Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-08
IS IT nERIDEN MAN.
More Talk About Regent noran's
 Successor.

The fight over Regent Moran's posi- tion as superintendent of the Brook side home is stiu on, with the betting in favor of the out-of-toWn man, who is said to be A. w. Parish of Meriden, S1lo has had some experience in con- nection with charities at some of the state institutions. Some of the most influential republicans in the city want to see MT Moran retained, and if the board is bound to make a change they argue that the position should go to citizen of Waterbury, even though -Ae may have a wife who Is not ashamed to own herself the mother of a few children, but so far those who take that view of the case have not been able to convert the commissioners, who demand the job for republican, whether he ts a resident of Waterbury or not. It is said that the removal ot Mir Moran was not thought of during the election contest nor for some time after, but upon second thought some of the commissioners, forgetting about the promise of business administra- tion, got their heads together and con- cluded that it was too big a plum to leave to the other fellows and set about making inquiries for suitable man. A few desirable persons cropped up G1UOuC COW&As &dCu AlB SO AuSA backing that the commissioners saw breakers ahead and sought to steer clear of them by going out of town. It seems thls has made things worse, the local applicants and their friends claiming that they would prefer to see 'sIom" retained than have the job go to somebody outside of Waterbury. Some of the commissioners are said to be indifferent regarding public opin- ion and take the ground that for the time being they, are in control of the institution and declare that they are going to run it according to their own iaeas. and don't propose to be dictated to by any man or set Of men.
 One of the leaders of tho republican party said Saturday that he was very much opposed to having che Brookside home placed in charge of out-of- town parties. He preferred to See MT Moran retained, but he should not object to Change provided the job went to a resident of Waterbury. He thought we ought to maintain a home rule so far as such a thing is possible and wanted to know what would be said in case the other boards should take the hint from the board Of charities and buy labor and everything else the city needs from other than local par tdes.' All things else being equal, he believed that the home market should have the preference
 The same man said he didn't think that the department of charities had decided to dispense with the services of Mortimer Doran as superintendent of the town poor. If they had he was not aware of it. He had been in- formed on what he considered excel lent authority that after very care- ful investigation MT Doran's work stood the severest test that could have been applied to it and that nothing could be found which would warrant change in that office from business standpoint. "Great care" he said, ''was taken to lift the charities of the city above politics and shall not be- Heve that mistake was made on that point until I see the proof" He said he knew that certain clements were finding fault about the retention of public officials who had been appointed by democrats, but he felt confident that the department of charities would prove that, wherever change was made 1t was done solely with a view to securing better service for the city and he hadn't heard that MT Doran's work could be improved upon.