The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-22
Politics
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which the mayor defeated william Cavanaugh. supported by the Sen- atOr from the 18th. This week some what the reverse process was in 0rdeT with Senator T0bin losing to Patrick J. Wallace, who was Mayor Monagan's choice as a candidate. Oddly enough the two Democratic candidates for the senatorial nom- anation in Waterbury - Wallace , and ex-senator Edward Egan - worked side by side in several cam paigns in the l6th. Pat Wallace was always active in Eddie Egan's behalf and 1t was the latter who perhaps did more to persuade Wal lace to seek the nomination in 1922 than anybody else. Both are odds on favorites to carry their districts In November.
 Bridgeport seldom passes up a
 chance to procure federal funds
 with which to finance some public
 project. Just recently that city
 was notified that with the adja-
 cent town of StratfOrd it would
 share . $49,OOO grant. This sum
 represents half the cost of two
 new flrehOuses in Bridgeport and
 . $50, 900 addition to a StratfOrd
 school. The fire stations are
 costing $25,O00 and $23,OOO.
 Glancing over the figures of Wednesdays primary it's interesting to note that the greatest number of votes were cast in District 4-3, which was Pat Wallace's home district. He carried it by 128 votes, which was the largest district majority he had and actually gave him more than one-third of his entire majority. The vote tabulation in 4-3 read: Wallace, 270. Tobin, 142; total vote cast, 412, plus void ballots. In Senator Tobin's home district, 5-2, he carried 1t thusly: Tobin, 219, Wallace, 1858; total vote cast, 377, Tobin majority, 61. District 5-3 gave Wallace another good majority, the vote there reading: Wallace. 216, Tobin, 122; total vote cast, 338, 3 void ballots and Wallace's majority, 04. District Az in Brooklyn must have surprised Tobin supporters for Town Committeeman Phil Sacco, . Town Committeewoman Helen De- laney, Representative Dan Ma nancy, and Works Commissioner Johnny Savino directed good or ganization to a 2o6 to l61 victory. Away Out East, where Senator Tobin's manager, Bill" CaYanaugh, lives, gave Wallace another 40 vote majGgity, IF to 77. Maurice Rous- geau also felt somewhat chesty over the fact that he and Mrs. Mary Bedeu could announce 155-81 vic- tory, "A more majority for Wallace.
 The first district to bring in it's
 ballot box with the official figures
 to Town Chairman Maurice Tang
 ney was A. When the vote was
 announced everyone had 9 com-
 ment. It read 92 to 91. There were
 similar comments when such dis
 GFictS as 5-4 with 1O3 to 99 count, 5-5 with score of 145 to
 136 were registered. According to
 reports when the 5-4 tally was be-
 ing made, four ballots were put
 aside as questionable. However the
 check Hist count revealed 2O2 peO-
 pie had registered. When the bal
 lots were counted there were
 90 i'm one pile and S9 in the
 other. The four put aside were
 then counted and constituted the
 Wallace majority in that district.
 Democrats swing into a series Of political activities next week. The Town Committee meets Monday to receive tickets to be filed for the Town Convention. On Tuesday three conventions are scheduled to be held in the City Hall. At these delegates will be chosen to State, Probate, and Congressional conventions. Wa terbury is entitled to 46 delegates at these later day gatherings on the basis of appointment made after the 1940 presidential vote. That means, If custom is followed, the delegates at the local conventions will elect OlIC11loCltCo hhQ tWCAtC AAOlO AOAAlO- crats, good and true. No dates have as yet been indicated for the pro- bate and congressional district ses- sions. They are called by commit tees, which hold over from the pre- vious convention. The two senator ial conventions are called by the State Central Committeeman in the SaeoocffUo districts
 The procedure of nomination
 for tho State Central Committee
 by the Democratic Party Is little
 understood by the average prison.
 Actually such nomination is made
 by the delegates elected to the
 State Convention, meeting in
 their respective senatorial dis
 tricts. Yn Waterbury this will hap
 pen. After the State Convention
 delegates have been picked they
 will chose . chairman and sec xetary. A call will be issued for a
 meeting. At this meeting the del-
 egates from the First. Second, and Third Wards meet in a 18th Sem seOriaI District caucus. Those from the Fourth and Fifth Wards meet in a 16th Senatorial District caucus. They nominate a State Central Committeeman and wO- man and also a number of hon. 0raEy officers of the State COnven- tiOn, as well as members of the Resolutions, Platform and other committees. Nomination for the Ey~aeAk~N L. ly equivalent to election, but often where the district encompasses several towns the contest is car- rfe6 right into the State Central Committee and must be decided Ny that body before the new mem- Der can be seated.
 Brien McMaIon of NorWalk. rll-