"GET THE HABIT"
Kead the Want Ads. in The
Farmer classified cohwais
THE WEATHER
there's some good opportun-
Unsettled, showers tonight
or tomorrow.
ities
in "For SfJes" and
"To
Rents."
tVOL. 49 NO. 186
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
LARRY GILL IN
DARK CELL ON
CONVICT SHIP
-i - .
Promises, Under Duress, to
Quit Politics to Gain
Freedom
CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURERS
REFUTE CALAMITY CLAIMS
OF U. S. SENATOR M'LEAN
Mayor Wilson, Who Also
- Occupied Cell, Formally
1 Opens Exhibition of His- j
, toric Vessel. V
Letters Read In Senate By Stone of Missouri, Indicate .
Real Sentiment In Mills of Eastern Connecticut
. Penrose's Statement Torn to Shreds By Authenti
cated Testimony.
(By Our Staff Correspondent.) I "It is a queer thine to preach a
Washington. Aug. 6 That Senator! healthy man's funeral, even when he is
McLean of Connecticut was playing
politics and "grandstanding" on the
floor of the Senate last week when
he Impeded the - progress of the tariff
makers by making -a long speech, pic
turing the wolves at .the door of the
home . of every Connecticut working
man, was indicated yesterday by Sen
ator Stone of Missouri. The Senator
. They locked Larry Gill In a. black
cell aboard the Convict ship Success,
today and kept him there until under
duress .he shouted to John, F. Brady
that he'd keep out of politics until I read a letter from Mr. R. JC. Bogan of
Then Captain E. '. W. Nottingham, Scitlco, Conn., which was as follows:
navigating officer of the ship, released "Hon William J. Stone,
the genial assessor. A little later they United States Senate,
got Mayor Wilson in another . black I Washington, D. C.
cell. but CaDtain D. H. Smith, the Dear Sir: In his recent tariff speech
commander, would not consent to I Senator McLean, of this state, is re
keep the executive there more than a ported to have blamed upon the Dera-
zninute or two. t ocratic party policy the straits in
This happened this forenoon when I which two large woolen concerns are
- Mayor Wilson and a large party or I eati to find themselves. If the Sen-
city officials 'were guests of Corn- I ator is consistent, he should give credit
mandcr Smith on a tour of inspection I to the same cause for the prosperity
through the historic vessel. Moored other concerns in the state now en
at the Stratford avenue Steeplechase j0y. In- the last session of the Con-
dock, at the east end of the Lower resa which preceded the presidential
"bridge, the gaily decorated, ancient I election letters were read and - after
)' looking barkentine was the center, of j wards printed In the Congressional
attraction, following its formal open- Record, bearing upon, the wool situa'
ing at 10:30. Hundreds visited herjtion. Among the letters there was one
throughout the afternoon. From the! from he president of the wool situa-
success or tne opening aay it appears i Manufacturing Co. or somervme;
likely that the ship will enjoy a iargef Tno president of .that company Geo.
attendance throughout its limited stay e. Keeney, one of the old time Re-
Itere. ( publican leaders of the state, was so
The Success, built in 1790 for a opposed to any change in Schedule K
trading vessel, and a few years after- that he threatened the night before
-ward bought by the British govern- election "to close down his mills if his
msnt for use as a transport and prison employes helped in any way to , bring
ship, is a veritable treasure house ol about a- Democratic victory. Today
romance, and if takes hut a little I the Somervllle Manufacturing Co. Is
stretch of the imagination for the I so rushed with orders that part of
animation of the realistic wax figures j the season the plant has been running
: behind the iron gratings, and for the nght and day. Even now they would
j -vivifying of the heart wrenching j run the same way, only the help are
episodes graphically described, and not ax4ous to be exhausted filling
: partially depicted by figures in various I tiie orders
: parts of the gloomy bulk. ' "Tive miles away in Thompsonville.
Captain Smith, and his crew received there is the plant of the Hartford
I a. large party of notables at 10:30 Carpet Co. It is said that this com-
iwhen the gates were thrown open for pony has orders on hand to keep the
he guests. The visitors were aiviaeai whole plant busy for the next twelve
I Into squads and taken in tow by the months. - The superintendent says that
I various officers wlw escorted them I t the tariff to settled at once It. will
bout the vessel and described inter-1 not Wffectthe carpet people , In the
iesttosriy the uses of the, equipment or I ieast.
