Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
PAIGE WILL NEVER DO.
The Republican Party Will Go to It
Death if He is Nominated.

Death if He is Nominated.
 Announcement has been made from Bridgeport that plans have been made to run Allan w. Paige, counsel-generai for the Connecticut Railway and Light ing Go, for governor. It is said that gratitude and foresight are to be thus rewarded that the nomination is to be lconsidered the compensation to MT Paige for his stand for Mclean two years ago and his prediction that Nc
 Lean was all right, despite the thou sand cries that he was all wrong. Such
 i'll brief is the report and the cause. There is hardly democrat ill the state Of Connecticut who knows anything at all about MT Paige that will oppose his nomination. lie is the man of all men l that in their views should be nominated
 for the highest compliment that can be
 paid him by the electors of this com monwealth. If there were higher it
 ought to be given him, for he is all that
 is opposed to the interests of the dem-
 ocrat party; he is the embodiment of
 all that is antagonistic to the interests
 of the common people. There are but
 few things for Allan w. Paige in this
 country, and they are the republican
 party and the Connecticut Railway and | A~i5 htlhS VI. p UT dll IldL ue IS CT6ull-
 ed to have done for Governor Mclean
 during his candidacy, Governor Me- Lean is under no compliment to him.
 He has been paid for whatever work
 he did for MT Mclean, and paid we'll
 In the first political contest of any moment in which he ever engaged Mir Paige was foored. He was the center or the republican party In Bridge
 port and the blow delivered him in his candidacy for delegate to the constitu- tional convention against Homer Da-
 venport, was delivered to the whole
 republican party in that city. It had
 attained such a degree of arrogance,
 such pinnacle of offensive pride and Ioverbearing intolerance that man
 from the people was called up to deliver to the republican party the blow which blacked both it's eyes, and that | man was Dennis MulyihilI To such an extent had things
 gone in Bridgeport, swayed by the ex- erclse of Mir Paige. that another light of the republican party, William Mari
 gold, ex-senator and ex-mayor, felt if necessary to deny at a convention of l Swede voters that he had ever said any old hat was good enough to wear I When campaigning among the Swedes Allan w. Paige was back of Mir Mari gold when MT Marlgold made that statement. The republican party in that campaign was badly defeated But MT Paige bobbed up again. He ran against Attorney Davenport for del
 egate to the convention. He had all
 the papers in the city of Bridgeport
 with him, backing him, fighting for
 him night, noon and morning. It is
 said that he had the support of the ln1 Is with hox vii, 4I,a
 interests of the common people in its
 editorial columns every day. When it
 is said that he had all the papers with
 him everyone of them is meant, and
 against the array of battle, against the thousands that were spent on the
 streets and in the political halls of the
 city, with every element of power and persuasion fighting for him with all it's might, MT Paige was defeated. And the reason given was that he was not the representative of the people the proper man to send to the constitutions al convention. His interests were not theirs. His mind did not flow in the same channel as did theirs. His thoughts were not theirs. They wanted certain complaints of municipal char acter amended by that constitution. MI Paige wanted more power given to the  wished to oppose all that the people needed and demanded. They knew this
 and that was why they defeated him. Mir Paige has not changed one whit \ since then. He is the same Allan W Paige. counsel-general for the Connec ticut Railway and Lighting corporation E He kicked like fury because he could not run his trolley cars up the Water \ town road unless he agreed to build . l retaining wall on one side of the road Mir Paige is not man of the people ! He is not such man as Governor Me
 Lean was or is. Mir Paige does no
 come in contact with people, onIy
 through the medium of rue convention
 hall and the primary. He is not there
 then as the representative of any DOT
 ton of the people or any element oi
 them. He is the representative of cor
 porations and it would never do tt
 elect such man governor of statt
 that is already tied up, as this state Is
 with corporations.