Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-16
deed This FEELING is grad.

As to the financial view of the con-
test, Mayor Charters believes that the
election can be won without pouring
out barrels of money all over the coun-
ty. He believes that only the moneyed
interests will have to spend any great
sums of money in the contest. He was
elected mayor without any great out.
lay, and he is confident that there are
enough honest democrats in the coun-
ty who have sufficient interest in his
end themselves to elect him without the
influence of cash. Many people out
side of Ansonia think Mayor Charters
was elected on the labor ticket; that is
a mistake, for he was elected on the
democratic ticket. Ansonia has been
always republican by majority of
about 200 yet he was elected on the
democratic ticket by a majority Of 469,
which shows that all republicans as
well as labor men and democrats voted
for him.
Present indications show Mayor
Charters is the popular candidate; yet
he is anything but a politician. Ills
friends in Waterbury expect this city
will stand by him to man. The
Economic leagues, it is expected, will
stand by him in the primaries all over
tie COuuly. I10 AONSI WCAt JAIN OAA
his party and his trade union card is
always clear. He never split his ticket,
for his party, he considered, was al
ways superior to him. His friends ask
can all the candidates say this?
Mr. Charters is very positive in deny
ing that he is in the field to help Tom
lison, a story published by the New
Haven Union more than once. He de-
MES emphatically that he is in the
field for anyone but himself. and adds
that If he Is not fortunate enough to
get the nomination he will not cut and
slash for revenge on election day, but
will buckle in and give the successful
candidate all the help he can. The, sto7
ryl that he is an ally of Tomlison is
SANDER to him and circulated only to
iniure him. Tom1inson, ON the contrary
is backed by the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting company according to-
general report down the valley. The
manufacturing Interest, says the story,
will endeayor to have a representative
In the county sheriff no matter who
wins. and while Durham ii the avoW-
ed choice of the manufacturing repub-
lican interests, Tomlison is their choice
on the democratic ticket. Anything to
down Charters is the cry.
The CIeaveland boom for governor is
under way actively in New Haven and
has behind it a lot of push.
Aside from the Hon f. p Guilfoile
little has been said about anybody as
candidate for congressman at large on
the democratic ticket. Of course the
Hon James T.. Cow1es has been mem
toned, but he does not seem to take
quite as well as Mr. Guilfoile, q d I'D
"A short time. ago i certain parties
were humping the Democrat because
they thought it did not heap enough
Goals of fire on the heads of party
boilers. Now some of these same
jokers are in with the boilers and they
think the Democrat should play the
part of dumb dog. Talk about the in
tricacies of the wheel of fortune, but
it isn't in it with politics.
Another man has run to the woods If
all reports are to be credited. 1t is
reported that a big corporation is back
of Tomlinson's canvass for sheriff in
the city of New Haven. The only way
to quiet Editor Alexander Troup, it is
3
sequently the erstwhile silver editor
is summering up at Bar Harbor until
the shrievalty shower has passed over
Shades of Editor and Candidate
Bryan!
The New Haven county democrats
are having lots of trouble over the
matter of sheriff Ex-Sheriff c. A.
Tomlinson of Milford Is actively in the
running. In Ansonia jeremiah Fla
havan entered in the field and later
Mayor Charters. Now it is charged
that Tomlinson backed Charters, hop
ing that through him to make a three
cornered fight to his own advantage
The Ansonia democrats are severe on
Charters for going in.-Hartford Cour-
ant.
A man who knows something about
politics said to-day that Chris Strobel
will win hands down at the primaries
in Waterbury no matter who runs
against him. He said the registration
on the democratic side was doctored
in Strobel's interest and that and the
we'll established fact that a few men
holding prominent positions in the
party We're out to do him prompted
Lilduf to step aside He was being
stabbed in his own house but happened
to be appraised of the plot in time to
save himself. It looks as if there
might be a little grain of truth in this
since the registration in the first ward
shows about 200 more voters than
there are democrats in the district.
Comparing the lists just issued with
the vote of the last presidential cleo
ton one would be led to believe that
half the republicans in town had since
changed their political creed and EN-
braced democracy.
The Strobel forces and the Tom1in-
son men crossed swords on the plains
of Middlebury yesterday and waged a
bloody battle from the first peep of
dawn until late into the night. When
the smoke of the conflict had cleared
away and roll call was ordered four
teen Strobel warriors were on deck.
while all that could be found of the
other fellows were eleven. The dele
gates chosen were E. B. Reagan and
William Johnson. The only scraps of
comfort the Tomlinson men can pick
up after the row is what they see in
the old saw. that there is luck in odd
numbers. The yictors alleged all kinds
of crookedness on the part of the OPP
position and claim that they came