Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-01
POLITICAL POINTERS.
COLONEL OSBORN STATES HIS
 POLITICAL POSITION.

He Cannot, Under Any Circumstances,
 Vote for Mckinley-Has Not Said
 He Will Vote for Bryan-Big Demo
 cratic Rally st the Auditorium To
 night t
 Colonel N. G. Osborn, of the New Haven Register, in answer to a ques- ton as to whether he would vote for Mckinley. said to a representative of the Publishers Press yesterday: II have no intention of doing so. I did so four years ago most reluctantly and for reasons which do not demand a similar sacrifice now. I cannot ap- prove even by indirection the Porto Rlco abandonment of plain duty and l cannot forget that the first act of the Mckinley administration after it got into power was to pass an undesir- able tariff law which did not carry out the popular order of 1S96 I am not afraid of what is. called imperialism or militarism- What I cannot approve of is the manifest colonialsm of the administration. And I cannot consci- ent1ouSiy cast a vote which would be approving it. I believe the constitu- tion follows the flag and our new pos sessions should become territories and be permitted to work out their own salvation according to traditional dem ocratic principle. If this is not good constitutional law it is sound morals and I'll take my stand by the latter l believe the great duty confronting men who believe as I do in democrat 1c doctrines, is to put no barrier in the way of the revival of party strength. l should never hesitate to oppose it when through mistaken. judgment it assaults what I believe to be sound government. But I believe that it's opposition now to the bad tendencies of McKinleyism is more than ever needed in behalf of democracy and sound government. I am certainly un- der these circumstances not called up- on to supDort McIIin1eyism. Each man must live out his own life. I did reluctantly my duty in 1896, in opn0- sing the Chicago platform. I am do- ing what I consider my duty in 1900 in opposing McKinleyism and thus helping rebuke what is plainly com mercialism in public life" ''What 1o yrr tHink about nc dcmocrati" state ticfSet?' ''I regard it as the most representative one we have had in years and if deserves 9 place in the bistorv of the party bv the side of the tickets which bore the names of ' fN1n3C M HHlIff- Ifttbtitl J'- HUI hard. Charles R. Tn@crsoIl and Iamns F. Fnglish. I shall certainly give it my heartiest support
 George Fred Williams of Boston and Hon Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport will speak for the democrats in the auditorium tonight.
 The registration from the third ward
 has been so large that to poll the full vote from that section of the city it will be necessary to get. the voters in early in the morning and pass them through at the rate of ten Ii minute. The entire vote of the city. amounts to about II ,000.
 George Fred Williams, who has stepped on more republican toes than any man in the country will be in Waterbury tonight. If you want to hear rattling good democratic speech go to the auditorium and hear him. He handles the other fellows without gloves and is one of the most enthus- iastic Bryan democrats in the country to-day.
 MT Durant ''took in'' the north end saloons yesterday afternoon but so far as external matters seem he left no favorable impression behind. And unlike similar visit to the saloons on the Abrigador last week there was no one to anticipate him at these places of refreshment nor were there any crowds on hand to stir up enthusiasm. Tbey are cold blooded democrats in the north end anyway.
 A prominent member of the local companies of the National Guard wager with an equally prominent citi
 zen that Mr Bronson will be elected with a surprising plurality and fur thermore that every member of the National Guard will vote the whole democratic ticket. And then he gave his reasons for his standing. The closing of the armorys, he said, was the biggest mistake ever made by the ad- jutant general and tolerated by Gov ernor sLounsbury. It practically de- prived the members of the militia of a much valued s-de of social life and took from the National Guard one of it's most attractive features. The armories in many instances were furnished by the men and at great inconvenience to the men they were | not allowed to enjoy the fruits of their labor and money. In fact all that made life pleasant in the National Guard was stripped from it and left it as bare as q salvation army bar racks. That is why the members of the National Guard throughout the state will vote the entire democratic ticket All this talk and gossip in the re- publican newspapers about constitu- tionaI reform is considered as so much gulf by '.those on the inside and in- telligent people. And for republicans to pretend thae they are heart and soul in the matter furnishes food for many a laugh. One might as well eX- pect business man to engage in some thing that will not bring him in as much return as that which he is at present engaged in. Constitutional re- form would mean to the republican party the loss of their senator ill con gress, in the first place: it would mean that thousands of men who at present