Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Candidate Lynch Has a Few
Words About Thoms' Tactics
Statements Made in His Official Organ
Will Not Stand The Light Of Day
Untruthful and Sure to Create a
Split in the Party if Persisted in.

Split in the Party If Persisted in.
Attorney Lynch, one of the demo-
cratic candidates for mayor, and his
hackers feel very much aggrieved over
an article which appeared in one of
the Sunday papers yesterday. It stated
that coercion is being resorted to
among the merchants in the interests
of Lynch, that he is too young to hold
the office of mayor, anyway, and that
Mr. Thoms is the only man who can
whip the other fellows and has the
years necessary to render him an effi-
cient municipal chief. One would
think by the way 1t reads that Thoms
is old enough to be Lynch's granddad
while it turns out that Lynch was a,
pretty lively tot before Thoms appear
ed on the scene. A Democrat reporter
interviewed Mr. Lynch on the matter
to-day and after some reluctance he
said:
Il am very much opposed to enter
ing into discussion in the papers with
Mr. Thoms or anybody else. / said Mr.
Thoms because / have excellent reas-
ons for believing that If Mr. Thoms is
not the author of the article In question
and others Of it's kind that have ap-
peared during the past few weeks. he
at least countenanced the publication.
This is novel plan of eIectioneering,
but perhaps it is all right and in any
case / have no fault to find with it,
but I think I ought to say that the.
statement about the boycott is being
used in my behalf is absolutely false
and | hope that any attempt on the
part of those opposed to me to revive
1t will act as boomerang.
With reference to the age question
the facts are these: If elected, would
be in my thirty-sixth year on assuming
the re1ns of government, having been
born November %, 1868, two years and
one month before Mr. Thoms was
ushered into the world. Mr. Thoms
was born December %, 1870, and has
resided in Waterbury for the past
tWenty-six years. have been here
twenty years so you see either of us
Is old enough to be mayor if age was
the most important requisite.
with regard to being eighhteen votes
peh1nd the mayor when I ran for al
derman in the third ward / would saw
that 4 was not candidate for the NOM
nation and was put on the ticket the
Gay before election to fill q vacancy.
made no personal canvass in nv own
Dehalf, leaving it all to my friends:
and vet came within 55 votes of be-
ing elected, eighteen below the mayor.
ana those who know Mayor Kilduff's
strength In the third ward will agree
that the alderman that kept within
eighteen votes of him in the third ward
did not meet with an inglorious defeat
our ticket reduced the republican
majority in that ward about two
thirds and no democratic candidate for
alderman mas come so near being elect
ed In that district since.
NOW, then, if memory serves me
rightly, my opponent for the demo
craflc nomination made his entry into
poiltlcs as candidate for representative
ana after stumping every district In the
CITY, exhorting every voter to give the
young man show, ran twenty-eight
votes behind the governor There is
nothing wonderful about this; men
ton 1t to show the folly of Mr.
Inomss article of yesterday But, as
SAID at the outset, I don't care about
this kind of tactics in the democratic
party and for that reason think Mr.
Thoms is out for himself and not for
party supremacy, else he would not,
have invited quarrel of this charac-
ter. SO far as know everybody who
is working for me will vote for Mr.
Thoms provided he gets the nonina-
tioh, and desiring the success of my
party at the polls / could not con-
sistently say anything of Mr. Thoms
which would cost him a vote In case
he wins out at the convention. but
Judging by Mr. Thoms's attitude to-
wards me It is plain that he is not
working along similar lines. Accord
ing to his idea df the next mayor is not
Thoms he must be republican. But
thds is a question that rests with the
people and I shall be satisfied with
anything they may decide 10 do. All
have to say is that hope nobody will
take what appears about me in one of
the Sunday papers too seriously
One of the fifth ward republican
henchmen made a speech to number
of his neighbors Saturday evening in
which he stated that that ward will
give Doherty it's delegates for mayor
if he wants them.
The directors Of the Tammany as
ISOLATION are planning for big meet
ing to be held some time during the
present week. One of the chiefs said
to-day that they have barrels Of red
hot Goals in readiness. but that so far
it had not been decided whose head
they will dump them on.
One of Lynch's war whoopers said
to-day that the Thoms men are stop
ping at nothing to carry their point.
He said that they felt themselves GO
ing to the wall fast and in their des-
peration they were making all sorts of
rash statements, one being to the eff
feet that that if Lynch wins the prim-
aries Ryan will have to walk the
plank and Crary will step into his
shoes, He pronounced this false
alarm and stated that Ryan was solid
with Lynch's hackers.
BRISTOL'S CELEBRATION.