The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22

spirited and clear thinking Re- publican men and women, who came before the Republican voters of this city and with their assist ance were able to effect reorgan- ization of the Republican party, to whose efforts must be given for laying the foundation upon which creditable showing was made for Maj. John M. Burrall, when victory was almost in our grasp. If our then leader failed us, ask on behalf of the Republican voters of Waterbury who were the men who met at the Waterbur. club and dealt for the chairman
 ship of the Republican town committee for Mir. Upson?
 As to double dealing 1t was my privilege to have been one who initiated with the rank and file of the local Republican voters to break the existing double ma chine and the double dealing in our party. It i'll behooyes Mir. Phillips to speak of double-deal- ing, for according to the records the stock and bond brokerage firm of which he is a director profited considerably in it's bond transactions with the Democratic City Hall Administration. MT. Phillips statement either savers of biting the hand that is feed- ing you" or is made with the intention of fooling the local Republican voters. Therefore, MT. Phillips statement will not be taken seriously.
 Although The Republican and The American is carrying on pro- Upson propaganda and trying to make 1t appear that 1t Is fight of certain group of Italians to oust Chairman Upson, I wish to emphatically state that this is not so and that I am only one among many Republicans of various na- tionalties who are fighting against the tories and reactionaries of the local Republican party and those who would control the local party and sell us out again in the next city election.
 Our ballot is designated as the "People's Primary Ballot" and by putting our ballot with the names of the delegates and alternates to the various conventions in one box and the ballot with the names of the town committee man and woman in the other box, you will take the local Republican party away from the professional politi- clans and restore it to the rank and file of Republican voters.
 Attorney Sweeney Statement
 Attorney Sweeney, In a statement last night, attacked the action oi Chairman Upson in ruling out the Peoples Ballot lists, as follows:
 am astounded at the ruling of Chairman Upson and I am dumfounded by the inadequate, archaic, and one-sided reasoning he gives for his action. How ever I am not completely sur prised. I know that he Is being talked about as candidate for the office of judge Of probate and apparently he is going to steam roller himself into 1t if possible. His ruling rebounds entirely to his own benefit if for no other benefit than to pcrpetuate his office and those of his satellites.
 I want the public and Repub- licans especially to know that the four districts ruled out as far as the Peoples ticket is con- cerned were certain to defeat the Upson ticket. These were Italian and Irish strongholds and Upson was afraid Of them. So he picks the following as his reason for tossing the tickets out: One or more persons had signed both the Upson ticket and the Peoples ticket? But why did he decide to throw the Peoples ticket out and not the Upson ticket2 Because-he say8--the Upson tickets were filed with him first. Now was present at Re- publican headquarters last night when the tickets were to be pre- sented to Chairman Upson in &C., cordance with his call. None of them were marked as to the time they were received and If Upson received any prior to that time 1t smells bit fiShy to me. He has got to show me how he could tell when each Was re- ceivcd. But further than that if both tickets had duplicate namc8--they were both invalid and not the Peoples ticket alone. Furthermore if the question of priority is to govern why not gov- crn by the time the duplicate names were signed--not by the time they got into Upson's hands. Let Warren Upson answer the following questions:
 How do you know which ticket WdS IiItu liISbE WHY uD yDu Iulc that the first ticket is the only one receivable where there is duplication of signature82 If there is duplication why did you not rule both tickets invalid? How do we knoW-outside of your own Word-that there was dupli- cation2 Why did you not allow representatives, Of the Peoples ticket to be present when check ing the names in your office after 5 D. m, Saturday night? Arc you certain that the names dupli- cated on the tickets accepted arc genuine7 The public IS inter ested and so am I because as 2 candidate for the office Of judge of probate I lose four districts was counting upon. Also the Peoples ticket loses four dele gates to the town convention which makes the rules.
 Nov I am not going to take this lying down. can assure the chairman and the public that the chairman's ruling is not the end of the argument"
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