Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-29
POLITICAL POINTERS
Mayorality Candidates Good Lockers
Mode of Doing City Work.

Mode of Doing City Work.
The communication in yesterdays
Democrat signed - 81 giving Attorney
Lynch a push along the mayorality
pathway shows the interest people
take in a man once his name is men
toned In connection with such posi-
ton. 81. S." talks as if he thought IL
out of place to inquire regarding can
didate's nationality, creed or general
appearance Why the gentleman
should think so does not appear quite
clear to the ordinary mortal, but TINS
must not be understood as insinuaung
that ~. So Is not able to give reasons
for the ground he takes. People have
a right to know whether the
man who aspires to be mayor of Wa
terbury is q Christian or not. Seine or
the other questions especially the ones
pertaining to race and looks don't
amount to much, but it Is no harm TO
drop a remark about them and because
an elector wants to know what church
he attends and if he il
good looking that is no
reason why anybody should fall out
with him. 1t is not known what
churches the different candidates men,
toned for the mayorality nomination
are associated with. but nobody will
quarrel with a man for saying that
none of them is bad looking. Lynch
is a clever appearing young man and
Thoms makes a very presentable ap-
pearance, too. Blakeslee is by no
means hornely; Chesson is considered
handsome and everybody knows that
John B. Doherty is good looking SO
that nobody should lose any sleep
stewing over the likelihood of either
party running other than reasonably
decent looking fellow for mayor.
Almost any kind Of talk is fair in
political campaign, but usually polite
ians are keen enought not to say any
thing that can be refuted too easily.
For this reason it would seem
that republicans who are telling their
friends that all the work of the city
government is let to outsiders are
somewhat indiscreet At the present
time all the local contractors who
make business of bidding upon city
work have all of it that they can
swing into and IL the prices are not
right they have nobody but themselves
to blame. The work is awarded on
competitive bids and If the contractors
don't keep the prices where they ought
to be that is no fault of the city gov
eminent. Mr. Pidgeon is the only non
resident contractor working in Water
bury and if the truth were known it is
safe to state that he would wish he
were some place else. His figures for
the grading of Ashley street were
about fifty per cent below his COM
petitors and il anybody knows what
the city could have done but give it to
him he should make it public property.
The law provides. that certain classes
of work shall be let by contract on
competitive bids and awarded to. the
lowest bidder. This law was made Mt
Hartford on request of the board Of
aldermen so that the city boards have
no option in the premises.
The regular democrats of the first
ward held rousing meeting last night
in Lyra hall. About fifty of the most
prominent ward workers in the first
ward were present Attorney r. T.
Reeves presided and Attorney Marcus
acted as secretary. Arrangements
were made for the appointment of a
strong, effective executive committee,
and a thorough organization was per-
fected. The meeting then unanimously
endorsed William r. Thoms for the
ma yoralty. After a number of speeches
by the members the meeting adjourned
to the next regular meeting, Tuesday
evening, September !.