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THE HARTFORD LETTER.
WATERBURY REPUBLICANS TO
HAZE Il NEW HOME.

4uDiic sentiment EOtnIs 10 AlAeuten"At~
Governor r.. S. woodruff of This City
for Next aforementioned W. c.
skinner Back from EurOpe-Railroad
Commissioners Begin Work Earlier.
Hartford, May 1.-THE Waterbury
Republican, which was bought in Octo-
Der, 1902, by William M. Lathrop of
Williamsport, Pa, and w. j. Pape of
Passaic, N. j., has made decided pro-
gress in the newspaper field since the
change of management. This progress
is to be signalized this summer by the
erection OF a five story structure on
Grand street for the future home of the
Republican. The building will be of
brick and stone and will occupy site
opposite from the Federal building.
The property has been bought for the
Republicans new location, and the
contracts for erecting the block will
soon be awarded Mr. Lathrop is the |
editor in chief of the Republican and is |
an able journalist. He went to Water
bury as a stranger practically and has /,
made his way with marked success into |
Connecticut newspaper life. The bust |
ness management of the Republican is |
conducted by Mr.. Pape, a man Of enter
prise and business training. The editor
in chief has a cordial place in his heart,
for the old soldiers of the civil war.
His father-in-laW, William B. Chase Of
Carbondale, Pa, was in a Pennsylvania
command through the war. He was in
the rebel prison at Andersonville, where
he suffered untold horrors. The priva-
tions and exposures In the prison near
ly cost him his life. Editor Lathrop
deserves the popularity which he has
won in Waterbury during the three
years and half of his Journalistic life
in that city. Thomas Dudley Wells, Of
the State Prison Board of Directors, be-
gam his life as a newspaper man on the
Waterbury Republican and was its
mainstay for years. He had graduated
from Wesleyan university and had the
happy facility of expressing his
thoughts in a popular and humorous
vein. His work on the Republican was
heartily recognized in Waterbury and
he is remembered there with the warm
est interest, Since editorial changes
that took place on the Hartford Post in
September, 1904, Mr.. Wells has been on
the staff of the Hartford Times His
wit has not been spoiled by the change
from republican to a democratic at
mosphere. Everybody Is attached to
him in newspaper circles in Hartford.
BY the change of location, which Che
n rrnr ic xyp1
that paper will become neighbor of
the American, which is edited with so
much ability and force by Manager
Chaplin. Both papers will be on Grand
street. The new business headquarters
of the American, which is nearing COM
pletion, is without exception the hand
soonest newspaper office in the state.
The decorators art has not been spared
in making the place one of exceptional
interest. The editor in chief of the
American, Mr.. Chaplin, occupies posi-
ton in Connecticut journalism that but
few men could attain. He has an in
born sense of what newspaper work
should be- He is quick, intelligent and
sympathetic, recognizing merit and UNI
faltering in his support of high stand
ards He has been with the American
for a good many years, and the paper is
a reflection of his views and convic-
lions. 1t might be said here without
the least detection from the truth that
Connecticut has q high grade of edito
rial writer's and managers, men whose
standards of ethics and public life will
not fall an iota below the stand ards of
the pulpit or the school. The editor of
New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, New
Britain, Norwich, New London, SIAM
ford and the Norwalks are men to be
trusted with the public veal. The edi-
tors of rural papers are also men of
conviction and probfty. The Connect
cut newspaper editor and manager is
deserving of the highest public regard.
Judge Cowell of Waterbury, who has
been in Connecticut politics for good
many years, and is a keen observer of
public affairs, said few days ago,
when chatting of the political outlook
in the state, that the whole trend of
public sentiment Is towards the nomi-
nation Of Lieutenant-G Governor r, S.
woodruff of New Haven for governor
by the republicans this fall. In 1904
tWdp6IfUuTY gave
Woodruff a total of 5,292 votes, being
1913 more than it gave its own towns
man, George l. Ldlley, for congress-
mam-at-large. Congressman Lilley
gained 1902 in the city and town as
compared with his vote in 1902, when he
was first elected. 1t is safe to say that
Waterbury will be Woodruff strong
hold. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is liked
as much In Waterbury as he is in Hart
ford. The sentiment that Senator
Thomas D. Bradstreet of Thomaston
will be the nominee of the republicans
for comptroller is gaining ground every
day. While Thomaston is in suburban
relations with Waterbury, 1t is not in
New Haven county. 1t is a. good old
Iitofrfield county township. Senator
Bradstreet deserves well of Litohfield
county. He is one of its most represent
+ative citizens and has served it in the
legislature with eminent ability. He
went to the civil war in the old Nine
teenth, the pride of Litchtield, after
wards the Second Heavy artillery. He
is the ideal veteran candidate and will
have the support of every veteran in
Connecticut.
Colonel William G. Skinner, who was
on Governor Bulkeley's staff and has
heen in the publio life of Hartford for