Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-30
POLITICAL POINTERS
Stamford Will Stand By Cummings
 What Lilley Is Doing.


 Homer s. Cummings is sure of car rying his own town if the following from the Stamford Advocate is to be believed: Cummings was twice elected mayor of Stamford, normally q ~republican city. One time his major ity was 104, and another time it was 263, the largest ever given to Stam- ford mayor. The record of Cummings in this office is such that the chances of his being elected again this year, had he decided to run, would be so good as to make republicans uneasy. He is probably the most popular demo- crat in the state to-day. His speech at the convention is declared by all 10 have been the best. When he starts stumping the state he will make an impression. And if; after alL ne should be elected, it might serve to warn the republicans of Connecticut that the men who ought to be nomln- ated for office are not always those Who seek it most eagerly, and that ablllty to secure pledges from delegates IS not equivalent to securing support at the polls. The candidacy of MT Cum mings is a reminder that no Stamford man has been elected to congress since James Stevens, in 1SI9. The toWn has been overlooked and ignored in the distribution of offices. It could have furnished this year candidate for congressman-at at-large whose name was upon the ticket and whose voice upon the stump would have made the repub- lican chances secure. Will it be sur prising that, even if a majority of the people are of the opposing political persuasion Stamford gives it's popu- lar mayor a big complimentary vote ln Noyemberg
 Over the office door in Waterbury of George K. Lilley, the republican nom- inee for representative at large, is the sign. Swift, Lllley & Go" To be sure. Mir Lilley's connections with Swift are simply in the capacity Of local mana ger but with Cummings, ex-Governor Waller and others bowling beef trust, MT Lilley will be kept busy trying to explain his real connections with the Swift company Aside from this. the democrats have decidedly the adyan- tage on state issues. With constitu. tional reform the republicans have been tried and have been found wanting. They have been ill control at Hartford so long that stories of corruption and scandal are very common throughout the state. The lobby at Hartford for the last two or three years has been notorious and there has been a great deal of interference on the part of the legislature with city charters. This gives the democrats the chance to work that popular nostrum, "hopoe rule.''- New York Times.
 It is said that there is to be Sacri- flee in the interest of candidates ard that Hartford will furnish the victim. Rumor has it that Senator Henry Rob erts of this city, who is the republican candidate for lieutenant governor. will be sacrificed. It is a fact that Hartford friends of Senator Roberts, who have visited Waterbury in his in- terest, have. discovered a decided oppo- sition to him in republican circles and that local republican leaders in Water bury are doing nothing to prevent the development of this opposition. These leaders fear, or pretend to fear, that they could not do anything in behalf of Mir Roberts without imperilIing the candidacy of Mir LiIley, whose home is in Waterbury. They say that they might be misunderstood if they at tempted to show that the opposition to Mir Roberts is without foundation and that their loyalty to Mir, LilIey compels them to maintain a discreet silence.- Hartford Times.