"the prison ship. ' 4 1 "The point. i: If two mills fmffer.
Of 'historical value are many impli-1 ana the fault' is traced back to the
snents need for the punishment of re- Democratic tariff legislation,; why
fraotory prisoners. Shackles of almost! should not the prosperity of. all the
j every conceivable sort, manacles, leg j other successful companies be attrib-
. Irons, pillories, many a time ana tme- I uted' to the same factor?
.worn cat-o-nine-tails. the compulsory Senator 'Stone, besides showing up
'"bath, the wheel,' the ball-and-chain, the Connecticut Senator's calamity
land many another device of brains bowl, paid his respects briefly to.oth-
seemingly set on causing excruciating er attempts of -the Reactionaries - in
(torture are preserved and kept ranged! the Senate in which he said:
' In their customary places on the ship.
The upper deck is a paradise com
nared to the two lower compartments.
Below are cells extending completely
Around the ship, and still further
rfnwn the hold is another cell deck. It
Is In the lowest deck that the black
cells are found. Here prisoners were
confined anywhere from one to 30
days, on bread and t water. Ironed to
the sloping hull, unable to stand or
olt. with barely room to move, with
absolutely no ray of light, and with
naught but the groans of their com
p anions in adjoining torture chambers
to keep them rrom going maa -witn
despair.
The lecturer expairied to the visitors
that the Success has been changed
only in a very few minor details. One
of the original spars of teakwood re
mains apparently as strong as if brand
new, and the hull Itself has been
changed In practically no detail. Last
year part of the copper lining was
Alrm from thft hull. n I re-nl&ced. .flTrrl
i mt! wax mitd. PVnm ft I "'Bert Melrose" one of the famous
were cast many souvenirs, and one I troupe of acrobats and more recently
of these, a handsome ash tray, was a member or the "Montrose ramiiy-
nresented today to the mayor with the which appeared recently at. Poll s
Lcompliments of Captain Smith when 1 theatre, was held in the city court to-
the mayor naa written in tne guest aay unaqr Donas oi x,ouu io wan. me
(hook his signature and the comment, outcome of injuries to little seven-
"VrT intereatine and Instructive." year old Ernest Cable, 137 Brooks
Captain Smith was congratulated by street, run down toy his car on Barnum
C-.to guests on the admirable arrange- avenue late yesterday arternoon. l ne
healthier than he ever was before.
Senator Stone did - the Senator from
Connecticut the honor of classing him
with the model of the standpatters,
Boise Penrose, who is fast descending
into the depths of oblivion with 'the
prosperity of the nation under one
arm and a portrait of the late and la
mented Matthew S. Quay under the
other.
In his expose of Senator Penrose,
Senator Stone said:
"The Senator from " Pennsylvania
said last week that he had accurate
information to the effect that . the
Sharpless Cream Separator Co. had
closed down and moved its entire
plant to Hamburg, Germany; that, ex
cept for the dumb silent structures
which a- few months ago were full of
the music of Industry, there was not
a vestige left in Pennsylvania of that
great industry; and that hundreds of
STRIKERS FROM TOSS i
PLANTS STORM STATE
HOUSE AT HUB TODAY
Demand For Hearing Turned Down By Board
Of Arbitration And Committee Then Pro
ceeds To Governor, Who Says
Hex Has Ho Authority
To Act
In Parade of Strikers Up Beacon Hill in Boston, Young
Women Bearing American Flags, Head the Line
Others Carry Signs Reading. " We Want a Living
Wage," "We Want Justice,' "We Are the Foss
Strikers From Hyde Pari",
DWYER, SCORNING FAVOR FROM
SENATOR J'NEIL'S HAND, GIVES
RESIGNATION TO THE GOVERNOR
Refuses to Serve As Trustee Of Connection
School For Boys Because Senator
Boasted of Appointment
Democratic Town Chairman Declares He Should Not
Have been Dragged Into Mr. McNeil's Personal
Controversy With Mr. O'Rourke. and Charges Sen-
v ator With Underground Alliance With Double Machine.
Boston, Aug. 6 Two hundred strik
ers from two Hyde Park manufactur
ing plants controlled by Governor Eu-
people previously employed there had fT N Foss stormed the state house
been thrown out of work. A. day or
two after that I called attention to a
very strong disclaimer by the presi
dent or some one. of the chief offi
cers, of that " corporation, most em-
today, demanding ah immediate hear
ing of their grievances toy the state
board of conciliation and arbitration.
