Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-09

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 Middlebury and Wolcott gave Pierce a majority of go over Lowe, but this was wiped out by the local vote. It was q good plan to hold that democratic parade Monday night. If it hadn't come at that time 1t isn't likely that it would have taken place at all.
 X great effort was made to defeat Judge Lowe and at times during the day it looked like victory for Pierce, but the judge and his friends never despaired. They had faith in the people and they were not disap- pointed. Big crowds watched the bulletins last night and cheers and counter cheers went up just as the swaying throng liked what they heard. It was a big night for the republicans, and. to their credit. it is but fair to state that the democrats stood the ordeal we'll.
 The Hon Mir Liiley got there but the returns show that he is not gain ing in popular favor. Considering the way the state went Lilley is well be- hind and under ordinary conditions Kennedy would have whipped him out of his boots.
 Some of the democrats were very angry over the way things were con- ducted about the fifth ward voting booth yesterday. They claim they were hustled about at every oppor- tunity while their neighbors were con- ducting a speak easy in back kitchen within seventy-five feet of the polls and the officers never caught on.
 The fifth ward voted straight, the number of pastors being very small, even for Mir Pierce, although some prominent people tried hard to. get their friends to give the prosecuting agent hand.
 !. It is hoped that we will heaB no more about hard times for the next who lays a man off from now on or talks of reducing wages should be ar rested and sent to jail until 1898.
 The democrats are short of help among the non- English speaking vet- CTS. The other fellows appear to have men to spnre for this kind of work, and they come in handy. They cer- tainly did good work yesterday,
 
 Senator Tracy attended the demo- cratic rally Monday night and savsRhe was very much pleased with some things he heard there. He is per- sonal friend of MT Osborn and was rather amused at his remark that tho republican party hadn't patent on good government. To-day Mir Tracy mailed letter to Colonel Osborn tell ing him that the republican prosperity patent of 1896 and 1900 had been in- dorsed by the American people and re- newed for four years more.
 ''The salaried men and the unskill- ed laborer are the fellows who are bit hard by the advance in the cost of living,' said an employer to-day. "Manufa cturers and skilled laborers never were better off than they are to-day and it was their influence that brought about the, splendid results" The gentleman who said this is a good republican, and while he admit ted that tho present system worked hardship to some he hRd no hesitation. in stating that on the whole things are much better the way they are than they would be if we had change. Whether this is so or not the time for contention is past for the present. It is certain that there can be no divid- ed responsibility for the next four years. The republican plan of gov ernment has been in operation for several years past and the manage ment has nothing to hamper it now. With a standing army as large as they want to make it and tariff ac- cording to their own notion of what is best, surely everybody has reason to hope for good times. If prosperity. comes in the measure it has been promised, everybody will be happy and on the othre hand, if it fails to materialize nobody can blame the democrats for they are not in it.