Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-18
Nearly Every Office Holder Said
 to be sAgin Him z
s MORT" DORIAN AMONG THEM.

Declared Himself in Favor of Thoms To-Day-Lynch Supporters, Not withstahding An This Say They Will Win in Four wards-Last Nights Storm Knocked Out Several Meetings That Were to Have Been Held.
 1 MT Doran superintendent of ths board of charities, has declared hiin- | self for MT Thoms- Excepting City Clerk Ryan and Town Clerk Brett, the whole City hall then is mmshalled forth for Thoms- For someweeks peo-
 Die who are watching this extEaordi- l narily warm ante primary campaign
 have been waiting for MT Doran to show his haad, and now that anxiety on this point has been removed, the Lynch adherents can the more readily adjust their plans. Never in the po-E l lihcal history 6sss this city has the en- 1 tire City hals, almost, aligned itSek with either cS the leaders in primary
 campaign. IE has been their gospel and their doctrine that being office holders they could not consistently I take part in such campaign. It was I their business IS well as their policy l to steer clear of the quicksands and
 swamps that might lie hidden in such 1 contests. They could not even be in-
 duced to vote on primary day, where l as here they are, almost to a man, I aligned against the Workfngmans can-
 didHte and as good and true demo. l crat as any of themselves. This is decided change in the political atmos-
 phere, and what brought it about with l such abruptness no one can explain. It is an exraordinary state of af1a4rs
 that ofhce-holders should oppose the l election of a man who has the pledged
 support of every labor union in the l city, for their action is nothing Jess
 than downright effort to overthrow
 the very men who placed them in tho
 offices they now hold. It is declars- 1 ton of independence, an active state
 ment that they are 10 longer anxious
 for the vote of the people, that they
 can "get there" without their vote. Miles Connolly, one of the oldest off | all the old war horses, is on deck witft
 a big flag and big hurrah for Lynch
 Afiles's field of operations is the sec~
 ond ward, and he has succeeded ifIs
 creating surprising enthusiasm for Mi.
 Lynch in that district Miles has beert
 on the winning side during the last
 few years. He has lad his ups anfEs
 downs in the game like all the rest o
 those who have been in harness befofas the. younger generation of voters wass
 born, and he seems to be on the win
 ming side once ore. It must be ad
 mitted that Miles Connolly can qreatf!
 more enthusiasm for his candidat4a
 than any other two men in the city a#* E Last night was bad one for poll.
 tics and only those who had personal
 interests in the campaign were out
 Some of the Lynch committee gathered
 in their respective -wigwams and drew l up plans for the day of the last rally,
 which takes place one week from to. l day. HeadquarteIs may be estab. lished in the several wards where tha5 machinery will be operated that will
 move all the workers to success. l f The Thoms men seemed to monopcs l 1ize attention last evening, but the
 storm apparently dampened the ardor of his followers. At the meeting oes
 the first ward men in the City hall only a bakers dozen were on deck, anti they seemed to have only enoGyll
 ardor to get out of the rain. Attorrssr
 Reeves was chairman and AttorLa Marcus secretary. There was no bus s
 ness of any importance to the cam ] paign transacted on account of ths
 absence of the crowd and enthusiasm- | It was a bleak night for the Thozns men all around A great rally had been arranged, but the rain knocked l it all to pieces and shivered whatever
 warmth there was in those who rallied
 to the City hall
 1 The second ward supporters of Mk Lynch will hold their adjourned meet l ing this evening, and it is on the pros gram to appoint a committee to draw l up their ticket for the primaries. The enthusiasm for Mir Lynch in this ward ] has in no ways abated and it is said
 that he will win there without ques- l ton. But MT Thoms to-day said that he regarded it as anyone's ward so far. 1 Tn fact, he said there will be a hard contest in all of the wards. He de- ! nied that one of his supporters in the l fourth ward, Patrick Reardon, had re-
 tired from his support.
 
 A few fifth warders tried to get \ meeting up for MT Thoms in the City
 hall annex last night Superintendent
 of the Board of Charities Doran was present. but the attendance was l So cold, encouragement so damp and
 the prospect so bleak, that it broke np early.
 The meeting of the fifth ward sup l porters of Thoms. which. was post l poned last evening, will be held this, l evening in the city court room.
 bet of s2oo is reported as being l made last night that Lynch win beat l Thoms in the first ward.
 The republicans have selected thek l Following places anU dates for holding