Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-02

I Elton was the only available man. he never was heard of in politics before.
 He must be Jumped in now at the last 1 minute over the heads of men who
 have fought for republican principles
 tor years. But the ranh and file of
 the republican party are like a lot of
 sheep being led bo the slaughter. They
 dare not speak whaf they think"
 The statement that the father of the 1 republican nominee for mayor of Wa
 teNbury never got to the state senate
 must have been an oversight Mir Hl- l ton was elected to the senate in the
 fall of 1881 and served for two years, 1 but chats different matter. The re- l publicans manage to send their men to l Hartford nine times out of ten, but
 when 1t comes down to a voting match 1 where nobody but an elector of Water 1 bury has a voice the situa ton is diff
 ferent. Besides that. there were no
 clashes between labor and capital in
 those days and no cause for it. The
 trusts have, since been forced upon us
 and as Dr Davenport said a short time
 ago, brought on combinations of labor
 tor mutual protection.
 A stronger twon ticket than that
 nominated by the democratic party
 this year has seldom been placed be
 fore the electors of Waterbury. Every 1 person on the ticket is a good citizen.
 With two exceptions all have held
 office before, have performed the du- ties of their offices faithfully, honestly
 and conscientiously and have earned
 the respect and esteem of the com
 munity at large. Frank F. Brett, re-
 nominated for town clerk, needs no in
 troduction to the voters of Waterbury.
 His candidacy needs no lengthy com-
 ment. Suffice it to say that during the kseveral terms in which he has held the
 office the duties of town clerk have been discharged faithfully and efficient l ly and to the satisfaction of all per sons who had business to transact il
 that office.
 Every contest no matter how bitter 1 has its humorous side, and while the present election campaign is attended l by many peculiar situations, perhaps | the one that caused most laughter was
 the idea of the Citizens alliance men | forcing George NettIeton to make 8 l statement that in the event of his cleo tion he would not appoint 'sMike" Ryan
 as his assistant. Everybody laughed at that. even Nettleton himself not being able to keep a straight face while he was under fire. MT Ryan is a1 l ideal man for the position he holds l and both parties are aware of this. l During the past four years he has not 1 had one blunder in his work and has been so prompt in attending to his du- l ties that the opposition Is almost as l anxious to see him retained as his own party. He is uniformly courteous to all who call upon his and this fact will bring him many supporters from the republicans.
 Things are looking brighter every day for the success of the democratic 1 ticket next Monday The few ad- dresses delivered by the candidate for
 mayor, MT Lynch, have given people
 chance to decide whether or not he 1 is competent person to fill that office,
 and the general opinion is that Lynch is an able young man and that the people owe it to themselves to elect
 him.. His candidacy has caused the opposition no end of trouble. When his name was first mentioned in con- nection with the nomination the closest
 kind fran inquiry was made into his record and after looking it up they failed to find flaw in 1t. Now they expect to hoodwink electors into op- posing him by stating that some bad men will vote for him on election day. This is a telling argument. No won der folks are saying that it speaks vol | umes for the democratic nominee. %k&
 The republicans have score or more men at work in their headquar- l bers on Harrison avenue sending out 1 pasters and circulars to catch the un-
 wary voter. John Kellogg is in com
 n1and, with Ben Kelsey as first lieu l tenant. There's no politics fin it. All
 these men are after is'o save the town from being picked up and carried away 1 by the democrats. MT Kellogg does
 not care what becomes of his own l berth and MT Kelsey wants nothing, l the only thing worrying them being
 the preservation of the city from the
 party under whose guiding hand it has
 grown from a small village to a city of
 something like 60.000 souls. Say, doesn't it seem like a huge joke to ] hear republicans blaming the demo
 crats for the big fire. the smallpox ep1- l dernic and the strike. They should l go farther and hold them responsible l for the rain and wind storms that 1 have done so much damage on and off during the past half century.
 AHA
 In the course of his speech in the city court room last night Attorney
 Guilfoile hit the mark when he said
 that those who are now pretending to be clamorfng for the good name of the city were the first to fnjure it last spring. He said, and everybody pres- ent was aware that he spoke the truth, that one of the republican papers made statement one morning that was copied into other papers, and thus the good name of the city of Waterbury and its business reputation became a by-word throughout the country. There would have been no complaint