Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-24
POLITICAL POINTERS.
C. 0. ?. in . Qsandasy About Cartsf's
 Action.

The wiseheads in the republican party have so far failed to understand Captain H. B. Carter's opposition to Commissioner of Education w. J. Lar kin succeeding George NJ. Beach as alderman from the second ward. It is one of the most perplexing matters that the grand old party has had to deal with in great many years, In view of the attitude of the captain when Mir Beach made known his de- claration to resign from the board of aldermen. for resign he must before he can assume the office of superin- tendent of police Even his friends cannot understand his action and they are all sorry that he has injured his prestige in the party by opposing the majority.
 There Is not the slightest secrecy en- yeloping this trying matter to the re- publican party. When Mir Beach de- clared his intention to throw of the ermine of the board of aldermen there was a mothers meeting of the Clock shop republican club committee. Nr Beach there and then stated that in view of coming events he could no longer be declared to be in politics and would resign as soon as convenient from his office as alderman of the sec ond ward, and the sooner the better as far as he was concerned. It was thereupon determined to consider Mir Beach out of the simple game of poli- tics, and it was suggested by MT Car ter and subsequently moved by him at a later meeting of the club that MT Larkin should succeed Mir Beach. The ground was taken that as Mir Beach was a member of the Clock factory club. his successor should be the one considered most popular in that or ganization and also in the ward. Then it was voted that a meeting of the en- tire club be called and that 1t be de- clared to the club that Mir Larkin was the selection, unanimously, of the con- mittee. and it would be well if the club as a whole should give him the same unqualified endorsement.
 Up to the time of calling this meet ing of the shop club there had been nc trouble. nor any expectation of 1t. par ticularly from Mir Carter. he having been the member of the shop orgalliza ton to propose and endorse MT Larkin as successor to MT Beach.
 But 1t seems that it was in the in terval between the last meeting of the committee and the calling of the meet ing of the whole shop club that the trouble was matched fer meanwhile Mir Carter had declared himself in op position to the very principle he had laid down at the last meeting of the committee. by announcing himself as a candidate for the promised vacancy on the board of aldermen.
 Expressions of wonder came from all who were in actual contact witf the workings of the club and the com mittee. They tried to guess who wal at the bottom of the contradictory ac ton of MT Carter. who was the disci pie of mischief prompting him to thi' disturb bance in scene where only { short time before he was the very em bodiment of peace and party tranquil ity. His friends wondered why h' should have ignored the unanimous ac ton of the committee. which actioI was approved by the entire club. Som, of them spoke to him about 1t. beinl unable to get any satisfactory ex planation from current rumor. but the. lwere--not enlightened. e A Democrat reporter interviewed member of the club who was at tn meeting which endorsed MT g,arkin ol the words of Mir Carter, and he sait that all the club were in the dark They could make nothing out of M Carter's peculiar conduct, only tha some misguided friend of his is th cause of the situation.