Chairman Willard Howland refused to
receive xne party, explaining that tne
phatically denying the accuracy of the boara was occupied with other mat
information upon which - the Senator
predicated his statement, and saying
that their corporation was in full
blast; that it was carrying on its bus-
tens,
-.W. Jennings Patron, counsel for the
strikers, then appealed to Governor
Foss, insisting that the executive or-
iness now; that it intended to carry aer Restate board to receive the pe
lts business on: and that thev had "tioners forthwith. The governor,) It
no thought of suspending it. So the la understood, replied, that he had no
Senator was evidently mistaken, al- authority in the matter,
though positive in his assertion. Now strikers arrived at the south
I will produce a little additional tea- station late in the forenoon, and pa-
timony on that subject." raded up Beacon Hill.- A few young
He then read from the West Ches- women bearing American flags headed
tr ts shir q .-.--j, . -,. .t,, the line. Others carried signs reading,
th niont w.. w nMiiii I '"We Want A Living Wage," "We Want
to lengthen its runninr time. Sena- Justice," "w Demand Arbitration."
and "We Are The Foss Strikers From
Perfect order was pre-
ator Stnnft sJsn i)nspil tlin cnlam i t v
Senators by calling the attention of J Hyde Park
the Senate to an Astncia.f Afl Prpnq r-1 Served.
port showing that during the month Tne coming of the men whose quar
of July past eleven hundred tand eight, Tel with the governor has been bitter
five more freight loaded cars passed Elnce they went out several weeks ago
the same point at Altoona, Pa., going nad 06611 heralded and when they ar
and coming, than had passed the same rlved at the capitol they found police
point during the previous July, and men stationed at all the entrances,
that that was a Tecprd breaking ship- So they halted -under -the archway. -ment
hinr a thousand- , more . than A" -moment Mater. Serjeant-at-Arms
plants would be admitted to the build
ing. The men then filed into the oapi-
Democratic Town . Chairman M. J.
Dwyer resigned from the office of trus
tee of the Connecticut School for
Boys today, giving as a reason that
Senator Archibald McNeil had publicly
boasted, that he procured it for him.
Chairman Dwyer, in stating his rea
sons for this action, says that Sena
tor McNeil has long been actively al
lied with the Walker-Russell-Boucher
group in the Democratic party, and
had - evtr passed that point
July.
in any j
- Aldermen Patrick H. Brady and T.
W. Bieddy of Bridgeport, - who are at
tending the Eagles' convention' in Bal
timore, paid their ' -respects to Con-'
giessman Donovan during ; their visit
here. -
Pedrtck, of the state house staff, ap
peared and warned the strikers that
they must not -block the archway. He
added, however, that all who could be
vouched for a strikers' at the Foss
CABLE BOY RUN
DOWN JJY ACTOR
Melrose Held In $1,500 Bail
to Await Out
come
i
new public service-' commission , with
a salary of $2,000 a year.
. Gov. Tener and Wood have been
friends ever, since their ball playing
days, in the course of which both were
with the Chicago Nationals on a trip
around the world. .
CITY ATTORNEY SAYS
MAY ENROLL FOR
ORALLY OR BY
Lad May Have Fractured
Skull Accused Issues
, Statement
William DoDbs, better known as
knent he has) made for the exhibition boy was taken to Bridgeport hospital
the vessel, and the rare historical suffering from severe lacerations
pnterest that attaches to the exhibit, about the face and body is said to be
Ithanks to his skill in its exploitation. resting comfortably , today though
There are scores of stories to be told there is a possibility that the skull
fcf the, various men. many of them in-I has been fractured at the base.
kiocenf, who were prisoners on the Sue-1 ' Dobbs who yesterday gave himself
k-ess. Captain Nottingham tbld of the up to the5olice at once made state
f"Six Men of Dorc ester," who were ments of the- affair which resulted in
jithrust into the Success for terms of his being held for investigation and
seven years for having led a strike of though tne police nave, not as yei
(farm laborers for a raise from J1.50 to I made public the account given by the
- bi.19 ptr weoK. ox xneir navine Bervea i unvw. i-v v. cm.c j ninti-
pfour years until there was such a pop- j stone secured his client's release upon
hilar clamor throughout En eland that bonds of J1.500.. In the meantime no
hey were pardoned. Figures of these specific charge has been plaecd
(men, in , the cells they occupied, at- I against Dobbs and the accident is be-
ftracted yreat interest. I ing investigated by detectives assign
I He told of the careers of men who I ed to ascertain the facts in the case.
