Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-20
SULLIVAN FIRES HOT SHOT
Hartford's Economic League Mayor
 Hits Hard the Old Liners.

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 Hits Hard the Old Liners. In an interview with Mayor Sulli- van, Wednesday, his honor said to a Hartford Times reporter:
 Tt is really amusing to read what has been said through the press of the contest between Town Chairman Campbell and myself for the control Of the democratic party, anA@ xhe means that some sof my friends are using to coerce people into assisting to noml- nate my so-called candidates at the caucuses tonight.
 ''-his same struggle has been going on for many years, and year after year some person mas had to take the brunt of the battle and the burden or crltl- cism, and that the same should thls time fall upon me causes me no un- easiness, for those who know me knoW that I am not anxious to control the democratic party, but in doing what ] can to assist in overthrowing the pow CTS that be, I am doing what every re- spectab1e democrat in the city of Hart ford wishes may happen, but, sad to relate, many of them have not the neral courage to come out openly and assist.
 IL IS ICStl1y AunHy LO uooA SuSA A as Mir Campbell and his friends talk of using city departments for politics, when for many years they have com pelled men in various city departments 1 to do their bidd g, not only in politics, but in many matters outside. I am i sure that there is too much time given by many city officials to politics, but 1t 1 is positively absurd for any man to state that any commissioners whom 1 have appointed are trying to coerce l the citizens, or that others in minor l positions are giving up their time to l politics instead of to the cfty's busi- 1 ness.
 1 5sa1eve that the caucuses to be l held tonight will bring out more voters than have ever attended the cau- cuses in the history of the city; and am quite sure that Mir Campbell will receive some surprises where he least expects them. I have not dictated the 1 selection of any candidate in any ward. Wherever invited to assist, or encour- 1 age the work, have done so, and l Ehave enlisted the synpathies and ser 1 wees of many of the leading citizens in the city, who believe that the control of the democratic party should be wrested one and for all from the hands of the most corrupt politicians the city of Hartford ever knew.
 1T deeply symathize with MT Camp bell to think that after so many years of servitude to political masters he IS to-day without money or position, and is compelled to prostrate himself many times day and beg that this time men will vote for Jimmy and not mind the ticket or what the ticket represents.
 II should like somebody to explain to me why it Is that so much money Is being spent to secure for this man a position which carries no salary with it. This, being explained, will tell the story of many years of political in- trigue, and how many men, after hav- ing secured their nominations, have been sold out, not that the chairman might reap all the spells, but that a few others on the inside (whose tool the chairman is) might feather their nests unbeknoWn to the public; but the rank and file of the democrats of the city understand all these things. They have waited for years for the oppor- Ednity that is presented them tonight, and firmly believe the Campbell tick cts will be buried out of sight at to- nights caucuses, and we can start in upon an era of clean politics, which I am sure every respectable citizen ia vors
 "A comparison of the so-cal1ed Sulli- van tickets with the tickets of the SO called regular democrats will show that the men on our ticket are far su- perior to the men on the other tickets.
 "As an instance of how men may fall in their own estimation the demo- cratic alderman of the second ward, whose term is now expiring, is can didate for the council upon the Camp bell ticket, showing that this man has nRcontrol over his own destiny, but is a tool of some political master, who compels him to dance whenever he pulls the string.
 "In conclusion will state now that the only men who have ever advocated that I should build up political ma chine are supporters of the democratic machine which has ruled our politics for so long; and if I had taken their advice and the advice of $15 week editor of morning paper in this city, they would now laud me to the skies! instead of attempting to ridicule me and my friends Such ri1icule I be- heve, has never injured one who has had the courage of his convictions, and l shall defy them in future as have in