Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-24
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
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 1t k hard to think that the familiar dgure of Louis Gates will no more be seen in the aldermanic chamber. He was not what could be termed an old member of that body. but he was a very popular one 'I sat beside him for two years" remarked MT Beach, last night, 'sand I don't think I ever formed the acquaintance of, a man Aked better. He was not much of a talker and yet he managed to say something now and then that kept you in mind of the fact that he was there. ? Another member teamed MT Gates the s~wfhitest fellow that ever sat on the republican side of the hoqlse'' and hoped that if the second ward has his equal at will elect him to the city gov ernment to fiH the place made vacant by his death.
 The As You Like It man has dis. Sovered whole lot of things in this world that 1t Is hard to understand For Instance in New York at the pres- ent time is man whom a renorter che other day called rotten fakir." Many people are of the same opinion. even if they are not expressing them selves. This man Dowie 1t is report cd is receiving all the money he can handle Some of 1t from poor people who can i'll afford it, and more from people who have no use for it. as they have more than they want Dowie is allowed to take this and no one regis fers word of complaint Now take the case of William Jennings Bryan millionaire left him a large sum to be disposed of in ways which he nam ed. What Is the result: The people from one end of the country to the other are up in arms, and Bryan has been called everything from roboer to a bandit, and still he is only trying to get what the dead MT Bennett wanted him to have and yet people who are keeping Dowie in pocket money and Dowie himself are allowed to do business in the same old way without word of protest
 Waterbury people are very much ir- ceFested in seeing how the tactics em- ployed here by the republicans ait the last city election, and which is now being tried in Bridgeport, will work there. Some say that most residents of the Park city are dead on to the scheme and are not likely to he misled by t but others claim that not over 10 per cent of the electors of that town know how the Waterbury election was won and consider the literature now haunted in their face original. A local merchant who spent few hours in Bridgeport last Monday says he will he very much disappointed if the -e- publicans do not carry the election by big majority. He said that business men and property owners are being ap- pealed to by republicans, race feeling is stirred up, and while he knew the public mind would not remain long in that state. he was Of the opinion that the feeling would continue long enough tc serve the purpose of the men back of 1t. So far as he had been able to learn MulvihiIl'e worst enemies are po- Htdcai grafters who faided in their ef- forts to ply their game under his ad- ministration and are now engaged in assisting the opposition to operate a good government clubr'
 Waterbury shoppers were very very much interested in counYe of articles that appeared in the Demo crat the past week with reference to thet new and the old plan of doing business in the stores. The women folks say they noticed that neither merchant who remarked on the sub Ject took into consideration the mat Ter or convenience to the general pub- lic but both laid great stress upon how the change affected themselves rom a business standpoint and made It plain that there was no other ssi9e to 1t. After listening to few Of the women folks grapple with the prob lem one soon becomes convinced that the problem is many-sided. The wife or the average wage earner iss7 not master of her own time and conse- duently she is obliged to do her shop ping not at the most advantageous time. perhaps, but according as she sees chance to get out If she fs at st liberty nights when the stores are open she is in luck. If not she is obliged to content herself with such. value as she can receive for her mon- ey in the small stores on the outskirts. This is where disinterested listener catches on. The merchant contends that what he loses in trade on account of the closing movement is offset in savings on light and wages The housekeeper who cannot go out at will declares that she does not know what she would do were itnot for the small, places that never" close, so you see the early closing movement is good thing no matter what way you look at it It was a godsend to dealers in the outskirts and the big houses have not BuRered any on account of 1t.
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