Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-11
WILL HAVE ITS EFFECT.
To.Night's Parade Will Catch the
 Numerous Floaters.

The parade which is to come off to- night is looked upon in some quarters as likely to have Il lasting effect polit- ically. Nearly every employer of labor in the city will be associated with it in some way or other, and it is said that the class of labor.now coming into town almost Invariably regulates it's politics to suit that of its employers. There is reason to believe that many will conclude that it would he to their advantage to be among the chosen few and in this way party supremacy wils be insured for all time This is tho way the fellows who are after offices look at it, but men who have but Il business interest in politics can't sec 1t that way. On the contrary they re- gret the introduction Of politics into the shops, which are now said to be regular political clubs, and claim that the history of manufacturing concerns in Waterbury and elsewhere showa . that 1t does not pay to conduct Il plant on that plan. and they don't have to go out of town to make good this con- tention.
 But the situation is hardly as bad as that. Of course tho employees in the mills know best, but isn't 1t fair to assume that some of them are need.
 
 does tell you that if the democrats win the country will go to the dogs ana you will have no work, you are not obliged to believe him. There is noth, ing the matter with the bosses/ If there is anything wrong it Is in the makeup of the help. Why. 1t is not many years ago when bosses used to stand at hte polls and watch em- ployes put their tickets into the boxes, and yet this did not derer them from voting as they pleased Whats the reason they can't do it now when the boss cannot get his eye on them no matter how he tries2 The trouble is there are men who have such Il dread of their bosses they think they are looking down at them even when they are shut up in the voting booths. The idea of giving men jobs on condition that they are republicans and will re- side in the fourth or fifth wards may cut some ice, but hardly enough to keep Waterbury republican provided therest of the people are not satisfied. 1t is not likely that time ever will come when electors holding positions in this way will be in the majority. a1d be, sides, after some of them live here < few years they Will want the same Kind of wearing apparel, tenements.
 
 bors. and, better still they will throw off their political collars and refuse to give their franchise and their labor in exchange for what they receive in their envelopes.
 If the management of concern is republican and keeps a voting list in the office for the accomodamtion of it's party, what right has anybody to find fault so long as nobody is prevented from voting as he pleases. People are constantly looking at these things and magnifying them while their eyes are closed to. what is more harmful. Dur Ing the campaign just closed, the re- publicans had ID active workers in the several wards, not one of whom re- ceived Il copper for his service. Be sides these every office holder was do- Ing missionary work. How many volunteers could be found among the democrats? How many democrats now in office did anything to help their party? Is it not fact that all most as many of them were out against the party as supported the ticket? How many republican office holders did you see "knifing" their ticket or ''eutting" any man on 1t? Not one, for they all know better. One trick of that sort would put the big kest of them outside the breastworks for the balance of his life but such h thing passes as matter of course pn the democratic side of the house. hnd as Il result the party has no or iganization In Waterbury These are the things that hurt, not the attitude of the bosses i'll the factories. What does a democrat who works in the shop want? Does he expect a repub- lican boss to take him to the polls in a coach? So long as he is at liberty to go out on election day and return to his work when he gets through, he has absolutely no reason to rail at any body if he fails to vote according to the dictates of his own conscience.
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