Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-04
WELLS DEHIE STORY
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4 great effort Is being made ts
 stir up bad blood among the demo
 crats because Ambrose H. Wells dil
 not receive the nomination for repre-
 sentative at the convention helt
 Tuesday night. but after you look
 into the case and get at the factl
 there does not appear to be much ir
 t 10 quarrel about The delegatei
 as 2 body never committed them.
 selves to MT Wells. and he asked
 none of them to vote for him, but
 parties who were supposed to know
 what the convention would do re-
 Quested MT Wells to run for the
 once, and while he didn't care any,
 tning about 1t, he finally consented
 10 have his name used, believing at
 the time that there was no question
 about his nomination. and he never
 heard whimper to the contrary un-
 T! Tuesday afternoon. and then he
 didn't give the matter much thought
 !n the evening he was assured that
 Mayor Thoms was responsible for the cnange of base on the part of the
 delegates and has said SO since, but
 to-day he informed reporter of the
 Democrat that the name of another prominent citizen had been men toned to him as the person who stirred up the opposition and caused All the trouble. but he didn't know whether that was true or not.
 The reporter told Mr Wells that. ne knew from ( talk he had with the mayor prior to announcing the make. up of his boards that he was chosen because the mayor knew that he Is a man of ripe Judgment, conservative, and couldn't be trifled with by him or anybody else, and that he didn't think. knowing the kind of man he ia before putting him in such an i'm portant position, that the mayor would undertake to punish him for anything he might have said or done in the discharge of the duties of that omce. MT Wells said he wasn't de- nying this, but that what he had said was used on the strength of what ap- peared to be good authority, so you see there is nothing at all positive" about his statment regarding Mayor Thoms's connection with what took place at the convention, and proba- ply after all parties get together and have a heart to heart talk they will think better of 1t.
 Over the telephone at noon to-day Mayor Thoms when asked if he wished to be heard on the question, replied that he had nothing to say whatever.
 Another story trumped up to add fuel to the fire, made Selectman Wells. son of A. H. Wells, abjure democracy, embrace republicanism and term the action of the democratic convention dirty trick" This would be serious If true, but being false. 1t simply emphasizes the meth ods that are being employed to make mountain out of mole hill. and thus lead the public to believe that the democratic party is in a chaotic condition, while as a matter of fact It never was In better shape, and that Is just what is worrying the other fellows. Frank Wells was elected first selectman of Waterbury tn tho demOcratic ticket Monday, and what could be better calculated to stir up discord than an announce ment to the effect that he had be- come so disgusted with the manage ment that he felt constrained to re- Ire from an organization that had lust conferred such an honor upon him, or rather expressed appreciation ,f his service for the past year, for his is his second term as selectman.
 Mir Wells was interviewed to-day, md to say he was angry at the state- nent attributed to him is putting 1t | 1ery mildly. He assured the reporter hat he had made no such statement | IS Is credited to him, and more than | hat, nobody representing any paper | lad asked him for an expression of | opinion on the question until rep of the Democrat called | Jim over the wire this morning. He | ,elieves. as most other democrats do, hat 1t was a mistake not to have | his father for representa- i've, but remarked that his democra- y Is too deep rooted to be shattered | o pieces by anything of that sort, md wanted the declaration credited | o him yesterday denied in such vay that there could be no ambiguity bout his politics now, no more thar here ever had been in the past.
 Of course they say everything goes D politics, but readers should takeJ
 lot of the stun they read on such matters with big grain of salt. The ther day Dame Rumor had it that 'enjamin R. Kelsey had donned his Tar paint and was out gunning for iembers of the town committee that ad turned him down in favor of U. ]. Church. It was big row, but you i'd not hear much about 1t from the lachine operators of the republican arty. Now they imagine that the ght Is on the other side of the house nd with a view to diverting atten on from their own brawl they are laking a supreme effort to fan few parks into a big blaze and turn all yes towards the "confiagration. his is legitimate campaign work, ut democrats should not bs misled 7 such tactics.