The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-15
Vindication Of Party
 Attested By Victory
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shall go to the minority party. The Republicans will have seven of 15 members of the board of aldermen, four of nine members of the board of education, one library agent four constables, one merroer of the board of tax review and one memr Der of the board of selectmen.
 G. o. P. Is We'll Answered
 The Democratic triumph was in- terpreted as an answer to Republi- can campaign attempts to link the Democratic party and it's members with the grand jury revelations and the conspiracy trial. The fact that MT. Foster ran considerably behind his ticket was taken as an indica- ton of resentment toward the fact that he was the choice of the Pape- Upson group, in control of the G. o. P. machinery. Only two Of the 30 Republican candidates received fewer votes than MT. Foster, ana both these were running against strong Democratic nominees. Rum ming against Mrs. Kilmartin, MT. Bane received 14,963 votes, only two less than MT. Fosters l4,965, and MT. Morrow, running against MT. Belanger, received 14,872 votes.
 Analysis of Wards
 The fourth and fifth wards, Democratic strongholds, gave large majorities for the Democratic can- didates. The first ward went Demo- cratic by a surprising margin. while the second and third wards gave Republican plurahties.
 The Democrats captured l9 Of the g voting districts. They won i've of the six districts in the first ward, three of the seven districts in the second ward, three of the eight districts in the third ward, three Of the four districts in the fourth ward, and five of the seven districts in the fifth ward.
 Socialists Strong Tn First
 The Socialists were strongest in the first ward. where they received l,O63 votes. They fell behind in the other four wards.
 The heaviest vote for any Repub- lican candidate was given Anthony Petrillo, candidate for tax collec- tor. He received 15,159 ballots, to run quite a bit ahead of the rest Of the ticket. Homer Bernier, candi- date for city clerk, and John w. Stokes, candidate for city sheriff, were the other Republican leaders as the ballots were tallied.
 Tn general, there was not @ great deal of ticket splitting, the figures indicating that most of the votes were straight-party ballots.
 Succeeds Mayor Perriello
 MT. Scully, when he takes office in January, will succeed Mayor Patrick M. Perriello, Republican, who succeeded Mayor Frank Hayes when the latter resigned. MT. Per- riello who was later refused the Republican nomination for mayor by the Upson- -Pape group, advanced to the mayoralty by reason of having been president of the Board Of AL dermen. .l
 The new administration will hold office for less than two years. A change in the city charter, made by the legislature at Hartford this spring, provides that beginning in 194l, city officials elected in Oc- tober shall take office the same month.
 The election yesterday, ordinarily held in october, was postponed, and the referendum on the proposed city manager charter held in October. The charter was defeated convinc- ingly, but is expected to continue as an issue in local politics.
 Both Democratic and Republican candidates entered the election cam paign after primary contests. MT. Poster won the nomination from MT. Perriello, and Mrs. Scully defeated Senator George T. Culhane in Democratic primary which brought put 6 heavy vote.
 Reorganization Wins
 Before and after the primary. the Democrats were busy recognizing their town committee. and MT. Null lille was chosen chairman. In se- es.ing the Democratic ticket for he election, MT. Scully insisted that new faces be offered the public, and the only holders of important offices