Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-29
THE HIGH WATER SERVICE.
Republicans Claim Credit for That Also And Yet the Groundwork Was All Prepared for Them-The
 Different Platforms of the Two Candidates

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 The republicans are in hard lines
 TOT good campaign material and not
 Delng able to find any on their own side of the house they are trying to
 steal from the democrats. But they
 can't do 1t. They credit Mayor Elton
 with being the father of the high
 water service system. What non
 sense! As matter of fact this
 scneme was thought out by a good
 Jenersonian democrat, Nelson J. Vel
 ton, before Mayor Elton was born. It
 was understood from the beginning
 that East Mountain reservoir would
 Tn time serve the city as a high water
 service, but the time was not ripe for
 carrying this plan into effect until a l rev years ago when on reconmenda- l ton Of democratic board of public works bonds were issued for that pur- pose and a committee consisting of
 Mayor Kilduff and Engineer Cairns worked out just such plan as in tnelr Judgment the situation called
 Tor. This was submitted to the board of public works shortly after MT FL
 ton came into office. Being too hon
 orable to claim credit where none was que, his honor remarked as he passed
 IL to the clerk that all he had to do
 was to substitute bis name for that
 or Mayor Kilduff's. But these things
 dont amount to much anyway, and
 the only reason why they are men,
 toned here Is to show the dearth of
 campaign material on the other side
 of the house. It might be all right to
 credit the high water service to the
 business administration provided they
 took the. initiative in the project, but
 when everybody knows this Is not so
 1t looks as though they hadn't any
 thing worthy of commendation which
 they could point to that originated
 with themselves. Guess this is so
 too They were too busy putting up jobs on democrats and matching LID
 schemes to raise the salaries of their friends.
 DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
 This is a good time for people to keep cool and do their own thinking. The republicans are conducting this campaign in such way that one would think John F. Elton and E. G. Kilduff were the candidates for may or. Neither gentleman Is in the race and the sooner people open their eyes to this fact the sooner they will see their duty when they go to the polls next Monday. In one respect Mir FL ton is running for mayor. Mir Blakes- lee stated at the outset that If elected he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, which was a plain admission that in case he assumes the duties of mayor every project now under way will be put through. Many say this Is where Blakeslee made a great mistake. If he had said that 90 much of MT Elton's policy as con- mended itself to him would be carried along and that the rest of 1t would be left where he found it, his position would be much better than it is. But | he couldn't do this. He knew what | would be expected of him in case he | should win out and he thought 1t best | to make clean breast of the situa- | ton at once so that in case he had to | deal with certain questions nobody | could charge him with double deal ing. MT Blakeslee told the truth so that if he should be chosen mayor his will be repetition of | the policy of the past two years. It is quite different with Mir Thoms. He built a platform for himself, put 1t before the people in his own way, | and the public thinks favorably of it. | He didn't say that If elected he would follow in the footsteps of former Mayor Kilduff, so that 1t matters not Kilduff's policy was good or bad, Thoms is not responsible for it md as he has not committed himself 10 anything, simply because 1t might nave been a hobby with Kilduff, there ioesn't appear to be any connection between the two men and their poli- lies. except that both are democrats. If Thoms comes of victor he will pur sue a policy of his own. You have cad his platform and know what 1t ,tands for. You haven't had chance Q see Mir Blakeslee's for the very rood reason that he doesn't know what it is. It Is bound up in the great minds of the business administration md contains so many things that 3lakeslee himself might want to pro est if he knew half what there Is in he background.
 Small groups of republicans held allies at Mill Plain and other places lst night. They failed to stir up any nthusiasm and went home pretty well atisfied that the people demand \ hange and are bound to have It.
 The republican candidates for office tended a theatrical performance giv- n at Concordia hall last night under he auspices of the Lithuanian club. ust what parts they played in the erformance Is not known. but 1t Is afe to predict that they did some hing They will be exhibited at a wedish meeting tonight.
 The democrats will have something , say to the people tomorrow night. nd everybody should hear them. At 30 o'clock a rally of the electors of le third and fourth wards will be cid at the corner of Bank street and avenue. and at s o'clock le democrats of the fourth and fifth ards and others who are tired of the nsiness administration will hold meet gs on Baldwin street. one at o'clock . the corner of Washington and Bald in streets. and another half an hour | ter at Bridge and Baldwin streets. e here will be music. red fire and lots I enthusiasm. fl H. A. .Tullar presided at the demo '. -atic rally in Carter's hall. waterville. st night. The speakers were former u ayor Kilduff. chairman of the demo O asRs. sn~,~r .rrr~-F+4aa IT E Tho-,. | O ,hn H. Crary. Francis T. Reeves and g { !. Smith. candidates for mayor b ty clerk. collector and sberin. respec q