Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-17
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Democrats Preparing For Big
 Rally Next Wednesday.

Attorney N. R. Bronson Said to Be in
 Race for Judge of Probate-The
 Flanagan-Hynes Contest for Regis
 trar May Be Settled-Both Men Will
 Get Share of the Plum and Thus
 Save a Lawsuit.
 The democrats will have a grand rally at City hall next Wednesday night All the candidates on the state ticket will be in attendance and will have something to say regarding the questions now uppermost in the minds of the people. It is hoped that every wavering elector will attend this meet ing and hear these gentlemen. If you don't like their views you will not be obliged to accept them. Some people make the mistake of satls- lying themselves with one side of the case and consequently they never know much about it.
 The latest report from the political field is to the effect that the actual candidate for the nomination for pro- bate judge on the republican ticket Is Attorney N. R. Bronson. This report was heard this morning for the first time. It was quite current among the legal fraternity and considerable credence was given it. If it is true this is MT Bronson's debut in the polit- ical arena, but not as an office holder, he having been prosecuting attorney in the district court for one term.
 Charles Ufert delivered an address on Bank street opposite the school house last night. under the auspices of the socialist party. He dwelt at some Iergth on the coal question and con- tended that under republican rule the wealth of the country is fast coming into the possession of a few men. The working people control seventeen per cent of the wealth and the capi- talists eighty-three. Under existing conditions the capitalists will soon own everything. s5zs.s-z. -
 Congressman Charles A. Russell, who has been very ill for some time, was to-day pronounced in much bet ter condition than he has been for seV- eral days. Dr R. Robinson said to- day that Mir Russell was seriously i'll with nervous prostratiSa and other complications. While in Washington last winter MT Russell had an attack Of tn grip and from this he never fully recovered. For most of the past summer his health has been very poor. Last Monday while sitting on the piazza of his house he caught a severe cold which aggravated his sick ness. ..
 The board of registration was in session to-day. Up to noon less than a hundred applicants had appeared, considerable less than the board ex- pected. The session will be continu- ed until 8 o'clock tonight. They will be in session every day from now on, Sunday excepted, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 1:30 in the after noon and from to in the evening until October 24, which will be the last day. Applicants should call upon the board as soon as possible and avoid the confusion which is sure to take place towards the close of the hearings The meetings will be held in tue police court room, City hall building. If you have not been in that chamber before and don't know where it is just step into the lobby and ask Janitor Loughlin or any other person whom you may happen to meet about the building and he will pilot you in.
 There is every indication that the misunderstanding between James A Hynes and John F. Flanagan over the democratic registrarship will be ad- iusted this evening. It was thought that the matter would have come be fore Judge Shumway of the superior court in this city to-day, but the judge sent word that he could not come but would be willing to hear the mat fer or arrange an hour for hearing 1t next Tuesday. This seemed to De disappointment to the attorneys in the case. Root and Cassidy and Carmody for Flanagan and O'Neill for Hynes. The probability was that the matter could not be heard next Tuesday as the criminal side of the superior court opens on that forenoon MT O'Neill, representing Mir Hynes, deemed it better for all parties and the public in general, particularly, to have the matter adjusted out of court. No good whatever could come of trial. So this morning Attorney O'Neill suggested a discussion of the matter towards mak- ing a settlement. The arrangement is said to be to divide both the duties and the salary of the office between the two men. Thus the honor of holding the office would be borne by Flanagan without his going to the ex- pense of a lawsuit. This proposition has been made to Flanagan's attor- neys, who have presented it to their client, and this evening his friends and advisors will decide.
 Two prominent citizens met in the probate office this morning and after offering few comments on the wealth CT, one asked the other what he thought about the coming election. sOh," he replied, shaking his shoul- ders. sI don't know. People are do- ing more thinking this year than ever before and to know what they are thinking you want to be in the shops or strike some spot where the factory workers resort. The principal topic among them is coal, wood and meat don't suppose the republicans will get many workingmen's votes this fall. The coal men fixed the republi- cans this year, and the idea of the par IL