There are 23 towns in the county
and seven state central committee
men. The call was signed by William H.
Cable of the 24th, Elwood of the
25th, Weed of the 26th and Walsh of
the 27th.
Cable afterward declined to partic
ipate, Danbury also having a candi
date, v -
Paul Connery of Redding was sec
retary of the meeting.
The following voted:
Members of the State Central Com
mittee: 25th Senatorial District, Hez
ekiah Elwood; 26th District, Hanford
S. Weed; 27th District, John A. Walsh.
Town chairmen:
Darien, James Bennett: Easton,
John H. Candee; Fairfield, William
O. Burr, alternate; Greenwich, John
Maher; Monroe, Edwin A. Shelton;
New Canaan, George Crab-be, alter
nate; Norwalk, William J. Devine;
Ridgefield. ' Frank Taylor; Stamford,
John J. Walsh, alternate; Trumbull'.
Harry Piatt; Westport, John McCor
mack; Wilton, E. O. Eckland.
Judge Keogh is well known. He
is a lawyer in Norwalk. He resigned
his practice -to enter the war. He
trained at Plattsburgh, entered the
service as a second lieutenant, went
to France and came home a cap
tain. Mr. Curtis also came out as a cap
tain and hag a splendid record of
military service.
The Bridgeport candidates are
High Lavery, chairman of the Demo
cratic town committee, and George
Mara, a lawyer in good practice and
standing, who has been long an active
worker in the party. Mr. Mara is
credited with having the . support of
Homer S. Cummings, Democratic
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