The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-18
Politics
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Political courses were charted;
.neipldauaIs were established In the
Democratic primary contest Of yess
sEday, Not since 1889 have Demo-
'ctats engaged In o fight that was
|ealfied out 50 thoroughly IS this
lone. Mayor John 8. Monagans right
les lead his party to the polls In
November Is unquestioned. He de-
Inatnstrated that he personally packs
Il WAllcp: that the Democratic Town
COMMITTEE stiIl functions when
|nalled Spon: that q well-orgar1ized
IVnlt a the first requisite Of anyone
seeking TO dispute party control.
lThe 1donagan victory was not mere.
Nv convincing, 1t was indicative o.
fhe latent power that lies within
ARE organization that the Demo.
Gratis 81 waterbury have put togeth-
az since 1889. Billy Cavanaugh was
I confident that he could put UP Q
| mood fight. He did put one up, put
even 4 good night wasn't enough TO
win. II you doubt 1t, look at the
score -Monagan, 6,22l; Cavanaugh'
Ip,eO4.
Incidentally don't overlook the
Fact that Democratic Town Chair
snan Maurice F. Tangney took
knen relish In leading the party 70
Yesterdays triumph. Maybe ne
wasn't smarting from that push
ing around which Senator JOhn =:
robin administered last fall, but
certainly he was stirred up over
\ the reports that came into MIN
relative 70 claims Of how his own
district would fare ut this pri-
mary.. That district SIS was car
rled safely by the MOnagan CO.
horts asa TO 90 with the Town
chairman and Bldg. Inspector
TACK Hartley, capably aided by
T,omnitteewOman Marguerite Gil
hooley doing yeomen service IN
the last few days in personally
+ huttonhollng voters and insuring
their vote for MOnagan.
And Chairman Tangney con-
tinues to be q prophet with nonor
IN his own party, for once again ne
hit the nail sQuarely and fairy.
T,ate Friday afternoon when querleo
Nv probate Judge Patrick Healey as
~ the probable outcome OF the
davis bailoting, Mr.. Tangney ven
tured the opinion that theren be az
least 5000 votes cast and that 5 81 J,
Cayanaugh would only get 2,oOO o.
them. The actual count from tne
\ tally sheets, compiled by Party
SECRETARY Neil Maloney last night,
showed s.s25 votes in the 80 dis
tricts IL which Mr.. Cavanaugh re-
ceived 1904.
r. Committeeman Frank Ber-
rem Of 4-3 went the honors OF
running up the largest vote Tor
the Monagan ticket. He brought
n 36S for his side, while the Cav.
anauTh forces were getting but lS%'
Thia wasn't the largest vote Tor
are Cavanaugh side, rs In the
Rrooklyn district, 4-2-he received
X ira. He also went over the 100
malax In Districts 1-2-126; a-S-
lS4; Stills; 5-2-146; S-4-lSS;
and 5.6--lO4. But In each OF these
the Monagan vote was also cor
respondingly higher. In cold fAg"
ures the best showing by MIR. Cav
ananRh was In District Sd, where
ne ran only "a votes behind Mayor
MonaRan. This Is In the East
End. but IL didn't er brace the
losing candidates own district, SIS
which he lost to Jerry" BrOphy
ana Mrs. Gertrude Gordon, menu
bern Of the Democratic state Cen
traI Committee, by q vote OF 1SO
10 104.
The smallest vote cast was thai
in District l-6, embracing the out
lying district between MIL Plair
and the Wolcott road. Only u
votes were cast here, but again they
were In favor Of the mayor. Ovei
In Brooklyn there was considerable
celebrating among the organization
democrats due to the fact thai
Town Committeeman Mike" RosSi
president of the 1talian-Americaf
Democratic club failed to make goot
his boast Of taking the section from
his committeewoman, Helen Sheri
dan Delaney. Mrs. Delaney with
yeoman service by capable Dan
Mahaney, who really came into HI
own Friday, Works Commissions
~Johnny" SAVING and Johnny" Per
ella swung the district into tn
Monagan column. The same thin
was true In a different sense II
District 2-1, where again 1t was tow
committeeman against town com
Observation-Disclosures Dan Dris
coll versus Mrs. Margaret Fitz
patrick. And don't overlook tn
fact that here, too, there was tn
power and prestige of former Tow
Chairman Joe" Mulville, whicl
apparently failed to function a
predicted for the district went %
70 80 for Monagan.
Changing the subject for min
ute, political circles are somewhat
agOg over the statement that
School Commissioner John Kear-
mey is credited with making after
his nomination this past week by
the Republicans. In It Commits
sioner Kearney talked about the
taxes and looking at tax bills to
see IL there were any reductions
IN recent years. Well, anyone
who did 50 would certainly find
that there were. But the prize
reference In the statement was
that about idle funds. Mr.. Kear.
mey evidently forgot that so far
Is SURPRISES are concerned Con.
uecticut municipalities, towns.
boroughs, ETC., have been restrict