Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-15

Third Ward Republicans who Want
TO Control the Ward.

Some republicans Of the third ward
feel amused at the efforts now being
put forward to get control of the politi-
cal machinery of that voting district.
One of them told reporter to-day that
the SO called regulars are deceiving
themselves If they think they can talk .
themselves back into the good graces
of the voters of the ward by ridiculing
those who won out at the last primary.
He said he had no quarrel with the
men who are now planning a vigorous
campaign In that part of the town; on
the contrary he was willing to work
with them provided their aim was
party supremacy, but he suspected that
1t was case of rule or ruin. Unless
You belong to the ring" he aided,
land act as tale-bearer for few per- 1
sons who claim the right to run the re-
publican party of Waterbury, you
stand charged with disloyalty, and the
regulars, as they call themselves, refer
to you as newcomers. Many of the
newcomers were born in the third
ward, while several who are active
among the Regulars have not been in
Waterbury long enough to vote. Let
them organize and talk as much as
they please. They got together last
year, but it did not take us long to
scatter them. A similar movement is
under way in the other wards, but
| from what have been able to learn IT
| is not meeting with much success. The
republicans of Waterbury are not
going to be bossed all the time by the
same task masters, who want every
| thing in sight that is worth picking up
| for themselves and few OF their
| henchmen." The gentleman mentioned
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| them so long as he was not willing TO
appear in the thing himself. Party
| discipline is I'D to date in the repuL-
lican camp in Waterbury and any per-
son convicted of sneezing at what the
nabobs want is eyicted on the summary
process plan and kept on the outs for
the rest of his life.
The republican managers have plans
| perfected for a very vigorous fall cam
paign and intend to use some of the
/ tactics employed last year, charging
/ the opposition with practically every
sort of crime except premeditated MUIR
| der and by this means keep them busy
defending themselves. so that they may
! have no time to devote to allegations
i against the fellows who are on the in
| side and are not particularly anxious to
| give up their berths. The scheme may
/ do some good among gullaple demo-
Gratis but 1t is thought that the party
will have hard time of 1T keeping its
own family together this year. Al
ready many of them show signs Of
flying the coop, and If they get started
there is no telling how many of them
will be missing by next November. A
hardsheIl republican. who had no hesi-
tation to being quoted In favor of his
party nominees four years ago, told q
representative of this paper yesterday
that mum would be the word with him
during this campaign, adding, whatever
he meant by it, that he was q white
man and that he would have to stand
with white men even though they had
many planks in their PLATFORM that he
had no use for. He admitted that there
was some ambiguity In shis remarks,
but said that the whole thing would be
made plain to everybody before the
polls open for the reception of ballots
at the national election.