Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-27
JUDGE COLE WILL WEAR
 NO CLIQUE COLLAR
He Seeks HonOrs Republican, Not as the Pet of Any Particular Gang-Will Fight to the Last Ditch. and His Opponents Will be Made to Realize it. One of His Backers Unbosoms Himself

Judge Cole, one of the republican candidates for nomination as senator, is home from sea, and his presence about town has caused almost as much commotiOn as that of Admiral Dewey, provided the hero of Manila bay were with us Machine republicans stand and stare at the doughty disciple of blackstone who has dared! to throw down the gauge of battle to the ma- nipulators of republican ward cau- cuses, and speak of him in sulbdued tones, while all who have grown tired of being ruled by handful of smart fellows who want everything for
 themselves and their own immediate family connections hail him as their
 deliYerer and cheerfully offer him their sympathy and Willng co-opera-
 ton in his effort to bring about a bet
 ter condition of things in the republi-
 can camp. Judge Cole has discarded
 his side whiskers and goatee, is brown
 and tanned from exposure to the sum-
 mer sun and were it not for the pres-
 ence of old Jeff, his faithful collie dog,
 that sticks to him on land and on sea,
 some of his friends would scarcely recognize him. He is in the pink of
 condition dor rough and tumble fight
 and no matter which side wins out.
 the machine or the people, 1t is safe
 to predict that both will carry some
 unmistakable evidences of the conflict.
 ''The issue Involved" said Judge Cole to representative of this paper, s1S whether or not a repub lican can
 get the nomination for public office within the gift of the people without
 bowling to the party machine and with
 out wear1ng the badge of the Ldl1eys,
 Kelseys and Peasleys. In other words, may the people select a. candi-
 date or must 1t be done by the ma
 chine? I consider the stand taken on
 this question a move in the right di- rection for the benefit of very citizen in the district"
 Mir Cole has the backing of some of the most prominent republicans in Waterbury, including several business men and manufR cturerS, who for Ob- yious reasons feel that it is high time to make a change tn the method of
 nominating candidates for office in tho
 republican party. The machine opeF- atoTs are endeavoring to lead voters
 to believe that Cole is Harry Dalrant's
 candidate, but in this they are very
 much mistaken. If Durant is behind
 Cole 1t is snlafl factor in the fight,
 and the regulars, as they are pleased to term themselves, will find this out when they go to counting the heads at
 their primaries. One of Coles back CTS said to-day that he expects to see the judge carry every voting district
 in the city. He thought something had to be done to save the republican or ganization in Waterbury. He said he worked hard to elect the present ad-
 minisnation and hoped that 1t would set an example in municipal affairs which the party always could point to with pride, but he regretted that it fell far short of his expectation. 1t fell into the old rut, allowed itself to be controlled by the machine to a
 greater extent than any other adminis- tration, republican or democratic;
 made itself the tool of corporations, and showed an utter indifference for the we'll being of the public generally.
 Look about you to-day and see what l is going on in nearly all our public streets, that were built and mann l tained at the expense of the taxpay- CTS. They are not the property of private corporations who have large numbers of men tearing them up for the purpose of making money out of them, and scarcely dollar of the
 money earned at it going into the home of one of our taxpayers. Do you think the republicans of Water bury are going to stand this forever l because by so doing they may be able to keep a certain set of men in office? I should hate to think so, because if such were the case then the party
 would have forfeited it's right to rur-
 ther recognition and would soon be a thing of the past"
 | The above is a sample of what one
 hears almost every place the subject is mentioned Everybody appears dissatisfied with the way republicans are handling things and many are in
 no way bashful in giving expression to their views on the question.
 l Meanwhile H. H. Peck's packers are not idle and whether they mean 1 it or not they claim that they will
 put Cole and his followers out of bus l mess at the csylcuSes.