Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-07
z CAMPBELLS WILD TALK.
Looks as If Hartford's Chairman Wa
Getting Ready to Bolt.

James Campbell. chairman of the democratic town committee of Hart ford, has given the following interview to a representative of the Hartford Telegram:
 Il am not surprised at the result. If anything, the party did better than could be expected in view of the way in which the state committee conducted the campaign during the last few days. Probably no campaign was ever man. aged in such a way and probably no one will be in the future, unless it is within the walls of the hospital for the insane at Middletown.
 So far as the state committee was concerned, the whole campaign from start to finish was run on wind and promises and the windup was what might have been expected The head quarters at New Haven contributed lit tie or nothing except a red hot fight, which landed New Haven in the re- publican column. In fact, New Haven was the hoodoo of the state democracy from the night of September 24 to Tuesday night, when the city recorded republican majority of TOO, the con temptation of which ought to satisfy the statesmen of that city.
 When the Hartford men reached New Haven on the night of September 4 they had concluded to support Mayor Thayer as their candidate for governor, but no sooner did they men ton the fact to the other delegates than the New Haven people landed on them and fairly resorted to bulldozing for Gary. MT Cary had a small army of friends there who were willing to promise anything at that stage of the game They swore that their candi- date was strong one, that he would sweep the state and that there would be no lack of funds for legitimate ex- penses if he were chosen. They con- Yeyed the idea that he merely awaited the news of his nomination before sending out ample checks to the town committees and the state committee. No other man, they said, had strength to compare with him and nobody was so filled with an all consuming desire to pay all bills which might be incurred during the time between the nomina- tion and the election. If promises had been legal tender the democrats might have covered the state an inch deep. Cary was nominated, though the Hartford delegation was not convinced that he was the strongest man, and as a necessary preliminary to the opening of the campaign the state central com mittee was reorganized. That was a stroke of genius! Walsh of Norwallz i was eleated chairman. and the cam ] paign opened by the firing of Secretary E. J. Maher for the crime of being a Thayer man. It opened the campaign all right; it also opened lawsuit and l it opened a gap in the democracy of the leading city of the state through which the republicans went to victory and, which is not closed yet.
 All this time MT Cary's promises had not been exchanged for cash at the bank. Money seemed to~ be scarce from our point of view, though the l friends of Cary were insisting that it was plentiful-someWhere else. The cities were told that the money must be spent in educating the country towns, and in the same breath the cha1rmen of committees of the small towns were informed that they must look out for themselves, and that the cities must be saved at all hazards; the small towns did not cut much of a fig ure. Of course there were enough of them to elect successor to Orville H. Platt; but never mind. what the state wanted was Cary.
 By this time the committee had run every town in the state into debt and then refused to pay the bills. Some towns were liberally treated. gettino as much as $5, while some like Man. chester had the small sized fortune of S2O sent to them, at least it seemed like fortune when contrastefT with tba D towns. Cities like Hartford were not given enough to pay hall rent. to l say nothing of bands, while the state committee called heaven to witness that they had been liberal to the point of prodigality. " po1'-
 On local matters Hartford demo- crats could act for themselves. and in nominating Preston and O'Neil fhey gave the ticket that support which alone kept it from following the other cities of the state into the republican n camp. Preston and O'NeiI made aa ga1- lant fight and continued to drag fhe rest of the ticket with them. but thev were handicapped and not helped by l it. M DJ
 But the party has had other tror- Dles It has been cursed with green packers, free silverites. and last. hut not least, by the Economic league. If supported Sullivan for mayor who has proved Ine biggest disappointmen the party ever had locally. On Tuesday, his understudies, the Economic leaguers
 who had been appointed commissioners under a democratic label. openly ped. dled ballots for republican candidates
 and were willing to knife any name On the ticket if thereby they could secure
 a vote for their favorites. The labor vote was disappointment. It was
 about as solidas handful of fog. and
 its friendship or it's animosity did moi count. So far as the league is con.
 cerned, it is simply an organization
 which is out for the offices first, lasi and all the time. It has been tried and tested and has been found lacking in
 strength, honesty and merit. It is as
 crooked as a Boston street and as un.
 reliable as a weather report. To ar
 Economic leaguer the name of a demo
 crat on ticket simply meant a place
 where he can affix paster as the re
 suit of deal. With dissatisfied
 grafter life Mayor Sullivan at the head of it, a man who is seeking his own selfish interests first, last and al
 the time, it can work but evil to the
 democratic party, the city or the state I Organized labor will get little but dis
 credit as long as it is under such lead
 ership.
 s'The democratic party must cut loose