bad left the ship, some of them living Through his attorney the accused
rtnday. One is a successful merchant 1 who resides at 1430 Main street issued
On Australia, 80 years of age. He vis-I a statement to the effect that with a
Mted the ship, told of his life aboard I male companion he was driving slow-
ffier, but disapproved of the wax figure I ly east on Barnum avenue on his way
wised to impersonate him. In Provi- I to New Haven, j. He saw the boy stand
lience, last year, there was found an-I ing on . the euro talking with compan
other alumnus of the Success, while I Ions and sounded a large Klaxon horn
ttess than a fortnight ago in New "Fork I when about 20 feet distant. The boy
.city there appeared .a man who had I stepped from the curb and directly in
een a prisoner. front or tne macnine wmcn ixjiv
Wax figures depict the tragic mur- him with the right mud-guard. In
Jfler of Captain Jones of the Success, j an effort to save the "boy Dobbs alleges
iwhen he went ashore to investigate 1 that he risked his own life and par
I complaint of food among the prisoners. I tially wrecked the machine and fence
rAnother group shows tne Kelly group of the Wheeler & Wilson factory as ne
fBghting the constabulary. . I swung the machine sharply to the
' Every nook and corner of the vessel I right and upon the sidewalk,
.liolds relics of tragedy. Unnumbered
.suicides and murders are told of the Q-OV. Tener Remembers
j live such ships, all of them known as
! floating hells, but none was so noto
rious atihe Success.
Among the guests on the Success to
'iflay were Mayor Wilson; Assessors L.
j. G-ill and Frank J. Hughes, Captain I Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 6. Gov. John
William H. Lewis and Charles J. I J. Tener today gave a substantial re
Kyrne, of the board of relief; William I ward to a comrade of his old baseball
Ifjr Llebernm. president, ana nr. w. cays when he appointed George wooa
, it Ryan and John F. Brady f the I once a member of the Philadelphia
isoaj-a of education: DP. David M. Tre- I National League team and a mighty
lOwtiaiiMl u Pan Two) 1 outfielder and hitter, marshal of the
Old Friend; Gives Wood
Permanent $2,000 Job
MRS. SHERWIN
KNOWS WHERE
TO GET HELP
Mr. Pullman Takes View of Law Expressed By Attbr
ney General John H. Light In Opinions to Rep
resentative Lynn Wilson
Voters may make application in
writing, by printed slip, or orally for
registratiop on party lists. This is the
opinion of City Attorney John S. Pull-
Pursuing Her Alimony She fch
General John H. Light in an opinion
given to Representative Lynn W. Wil
son. Mr. Pullman s opinion is as Iol-
lows:
"General Registrars of Voters. Gen
tlemen: In reply to your inquiry of
August 2, 1913, relative to the primary
I law I am of the opinion that you may
receive written, printed or oral ap
plications for the enrollment, transfer
or erasure of names on the primary
list. I would suggest- that it Vrouid
be better practice if the elector will
toi -and a committee of four, headed that the senator's activities in Hart
by Attorney Patron, entered the of- ford were devoted to strengthening
flees of the state board when - Chair- the position of the Republican office
man Howland appeared. holders, and so called "Double Ma-
Chairman Patron said: . chine" in city hall.
"We, the Foss strikers, demand a . Mr. Dwyer's letter to Governor Bald
public hearing." y win is as follows:
"It will not be granted," the chair- - Bridgeport, Aug. 6, 11.
man replied, "and, further, we are now Hon. .Simeon E. Baldwin,
considering other matters which have Governor of Connecticut,
been set down for hearing today. Hartford, Conn.
