The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-06
Democratic Workers Happy Over Results
 At Polls Yesterday
Talbot and Grant Unsuccessful; Shea Reelected Pro- bate Judge-Durkin and Jackson Representatives;
 Vote Discrepancy in 3rd Ward Blamed to Machine
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COrrespondent: V1m j. Baxter-Phone Naugatuck SsAS

Naugatuck, Nov. 6.--Local Demo- crats felt today the borough had done its part toward the Democra- tic cause yesterday when 1t gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt a T-sr -'Nralitv. President Roose- geiBs .yWi here Eaa 4540 as com p0ed t0 2gt7 Ia. " endell l.. Will Sie or the Republican ticket and an additional two otes for Willkie -aau the Union t bring his total to 2949.
 Congressman J. Joseph Smith of Waterbury received the highest vote on the Democratic ticket getting 4599 to 2902 for Frank T. Johnson on the Republican ticket and 13 for John W. Ring, Socialist.
 The vote set @ record for the borough with 7496 of the 9,948 eligi- ble to ballot here, voting. The previ- ous record was established in 1886 when a total of 6,380 voted, yeSter- days total being more than HOO higher than the 1889 figure.
 In 1886, President Roosevelt's plurality here was 1862 or 371 more than the total he had yesterday.
 Governor Raymond Baldwin did better in Naugatuck than MT. Will kie, getting 3065 votes to 4370 for Robert Hurley, Democratic nomi- nee, a plurality of 1905 for MT. Hurley. Jasper McLevy, Socialist nominee for governor, who boiled more than 1000 votes here in 1888, drew only 67 votes yesterday.
 Joseph Mckay, Socialist-Labor nominee, got seven votes and Mi- chael A. Russo, Communist nomi- nee, received three votes.
 Talbot Ahead of Ticket
 State Treasurer Joseph E. Talbot although defeated here by his Democratic nominee, Frank M. An aStasio, cut sharply into his oppo- nent's plurality here, getting 3,424 votes to 4,06l for Anastasio The Democrat nominee had a 637 ad- vantage as compared with @ 1,500 average plurality for the rest of the Democratic ticket. This means of course that many split their tickets for MT. Talbot
 Two years ago MT. Talbot not only overlook his Democratic opponent here, but had plurality of more than 500. He picked up about 1,500 votes to do this.
 Thomas A. Grant, Democratic nominee for state senator from the 14th senatorial district, boiled 4,562 votes to 2,950 for his Republican adversary, Clarence F. Baldwin, here, This was q plurality locally for the Naugatuck man of 1912.
 D. Emmet Shea was re-leected judge of probate here, polling 4,545 votes in Naugatuck to 2,948 for his Republican opponent, Thomas P. Saunders.
 In Beacon Falls, MT. Shea se- cured 46o, giving him a total of S.. Oo5, and MT. Saunders got 406, mak- ing his total 3,354. MT. Shea has held the office for 10 years.
 Rep. Richard Durkin, Sr., and Thomas L, Jackson, both Demo- crats, were elected to the office of ASPASSSAAVutANS AA bLlS (tGllSLdL SaS- sembly, MT. Durkin polling 4-515 votes and MT. Jackson 4495. Robert P. Schildgen, Republican nominee, secured 2,996 votes and Frank l.. Bradbury, also C. o. P. nominee for this office, received 2,987 votes.
 Making Trouble
 Apparent trouble with a voting machine in the third ward resulted in a discrepancy in the vote on the U. s. Senator post. The machine showed total of 4,335 votes for Senator Francis Maloney, (D), g. 956 votes for Paul L. Cornell, CR); 5 for James A. Hutchin, Socialist Labor); and 3 for Isadore WofSy, (Communis) This makes total of 73o7 or 189 votes less than the total cast for the presidential nomi- nee.
 It is thought that possibly the Maloney counter became tempora- rily out of order, but Herbert Bohlin, moderator of that ward expressed the opinion that the machine would