy UndergOes Operation
INAOA1kA ONN Wm J. Baxter Correspondent-PhOne Naugatuck 672-2

time. denomination of Warden John J. Sheridan and most of the present office holders and assurance by rep- resentatives of hitherto conflicting factions that they will give united support to the ticket formed the basis of the happy outlook party members held today.
 The usual pickering, whispering conversations and angry words that have characterized democratic con- ventions in recent years were most conspicuous by their absence last night. Things ran as smoothly as the conveyors in local factories.
 The only changes were the nomination of Raymond St. John to replace Dennis M. Linskey as regis trar of voters, and nomination of Peter Meegan as member of the board of education in place of At torney Martin Gormley who was not a candidate, as he now resides in New Haven.
 The ticket as nominated last night follows: warden, John J. Sheridan; tax collector, James Fitzgerald; treasurer, Anthony Mariana; board of education member, Peter Mee- gan; registrar of voters, Raymond St. John; auditor, Patrick Began; selectmen, Henry Smith and Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald; baliffs, Daniel O'Connor, Harry Withers, Robert Hughes and Joseph Schaffer and Swyser Dineny, Kilbour and Brophy.
 Frank T. Green, chairman of the democratic town committee, opened the session as temporary chairman by reading the call which was &C., cepted. MT. Green after the formal meeting had ended announced he will soon resign as town committee chairman. This is because of the fact he now is postmaster here, a civil service job.
 Warden Sheridan nominated Rich ard Durkin as permanent chairman of the convention and no other can- didate was mentioned so MT. Dur- kin got it unopposed. Peter Meegan was chosen clerk. MT. Durkin then Rocco Mariana and James Brennan as a credentials committee to inspect credentials. The warden announced that the third ward dele gation had agreed Frank Goggin, alternate, would take the place of George Lambert, one of that wards delegates who was unable to attend.
 Dinneny N0minateS Sheridan
 Burgess Joseph Dinneny who has not always seen eye to eye with the warden at meetings, revealed the convention keynote when he nomin- ated MT. Sheridan. This fact indi- cated harmony would prevail. No other candidate was nominated for the wardenship and MT. Durkin in structed the clerk to cast one bal- lot for MT. Sheridan for this office and he was duly declared nomin- ated.
 MT. Dinneny then nominated MT. and no opposition de- veloped. All during the nominations for office there were no contests. Mariana was nominated by MT. Goggin, Mir. St. John was nomi- mated by Harold Murtha and MT. Dinneny nominated by MT. Meegan. The warden put the name of MT. Began in nomination,
 John Kiernan, second ward com- mittee chairman, offered the names of the two selectmen nominees, and various persons nominated the ba- liffs.
 Durkin Humorous
 MT. Durkin injected much humor into the convention with appropri- ate remarks. He asked when each position revealed no contestants, Why don't you have a fight, this is getting to be an awful job, always putting motions that nominations cease" He had difficulty however in MT. St. John for the po- sition of registrar of voters. Four times he had him as tax collector but his repeated efforts scored a hit with the 21 delegates.
 The actual nominating of candi- dates took less than Is minutes After 1t was finished a motion by Cyril Touhey that the democratic town committee be named the delegates to the state democratic convention in New Haven soon, was passed after Chairman Frank T. Green had pointed out that there were nine of the committee and stat ed he did not wish to be candidate in view of his present employment. He thanked the group for the honor.
 MT. Durkin then brought the off, cial session to an end by stating 1t was one of the most harmonious he had ever attended and that hope that spirit win be kept intact.
 A committee consisting of Rocco John Kiernan and Ray mond St. John were named to escort the warden to the front for a talk and then democrats in the corridors were permitted into the meeting.
 Sheridan Predicts Victory
 Warden Sheridan, speaking in serious vein throughout, said he was very pleased to accept for the third time the nomination and to lead the party to victory. There is no ques- tion in my mind but that victory is in the making" he declared.
 He said the convention atmo-