Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-04
POLITICAL POINTERS
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 to F. P. Guilfoile for Congress.
 The mention of the Hon F. P. Guil- foile as candidate for congressman at large pleased lot of democrats and for all anyone can tell at this time the people may request him to enter the race. If this should hap pen the Hon Mir Lilley may not be called upon to perform the pleasant duty of representing Connecticut at Washington.
 William O. Whitney repudiates that ssWorld'' interview in which he was made to describe the democrats as having no issue and no man. He owns up to talking politics with young chap, but says he did so without a suspicion that he was being inter- viewed.
 We don't hear anything about candi- dates for the office of judge of probate. No doubt this is due to the fact that the business of that office is conduct ed so creditably under the present management nobody cares to lose time and money in seeking to make a change there. But it is not unrea- sonable to surmise that the opposition will have a man in the field.
 Chairman John F. Kellogg of the re- publican town committee looks some what worried these days and no won- der. He wants to retire from the leader ship of the party, but he can't get any body to take his place. The berth has been rendered to several, but all had reasons for not caring to have anything to do with it. It was said to-day that an effort will be made to have ex-Mayor Thomas D. Barlow take MT Kellogg's job on the town committee. MT Kellogg promises to assist as usual, but he does not want to lead.
 James NJ. Lynch, one of the Water bury delegates to the Economic league state convention, is quoted as saying: We will put no ticket in the field at the coming state elections, nor will we endeayor to name any candidates for the local elections for some time at least We will endorse the candidates who come nearest to the principles to get as much representa- in the dem- ocratic party as possible. Most of the members of the league are democrats, and with these we will endeayor to gain controlling influence. .''-Danbury News.
 It seems to be the most natural thing in the world for man politically in clined to cast himself at the feet of the party of his choice and say, T am a candidate for such and such an office" As this is a free country perhaps he has the privilege of doing so But there are other things to be considered besides this professed candidates money and his desire for public office. The party he filings himself at should be taken into consideration No man has the right to make of himself a sinker for the party he imagines he is going to save. Any man with ques- tionable record whether from business standpoint or from his attempts to buy his way into office, should not for a moment be carried along by his party. There are always candidates enough to go around without picking up those that will need to have their past doings explained many times during a cam paign.
 
 The action of the railroad commits sioners on the Oakville trolley question is causing local republicans some an- noyance. The whole people, regard less of politics, believe that the board of aldermen should have something to say about what use shall be made of the public streets and on this ac- count republicans and democrats ap- pear to be of one mind on this ques- ton. To give the railroad commits sioners their due, they were frank enough to state at the hearing in Hartford that this matter should be settled at home and the remark didn't seem to be received with very good grace by those who desire to see such things adjusted where the city shall have no voice in fixing conditions. The republicans through legislative enactments have beggared the farmers of Connecticut and now they are after the city folks The manufacturers of Waterbury, by whom We all live, ask nothing from the city that they are not willing to pay for, but the trolley people demand everything they need in the way of street franchises with out giving a copper in, exchange for them. The city is willing to give them the right to operate over the road at Oakville provided they put the place in proper condition for trolley service. The corporation won't ac- cept this offer. It wants the city to pay the cost of widening the street, a work which is forced upon the tax payers because the trolley is going there. The railroad commissioners xvollId like to have been relieved from giving a decision in the matter, but not being able to get either side of it they viewed it from the standpoint of the corporation. How long will the people who are bearing the burden stand for this kind of legislation? The democrats never wanted it and repub- ncans are beginning to take a busi- ness view of it, too, so that the poli- ticians who have been having all their way at Hartford are somewhat fearful that they are nearing the end of their, sope.