Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-13
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Alderman Chesson Going to Have a
 Word to Say About MayoraIty.

Alderman CheSSon Going to Have
 Word to Say About Mayoralty.
 John DOherty and Ralph Blakeslee are not going to have the neld to them- selves in the race for the republican nomination for mayor. There is going to be a third man, SpriRter, too, and the drayman and sheriff will have to hustle to keep out of his way. The new conner, if such he might rightful1y be termed, is Alderman Chesson of the third ward, and the men behind him have a whole lot of good things to say in support Of his claims for further party recognition, so that our friends, the enemy, have three-cornered light on their hands for the mayoraEy nom- nation It is said that a EsaAon Of the Doherty and CheSSon forces can send all other elements to the wall, but as neither side shows any disposition 10 yield, it is probable that the scramble will be continued until after, the cau- cuses, when the wise men of the party will make known what they want to see done and then the rank and file will have to knuckle down whether they like it or not The party man agers want to elect the mayor, but they are more concerned over the aldermen and if it gets down to where they have to let go of either, something which IS sure to happen, they will let the may crafty fight take care of itself and con- centrats all their strength coward the aldermen, for if they got busted there the few handouts at the disposal of the mayor would fall far short of making up for those controlled by the alder men, so that there are men high up Ill the councils of the republican camp who are not very much elated over tne interest taken in the mayoralty contest on their side of the house, and are try ing to convince their neighbors that party supremacy must be maintained in the aldermanfc chamber no matter what happens in other quarters. No body whose name has been mentioned in connection with the mayoralty non- ination on either side cares to see any bad feeling stirred up over fl, and it is not likely that there will be- There is no need of it. It helps nobody and often does innocent parties much harm. l As rule the mud slinging so common at election time is confined chiefly to people who have very little at stake
 many of whom are not quite sure until l the eleventh hour, and often not even then, who they will vote for. The can 6dateS themselves don't want this kind of work and decent people who have strong political preferences have no use for it either. It is but fair to assume that each party will put for ward good man for mayor, and then it will be up to the electors to decide which they want Looking at it from | the standpoint of person who has no end in view but the common good of 1 all, it is hard to think how such an in | telligent body of voters as we have in 1 Waterbury could be so blind to their own interests as to turn the city over l to the tender mercy of the republican party, and probably this is one reason why everybody is anxious that the democratic candidate should be equal to every demand that may be made upon him during his term of office, be- cause it is a foregone conclusion that he will be elected by big majority. To be sure the opposition is not shout 1 ing this from the housetops, but if they would but come out and speak their minds frankly they would be forced to admit that the most they expect is to hold what they now have, the upper hand in the a1dermanic chamber.