Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
GETTING TOGETHER.
Third Ward Republicans Find it
 Pretty Hard Work.

l The executive committee of th, | Third Ward Republican club hay,
 laid plans for the fall campaign Whil,
 It was not denied that the party vii
 have hard sIedding this fall. still tlt more hopeful of the committee fel
 that they may be able to save theil
 necks provided John P. Elton can bt prevailed upon 10 lead the cohorts and some scheme devised to control the rebellious elements that are cropping
 up in the several districts The repre-
 sentatiyes of the party in the alder
 manic chamber came in for a few
 hard whacks and it was almost gen
 erally conceded that steps should be
 taken 10 give some of them q leave of
 absence. No special charge was al
 legged against their record. but it would
 appear from what was said that more
 loyal men can be chosen The matter
 of registration was talked of and it
 was decided to devote whole even
 ing to this subject so that the pros
 and cons of that important feature of
 the coming battle may receive the at
 tentlon it requires.
 Some members of the club are great
 ly disturbed over rumored alliance
 between the Durant and Peasley forces and want ticket prepared for the primary which will put them out Of buslnss for fair. The old feud is still on and the regulars feel that it will require all their strength to hold their grip at the primary. Peasley and Du- rant are said to have concoGted a schema fn mi al nected with the present administration and are said to have plans perfected to carry the warfare to the polls. The club takes the ground that the best method of clipping their wings is to keep them outside the breastworks and then if they effect junction of forces with others the party will be in a posi- lion 10 refer to them as deserters and office seekers. The disaf- fection in the rank and file is said to be so great that the machine operators nave come to the conclusion that des- perate remedies will have to be ap- piled and It is thought that in order to win 1t will be necessary to conduct campaign and stir up as much bad blood as possible. One man who the session said that there was h-ll to pay and that he never sup posed the feeling between the two elements in that ward was so bitter. But he expected 10 see the chasm bridged before the fall election He said that the attitude of Harry Durant towards Judge Burpee and his alleged interest in the elevation of Judge Peasley has stirred up hornets nest in the republican camp. Evident
 y with view 10 hurting the demo cratic candidate for mayor it was hint ,d that Peasley and Durant have prac- tically Topped over and intend to do heir level best to elect democratic mayor this year, the reputed reward being place on the department o. safety for Durant and the election of Judge Peasley as city attorney to sue 'eed John P. Kellogg two years hence. This may appear a long way to look onward to for reward, but the shrewd politician doesn't wait for the eve of battle 10 get ready for the fray. Any way the republicans are having trou- )les of their own just now, but demo- rats should bear in mind that they lave happy faculty of burying the Ike at the eleventh hour and getting nto line when the polls open on cleo ion day. s s,zs-
 Another session will be held next friday evening and in the meantime very tried and true man will hold his ! ar to the prOuul and rpnort fhp slirht. |