Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Another Branch of the Local RePub. i, Iicans Sending Gut Circulars.

1ICanS SenulnS Uut IlrCULArSss
 X Waterbury man who has spent a few days in New York since the na- tional conventions were held says that the row between the Durants and Kel- seys in Waterbury is very modest ,af- fair compared with the scraps> at the metropolis among the big guns of the republican party. Here is the way he puts it: The push thought that l Hearst would muster enough strength to get the nomination and they did their best to help him along. With ! this idea in mind they looked for a Walkover and the mOneylbags were " ing with each other to see which would give the biggest donation to carry the election for Roosevelt, But the unexpected happened, which is not unusual in politics. and fnstead of nominating Hearst they trotted out Parker This closed the mouths of the big dogs and now they are at 1t hammer and tongs about keeping their promises regarding the amount of their donations to the republican cam paign fund. I was told that Carnegie would have given the republican na- tional committee $1.000.000 for cam paign purposes if any other man but Parker got the nomination on the oth- CT ticket but owing to the way things are he does not want to contribute a cent. Four years ago I was in New York and everybody was talking Mo Kinley. It is just the other way to- day I was surprised at the open way republicans knocked Roosevelt. If you doubt this just look at the editor fal in yesterdays Herald, paper that was expected to support the republi- can nominee. They all claim that Roosevelt is too light for the presfden- cy. and if you notice he has not been saving much recently. Somebody must have talked. him into shutting his mouth until after election and by that time think he will have seen his fn- ish"
 The latest returns from the seat of hostilities i'll the local field is that the Kelsey-Peasley forces have bridged the ehasm between Themse1ves and the Kelloggs and Burpees and are now working along the lines mapped out by the machine. This was deemed ad- visable on account of the successes Durant has been making in all the wards, The documents sent out from Durants headquarters cut more ice than the opposition expected they would do and with view to counter acting the harm done by them the oth- CT fellows are now mailing love let ters to all td1e good men and true be seeching them to stand by their guns and not be misled by the utterances of false prophets. The allied powers may crush Durant, but then the situ- alton would not be materially jim proved, because the regulars would still insist upon holding onto the lions share of the spoils and as the Kelseys think 1t time something besides crumbs fell into their laps, the fight af- ter the burial of Durant would be fercer than before. 1t is thought, however, that there will not be much left for machine operators or anybody else to quarrel about when Durant gets through with them, though, to be sure, many consider Judge Burpee and John Kellogg secure no matter what way the fall elections go They claim that even though Harry should be cho- sen senator he would not be able to oust Burpee and John Kellogg is all right so long as his party is in the as- cendancy i'll the aldermanic chamber. The only way MT Ke1loggs berth is i ever likely to be handed over to new occupant is by vote of the demo- crats and couple of deserters on the other side. If Durant gets control of the machinery of the party some strange things will happen. The republican state central com mittee. in a short and harmonious ses- sion at the Allyn house last evening, named Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep tember 13 and IA, as the dates of the state convention, selected ex-Governor George F. Mclean for temporary cahirman and decided upon Hartford as the headquarters of the committee i during the campaign. George L. Lil- ley and Cornelius Tracy were present, representing the fifteenth and six teenth districts.
 The prohibitionists of Waterbury don't propose to be caught mapping. They are out to win and before fhe battle is over the big fellows may find to their sorrow that the cold water men are mightier than they supposriL The following committees have been appointed to inspect the prohibition fences in the several voting districts Leon M. Barnes, second ward, chair man; Clarence F. Palmer, second ward, secretary; George H. Barnes, second ward, treasurer; D. B. Sweet en. first ward, Truman l.. Goode, third ward, Edson l.. Bradley, fourth ward, J. Oswald Bassett, fifth ward, Peter Carson, Wateryille.
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