Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-20
TIE RACE FOR CONGRESS-.

Ananias Troup and His Understrappers Hard at work-A Lively Battle at the
 Primaries Here on Wednesday Night. The battle for Congressman French's place is waxing warm throughout the district Caucuses have been already held in several of the towns, and the result so far is quite favorable to the interests of Hon James F. Pigott. The element that is working to defeat him, made up principally of the federal officeholders who draw pap from the internal revenue department is resorting to every conceivable method to encompass their ends The most absurdly false stories are being put out, and anything is regarded as justifiable if only it will 'beat Pigott." Auanias Troup, disguised in n clean collar and a pair of low water pants, is flying about the distric, and putting his under strappers to work everywhere. The disguise is almost complete where Troup is known, but when his ''Mulo Medicus" ears crop out from under that ancient tile and when he begins to spew and sputter he gives the snap away Troup ill q clean collar would never be known, but those ears give him dead away. -tuanias got ill his work in Naugatuck last Friday night-or rather "Billy' Kennedy, whom Ananias recently kicked out of the federal service for leas ons that are well understood in Nau gatuck, got it i'll for him. Kennedy is the trick mule, and when Ananias snaps the whip the mule goes through his little trick. Perhaps however, the trick by which he stole the congressional delegation last Friday night may yet prove boom eranG Troup's right bower, Frank Andrew, with the help of" Johnny" Leonard tried to boost Derby into the anti column, but ''Johnny" and Frank were n little late. "Jonny" ought to have found out by this ii m St hpw 1nncb haal bA na mako against Doe" Sullivan. Saturday night Derby chose an ironclad Pigott delegation, consisting of pr T. O'Sullivan, R. Gibson, D. Walsh and T. w. Holden It is said that Ananins Troup burst his suspenders when the news reached the Union office. "Johnny Leonard is no..good," he is report ed to have shouted. Well, We could have told him that last Friday night when he was giving Johnny his instructions.
 The fight in Waterbury will be made at the primaries on Wednesday night. The Connolly faction are working might and main to down Pigott. It is supposed Miles don't like Pigott because he hasn't got a ''barl." Miles is for nobody yet; he is go- ing to jump into the fattest bin of corn when he gathers his sheaves. Perhaps Miles won't have the goods to deliver from | Waterbury; if he don't he will be telling Pigott he was for him all the time That s the way Miles does business. There is like l ly to be a lively time at the primaries | Wednesday night. As will be seen else where, the Connolly gang have succeeded, contrary to the general practice and what ought to be, iu getting the call to mix up city, town and school politics with the state. and dIcongrossiorInl. Miles purpose will develop Wednesday night.
 Altogether there IS n very pretty fight on hand in Waterbury, and there will be fun enough for one night when the voters visit the polls on Wednesday,
 A CONNOLLY LIE NAILED.
 Under the head of Miles Connolly s Fiction" yesterdays New Haven Register has the following dispatch from Water bury: One of the political campaign stories freely circulated hereaoouts in the interest of the Troup faction i'll Waterbury politics Is in substance that Town Agent Reynolds of New Haven and Hon. James F. Pigott, the candidate for congress, have become divided politically, and that MT. Reynolds is opposed to Mir Pigott's candi- dacy to succeed Congressman French
 It is falsehood from stem to stern
 This unt1uth has been industriOusly cir culated by one Miles Connolly, who seeks in this way to blindfold citizens to the strong unanimity of feeling existing be tween Mr. Reynolds and Mir. Pigott. Those who know the contemptible subterfuges which this dishonorable and disturbing element is capable of resorting to in its desperation over the solid front presented by Pigott's adherents are not one bit sur prised at the silly story that Mir. Reynolds does not favor Mir. Pigott's canvass It is altogether too absurd on the face of it tc deceive the voters.