Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-27
wATERBuRY EVENING pEMoCRAT sEPTElBER
POLITICAL POINTERS.
District Count h Session Until 11:30
 Last Night Issuing Papers.

The district court was in session till l1:3O last night issuing natura!t- zatiOn papers. As usual there was .
 rush toward the end and even then quite number had to go without their papers as the clerks did not care
 to stay in court all night to acc0mmo-
 date scores of men who could just as well have obtained their papers on
 any of the proceeding evenings, or any day during the past week or two. Second papers were issued to fifty one applicants and first papers to six tty three, the cash returns for this
 number amounted to 133.5O. Under the new law this sum would be over three times that amount, but oDe-half
 of it would have to be given to the the authorities in Washington. The number naturalized is very small.
 If the electors of the fifth ward don't know how to handle the voting machines Monday 1t will not be the fault of those who have introduced them into the city. At the present time the machines are in some of the principal stores in that district and on Sunday there will be one at Dun cans, Cassin's, Casey's and Cough lan's drug stores. Give the machines trial and then when you go to the polls Monday you will find 1t almost as easy to vote on them as it is to roll on a log. The fifth ward ma chine is the Standard. While the fifth wards are playing this the sec ond ward folks are trying their skill on the Dean. It will be interesting to note which of the two machines will give the better satisfaction.
 The time for issuing naturaliza- papers to those who could have voted had they been on time with their applications is gone by, and 1t will be impossible for them to have say in the coming election, unless the matter of Jurisdiction of the dis trict court is settled within a few days. The federal authorities in Washington have not yet determined this matter. Chairman Kenealy of the republican state committee is of the opinion that the district court has the Jurisdiction sufficient to issue papers under the new law which went into effect to-day, but Attorney General King is not sure and he has written the authorities in Washing ton. Under the old law which went out of existance last night at mid night an applicant for citizenship could take out his papers the day be- fore election, but under the new law final papers of naturalization can- not be issued within thirty days of state election.
 The democrats are still wondering who will be Judge Lowe's victim this fall in the probate contest. He has knocked out all of the strong ones in the republican ranks, the fellows who were dead sure they could "do" the judge. Asa matter of fact, the his- tory of the past fourteen years will show that those whom the republi- cans considered their strongest men turned out to be their weakest. In 1892 Judge Lowe was pitted against Judge Cowell and the latter was de- feated by 100 votes. The following Is Judge Lowe's majority in round numbers for the office of judge of probate since 1892. with the names of his opponents: 1894, Judge Fred erick M. Peasley was defeated by D. 200; 1896, Attorney William Matti- son. 22; 1898, Attorney c. c. Root, 1,5O0; 1900, Attorney Samuel J. Marsh, 700; 1902. Attorney Nathan iel R. Bronson, 800; 1904, Attorney w. II. Pierce, 1875. Mir Mattison was probably the least known of any those named. though he was city clerx for one term. It was in 1896 Bryan first ran and no doubt Mckinley, his opponent, helped out MT Matti- son a great deal, for almost every body voted the straight ticket that year. Mckinley carried Waterbury overwhelmingly. Tn view of the won- derful vote winning attractions in Judge Lowe's makeup, the entire democratic party Is wondering who will the republicans run against him this fall. Some time ago there was talk of taking the ofice out of poli- tics, and in view of the hopeless situ- ation for the republicans, and as they do not seem to have anyone willing to lead forlorn hope. they might | after all see the wisdom of endorsing the democratic candidate, Judge R