Hot Fight in the Primaries
Battle for Congressional Nomination - Spirited Contest for city Judge of Norwich -
Two Candidates for Office of Mayor
Utica Saturday Globe, September 1916
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Several close and absorbing contests will be decided at the primary elections to be held next Tuesday. Because of the vigor and venom with which the contest has been waged for months, no less than the importance of the office, the most absorbing decision will be the Republican nomination for congress in the 34th district. On the eve of the decision Senator Samuel A. Jones, of this city, is confident of his nomination, while the friends of Congressman Fairchild, of Oneonta [Otsego Co., NY], are just as sure that the count of the ballots will reveal his re-nomination by a rousing majority.
In the city of Norwich the contest for city judge will share popular interest with the congressional sprint. Frank W. Barnes bases his appeal for support at the primary largely upon the fact that he was born in Norwich and has made his home here all of his life, while his opponent, Joseph M. Forsythe, seeks the office upon his record as a man and a lawyer. There is a sharp division among the voters upon the merits of these two candidates and the outcome of the primary in their candidacy will be awaited with eager interest.
John E. Carr
Candidate for Supervisor
Norwich Sun, September 6, 1916
John E. Carr
John E. Carr, one of the city's best known and most popular young business men was designated by the Republican committee, to succeed Dr. Paul B. Brooks as member of the board of supervisors from the first supervisory district, or that portion of the city east of Broad street. The designation is considered an excellent one from every point of view.
Mr. Carr is manager of the Norwich Dry Cleaning Co. and enjoys a splendid business. This business has increased from year to year because of the close attention given it by Mr. Carr himself. He will look after the city's interests in exactly the same painstaking manner, and taxpayers will be pleased with the nomination of Mr. Carr. He will no doubt be elected by a large majority, and may even be unopposed at the election. The Democrats have as yet nominated no candidate to oppose Mr. Carr and it is not believed that they will do so.
Norwich Mayoral Candidates
Utica Saturday Globe, September 1916
Left: Charles G. Brooks, Republican; Right: Linn H. Babcock, Independent
Two candidates are in the running for the office of mayor. It is a safe prediction that the next mayor will hail from the Sixth Ward, as both candidates happen to reside there. Charles G. Brooks, who has been designated by the Republican committee, while a comparatively new comer as a resident, has large property interests here and is a man of the highest integrity. Selected without his knowledge, he stated upon accepting the designation that if elected he would serve the whole people of the city regardless of politics or partisanship and that he would see that the statutes and ordinances were enforced.
Mr. Brooks was born in Massachusetts, but came to Chenango county at an early age, spending part of his boyhood in Oxford. he passed some of his school days in Norwich and was a student in the old academy. Most of his busy business life has been spent in Mt. Upton, where he followed farming for 30 years and later took up lumbering and other business interests, in which he has been unusually successful. As supervisor of the town of Guilford he was familiar with affairs at the county seat and had made many acquaintances in the city before he became a resident.
Linn H . Babcock, who has been designated as an independent candidate for mayor, is a native of Norwich and has passed his entire life here, where the Babcock family has been prominent in business and social life for half a century. While politically he is a Democrat he would have been pleased to secure the honor of serving the city as mayor unopposed, believing the office to be above partisanship. He has received assurances of support from so many Republican friends as well as Democratic admirers that he believes it would be unfair to them should he fail them at a crucial time. He says he has never been known to run under fire and while his health has not been the best for some time, he having been afflicted with asthma, he is much better now and is in the race. He says he has never been known to real estate and other interests in the city and if chosen to the office he seeks, he will endeavor to meet the responsibilities and discharge the duties to the best of his ability.
[Note: The November election was won by Linn H. Babcock]
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