Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-12
DAY AFTER 1HE "fOR' DROP
Republican Leaders Feel Sore
 and Disappointed.
Some Wanted to Contest tho Election. While Others Crowned Upon It--In- teresting Meeting Between Ch:ir. man Kellogg and Attorney Burpes.

teresting Meeting Between Cn.lr'
 man Kellogg and Attorney Burpse.
 There are many sore places left by | the sudden failure of the republicans case against the democrats, but ap- | parently the worst is that between | Colonel Burpee and Chairman of the Republican Town Committee John T. Kellogg. Colonel Burpee. who is sen i orally pleasant externally at all events if not in feeling under circumstances 1 that are adverse to him, can hardly i speak with ordinary ease Oh this eS- 1 hibition of the white feather 6J Judge l Cowell. and yesterday afternoon the colonel and Mir Kellogg had aot time. over IL.
 IT ts still I question with sonie whether the colonel was counsel 3f whether he had engineered in bring 1 ing the case to the courts. All tie lawyers agree that there was 10 be no finacial recompense in il for him uh- less the citr was TO pay IT III the ln- probable event of Judge C6weil Wiii- ming Ii is Il well known fact that The day before the case was brought Il.s colonel had put himself on record as saving there were no grounds ;lpuh which to base such case. and IS ne is not the kind of attorney who seeks
 
 conduct when questioned about it for the newspapers. the presumption is that the colonel did really believe there was no ground for such T ease.
 His action therefore, ill entering tie case is curious Some lawyers say he was pressed into it as the leading st.- publican attorney in thc city; there arc some who say he knew il was q for 1orn hope and that he was only half successful in putting q changed eX- teriOr upon his statements to the press and those who were interested in tiie case from his side. One of the obstl- cles to him taking the case was tine attitude. of Chairman Kellogg. He not only wished t. have nothing to do with the matter. but he seemed to wish to condemn it. Whether or not he en- cOuraged it on the quiet. as politicihrs have a way of doing TWO things 1t II time, is question that will be re- vealed later. But his apparently truthful demeanOr toward the matter threw cold water upon the colonels cf forts and evident expectations. and IL was said when the case began that it was hoped MT Kellogg would chanae his views as conveniently as had rhe colonel himself.
 IL seemed. however that the pivot upon which Mir Kellogg views things public was not well oiled on this occh sion. He could not reyolre, at least he did not. and everything he said about the case threw chunks of ice down Colonel Burpee's shoulders. A Veritable Elondike sprung up between them and congealed their hitherto warm feelings Ostensibly Mir Kei- logg is the chairman of the republican 1cwn committees. but no one will deny that Colonel Burpee, though not 90 publicly active in his party as many other place men are, has more infiue- ence with the state centers of the party than many who claim to be the whole ] thing.
 IL was, therefore. disheartening to 1 the colonel to see all his efforts in this case obstructed and chilled by state nents from the chairman of his party. Mfr Kellogg could not be won over 10 change his opinion. He could not noll- veniently discover some new wrinkle in tlle law or something he had oyer looked so that while Judge Cowell his counsel and hundreds of others wera pulling one way. MT Kellogg and hun dreds more were pulling another. II is said that in the pulling, Assistant Clerk Gillette of the district court was pulled out of his sick bed to take office so confident were some of the place hunters.
 Judge Peasley is mad. too mad :,t everybody. When tile case was insti- tufed the deputy judge was red in !nc face with working. while tue colonel WAS calm and easy. thinking ntw thinks i'll law. Yesterday, when the fight was declared off, the deputy judge was pale. and excited. and the colonel was flushed. agitated. nervous and dlsinclined to talk about his de- fnaf Ia had f.n11 md @I to flavor his perplexities. In the ar Tern0On, when affairs had cooled down, the papers had been supplied with new discoveries for withdrawing the casa. and the pilots of this white feathereI cause pretended to suddenly see what they had purposeiy avoided seeing dur ing the past week. the colonel and the chairman of the republican town com mittee met and had it out. There was not an ''I-told-you-so look on he chairman's face. but there were q whole lot of questions i'll the coloncrs look He considered he had been basi- ly treated in this case; Very cold water had been thrown upon his efforts in the case. Mir Kellogg apparently went out of his way to hurt the case: such inconsistent conduct was never heard Of and in q politician of Mir kellOgs's standing and experience.
 Explanations Were not then in order. The harm had been done. .hc white feather had been displayed. tie ranks Of battle dispersed. and Judge Cowell had given up the fight. If that were not enough to make anyone sick and disgruRtled the colonel woul,I like to know what would. He consl,l- cred he had been treated shamefully, and a good deal was owing to the stand taken by MT Kellogg. The game was up and the least said about 1t now the better Thcreupon Mir Kel- logg and the colonel went their re- spectIye ways.