Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-03
COMMUNICATIONS.
A Democratic Triumph-NIr. Statei
 Gets All He Wants.

Democratic Triumph-NHr. States
 Gets All He Wants.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The unqualified condemnation which Messrs. Todd and Atwater are receiving from all good republicans on account of their action at the meeting of the board of public works on Wednesday afternoon is richly deserved. They gave the repub lican party in New Haven the severest blow it has received in many years.
 A meeting was called for 3 p. m., in stead of D. m, as usual, although Mir Whitney informed the clerk and some members of the board that he could not attend it. Five members were present, but Mir. Leigh soon left. The remain ing four proceeded at once to turn out Superintendent of Streets Kent and reinstate Doyle at a largely increased salary. Doyle was MT. States candidate, and for several years before he resigned had been particularly objectionable to the republican managers on account of his supposed use of his position and the men in his employ to run ward politics ill the interest of the democratic party. It was constantly said by republicans in. different sections of the city 'tDoyle must go." eve can never hope for success at the polls so long ss he remains in office" Doyle went He saw fit to resign, whether on account of republican threats is ques- tion aside from the present issue. Within year after his resignation, two repub- lican members of the board (Todd and Atwater) vote to put him in again. These are the men who have been posing during the past year as model republicans, viewed from partisan standpoint. They have bragged that they were going to see justice done; that republicans should here after have their share of the offices; that anyone who did not coincide with their views was a traitor to the party, etc., etc, and they have never lost an opportunity to compare their own stalwart republican ism with MT. Whitney's treachery, as they were pleased to calli This talk sounded very fine and produced quite an impress sion so long as there was no chance for ac- tion. The chance having at length ar rived, they apparently, without a mo- ment's hesitation, put into the most i'm portant office in the gift of the board, the democrat most dreaded by the republi- cans It is well-known that the office of superintendent of streets is the only one having any special significance from po- litical point of view The superintendent hires most of the men, and consequently has most of the patronage at his disposal
 After electing Mir. States candidate as superintendent, the four members of the board then proceeded to fill the minor offices, and put in George Ives as assistant superintendent of streets, in place of Bren- nan. Ives, although nominal repubG- can, was entirely satisfactory to MT. States. This left Kent and Brennan unprovided for, which MT. States felt would not do, as there were no charges against either of them, so Kent was elected to the vacant office of superintendent parks, and there being no place for Brennan, the office of superintendent of walks, which year ago { had been merged with that of assistant superintendent of streets, was revived, l and Brennan elected to fill it.
 @Four men in all were elected to office at this meeting-three being democrats and one republican.
 It is quite evident from the foregoing that the two republicans simply acted as tools to carry out MT. States will.
 A TRUE REPUBLICAN.