Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-21
THEY CUT IT DOWN
Waterbury's Public Building
 Appropriation Whitfield.
LOCAL MEN ARE NOT PLEASED

Some of Them Give Expression to
 Their yiews-Platt and Sperry Come
 in for a Few Knocks-President
 Warren L. Hall of the State Business Mems Association Surprised at the News, as He Had Been in Washing ton Recently and Was Given No ln-
 timation That the Bill Would Be
 Cut.
 Senator Platt got it right and left to-day for his action in allowing the appropriation fora government building ill this city to be cut down, and Congress- man Sperry, who represents this dis- l trict. came in for a share for evident indifference to the welfare of this town, the second i'll population in the entire district. Republicans as well as dem- ocrats did not hesitate in saying that at last the weak part in the forces that pretended to be looking after Water bury's interests in this respect have come to light. It was evident to great many that at last Senator Platt and Congressman Sperry have shown their hands and interests for this the | fourth city in the state. When small city like Meriden gets an appropriation of $1OOOOO for government building. and that of the fourth city in the state is cut down $10000, there is no longer any doubt in the mind of the local pub lie that Senator Platt is selfish and Congressman Sperry indifferent if not negligent to the interests of Waterbury
 and thar Waterbury ought to remem- e.. .y.o lcomes here in the fall preachiLss what
 he will do for the city.
 It is reported in New Haven that
 Congressman Sperry will not seek re-
 election this fall. WhM grounds there
 may be for this report are known only
 to few at present, but it is safe to
 say that if Congressman Sperry seeks
 renomination he will have harder
 row to hoe than he had last time, and
 he will needs have use for stronger
 political forces than the Hon Charles
 E. Turner, consul-general to Ottawa.
 This leaves he appropriation at
 Sl2o.OO0. The sum asked for in the Dill was great deal larger than this.
 but the house committee cut it down to Sl3J,O0O and the senate took S10.OOO.
 The news when received here caused the greatest surprise. Many could not
 and will not believe it.
 4. B. Rice is one of those who will
 be glad to hear the report was false.
 He said this morning that presuming
 1t is true. it shows that it is about time , Waterbury should elect the congress- man from the second district q im- ,, agine,' said he, "that it is twenty-seven : years since Waterbury elected a rep ' resentative to congress. The next elec- ! tion Waterbury people should get to- gether and elect man to congress ir- ! respective of party. 1t is plain we will get nothing from others Senator PIatt has taken good care of his own town.
 Meriden. Waterbury ought to do the
 same.
 Warren T.. Hall is one of those who : will not believe the report until he ' hears further about it. Mir Hall was i enc of the party representing the Busi- a ness Mems association that went to f Washington about the appropriation
 before 1t was presented to the house.
 He said that he has heard so many re-
 ports about this matter that he cannot
 believe the present one. no matter how
 authentic it appears to be. The bill for s Meriden's appropriation he said. bas T been passed so many times that if is
 hard to believe the newspaper reports. e He knew that, according to the papers. q fl has been passed two or three times Il already. He was greatly surprised to s see the reports in this mornings news
 papers, because when he was in Wash q inSton he was given private assurance f that tbis city would be taken care of a and since then he has received further 1T assurance that when the bill is finally ! passed Waterbury will be found to
 hove come out al ri"ht.
 Mayor Tlilduff believed that hott Il Senator Platt and Congressman Sperry U did all they could to take care of Wa $ terbury's interests. If the report is 't true he blamed it on the lOg-rolling of Il the western and southeastern repre- r- sentatives in Washington. In this rec
 tape exercise. he said. eastern repre- if sentatives are no match for the south e. erners and westerners, as may be seer ;s hy the handsome government building; IT. in almost any of the small cities of th, l. west and south.
 ,f F. F. Fitzgerald. of Lucy & Fitzger
 aid. shoe dealers, one of the committe. IF from the Business Mems association f that was sent to Washington on tb, I matter, said he did not wish to say any . thing except that it is impossible {, .r believe the report in view of what tn, . committee had been told while il rS Washington. w. s. Jones. of Jones S "a Morgan, clothiers. chairman of tha v committee, was out of town.