Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-10

He Tells Why Campbell and the Times
are Disgruntled.

He Tells Why Campbell and the Times
are Disgruntled.
| Our esteemed contemporary, the
Hartford Times, says the New Haven
Union, expresses doubt in relation to
the article we printed Thursday on the
Financial History of the Campaign"
The amount of money contributed will
be verified by the statement of Chair
man Walsh made to the secretary of
state and the Timess doubts can be
dispelled by obtaining the views Of Mr.
| Cary on the use of money in cleo.
TONS" or by consulting Committeeman
Y. j. Dillon of Hartford, who heard
MI Cary's statement.
4 Yesterday we printed the statement
OF James Campbell, chairman of the
democratic town committee of Hart
ford, finding fault because there was
SO little money, and to-day we give
space to reprint the editorial Of the
Times on Money in Elections" me
contrast is striking. 1t is generally
understood in Hartford that when Mr.
! Campbell takes snuff, the owner of the
Hartford Times sneezes.
we are Informed in the Times arti-
Gle That no amount of money, it is
safe to say, could have produced q
democratic victory in Connecticut this
year. and states, 1--WE have no hesita-
ton in saying that a democratic vic
tory IN Connecticut was entirely with
~. reach this year." This last quota
ton expresses the sentiments OF Mr.
James Campbell in midsummer. with
the addition, s'if sufficient money is
placed in the campaign fund.- Mr.
Campbell is on record as favoring Mr.
Cary for the nomination in July, and
Il his AGENTS
Cary's friends. that the Hartford dele
cation would be for Cary. if Campbell
was treated right. The delegates Sc
lected by Mr. Campbell in Hartford to
attend the state convention were tile
willing tools of Mr. Campbell. doing his
bidding. Mr. Campbell uniformed them
~ Jim Crow hats, at an expense of
500, possibly thinking that Mr. Cary,
being wealthy. would not object to
, paying from the Jim Crow hats as an
Incidental. Even no less u person that
w. q. Burr of the Hartford Times is
said to have felt that it was unfor-
tunate that there had been any msun-
outstanding between the friends Of Mr.
Campbell and Mr. Cary. The friends
OF NE Cary We're Informed that it cost
SLOOO to elect the delegates in Hart
ford, Mayor Sullivan making consider
II
to use the money to down him. If the
$1,000 had been Forthcoming from Mr.
Cary, or his friends. it was intimated
the delegation would have been for Mr.
Cary But Mr. Cary's friends said to
81 the tempters "Get behind me Satan"
Mayor Sullivan and Mr. Cary are
friends. and the Cary management
were not in the business Of obtaining
delegations in that way.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Hartford Times asks its readers to
contrast the vote in New Haven with
normal democratic majority Of 1900,
with the democratic vote in Hartford.
With the democratic party united in
New Haven the normal democratic ma
Jority is not over one-half of 5000.
The Times is way oft does not keep
up with the procession, either in the
matter of campaign funds or in demo-
cratic majorities and pluralities in New
Haven
The Times suggests ais a cure-alI
that mo man should be accepted as a
member of this committee who cannot
at the beginning of a campaign COM
mand from the district which he rep
resents at least $1,000. If any com
mitteeman cannot produce this sum.
let him step down and make room for
another who can do it, The genius
who suggested that scheme should
have it patented or copyrighted, so it
would not get away from him. A kim
dergarten in politics should be organ
lied in the Times sanctum and this
problem worked out. We await the
solution.
Our esteemed contemporary further
says: The democrats of Hartford or
j ganized and managed their own cam
paign, and attended to business They
did not depend on Mr. Cary or the state
committee to supply them with money
OK to manage the campaign for them.
They did not have a great amount Of
money, but what they did have was
with the exception of $500 from the
state committee) their own
Tt is not the fault Of Committeeman
Dillon or Chairman Campbell that the
money the Hartford democrats had
was their own. They worked unceas-
ingly with Chairman Walsh and Can
didate Cary to obtain other money
than their own. The telephone wires
I were kept hot, and even at this late
| date Chairman Walsh can hear the
meIodious voice of Committeeman Dill
lon over the long distance shouting:
eve have expended over $500 for
music and halls, and you must get the
] money" Five hundred dollars was
promised the state committee from a
candidate who resided in the Hartford
/ district. He afterwards changed his
mind and said he would not give the
\ money to the state committee. but
would give it to Hartford, so that when
the money was divided Hartford re-
: ceived $500 and the $500 that had been
promised to the state committee was
charged off to Hartford.
Mr. Cary may have been a good
thing but the Campbells ct al in Hart
ford were not pushing him along.