Usually, when there is a desire for a Dear Sir: I hereby respectfully ten
public hearing, those interested show der my resignation as a trustee of the
us the courtesy of asking for a formal Connecticut School for Boys,
date."" , in presenting this resignation, I de
The chairman then withdrew and the Bire to express my appreciation of the
committee left the board's j office and I compliment paid me by this appoint
proceeded to the governor's chamber. mest and I beg to assure you of my
Patron presented a letter from the I deep regard and sincere admiration
strikers addressed to the governor in I for you.
which insistence was made that the I - In explaining his unexpected action
executive instruct thet -board pf con-1 Mr. Dwyer said, this morning:
clliation to grant the strikers an imme- j "My purpose in' resigning as a true-
diate hearing. A few minutes later I tee of the Connecticut School for Boys
the committee withdrew and, followed I is to show my estimate of the value
by the rest of the strikers, marched to j o the political favor which Senator
to a hotel in the vicinity. I Archibald McNeil, Jr., claims to have
Later, Gov. Foss announced that he done' for me. By this statement, I do
had no right to instruct the state I not in any way intend to belittle the
board to do anything. He would wel- j dirnfty or Importance of the position
come a public hearing, he added,- but I of trustee of the Reform School. Bjit
under no consideration would he I it is an appointment which never wig-
change his attitude regarding the mat-1 gested itself to me and one which
tar of wages. "" - 1 1 would never seek.
Today's demonstration" was the T-l '"I did not ask Senator' -McNeil to in
sult of the recent refusal ISf ttier state j terent himself in obtaining this empty
board to set a date, this month, for a I honor for me. He now seeks toiustify
putrflc hearing on the claims of the I his desertion of the men who have
always- been his loyal and consistent
friends in politics hy pointing out
I the political favors which he has. done
fair them His noisy and much .adver
tised pretense- in now. for the first
time, allying himself with the Walk
er-Russell-Boucher faction is farcical
to those "who are familiar with the
inner, workings of the local political
situation.
"Ever since the breach in the party
occurred, he has been secertly using
his influence and spending his money
in strengthening that .faction, although
pretending on" the surface to continue
his friendly relations with the men
who have always sincerely and un
selfishly stood witlt him and made his
success in politics possible.
1 do not want to have him mislead
any one into the belief that I am un
der any l political obligations to him,
because I am under none. In his
published Interviews, he tells the pub
strikers. ,
VOTERS
PRIMARIES
APPLICATION
Seeks Political Leader's
- i
Influence ;
AME OF M'NEIL
JR. TO REMAIN
ON PRIMARY LIST
"I understand John T. King names
the governor and all other public of
ficials in the state,'' said Mrs. Annie
Sherwin, as she invaded the sheriffs
office in the county house house this
morning. The newspapermen and
others in the room had heard some
thing of John's prowess but they
didn't know he was in Charles F. Mur
phy's class.- V
Mrs. Sherwin, who is a woman of
refined appearance, said she sought
Boss King's - influence to make .. her
husband pay her some alimony. She
didn't i accomplish anything so she
wanted to find out when her case
would be heard in the court of coot
mon pleas, criminal side. When in
formed that thie court would not sit
until September she was crestfallen.
Mrs. Sherwin claims- to be related
to some of our country's most distin
guished men.. She says she is a daugh
ter of Judge Foote of Ohio and also
says former Governor Myron T. Mer-
other ancestors, Mrs. Sherwin num- j " "
bers the second governor of this state, ruled today that the name of Archi-
She is on the Trail of Josenh Sher- Daja mermen, jr., may remain upon
win, who is manager of a local cloth- the Democratic primary list in the
ing store and was arrested upon a Seventh district.
non-support charge a few weeks ago. Tne decision follows an opinion of
Mrs. Sherwin savs she has prosecuted In cltv attorney mai me registrars
her husband in II states and still has are judges of the facts,
been unable to bring him to terms. In ne of the registrars said: "Senator
the city court Judge Coughlin fourid McNeil's right to vote in primaries is
be required ' to sign his name to the lie what he has done for me by mak
application. The printed forms which ing me si trustee' of the Reform School,
you submitted comply with the statu- This, as I say, I did not want, did not
tory requirements." ask for and did not know that Senator
The suggestion that it will be hetterl McNeil was contemplating presenting
practice if the voter signs his name to j my name to the governor. The ap
the application, refers to applications j pointment means nothine to . me and
made orally to the registrars. Mr. 1 J knew at the time It was made and
Pullman believes it would be better I now know that it was done by Senator
if the voter's name were signed to ap- McNeil to try to convey the lmpres
plication slips made out by the regis- sion that he was doing something for
trars, rather than that the registrars me. This bluff on his part was so
should sign his name for him. . transparent, that it Is really a re
Voters may register until 9 o'clock, flection on the intelligence of any man
Saturday night. Those not registered for Mr. McNeil to feel that he could
upon the list of their party by that get away with it. 1
time will not be able to participate in "As I have said, I did not ask Sen
the nominations of the party to which ator McNeil vto do anything for me.
they belong.
