Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-28
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Dissension i'm Tammany Association
 -Durant's Enemies Join Foscea.

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 Dissension is rife i'll the local Tam many association over the coming na
 tional campaign and the present indi- cations point to the breaking up of the society altogether or right about face movement on the part of some of the members, and then forward march into the republican camp, while others stand shoulder to shoul- der for Parker and democracy. One of the members told reporter this morning that the directors are di- Vlded on this matter, but he was of tne opinion that in the end the stiff necked fellows would give ill and join hands with their brothers ill grand rush to the Roosevelt standard. Some of the directors have not been active in the performance of their duty the past half year and as result lAe whole of the work of getting into shape for the fall campaign Is being attended to by three or four They have not decided which party they will stake their hopes with. but one or two of the officers make no bones of stating that they are out for Roose- welt and are using every means ID their power to swing the whole organ l ixation into line.
 The latest returns from the front re garding the war i'll the republican camp is that Congressman Lilley and the Peasleys and Keiseys have held a love feast and from now on neither will make move without consulting the other. The Durant forces are greatly incensed at the insinuation that the movement for cheaper gas had its origin at a meeting of the Business Mems association. They claim that this is being done with view to steal ing Durant's powder and putting 1t : into the republican magazines in the several wards. "I know for a fact" said one Of the Durants to-day. after yowing vengeance upon the rewubli- can managers, that the cheaper gas question never came before the Water bury Mercnaflts' association. The first tbey knew about it as a body was when Alderman Hurley introduced petition to that effect at the meeting of the aldermen couple of weeks ago and some prominent members of the association jumped on it, notably MT Hewitt, who moved that 1t be tabled, adding that 1t was too important to take up off-hand. This showed that he knew nothing about 1t and was 1 somewhat surprised that anybody had the cheek to take such a bold step. We talked little about this and it turned out to be quite card for us
 and they had to do something to eoun- teraet the influence it had with all classes" The night the petition re- ferred to came up in the aldermanic chamber Durant was present and salu that he hoped the action taken on the petition was not final. He asked that Judge Cole be notified when the board was ready to discuss it's merits. It Is rumored that the price of gas is soon to take drop and now both sides are making desperate effort to get credit for the reduction and make political capital out of it.
 >J. Clifford ElIs, who Is now on the
 road for q wholesale house was in Waterbury yesterday and made call upon some of the pFimfnent members of the republican, party. 1t is under stood that some bad blood has been
 stirred up over the filling of the va capey in the free employment bureau
 and the regulars are losing strength
 on account of it. Ells is said. to have
 been called home to bolster up the ! machine operators cause by making
 statement exonerating Congress
 man Lilley, John Kellogg and all the
 other big guns of the party from
 blame in the matter. Will Els do it ] after the way he has been kicked
 about for the past year or two2
 At present the sprinting match among democrats for the office of
 senator has dwindled down to two,
 Finton J. Phelan and John F. Holo-
 han. Each has strong backing and
 in some quarters 1t is thought that | forces are so evenly matched it will
 be necessary to call out dark horse.
 There will be an important meeting of the democratic town committee to-
 morrow evening at 27 Canal street.
 The work of the coming campaign will
 be discussed and plans laid for carry ing the city for Parker and Davis i Raiiurv Tele1. ouec