Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-05
THIS REPUBLICAN A SOCIALIST.
Says He Is Tired of Voting the Republican Ticket Tons of Literature Being Dumped Into Wat erbury-Republican Senatorial Conven.
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 Democrat reporter in reply to a query regarding how he intended to vote at the November election; 'No sir; I'm not going to vote for Roose- veit, nor for Parker, either. have been voting the republican ticket for nearly thirty years, but now I'm socialist. What else can q man be if he wants to be honest What is the present city administration doing for Us. The democrats were bad enough; but the fellows that succeed cd them are worse. The democrats used to rake the stones of the street for us once in a while, but that is more than has been dohe for us this year. l don't know whether this Is because they haven't time or for lack Of funds. I suspect they are too busy seeing how they can make the way easy for out of town folks to get in here. What about the people who are here and have to tridge for miles through all kinds of roads to their work? I'm something of home ruler and believe that it is the duty Of every community to look out for the needs of its own citizens first We want the trolley in Mill plain and have been trying to get it for years, but nobody seems to care whether we get 1t or hot. They want the trolley in the Town plot district, on, Dublin street; and all through that thiekly settled section in the eastern part of the city. walnut street and a dozen other places up there that make up. a nice sized town. More than huff the beoble iii Waterbury are in need of trolley service. but the. city govern- rneFt does not seem to be much wor- rfed about them. They would like to have us pay to open up the way for the trolley to Wateftown and Thorn- aston and we'll be lucky if they don't do 1t. No sir; I'm not republican any longer. and not caring to be a democrat, I see no course open to me if want t6 vote at all except to cast my lot with the socialist party. hope to live long enough to see a home rule adnnitiistra ti0n in Water bury-an adminibtratioh pledged to stand for trolley extension in every. district Of waterbury before going a foot outside of the town boundary. I want to do my trading with the bust ness men in the center because can get better returns for my money from them than in the one-horse establish mente necessity compels me to pat ronize. My wife does not go into the center once a month. Whyf The distance is too great. The trolley service iii Waterbury should be so that working people and shoppers in all districts would derive some bene- it from it, I want to see our neigh bors from nearby towns and from afar come in here and do their trad ing, but don't care to continue wear ing out shoe leather for the balance Of my life and keep on paying taxes to furnish trolley service for my neighbots who find 1t profitable to live outside Waterbury and drop in here Whenever 1t suits themselves, We're just as far behind the times now In some crowded districts so far as public conveniences go as we were when I was a shaver, and unless we have a public uprising of every wage earner in town most of us will soon lose the little our fathers left us and what we have been able to add to it. Our expenses are crawling up every year and we have nothing to show for 1t. I'm going to get ID petition to be pfesknted to the legislature ask Ing that the old system of town gov ernment in Waterbury be provided. We got something for our nioney from the selectmen and Gave them very little Under the present system we afe paying large sums and receiv- ing nothing. And the worst thing about it is that there's nothing in sight. Our needs are not even hint cd in any quarter"
 There Is a bad feeling in Mill plain and many other districts of Water bury regarding the trolley question. They refer to themselves as flor gotten citizens" and claim that, were lt not for the assessors the collector and the politicians their names never would appear on the public records.
 The republican convention for the fifteenth and sixteenth senatorial dis tricts will be held tonight Fl. Fl. Peck appears to be In the lead for the rantlidate in the fifteenth district, but there is nothing certain about the party's stafidard bearer in the six keenth.
 last evering after few days SO journ with the big political bugs of New York. He says that everybody in New York city, irrespective of po- ntlcs, is Of the opinion that Parker and Herrick will carry the state.
 The delegates to elect delegates to Ghs republican probate convention met