Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-04

this state on or before the third Mon- day next succeeding such election.
 From this it would appear that this matter shall be decided on or before q week from next Monday, the 16th, which will be the third Monday in this month; that therefore all further conjecture and bother will be disposed Of But Colonel Burpee does not think so. He says this law refers to appeals of another political nature, and that ill all probability this controversy may not be decided before next February. He stated there would be no injunc- tions nor any interference with Mayor kilduff taking office on the first Mon- day in January, as the law prescribes, nor with any act of his administration in case the conrts find for Judge Cowell, except possibly in the case of appointments. These, naturally, would undergo q change.
 It seems to be Impossible to get republican of any standing to say that he approves of the action taken by Judge COwen with reference to the re- suit of the city election. Up to yes terday prominent republicans laughed at it and democrats who had great faith in Cowelfs alleged rugged hon. esty and respect for the will of his fellow townsmen, when honestly cX- pressed, IS it is admitted to have been in this case, never looked Tt the ques- tion iG serious light. The strange thing about it now is that an effort is being made to have the public believe that the big hearted judge, tue soul of honor, 9 man whom many made a practice of pointing out as the embodi- ment of every thing that is noble in man. didn't want the nomination for the office of mayor and that he doesn't care to take it anyway. It is said that the bankers and manufactur- CTS behind him represent interests that COWell could not afford to oppose and that he was actually forced to take action against Kilduff. This Is all bosh. Judge Cowell is no baby and any attempt to hoodwink the people by such ] ghost story vii! fall far short of the mark. Whether they mean what they say or not, it is cer- tain that republicans who have been prominently identified with the party for years and have always labored zealously for the success of their tick ct, appear to be very much dissatis- fled at the course the head of the ticket has taken and positively affirm that the step was taken against the eX- pressed wish of all who had been con- suited about the matter. Various other reasons are being assigned for the unexpected move, prominent among them being Mayor Kilduff's al- legged friendship towards the laboring element and his stand on the question of taxat ton which looks towards the listing of all property at it's full value. The mayor is being criticized because he attended the plumbers convention
 held here some time ago and offered the visiting delegates the freedom of the city, but it should be remembered that Mayor Kilduff went there on in- vitation of q committee representing that body and ill so doing it does not seem that he did anything but what any other man who might have been in his position would have been ex- pected to do under similar circum- stances.
 But it is question if there be any truth in these statements. Most peo- pie lean to the belief that the fight has been started by the itch for office on thc part of Judge CowelI and few of his colleagues, and while it cannot be charged that they are exceeding their rights, still most people claim that they are resorting to d rather strange method to defeat the will Of the people. The people Oh, the people be Id Who's this said that Oh. never mind; whoever he
 was he voiced the sentiments of many
 mortals when emolument or fancied glory is i'll sight.
 The people whom Judge Cowell talked with about the ''For'' ballot on and off since election were somewhat surprised last night to learn that he had taken the case into the courts No later than Monday Judge Cowell said to Democrat reporter that he did not think the court would order the For ballots thrown out, and added: Tt doesn't seem to me that 1t would he right to disfranchise q large number of citizens on account of an accident of that kind. For my own part. never was much i'll favor of an official ballot. Any system of voting which would give q citizen an opportunity to cast his ballot in secret would satisfy me. l shouldn't hinge on the size Of the ballot or the style of the type used. So long as the voter hadn't been inter. fered with his ballot should count, even though 1t were written on piece Of