Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-03
THE DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL TICKET
Something About the Men Democrats Are Asked
 to Vote for Monday

he became so widely known in local
 business circles. It is predicted for
 MT Hoffman that he will poll a big
 republican vote and will be a great
 help to his ticket thereby. @
 Attorney Finton J. Phelan and the
 east end of the town are inseparable. ] He was born on Dublin street and liv-
 ed there all his life, excepting the per | iod when he studied in Fordham col l lege, New York, and graduated from
 that institution. He is also a gradu- 1 ate of the local High school and stud jed law in Attorney Gillette's office
 and was graduated to the bar in
 1897. His people and his home are 1 landmarks in the east end section of the city and none bear a more honor able reputation than the Phelan fam 1 fly of Dublin street. They are not afraid nor ashamed to meet any of l their netghbors, for the Phelans never i, interfered with anyone in the lawful
 exercises of their rights and privi- 1 leges. On the contrary they are well | liked in their community.
 Attorney Phelan is a son of Police
 man Patrick Phelan, one of the olt time residents of the city. On his own merit he made himself what he is. To no one does he owe anything on l that score. sIn these days of extraor- dinary activity in many walks of life, there may be some who would say l Attorney Phelan is rather modest in asserting himself. When his friends | found he was nominated on the school ticket they were surprised, for 1 they knew we'll that he did not seek
 the nomination, but that it sought him. It Is one of the peculiarities of | this exciting campaign when scores were looking for office one office ac-
 tually looked for the man. Of his abil- l ity there is no question, and that he will make a competent commissioner of education is assured.
 The last of the quartet on the school ticket was the second one nominated, l Attorney James R. Lawlor, another l self-made and self-educated young | man. MT Lawlor was for many years and is still identified with one of the oldest organizations in the city, the Y. M c. l.. A. Many men have sprung 1 into local prominence who gained their ! first. insight into practical matters
 from the splendid library of this ex cellent organization. And that Attor-
 ney Lawlor will also make his mark in time his friends are assured. He 1 did not graduate from the local high school. He had no time to study there.
 Other matters of more practical impor- tance than education at the time he
 had to leave school demanded the at tention of his people. But he still did
 not give up the idea of obtaining an education. He devoted all his spare 4o Iii Ia SriIy
 vate assistance, and in, the winter time
 he attended the high schol department
 of the evening school. There was
 where he showed his grit. He worked
 hard all day in the New England
 watch factory. walked mile or two to his home on South Wilson street
 after work, and walked another mile
 or two to the evening school and
 studied hard there for two hours, and
 that was what brought MT Lawlor
 from the bench to the bar. He bears a diploma from the evening high
 school. and having earned this he studied law in the Southwestern uni versfty. Jackson, Tenn. From this in-
 stftution he graduated in 1902. Then
 he took a postgraduate course in the Catholic university in Washington leaving that institution with a degree of LL M., and was admitted to the bar in this state last June. It is long step from bench in the factory of the New England Watch Go to the bar of the state of Connecticut. It is a step
 that anyone could we'll be proud of
 A step that many could not make. 1t
 means hard work; harder than ever
 MT Lawlor experienced at his bench
 in the shop, but he has accomplished
 it. and that was one reason why his
 friends rallied around him and gave
 him this nomination. Such young
 man can hardly fail.