Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-01
ocratic candidates for aldermen, w. T.. Disley, w. A. Johnson and Stanley Francis.

DlSley, w. A. JonnSOn ana StaHley
 Francis.
 It was Attorney Durant's conven-
 ton, and when the nomination of Con-
 stable Perkins was made he showed
 his hand. For years there has been
 bad feeling between these men. Each
 year Durant tried to defeat Perkins in
 the election but failed. Last night he
 tried his hand at the convention and
 succeeded. Two or three votes were taken without a choice having been
 made and it was evident that Perkins
 was in serious danger. Judge Cowell,
 who was allowed the privileges of the convention because of his offering h1m- self as a holocaust, made speech fa- vorable to Perkins. Alderman Hall also spoke. It is well known that borh
 Judge Cowe1l and MT Hall are not, at
 least have not been, friendly to Duraut, and therefore the action of the con
 vention following the speeches by
 them for Perkins was the more sig
 nificant. Perkins was defeated in the
 next ballot. This action, taken in connection with the grounds upon which Judge Cowell said he would ac-
 cept the nomination for mayor, is very singular. It showed that while the
 delegates were willing to bestow upon him the distinction of the nomination, they will notxsupport him in the, cleo ton. They 3d not stand by the man whom he favored for constable, a posi- tion of the least importance of all lie positions. They had avenged to. that extent the action of Messrs Hall anu Cowell regarding MT Durant last fall They will take further action upon election day. MT Durant was seen this morning and was asked if he had any thing to say regarding the above affair He said that of course it was known to everybody how he stood with cer- tain members of his party, but that is all over and disposed of now, and he will stand by his party on election day.
 He considered Judge Cowell tlle strongest man that could be nominated
 and thought his main strength will
 come from the new territory admitted
 to the city.
 The taxpayers of Waterbury should take stroll up the Watertown road
 ore of these fine days and look at the
 massive retaining wall the Connecticut
 Lighting and Power Go is building along the edge of the Naugatuck river
 and then ask themselves whether or | not Mayor Kilduff has kept a sharp. lookout for their interests during the
 past two years That whole job, in-- | cluding the grading of the street to a width of 50, feet, removing the tracks
 out of the middle of, the road and put. ting a suitable fence along the wall, | will not cost the city one cent, al- though many are of the opinion that the city is playing half the expense.
 This is not so All this. work is be- | ing done by the trolley company and is | the direct result of Mayor Kilduff's
 grim determination to compel the com pany to como down handsomely for putting their track there without com plying with the conditions imposed by | the board of aldermen. The mayor
 was in favor of the trolley service in | that district. but he also believed that the company should pay something for | the privilege and he wan his point 1t l is the biggest concession that Water
 bury ever got from the company and every man, republican as we'll as dem- ocrat who knows the inside facts of that case will not deny that Mayor Kilduff made out these conditions him. self and stuck ito them until finally the | company saw no way Of escape and re- l 1uctantly consented to perform what l their attorney laughed at when it was l first mentioned to him. Everybody
 knows that the company would have | taken that matter to the courts if they | thought the conditions oppressive, and l while they pretended that the amount l of work they were asked to do was un-
 reasonable, still when they found them- l selves confronted by a man whom they knew meant business they came to
 terms. If this policy had been pur-
 sued some years ago, and it is mat
 ter of record where Mayor Kilduff
 stood on the question. Waterbury would have just as good trolley service | as it enjoys to-day and the city would l be making something out of the bus 1 mess as we'll as the company.
 | It was reported to-day that in case of the. election of Judge Cowell he
 would have either to resign the may
 oralty or his judgeship in the district
 court. It is thought that he could not ] consistently hold both. As judge of
 the district court he is paid by the
 state $3,000, and as mayor of the city he would not be able to devote the time necessary to either of the posi- tions. One he should have to neglect
 and as both are important and cannot