Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-21
6. Q. p. IS AT SEA
FyIer's Resignation Has Upset
 Things Generally.
DUNHAM COMES TO THE FRONT

Said That He Gan Have Nomination
 For Sheriff With Little Hustling-
 will Be the Easiest Man for Demos
 crats to Beat-Mayor Kilduff Will
 Have a Walkover if He Decides td
 Take the Nomination.
 The disturbance in the republican, party which resulted i'll the withdraWaI of o. k. Fyler of Torrington from tna chairmanship of the state central conls mittee. has removed from the path on County Sheriff Durham many or the obstacles to his renomlnaIiohs 1t is taken for granted now that sners { if Dunham will be the next canuldaloT of his party for the office of high sner- if. This. on the other hand, makes 10 certain, also. that the next sherlH oe the county will be democrat anu that is every indication that ne VIII po Mayor Kilduff, providing, or courses that he remains ill the race to the end'
 It is certain that the democrats ou New Haven county have never hau such excellent chances of electing thelr candidate for the office of county sher- if, The situation in politics i'll the res
 
 ous for such a victory. The alleged withdrawal of Governor Mclean, coif- bined with q similar action by MT t'y- Ter, the general disintegration Of the republican party caused by the collapse of the constitutional amendment, the overthrow of the small towns repupI- cans by their brethren ill the big towns and cities, all point to complete route of the republican forces ill the faH campaign.
 The element of organized labor throughout the county will not support MT Dunham. 1t would be an impossl" bility on their part to do otherwise. His actions during the strike of the machinists in Ansonia last year pre- vent any assistance coming from that quarter. His placing of deputies on guard over non-union machinists in An- sonia is a very strong motive for the laboring clements of all kinds to take atcive part in the campaign to defeat MT Dunham.
 | The mayor of Ansonia at that time, MT Hotchkiss, testified under oath that | the action of Sheriff Dunham in plac- I ing deputies on guard on the scene of dispute between the striking machinists and the Farrel Foundry and Machine Go was wholly unnecessary and un- called for, and that municipal infiu- | ences were competent to deal with the situation without the assistance of l Sheriff Dunham's deputies. 1t will be recalled that during the strike in An sonia nothing occurred to disturb the public peace, not sign of irritation marked the public demeanor until after the arrival of the deputy sheriffs; but even then not a blow was struck, not | a, oIf m r11 the face of such a tranquil state of things Sheriff Durham ordered fifty deputies to take charge of the peace of the city he will be called upon to explain during his campaign.
 There are several democrats men4 toned for the place of county sheriff. but it seems that the selection will come from the Naugatuck valley. It is thirty-four years since a candidate was selected from this end of the coun- ty. Meriden was favored for eight years i'll her distinguished son: John 0. Byxbee, holding the position. The ever persistent Charles c. Tomlnson has been before democratic conventions for sixteen years clamoring for tho nomination for county sheriff and was elected once. Madison presented Hull some years ago and it is about time for the convention to take a change of air and give the nomination to NaugatuclS valley. Ansonia, it is said. has Mayor Charters as a candidate but it is also said that he is not anxious for it. Mayor Kilduff has always been very successful in politics and there is little question of his success if nominated. l Whoever the democratic candidate nav be, he will receive the assistance or the labor element. With this supports ing him there can be no question of his success, for it is no longer question i'll the public mind that the labor elc- ment is myth. The activity this new feature in the political field will dis- play will undoubtedly carry the day.