Protest Likely to Be Renew
ed Against Right to Vote
In Seventh District
Sherwin guilty, but he appealed.
Mrs. Sherwin has . been a freqent
visitor at the office of Assistant Prose
cutor John P. Gray and she generally
brought him-a bouquet.
At press hour Mrs. . Sherwin was
still several yards behind her alimony.
DROWNED FROM PIER
AT PORT JEFFERSON
New York, Aug. 6 Lewis Laroque.
brother of Joseph Laroque, a well
known New York lawyer, met death
by drowning, early today, after either I Neil's name.
based upon his right to vote In the
district. That right must be chal
lenged before his right to vote in the
primary can be attacked.
"We have inquired of the woman at
the place of Senator McNeil's resi
dence in the Seventh district, She
says he lives there. He has a tele
phone there, and his name is shown
in the new directory at that number."
One of the men who signed the
protest against Senator McNeil's name
being retained on the Seventh dis
trict list, said: "We know of no legal
process by which a citizen can go be
hind the will of the registrars with re
spect to the retention of Senator Mc-
But the statutes provide
hearing, and either side has right of
appeal to a body consisting of the
town blerk and the board of select
men. In this hearing witnesses may I ,-. ., - ti ... , .
- . . . I JtU.-UL.il J-UIH.UI.I i.V.t,,VAX WUUIVX UUt CI 1
I did not want his assistance. I did
ask him, however, to assist a young
attorney in his senatorial district to
obtain a position in the city court. This
request he failed to recognize, because
his servile devotion to the Walker-
be heard under oath and an appeal
to the courts Is allowed."
It Is said to be the intention of the
friends of Frank C. O'Rourke to pro
test at the legal time against the vot
ing registration of Senator McNeil.
The opinion of City Attorney John
S. Pullman regarding 19ie petition of,
Frank P. O'Rourke et al is as follows:
"In re petition of Frank O'Rourke,
Louis F. Schwerdtle, Patrick Carroll
and Fred Kiley. requesting that the
name of . Archibald McNeil,, Jr., be
erased from the Democratic primary
list of the Seventh district, it is my
low him to do it. In his interview,
he says that he assisted ex-Mayor Mul
vihill to be made a county commis
sioner and ex-Mayor Buckingham one
of the commissioners under the work
man's compensation act. I am cred
ibly informed that his assistance to
ex-Mayor Mulvlhlll was hypocritical
and done only to carry out his game
of deception. He voted for Mr. Mul
vihill in the senate when the ballot
wad j taken for county commissioners.
"A prominent Republican leader of
thf. House has stated that as soon as
that ballot was taken In the Senate
interest of Senator Newman.
"I feel that this statement ought t
be made, when Senator McNeil at
tempts to use this insincere conduct
on his part in. an effort to make the
public believe that we are politically
indebted to him. In his personal con
troversy with Mr. Frank C. O'Rourko
of the Seventh district, he need not
have dragged, in any reference to me
or made a recital of the pretended
favors that he has done for me or any
of my friends. He will yet learn that
he has made a big mistake in repu
diating -and deserting the men who
have always disinterestedly sought to
advance him In public life- Under the
influence . of the braggadocio and
threat with which the atmosphere of
the Walker-Russell-Boucher circle Is
charged, he boasts what he is going
to do to Mr. Frank O'Rourke in the
Seventh district. Mr. 0'Rourkes friends
the Seventh district accept the
challenge.
"They recognjze this as a personal
contest ' between Mr. O'Rourke and
Senator MdNell, as to which is the
stronger man politically In the Seventh
district- Senator McNeil will realize
on the night of the primaries that Mr.i
O'Rourke's friends will resent the in
smt that Mr. McNeil has seen fit t
cast upon him and will rally to h!s
Support. i
"I may add that Senator McNeil's
activities in Hartford were in the main
calculated to. strengthen the existing
crowd of Republican office . holders,
lobbyists and common council bull doz
ers in this city. Our distinguished sen
ator has at last come to the end of
playing both ends against the mmie
and we shall see if he is as good a
man In open fight as he is in under
ground methods."
REPUBLICANS
MAY HAVE TO
FAGEJjONTEST
Progressives Still Within G.
