Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-11
POLITICAL POINTERS
Mayor Tboms still Advocates the
 Using of Voting Machines.

The lawyers all over the state can not agree on the law with reference to the use of voting machines, but 1t is evident that Mayor Thoms be- lieyes that it Is perfectly legal to use them and he intends to equip every ward in the city with machines for the November election unless some body demonstrates that such meth cd of voting is illegal. With view to giving all interested parties, who may entertain doubts on the question an opportunity to take the matter to the courts and have 1t settled before the November election, Mayor Thoms issued the following statement to-day:
 Unless otherwise directed by the board of aldermen, the courts of the state, or other competent authority, l shall carry into effect the resolu- tions of the board of aldermen, direct ing me to provide for the use of vot- ing machines at the November cleo tion. feel it, my duty to announce this as early as possible, so that any candidate for office, who may feel ag- grieved, will have plenty of opportun- ity to test in the courts my interpre- tation of the constitutional amend ment allowing the use of voting ma chimes.
 W. F. THOMs.
 Now is the time to speak and prOb- ably nobody would have better right to be heard than candidate for of flee on either side. but any citizen would be within his rights to taking steps to have a ruling on 1t from the superior court and thus remove any doubt that may exist in the public mind, as to whether the machines meet all the requirements of the law at the state election. Where so many able minds differ it is only natural that the rank. and file should be some- what doubtful of the outcome in case the question should be taken to the courts and in order not to take any chances such people would much pre- fer to hear from the courts before, voting If there is anybody in Water bury or any number of persons who think the machines are not all right for the November election the ques- ton cannot be raised any too soon.
 Candidates for office who always took good care of themselves and who never shed tear about what way things went so long as they got more votes than the other fellow, don't like the idea of introducing voting machines into Waterbury, but the men who worked with ven- geance for the whole ticket on which their names appeared claim that they cant come too soon to suit them. According to the old plan there were great opportunities for smart politician to get big vote at the expense of his running mate, but the machines put such people at a big disadvantage and forces them to show their hand by working for the success of the whole ticket.
 It has been authoritatively an- nounced that Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor. would come to Connecticut from Washington next week to take part in the campaign in this state and help in particular manner c. J. Donahue of Derby, the democratic candidate for ongressman-at-large. He will confer with labor leaders in Bridgeport on Monday. It was also announced that John Mitchell would make campaign speeches during the week immediately preceding the cleo tion in many of the factory towns.
 At the democratic town convention at Meriden last evening Francis Att water. president of the Journal Pub fishing company. was nominated for state senator from the thirteenth dis trict. Albert T. Dossin, president of the local central labor union, was nominated for first representative and William w. Wheeler for second. The nomination for judge of probate was won by Attorney II. T. King.