The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
John J. Bergin Will Let Upson Rule Local COP
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without dictation from anyone or any group.
 A Primary was held sometime ago in the Republican Party, and in that Primary the only issue was two tickets-the ticket of Mayor Perriello which I publicly supported, and the blank ticket of J. Warren Upson, our present Town Chairman. At that time, in my opinion, the rank and file of the Republican Electors took po- sition, and rightfully, that the candidate on the Upson Ticket would be the Honorable Judge Theobald Conway = After that Primary Judge Conway refused to allow his name to be used as the Republican Candidate for Mayor on MT. Upson's Ticket.
 Republican Electors Told
 want to say to the Republi- can Electors of Waterbury that in that Primary they elected dele gates to the Republican City Con- vention-The duties of that con- vention was to nominate the slate of officers that the Republicans of Waterbury desired to be their can- didate for the following offices, namely; Mayor, Comptroller, City Clerk, Tax Collector, City Treas urer, Board of Aldermen, City Sheriff, and various other offices minor to the above stated offices.
 The delegates to the City con- vention, thirty-two (32) of whom were elected by the rank and file of the Republican City Electors on October 9th, met in convention at the Y. M. c. A. on the evening of Monday October 18th, at 8:30 p. m. Prior to the meeting of that City Convention, many of my friends insisted that because of my labors in the past for the party I should allow my name to be presented as a candidate for City Clerk. This I reluctantly did. At that meeting we allowed J. Warren Upson, the present Chairman of the Repubh- can Town Committee, although not a delegate to the City Con- vention, to be elected Chairman of the Convention, and in addition we allowed Vernon Hall, present secretary of the Republican Town Committee, who also was not a delegate, to be elected Secretary of said convention.
 Regrets Upson's Inelegibility
 The roll call of the said thirty two (32) delegates to the City Convention showed that sixteen d6) delegates voted in favor of MT. Homer Bernier, 8 splendid gentleman and good Republican, and sixteen (16) voted in my favor. It is regrettable that MT. Upson, the Chairman could not have vot- ed and broken the tie, however, he could not under the Republican Party Rules. Then other ballots, some ten (l0) in number were taken, all of which resulted in a tie vote sixteen (16) to sixteen Q6), and was so declared by the presiding officer MT. Upson. A re- cess of the Convention was then taken until Wednesday Evening October 18th-at 8:30 p. m.
 On October 18th, at $40 p. m. MT. Upson called the City Con- vention to order. He was ten min- utes, late of the call, he awaited the arrival of his delegates. At the above stated time the convention reconvened with MT. Upson pre- siding and MT. Hall acting as clerk.
 At Upson's Suggestion
 The first ballot of the evening again resulted in a tie sixteen to sixteen, and was so declared by Mir. Upson. This was followed by a motion to adjourn, made, I as- sume, at MT. Upson's suggestion, by MT. Phillips. This motion was entertained by MT. Upson al- though the rules of the Republi- can party in the City of Water bury covering conventions, as re- vised by MT. Upson, expressly pro- vide that no adjournment of the City Convention could take place until the day after the City Elec- ton in order to fill any possible vacancies. The motion to adjourn resulted in tic vote, the delegates favorable to my candidacy voting against the motion. Four other ballots were taken, all of which resulted in tie and so declared by MT. Upson. After the fourth ballot and at the early hour of 9:30 p. ma motion to recess for ten minutes was made and passed, and MT. -Upson so declared a re- cess for ten minutes.
 MT. Upson and MT. Hall then left the convention with the del. egates favorable to MT. Bernier. I, nor those favorable to me, did not know, were not informed, nor did we suspect, that MT. Upson did not intend to return. We waited until lO:a0 o'clock. At this time we realized that MT. Upson and his delegates did not intend to return. The delegates discussed in-