Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-07
POLITICAL POINTERS
ltssrnsy Lynch is Not . Candidate
 For Mayor

llleged candidacy of James M. Lynch
 .or the mayoralty nomination, Demo
 .rat reporter, while not taking any
 ,tock in 1t, asked MT Lynch to-day
 what it all meant.
 There is nothing to it." he said, "so
 lar as 1 am concerned. but 1t Is true
 that number of my friends wanted
 ne to enter the contest and promised
 me enthusiastic support in all the
 wards. While am grateful for this
 manifestation of good will, deem it
 nnwise to enter the race at this time.
 III event, perhaps, which would have
 tendency to precipitute contest
 within the party similar to that which
 was forced upon 1t two years ago, and
 that is something distinctly wish to
 avoid. Some may say that should
 have denied the runo.' Saturday, but
 It is hard for a man to deny or affirm
 something he knows nothing about 1
 was in New York when this talk got
 around and on my return wanted to
 inquire the source of it before saying
 anything. I found that friends had
 gone to work to seclre for me the
 Eomination, but after talkin" the mat.
 ter over with them and giving them
 my version of 1t, I thanked them and
 assured them thas should refuse to
 stand for the nomination"
 Discussing the question further, MT
 Lynch said that there was absoluteiy
 no truth in the imputation that the
 mayoralty boom started for him was
 not attended to be used as club to
 force a place for him for another
 pffice. They wanted him to run for
 mayor, and nothiny else was thought
 of. He said he was not laying plans
 for any office in the gift of the party,
 but he did admit tIat if he should be
 offered the nomination for collector of taxes he would accept it, but he was
 not going here or tLerG trying to talk
 people into giving him the nomination. This disposes of the so-called Lynch boom, which the other side had start ea out to make political capital out of. The republicans think another victory can be won by the use of the same tac- tics employed two years ago, but this Is extremely doubtful, and the nipping of tue Lynch boom in the bud will send them scurrying around for something else. They are resourceful fellows and may be depended upon to trump up something calculated to divert atten- ton from themselves and the blunders of the business administration.
 It was hinted last night in republi- can circles that it is not likely that John r. Elton will be candidate to succeed himself. While this has not been given out authoritatiyely it seems to be understood that way and already the party managers are be- ginning to line up behind Ralph Blakeslee. What Mir Elton has said on the matter right along is tanta- mount to a blunt refusal to stand for n second term. In the first place he doesn't want it and besides the nut terings of dissatisfaction with the ad- ministration among republicans are so pronounced his friends are by no means sure that they are able to elect him. It was Blakeslee two years ago until the coast became so clear that the tri. umph of the republican ticket was practically assured: then at the eley- enth hour Blakeslee withdrew in favor of Elton with the understanding that hp would be taken care of later on. The same tactics may be employed | this year, but that will depend entirely | upon how the democrats behave. If | they get together and agree upon one man, Blakeslee will be trotted out; but | If they have family quarrel the chances are that Mir Elton will head the ticket, provided certain elements | in the republican party can prevail | upon him to change his mind. Mayor | Elton is a very busy man and caE hardly afford to give the office o. mayor the time it requires. No doubt l this is the reason so many things went wrong. He was obliged to trust tOn much to his lieutenants. and this does not pay, either in public or privqtc life. The mayors personal friends claim that he was not a party to any | of the sharp political schemes fM which his administration Is famO~,, and while this may be true, i. Is be- yond cavil that he cannot avoid share of the responsibility for the con duct of those who owe their official position to him. Mayor Elton may not be much of politician, but he is sur by men who are past masters at the business, and review of their work is all the proof one needs to sub stantiate this contention. By way of for the misconduct of some of his appOintees. the statement is now being made that Mir Elton was new in politics two years ago and that nearly all his boards were selected for him by his advisers. but even so he still is l sharer in the credit or blame attach ng to their public acts.
 There is great danger of rupture h the second ward republican camp. Henry E. Carter is said to be candi- late for G. NJ. Beach's mantle as lead IT of the party in the aldermanic chamber. This is not desired by the not because Carter is not l bright fellow. but owing to the fact . hat he is charged with being on the ,uts with the half dozen or more men who control legislation in Waterbury. They are afraid that Carter might be empted to make move toward eyen- ng up some old scores. and he has a ,agful of them. with his political foes, md thus create condition of things in he board of aldermen which might nake it well nigh impossible for the epublicans to act with free hand. Whether there is any truth in it or lot. nobody who knows cares to say. ut there appears to be a belief in re 'ubIican quarters that Captain Car CT. H. R. Durant and F. NJ. PeasIey I ave something up their sleeve which means the political death of John Kel- , DEE and few others high in the coun- $ ils of the party, and 1t goes without