The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-18

III tCCID ". anu THIS means lhdL tI!'7E
I no will not support the said candidate
amount TO quite good sized company.
History may repeat Itself and if the
democratic nominee for the mayOralty
turns out to be a man nOy acceptable to
the entire crowd, his defeat may prove
! the accidental or providential election
! Of another republican mayor. For this
| reason the tun1ult in the democrats"
tent, there is an interest among the re-
publicans in the local issue that over
, tops the state proposition. Indeed, all
republicans feel assured Of Mr.. Sperry's
return and Mr.. Dunham's reelection
, These gentlemen. with the other nomI-
! nees of the republican convention. will
poll The full party vote so that if the
party spirit does not wax hot for the
state ticket and it's associates, it is sole
~ because the citizens are intensely
concerned to win in the contest for re-
spectacle local government. There is
still some more encouragement to the
republicans that the odds will not al
ways be against them; in fact, that the
republican registrar claims four hum
dred new voters to be made as against
the two hundred on the democratic list.
Conceding to the democratic party
majority of two hundred and fifty,
majority that is not always apparent
it is not an empty vision for some Of the
optimistic in the republican battalion to
claim Derby in a short time as sure for
the republicans not only in the city
elections, where serious jars occur
among the democrats at certain sea-
sons, but in the more momentous cleo
tiOns, in a presidential contest, the sit
uation then in Derby is not so dispirit-
ing as in other years, and 1t may be
that soon the state committee may
write up Derby as certain to endf two
republican representatives to Hartford
when necessary.
The first gun Of the campaign this fall
was fired by the republicans Tuesday
night. The hally was not so we'll at
tended as the occasion deserved. for the
addresses by Senator Plat and Hon.
Denis Flynn from far Oklahoma were
excellent presentations of the issues Of
the hour That so meagre an interest
was manifested is by no means a re-
Election on the distinguished speakers,
but another evidence that the political
head has not become intense yet, and
will not so far as state issues are con-
cerned There will be no slim attend
ance, however, at the Caucuses to NOM
mate the city ticket nor will there be
much apathy election day. AS the city
meeting is not very distant, the officials
in charge of the various departments
are footing up their accounts and pre-
pairing their reports. The health officer,
Mr.. George l.. Beardsley, has already
completed his, and it was read at the
last session of the board. The Sentinel
of Ansonia, in alluding to the report ed
itorially remarks therein in these lines:
I'VE venture to assert that no city in
the state has had more impartial,
complete and healthful report for any
six months of it's existence than that
presented to the mayor of Derby by its
health officer, DR.. George l.. Beardsley,
and printed in 1.-THE Sentinel" Saturday
evening. 1t is so often that these re-
ports are purely statistical, uninterest-
ing and of a on-educa tional character
that it is refreshing indeed to pick one
UP that contains all Of the essentials
together with wholesome recommended
lions and warnings stated intelligently
and in a readable, cheerful vein. There
is not a little professional advice in that
document. too, but as it is given with
out prescription and sugar-coated at
that the people are given the benefi
without the bill. We rather surmise
that the reason so much Of Derby
health report is of congratulatory
character, is because the health officer
is vigilant and because the people as
we'll as his brother physicians co-ope.
rate with him Such a combination is
hard on microbes"
The famed and popular hostelry. Hol-
ian's Inn, was fated to come under the
hammer of the auctioneer a few days
since, but matters were so arranged
that lease has been made out of this
hotel of Allan Risk of Unionville
Mr. Risk is man Of note and proposes
, to keep this resort as attractive as it al
ways was under the genial rule of JohI
Hoian Holian has the sympathy OF
very many who enjoyed his catering
and knew of his hospitality.
Mayor Chart ers of Ansonia finds the
political arena no bed of roses. Defeat
ed at Waterbury and not encouraged by
his true friends in his determination tc
run on split ticket" for sheriff, Char
; ters has received another snub by the
action of the Carpenters union by theil
action in turning him down to make
place for Oscar Beardsley of Shelton
who is the delegate to the convention OF
; the American Federation of Labor If
Merden.
An unusually massive monument-hnt
weighing nearly twelve tons-is ir
course of erection on the lot belonging
to the late Colonel Wooster in Pine
Grove cemetery. 1t required twelve
horses to draw the truck.
The football injuries which seem to BIZ
mutual, or about equally divided be
tween the teams of the Ansonia High
school and the Seymour "Elms," illus
: trate as too many of the amateur game:
lately are doing, the liab ility of serious
: results in professional scrimmages
on the gridiron. Even the trained elev.
: ems inflict on each other bruises anC
damages that often MAIN the victim fol
life, but the amateurs or novices at the
game frequently wind up such trials ir
a free for all fight. One of the Films