Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-24

held tomorrow from 80 o'clock in khe afternoon until 10 o'clock at night. Hhe voting booths will be located at the following places:
 The first ward booth will be located pn Phoenix avenue, near armory.
 The second ward booth on the north Hide of the green.
 The third ward at City hall.
 The fourth ward, South Main street. opposite Scovill street.
 The fifth ward, Scovi1l street, near Spring street.
 The sixth ward Carter's hall. Water vile
 Aldermen Brophy says he never told shnybody that the republican members Eof the board of public works agreed to lvote for an increase in wages for the city laborers and that the petition to Ahis effect would have passed had it tlhot beens opposed by the democrats. EWhat he did say. he claims, was that lVrhen he approached Mir Maalaney sabout it he accused him of trying to make political capital out of it and ibafd he would have noBhang to do with 6t But what's the use talking about
  make amy difference what MT Brophy lGfafms MT Mahaney said or what the tcomni issioner actually did say the I1actsa are that when the application lcnme to the board it was received and placed om file and that was all there enas to it. Nobody said word for SDr against 1t, probably because every sxnember knew rhat it was out of the if icEme to the board ian the middle of the iyear when nothing could be done iwbth it, so that probably after all Mir MTahaney meant all right if he said he, EcouM not help 1t any, and maybe Mr1 Rrophy was honest in presenting it. stOo. because, perhaps, he never con- Ieidered whether the powers of the lboard are limited or not. Every fall Mhe city makes out Its annual esti- mates, when the different departments Mgure upon so much for wages, and Ethey have to get along with that f. E the current year. This is the time, mot next July. to submit a communica- Nion to the city government asking Hhaf all city laiborers be paid not less .fhan SITS per day for work day of feight hours, if there are people who swant To see such am order passed. And bear in mind that the document should be forwarded to the board of alder men and not to the commissioners of public works. Let us all be fair with each other about these things. A few days more and the estimates for next year will be under consideration, and lat that time it would be perfectly pro- per for the aldermen and the board Of Efnaree to fix a schedule of wages for Flabor and if they do that the other boards can make recommendation to meet an increase. This is the only way such a change can be made and any, fb0dy who tells the working people Something to the contrary does not Iknow what he ls talking about, or if he does he Is playing the part of the fdemagogue. The wages of the police or the members of the fire department fcannot be increased unless the matter IAs taken into account when the esti mates are being made out. The same knle holds with reference to employesl of the other departments and almost ieverybodV is aware of that. Now, bhen,t gentlemen. if you think the. re- publican members of the city govern ment are more favorable to the work angunen than the democrats are. put Nhe question to the governing body, sElle aldermen, where the republicans .ihave safe majority, and If they act iGavorably on it the board of public Evorks will cheerfully make provision tan it's recomn1endafi to meet the ad- vance in wages and the short day. N @#s
 The regular republican ticket in the &hird ward caucus in the City hall last evening was licked out of it's boots by Fudge Peasley, "Ben'' Kelsey and the Citizens' alliance. The same was the outcome in the fourth ward, which means Blakeslee for mayor There Mas not the excitement that was ex- pected in the third. The regulars &eemed to consider their duty done Bvhen they put in a ticket, and from Fhe outset 1t was apparent that the alli- Rnce was on top. The meeting was kalied to order by Town Chairman KeI- Hogg, and Newton O. Smith was imme- niately elected secretary. B. R. Kel- Eey was nominated for secretary, so gwas Robert Walker, but both de- klined. They were the practical heads of the opposing ticket. Kelsey looked out for Smith, who was elected. There lAwere about 300 in the hall Max Kamak and Horace c. Hoadiey were heTlers It was a cut and dried meet Ang with the Citizens alliance on ton, Eor weeks Kelsey and PeasIey had been working up sentiment for this