Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-11
POLITICAL POINTERS
What Is Being Said and Done By
 Candidates.

Ca0QlQACeS. D.. The republicans are beginning to feel that there is more thau rulnor to John NB. DoherLy's bid for the mayoraIty nomination and have started out to sShead him off. They recognize that he 3ihas friends, but claim that for the a present at least Mr Deherty and his packers should be satisfied with what has been done for them and turn in and help the party carry tue city slee- ton. Some of them are very bitter over the attitude of the Doherty forces and say that it is simply a case of seek ing more than & man is entitled to. ''What do they want to make out of Doherty, anyway remarked one of Alderman Blakeslees henchmen to few friends ill Exchange place this af ternoon. He's got two offices now, and it cannot be possible that they want to give him another. He is depu- ty sheriff and also at the head of the free labor employment bureau, posi- ti0n which many of us believe should have gone to the widow of the man in charge at the time of his death; but Waterbury people have not much to say about such things and probably that is the reason why one man is given two fat berths and plans under way to put him in possession of anoth- CT. Do you think Ralph Blakeslee would hold that job so long as he knew the widow Of the man who died in the harness was capable of filling it and had applied for it2 No, sir; Ralph wouldn't do it, neither would he nose around after Billy Rigney's place If he never got an office"
 There was no Doherty man in the crowd, consequently nothing was said as to how the colonel happens to have two places, but after the Blakeslee ad- vocate had travelled on the little group got talking about men and things and all agreed that so far very little active work had been put in for Blakeslee, though one of them remarked that it was understoodahe would be the nom- inee in spite of anything Doherty's friends might do, and went on to prove 1t by stating that the men who are working the Doherty boom are so much afraid to show their hand that they don't want to be known, and in the hope of being able to operate without the knowledge of the party they go to the democratic registrar for blanks in- stead of calling upon Mir Blair. Of course there is more than one way of looking at this and people who know thing or two about how primaries are conducted take it as an effort on the part of the Doherty men to catch the other fellows mapping, rather than be- cause of any fear that the party man. agers would disapprove of what they are doing and take steps to punish them. Another said that Doherty was not turning a hand and that if people were aiming to secure him the mayora1ty nomination he knew nothing about f. Be this as it may, much effective work is being done and when the lists close Friday night many will be curious to know which side will be in the ascen- dency.
 The democrats are not idle, either. A canvass is being made of the several wards by parties who claim that they are interested in no particular candi- date the end in view being to put the lists in shape so that whoever wins out at the primaries will be in a position to carry the election. Inasmuch as MT 'Thoms is associated with those en- gagged in the work, some were led to believe that it was a move to boost him, but this is fat1y denied by others. who say that Thoms has no interest in 1t beyond helping get the party into shape for the fall election, and add that sfhere Is nothing unusual in what IS being done. There is no reason to doElbt this since the canvassers are not askinx electors whether they favor Thoms Lynch or somebody else, so Swhat Is going on in this respect should sbe encouraged by all who desire to see Eevery mans case attended to
 Parties from the several voting dis tricts interested fin the nomination of Mir Lynch met last night and reported | the outlook bright. The only change worth mentioning talked of was the shead of the ticket. This is contrary to ssvhat was expected. most people being Of the opinion that the Lynch men were bound to put an out and out labor, ticket in the field They say such action never was thought of and that if they carry the primaries they will give the voters of Waterbury a ticket which will command the entire strength of the democratic party and will also win sup port from the opposition. They want the best man available for the alder manic chamber and shall not inquire whether or not they are affiliated W1tn any labor organization.
 MT Thoms' fences are not being ne- glected and while 1t might appear to the 'uninitiated that he has but rev workers, those who take that view oi 1t are deceiving themselves or some body else Is pulling the wool over tnelr eyes Thoms Is being pushed ana numbers among his workers a large number of men who know how to use their strength without attracting much attention They are not throw ing their hats in the air and issuing challenges to others. but they are go- ing about in the stores and factories and other places where people can be reached and preaching their doctrine with telling effect so much so, in fact, that men who would not, think of Thoms a few weeks ago are now fred hot' for him and explain their change of base by stating that Thoms and his packers are confident that Lynch can not be elected. not because of any