The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-17

Francis T. Phillips and William Ger ardi. The unsuccessful candidates were Fenton Niver and Frank Var anelli, now members of the board, and Joseph Wilhelm, a former alder man. GalullO Asks Tolerance
 Attorney Michael Galullo, cam paign manager for Mayor Perriello, made a lengthy plea for tolerance, urging the delegates to set aside racial and religious feelings and choose the best candidate for the mayoralty nomination.
 The town convention was marked by charges by the Perriello group that MT. Upson was seeking to dic- tate the entire selection of candi- dates and was attempting to prevent nominations from being made from the floor. The Perriello faction won the right to offer names from the floor after sharp debate.
 The stalemate on the city clerk nominating began soon after the city convention started. The con- vention left the nomination several times to go on to other matters but each time 1t came up again the re- suit was the same-a tie vote.
 One Surprise Offered
 The school convention offered only one surprise, the selection of an Independent Democrat as one of the Republican nominees for the board of education. He is John J. Kearney, who was elected to the board as Q Fusion candidate two years ago. Other school board can didates named without opposition were Mrs. Emma Lowell. now a member; Mrs. Helen Bryan Hitch- cock, Max J. Kiessling, and Dr. Har- old Parkinson.
 AS the town convention opened, the organization forces put through a motion to have a nominating committee report back 8 slate of recommended candidates. Attorney Galullo asked for the privilege of the floor, but was ruled out of or der. One of the Perriello delegates then asked the same privilege for him and it was granted, after being first refused.
 Nominations From Floor
 MT. Galullo declared that party rules allow the making of nomina- tions from the floor. Any other rule, he said. would be entirely undemo- cratic and unfair.
 We're here to select the best pos- sible candidates for ofiice." MT. Galullo asserted. Let's look over all the possible names that are of- fered and then decide. The rank and file have the right to a voice in party affairs. If the delegates are not permitted to make nomina- tions from the floor, then believe there will be grave question of the legality of any nomination At the turn of the century the Republi- can party was at its crest because 1t had the goodwill of the common people: 1t was the party of the rank and file. The Republican party lost ground only when 1t lost sight of the common people. Let's give these people a right to be heard, a right to offer any names they wish. If you have the votes, 1t won't make any difference anyway"
 Rockwell Clyne. an organization delegate, supported MT. Galullo's stand.
 The nomination for registrar of voters was the first one up for &C., ton. The names of MT. White and MT. Taller were offered. Before the vote, Delegate Max Kiessling, who had just been nominated for the school board, asked that the two candidates leave the room, ''so we won't be out on the spot" He was ruled out of order. The vote was IA to 14 for MT. Taller, with nom- nation being equivalent to elec- ton.
 The nominating committee offered