Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-19
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Names Heard In Connection
With Aldermanic Honors
Several of the Old Men VIII Probably
Be Asked to Take Another Term
The Name of F. B. Rice is Men
toned as Being Good Mayoralty
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toned as Being Good Mayoralty
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Some people think that because the
papers are not devoting much space to
possible aldermanic candidates that
the mater is being lost sight of. This
is not so. A great effort is being made
material and there is no reason why
they should not succeed. Aldermen
BrUphy and Murray will stand in the
fourth ward, and it Is limited that
James j. Dwyer, who resides on Rail-
road Hill street and conducts a gro
Gerry store at the corner of South Main
and Washington streets, will be asked
| to go on the ticket with them. Moth
| Ing is alleged against the other alder
man, Mr OBrien, except thae he did
not attend very regularly. This is all
| that could be said against him. When
he was present he knew his business
about as well as any OF them, and it Is
a pity that he didn't happen to be able
to attend all the meetings of the board,
| for he is wide awake young man and
| the few things he has said and done in
| q public way prove that he is made Of
| the right stuff. But perhaps Mr.
O'Brien finds that he can spend his
| time more profitable to himself in his
home or at his work in the factory
than in the aldermanic chamber, and II
this be so it IS only another proof OF
] his good judgment. A man who can
not spare the time necessary to the
/ faithful performance of a. public office
/ without neglecting his own private In
| terestsi is very foolish to have anything
/ to do with it. Still nobody is author
lied to state that Mr. O'Brien Is out OF
4 the race and as far as anybody knows
he may have made up his mind to en-
ter the race with new running mates.
Another ticket mentioned Is supposed
to have w. G. Moore, D. j. Mahaney
and w. j. Spain for aldermen, and still
another with John Fitzpatrick, Charles
Boylan and John Clohessey.
r In the third ward the democrats
] claim to have ticket which is n sure
winner. but this boast has been made
ESQ often and amounted to nothing that
people are somewhat fearful that 1t
may not mean much this time, either.
It is not know whether Aldermen
Foley. Keefe and Pagan of the fifth
ward desire a re-nominatiO but
whether there is anything to it or not,
it is noised around that Mr. Foley VIII
i he likely to receive denomination, ana
| it may turn out that the others will be
fsFrev lied upon III III Isosfs
Others who are talked sof are Patrick
IoIohan, Attorney Finton Phelan. Ed I
Iward J. Finn. John I'll. Condor, Thorn
as f. Halpin, James Tobin OF the spoon
| shop. John G. Downey, John McElli-
l. Tol n
vim and D. j. Lahey
t. The last name heard Of in connection
with the mayoralty nomination is that
Of r. B. Rice. One of the largest in
/ dividlal rate payers in~Waterbury said
to-day that it would pay Waterbury to
| give Fred Rice a salary of $4,000 a
year and keep him in office for the next
ten years. adding that while he was a
republican himself he was candid
| enough to admit that Rice's democracy
was all right.
Friends of Henry w Minor are
pushing him for the democratic nomin-
| alton for tax collector to succeed W.
E. Thoms. who has decided to bid
goodbye to that berth and gone into
i the n1ayoralty contest Mr. Minor is
| one of the most popular men among
| the younger element of the party and
the men behind him claim that his
| own record and that of his family en-
| title him to helping hand from every
democrat who appreciates long and
steady battling against the common
| enemy.
Local union No SO, theatrical stage
hands at the meeting last night, in
dorsed Attorney James NJ. Lynch for
| the mayoralty nomination.