Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-06
COWELL HACKERS
Said To Have Dwindled To Mere
 Shadow.
HE HAD LOOKED FOR SUPPORT

From Republican Town Committee, but Failed to Get It, 'Tis Said--Even Some of His Colleagues on the Ticket Refused to be Parties to Any Such Game.
 While it is generally admitted that the row over the election will have D
 tendency to disturb the harmony thar would prevail around the Christmas fireside il many homes. srilt there can be no doubt riar q large number oI people
 win manage 10 be happy in spite of this or anything else i'll that line that might turn up. It is good way,
 too, and it is hoped that those directly
 concerned, and this includes greaE
 majority of those who voted at tl1
 last city election. perhaps we inighr
 have said every citizen who desires to see justice done ill the premises, VIII
 take q philosophic view of the case and not allow it to interfere with Il
 proper observance of the anniversary
 of the nativity of the Prince of feace.
 No matter what way the courts may
 look at this matter, it is safe to pre-
 dict that it will ill no way affect tha
 opinion the people have formed as tu
 whom the offices ill question belong.
 It is true that this might be regarded
 as poor consolation to the men who
 have been elected, as well as to those
 who voted for them, i'll case of an nd-
 verse decision, but after all it should be borne in mind that tlie confidence and good will of the
 community are worth something. h. deed there arc many who would much prefer the esteem Of their fellowmen than the emoluments and honor that go with offices which were not in- tended for them. The will of the peo- pie may be set aside at times by legal bubbles, but in the end they rule anu the history of such cases proves thar in the long run the man who gets pos session of something that does not rightfully belong to him, even though the law may be obliged to lend its ap- proval to It, rarely profits by such tactics.
 But this is only one way of looking at things. A few business men were discussing the situation to-day and in the course of the conversation one Of them remarked that we are living in | tricky age, and that he wasn't sure but that the man who tries to be hon. est and do what is right by his fel- low beings comes out in the small eud of the horn. He said he had challce not long ago te get hold of g .500 on a legal bubble. but did not take ada vantage of 1t. though some of his friends told him he was fool not to do it. But" he added. 'I feel that Af l.fx T help to me and the more I think of it the better satisfied am that had nothing to do with it. What l have, came by honestly, so that if my bank account is not as large as that of some Of my neighbors. no one can charge me with having q dollar that belongs to him.
 T hadn't the remotest idea.'' said another of the party, that Judge Cow ell would question Mayor Kildufrs election. If I had. I should have called upon him and advised him not to make move in that direction But I didn't think it necessary
 IL seems to be generally believed now that Judge Cowell was wayer. ing from the commencement and that the reason action was not taken be- fore the last dav was due to the fact that he was waiting to see if lie could secure the indorsement of the repub- lican town committee. and also induca all the other candidates on the ticlSeu to take hold of it with him. But in this he is said to have been sorely dis. appointed and at the eleventh hour tha only packers he had were the editor of one paper and two other cands. dates, one of whom. it is said was ac- tually whipped into the contes, by llis employer.
 There does not seen, to he puch back of the rnmor that all the manu- facturers and bankers in the citv urged Judge Cowell to contest tila election. One of the men quoted inl this article is T director in one .finaas ciai institution. and an officer la tha largest factory il the city told q rep resentative Of this paper during tha present week that. all things consid. cred. the rate Of taxation recomrnend- ed by the present administration waS highly creditable and that he should not have been surprised if it had been considerably higher Whcn tlisA thing is sfted and the public mt i'm possession of ail tho facts it will be- manifest to all that the opposition to Mayor Kilduif is based upon personal rather than public grounds, and, as one ''darned shrewd cuss" expressed if. "the morality underlying tho contest would not make a decent flea bite."s