Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-22
REPUBLICAN CAME
They are Playing Foxy on Con-
 stitutional Question.
WANT REPUBLICAN, DELEGATE.

To Represent This City at the Consti-
 tutional Convention Democrats
 Should Be On the Alert-No Man
 Who Can Be Controlled by Corpor-
 ate Influences Should Be Elected
 A Good, Energetic Democrat Should
 Be Chosen.
 The democrats of Waterbury are be- ginning to realize that the coming con- stitutional convention means a great deal and that it behooves them to put forward their best efforts i'll seeing that Waterbury is represented by a man chosen from the party that has griey- ances to air instead of having their case stated by delegate selected from the party that has nothing to complain of. Some weak-kneed fellows will tell you that it is folly to bother elect ing democrats because they will be in the minority and cannot accomplish anything. This is all bosh. If the democrats were to look at things that way they wouldn't have q representa- tive in the board of aldermen, for they'd say when the local elections come around that it was nonsense to go to the trouble of electing democrats inasmuch as it was plain that the re- publlcans were sure to have q majority on that board.
 The republicans are laboring hard to hoodwink the democrats by endeavor- ing to have them believe that there will be no politics in this convention. If that be true, why don't the polite ians go way back and sit down and let the people settle the question among themselves But they are not doing anything of the kind. On the contrary. they are very much in evidence over this matter and the funny part of it all is that some of the sharpest re- publican heelers in town are setting themselves up as would-be advisers to the delegates to the democratic con- vention and using very plausible argt- ments as to why Waterbury should get out of this by naming republican and thus save the city the cost of an cleo tion That's all right, but why not put it the other way. Nominate q democrat from this good old demo- cratic town, let it go at that. and we'll avoid the expense just as well as if the people united on republican.
 It IS said that the only reason why some folks are opposed to sending At torney Guilfoile to the convention is due to the fact that he is forced to plead guilty to the .'atrocious crime of being a young man." While if can not be denied that Mir Guilfoile is q young man, people should not over look the fact that he has had consid- erable experience ill public way and when given an opportunity to show what he is made of in the legislative assembly at Hartford he met the ex- pectations of his constituents in that body and consequently there is no good reason why his ability should be ques toned to ably represent the city at the reform convention.
 It should also be remembered that the democratic party of Waterbury has other men whose ability and experi- ence no one can question. Whats the matter with John O'Neill? Surely he is old enough. We know his position on reform. He has given expression to 1t i'll public and private on and off for the past thirty or thirty-fve years and 1t seemed to please everybody ex- cept those who do not desire a change. No man in Connecticut has been more outspoken i'll opposition to the jury system of this state than MT O'NeilI and as practicing attorney for many years it is safe to state that he speaks from a wide range of personal exper- fence. He has the courage of his convictions and if delegated to repre- sent Waterbury at the coming consti- tutional convention he would perform the duty probably to better advantage than any other man in the community. democrat or republican.
 There are others. too. fully equipped to deal with the momentous questions that are looked for at this convention, James E.. Russell. T. r. Carmody, W. E. Thoms. Edward L. Frisbie, Greene Kendrick. Edward L. Seery, and a score or more others that might be mentioned It is said that Mayor Kilduff will have all he can attend to as executive of Greater Waterbury after January l. and if chosen, could not give the convention the time and attention it will require. No doubt, this is true but what we have said in reference to Mir Guilfoile applies also in this case. In order to select q competent man the democratic party is not obliged to go outside it's own ranks if it cannot secure the services of T~