Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-08

New Haven, Oct S.--At the conven- tfon of the Economic league of New Haven county held in Trades council hall, New Haven, Tuesday, October 7th, Stephen Charters of Ansonia was nominated as the Labor-E Economic candidate for the office of high sheriff of New Haven county. All details, financial and otherwise, were left to the following committee, comprising Philip Daily, Chris Greenfield, Fred J. McKerness, William J. O'Brien, F. Heiser. The above committee was also authorized to take steps for the nomination of a whole state ticket should such action be deemed adV1sa- ble.s Mayor Charters was present ana will stand. The leagues of this city and Ansonia were represented, but the leagues of Meriden and Waterbury were unrepresented.
 Old or new voters can find the lists at the registrars room 1n PlalI s block. It will pay every voter to cal there some time between now anu election day and examine them ana see that names are properly printed. New voters should hand in appl1ca- tions by next Monday.
 The comings litigation between Reg istrar James A. Hynes and John n. Flanagan will result in saddling an other bill of expense on the taxpayers of Waterbury It is but short time ago since the republicans tried to oust all the democrats and in preparing to defend themselves the men who had been declared elected spent neat sum which was properly chargeable to the city and of course the money was paid out of the public fund This time the battle is brought on by the Economic league and of course the city will have to foot the bills for the man who has been declared elected, so you see 1t makes no difference whether the dance is started by republicans, dem ocrats or Economic leaguerS, the peo- pie have to pay the piper. Some thought 1t too bad to spend any mon- ey holding a town election that did not amount to much. anyway, and counselled letting 1t go by default, and Judging by the looks of things now it was a mistake not to have acted on the suggestion. The impending suit will cost considerably more than the election did and as the whole of it will come out of the pockets of the taxpayers it seems rather hard that many who can i'll afford to contribute to fund for such purposes should be made to bear the cost. But there ap- pears to be no way out of it and peo- pie might just as well take the matter in good-natured way.
 Colonel Burpee was asked what he thought of the democratic contest over the registrarship. and ne said that the substitution of the name of Flanagan instead of Hynes on the Flanagan ticket might be considered as n the light of a paster, the only difference being that a whole ticket was used, with the difference named, instead of a paster He thought it rather strange that the Flanagan ticKet should be ruled out if four wards and allowed to be counted in one That makes the question more complex than if the ticket had. been barred in the five wards. But the great point, in the colonel's estimation, was this: did the so-called Flanagan ticket deceive the voters, and was whole ticket. with the difference in the names already
 
 instead of employing the familiar paster? This, to the colonePs mind. was the vital question. If it could be shown that the Flanagan ticket did de- ceive voters, then it would be plain that some men voted as they did not intend Of course all those ballots would be Illegal, for they deceived those who had cast them. The vital point in all election contests is to get at the intentions of the electors.
 The Economic league met last night and decided to take the row over the registrarship into the courts. Sev- eral attorneys feel that the league has sure case, some of them being so sure of winning out that they have volunteered to donate their retainers to the society in case the courts decide against them. Meanwhile the leag- uers down the road are preparing to frot out Mayor Charters as candidate for sheriff on an independent demo- cratic ticket and fourteen silver dem- ocrats are going to run a state ticket of their own. No wonder the repub- licans have pains in t1feir sides from laughing at the, democrats. But per haps this is the best time for them to get their laugh in. They may not see anything in the result of the cleo xion to provoke smile. If the work ing people can be sympathizing with the starving miners and then turRing in to help continue their oppressors in power it is so inconsistent that no man, no matter how low his level of intelligence may be, can be so blind as not to see. the deception and if misled by deceptions of this kind then there is no use in endeavoring to change existing conditions unless the party in power wants to unloose the screws The, passing of resolu- tions would be waste of energy to try to dissuade them from their pur- pose for they must be cognizant of the fact that the leaders of these tick cts are working in the interest of the man with the boarded wealth.
 ATTENTION. NEW VOTERS.
 List ito be made'' closes Monday, October 18th, at o'clock D. m.
 Registrars deposit first list of elect ors an list ito be made's in town <.larlz<s office on Wednesdavz Ocfober