O. P. Expect to Meet
Weakened Machine
leaping or falling from a pier at Port! for a formal hearing upon his claim
Jefferson, L. I. The body was recov-j to be on the voting list. '.Upon such
ered. ' "8 nrotest the registrars ' must give
opinion that this petition merely I d tnJ Democratic nominees, Includ
ueicaio lurauoiiB l W"1C" ing Mr. Mulvihill, were elected, Sen
should be decided by you. If from ator McNeU hurried over to the House
your investigation you are saiisnea of Representatives and said substan
that Archibald McNeil, Jr. Is a bona tiaUy thls to the Republican leader:
naa resident ot tne seventn aistnct. ..Weli, tney have put Mulvihill across
it is within your authority to permit Jn the Senato and I had to vote for
his name to remain on the list. If nlm m orjer to save my face in
he is not a bona fide resident in the Brljgepbrt, but when the old, cuss
oeventn uBin, you snouia erase ni comes In here, be sure and nail him."
name from the list of that district, rr..,- Republican leader soon nr
and report such erasure within twen- cted tni conversation to senator
ty-four hours to the registrar or L-j ...,thir it ..u ,i v,
deputy registrar of the sam political tnousilt of this hypocrisy on the pan
party in the voting district, to which I of senator McNeil.
he has removed."
' Cards have been received from Miss
Carrie Mulltns and Miss Margaret Don
ovan, who are with the pilgrims at St.
Anne's Shrine at Quebec.
Personal Tax Collector M. J. Hafey
of Hartford and Contractor John No
lan of the same city autoed here to
day, enjoyed a shore dinner, marveled
at the surprising growth of Bridgeport
and returned to their own baliwick
convinced that the day was not far
distant when Bridgeport would be the
Meest city in the state.
"As for his assistance to Mayor
Buckingham, It is well known, and
Senator McNeil cannot deny it, that
he, Senator McNeil, went to the gov
ernor and asked for . the appointment
of Senator Newman as a commission
er under the workmen's compensation
act. When - he found that Senator
Noiman could not be appointed and
received inside information that Buck
ingham was to be the man, he wrote
a l-tter to the governor endorsing Mr.
Buckingham. He did not go to the
governor in the interest of Mayo?
Buckingham, but he did go in the
Few Progressives have enrolled on
party primary lists. It is said this is
largely due to the purpose of some
leading progressives to seize the Re
publican organization in the coming
primaries.
There are some Progressives who
are actively enrolled on the Progres
sive club" of Bridgeport, There are
many more who are still connected
with the Republican party in all but
spirit.
It is among the leading spirits in
the latter group that the movement to
seize the Republican machine is brew
ing.
One of the men who is In favor of
this action said today: "More Repub
licans voted the Progressive ticket
last fall than voted the Republican
ticket. Those men, hundreds of thm.
are on the Republican party lists. Vic
tory ought to be easy." .
It is also said that the Progressive
still within the Republican party ex
pect to find the machine end of th.-lr
party weakened by numerous trans
fers made to help one of the Demo
cratic factions, in the so called double
machine. The view Is taken that a
Republican who will leave his party
ist and go onto a Democratic list at
the . order of his party machine, is
about the strongest kind of a machine
man and that the. loss of his vote will
tell, strongly against the machine when
it contests its own primaries.
PEOPLE WE KNOW
There was a most enjoyable birth
day dinner given last evening by Mrs. '
Dunnlgan at her cottage at Myrtle
Beach, in honor of her son "Tad."
There were thirty newsdealers present
to enjoy her hospitality. Mr. Dunnl
gan was suitably remembered by his
friends toy being presented a generous
purse. Mr. W. A. Tomlinson rendered
several solos which were much appre
ciated. Music was furnished by the
Oosau orchestra.. Perhaps the feature
of the evening was the break-down as
danced by Mrs. Dunnlgan with Walter
iSnyder. The guests departed wishVng
Tad" continued good health ana pros
perity. .
Miss Catherine C Mullina, of 1075 No
ble avenue, Is spending her vacation
in Newtown.
Col. T. J. Murphy, Philip Onkey, Ma
jor J. Broderick and Michael J. Clabby, '
assistant superintendent of the Yost
Manufacturing Co., . left this morning
for a four-day auto trip to Narragan-
eet Pier, "Providence and Boston. Thesy
will dine at the Gladstone hotel at the
Pier today and are scheduled to reach
Providence tonight, where they -will
stay at the Narragansett hotel to at
tend the Hibernian convention. Bos
ton will toe their last stop.