Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-19
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 WATERBURY politicians are on the move these days and the political pot promises to boil as fast and furious as it ever did. Wires are being laid for the October elections, and the politician who is not looking for an office of one kind or another is yet to be found. It looks as though Waterbury had more office seekers to the square yard than any other city in the country. Now that the women have the privilege of voting, the next thing we may expect is to see them out looking for office. Let us nope not, however. It is bad enough to see men falling over each other in their desire to secure office, but to see woclen-well the line might as well be drawn here. The days of the office seeking the man have no longer any charms for Waterbury politicians.
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 AND after all this scramble what do the democratic politicians get In the ma jority of instances they get left, as any one can see. Why on earth they can't be united occasionally, and pull together is mystery. If they would only do so, there would be nearly offices enough to ation all the offices filled by republicans and which should have a democratic incumbent.
 A PROMINENT democratic citizen had some business which necessitated his being present at a recent meeting of road board. When he had finished and ! ste pped out in the lobby of the City hall he remarked to a reporter. Well l knew of course that we had a republi- can mayor in this democratic city, but l never realized before that all the salaried officers of our city government in there at the meeting of the road board is a republican mayor, a republi- can city clerk, a republican city attor- ney, a republican city engineer, re- publican street inspector and yet we can roll up democratic majority of over one thousand. It is a shame. This fact alone ought to be enough to make a clean sweep in October next.
 IT seems vary evident that some of the members of No. ? fire company are de termined to wage war against the news paper reporters on every possible occa sion and for every little technical viola tion of the rules. At the recent fire or Pond street, in Mrs G4lvin's house I Wesley T. Ovlatt, member of No. ,
 and also superintendent of the Connect cut Electric Company, exercised his au thority to the discredit of good judge
 ment. A representative of the DEMO GRAF had passed inside the fire lines as
 his newly acquired badge permitted
 him. He went around to the rear o
 the house and desiring to get some
 information, he stepped to onG of the rear doors of the flat and accostec
 one of the tenants. Within two feet o
 him was a No ? man holding the nozzle
 of full hose, ready to turn on th'
 water when necessary. The pressure O
 the water forced tiny stream between
 the coupling, which was striking tn,
 news gatherer on the back as he wrot,
 his notes. The water was also striking the woman who was imparting the de
 sired information. To avoid being we
 the woman stepped back into tn,
 kitchen and the reporter placed himsel
 in the doorway with one foot inside ana
 the other on the threshold. Fireman Oviatt came from inside the buildin.
 and in boisterouS tones ordered the re porter to get out. He immediately dit
 so, but quietly informed the over
 jealous fireman that if he or his com pany were desirous of continuing th battle, the reporter was perfectly will
 ing. If they wished to take advantag, of every technical point, the news i gatherer would be compelled to do like wise. Mir Oviatt told the reporter t. read the rules. The reporter had don, so and knew at the time that he hat technically violated one, but does Nj Oviatt remember that Chief Snagg ha
 the authority to allow a reporter insid the burning building: How did NJ Oviatt know whether Chief Snagg gav !, that permlssiBn? He never asked, bu simply ordered the reporter out. Mem
 bers of No who stood by at the tim
 condemned Mir Oviatt's manner of act
 ing as not only uncalled for, but absurd f We do not wish to continually wag
 war against No }, but if they persist il , petty revenge for every little thing tha | may seem a violation of the fire rules . but to others of better judgment of yer,
 little importance, why let the battle z on. We understand that MT 0viatt ha 7 told several that the reporter was walk
 ing through the building at the time He knows that is not so and the tenan who was giving information and som of his own company can prove it wa not so. We trust that we will not hay , to write another such article, but if W 7 are subjected to attacks on publi thoroughfares which are unnecessar I and absurd, we must resent them.