Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-01
Attorney James M. Lynch Re- ceives Labor's Endorsement
LOOKS LIKE A SURE WINNER

LOOKS LIKE A SURE WINNER Wnl Be No Question About It If Men
 Vote as They Talk IA ttorney Thoms
 Has His Irons In the Fire and His
 Ideutenants at Wlork-RepubGica
 Are All at Sea-Colonel Doherty a
 Dark Horse and He May Carry Off
 the Nomination
 Some folks may think it rather ear ly n the sason for talking politics, but as everybody expected. this year is go- ing bo be an exception, consequently nobody will be surprised to hear that the fight is on for fair and from now until after the last gun has been fired on election day there will be no let-up on either side. The mayoralty will be the storm center and already enough has been said to show that there was more truth than poetry in the rumorI circulated some time ago to the effect that the trolley people and other ele- ments hostile to united labor would make supreme effort to secure them selves by getting man of their choice into the race on both sides of the house and boom them. Will the scheme Wprk7 Most people who are on the inside believe it will while ofh- CTS are of the opinion that the public is onto it already and that the proof of this will be seen when it comes to counting heads
 Ihere is "a very strong sentiment in fagor of dropping politics this year and putting man in the office of may or who will not depart from the posi- ,tion taken by Mayor Kilduf with ref erence to public questions Natur- ally, disappointed bodies with almost unlimited resources can stir up good deal of feeling against man who stands in dts way and for a time keep everybody thdnlxing as theysd but in the end right t1iumphs and then the abuse has a reactionary effect. No] doubt this is the reason most of our manufact actu1dng concerns and all or nearly all the property owners in thei city feel, notwithstanding all the crit dcism that has been aimed at the pres ent administration, that its policy has been well directed and that a radical departure from 1t would not be for the benefit of Waterbury. Mayor Kilduff has informed different parties, among them the reporter who is writing this article, that he Is not seeking 3 re noGninattOn this year, but whether he meant to be understood as Implying by this that he should not accept it1 provided it came to him unsolicited Is something probably nobody but him. self knows, though there are some who claim that Kilduff is in it. Be that as it may, it is certain that the con servative element of the electors de sire to see his policy remain and hope that in case he should retire of his own volition or be given a leave of ,ab- sence by the people that his successor will not tie up ito any particular com bination. In orther words, that the new mayor will stand for Waterbury, its homes and its industries first, last and all the time; that he will not be a
 
 other influences which would in any way hamper him in the faithful dis charge of his duties to the whole peo- p1e
 On the denocratic side of the house MT Thoms is prominently mentioned as a worthy successor to. the, present incumbent of the office of mayor and his supporters claim that in the event of his election the public will have nothing to fear. Those who are opposed to him express very grave doubts as to whether or not Mir Thoms could be relied upon to divest himself of certain influences which in the opinion of a large body of citizens would tend to render his administration not only unpopular, but in many respects harmful to the public good, and want to see some one who comes nearer a middle place between capital and labor entered in the race The packers of James M. Lynch come for ward and tell us that they have just the kind of candidate that fits the oc- casion. They claim for him all the necessary to make an honest, competent public official, and l say thnt the fact that he has been and l still is closely identified with united | labor is no reason why anybody should | suspect him of not being hard-headed | enough to. draw the line between the | lights of working people and those who | employ them in case he ever should l nave to pass upon such a question On | he other hand. the friends of MT | Ehoms are setting up similar claims for lim, so that really at this time the pub | ic is devoting considerable time to Thoms and Lynch. The former is get ing and will receive considerable l nore newspaper notoriety than the lat er, but whether that will count for ine shaping future events re mains to be seen. So far as can be earned there are no other aspirants on he democratic side of the fence.
 The situation in the republican camp S somewhat complex. The machine | ,oliticians are divided between D. O. 9oss and R. N. Blakeslee. It is said | hn& AFv.H Lx