Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-28
POLITICAL POINTERS
Attorney Lynch k Making a Vigorous Campaign His Address to Voters.

tHdI every canQlQale GnOulQ state Just
 where he stands so that voters may
 know what to expect. Candidate
 Lynch is sending the following ad-
 dress to the voters of the sixteenth
 district:
 Fellow Citizens: The Democrat,
 Primaries will be held on Friday, Au- gust 31, 1906, from 4:30 in the af- ternoon until 9:30 in the evening
 In announcing myself as a candidate
 for the office of senator from youl
 district, I take this opportunity ol
 stating my views on a few of the
 more pressing public questions ir order that you may know the atti. tude I assume towards them. and thereby act accordingly.
 l At the outset I wish to say that in this instance the primaries are of more moment to the voter than the | regular election, because the person | receiving the largest number of votes | on August 31 will undoubtedly be I elected in November. See to it, therefore, that your vote is counted at the primaries for the candidate you think best fitted to represent you.
 Home Rule for Cities.
 This problem is one of the most important of the age. It touches us in our daily lives a dozen times where the state or national govern ment does once. The rapid absorp- tion of the rural population Into city life renders it still more important. Some time ago only one person in every thirty lived in a city. To-day nearly one-half of the citizens re- side in congested centers of popula- tion. And yet these large bodies of people can do nothing as city with out first asking the consent of the scattered remnant of the rural vote.
 If Waterbury desires to estab- fish an ice plant, a gas plant or an electric light plant, she must first go up to Hartford and consult with Union, Andover and Woodbridge, and all the other towns in the state, and get the consent of their representatives. who know prac- tically nothing of Waterbury's needs and are much more apt to have a
  ist representing the trusts who fur nish gas and electric lights. The United Gas and Improvement Co. which controls the supply here in Waterbury, charges $1.35 per one thousand feet. That same company some time ago made the following offer to Passaic, N. J.: 'It would pay $20,000 a year for seventeen years to the city; $20,000 each to the hospitals: $20,000 for new school; $20. .000 to the relief fund of the po- lice and flremen, and would furnish gas to the city and the public at fifty cents per thousand feet" If the U. G. I. can afford to furnish gas to the people of Passaic for fifty cents and pay a large bonus for the privilege, what sort of a monopoly profit is 1t making in Waterbury at $1.35? The salvation of the cities lies in sending aggressive men to the legis- lature and keeping an eye on them when they are there.
 The Direct Primary.
 Rings and lobbyists, corporations and monopolists may. and frequently do, manipulate nominations when made by conventions. They cannot, however, corrupt the whole people. In the majority of cases when we elect delegates to convention we do not know whom they shall nominate. What an absurdity wheff the people could by the direct primary nominate all candidates. for public office. The bosses do not want such law passed because it means their political death. They have delayed the enact ment of such a law, but the public conscience is aroused and I believe the next legislature will pass a law giving all voters voice in naming the candidates who shall represent them on their party ticket. Such a measure would receive my hearty support if elected.
 Trolley Extension.
 During the last session of the gen. eral assembly application was made for a charter to construct a line di- rect from Waterbury to MiIldale. thereby saving about six miles in going to Southington or Meriden. to say nothing of the reduced fares. The Waterbury men behind the movement were Otis s. Northrop, F. B. Rice. Charles s. Rodman. John B. Mullings and George F. Hughes. The bill passed the house, but when 1t reached the senate it was confronted by the powerful opposition of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co. That king of lobbyists" Allan W. Paige. induced enough senators to oppose the bill to defeat 1t. It was said by them that the promoters of the new line were simply in the scheme for graft-to fleece the exist ing trolley trust. You reside in Wa terbury. You know the caliber of men have named and must acknowl- edge that their regulations for hon esty and fair dealing is beyond re- preach. The application for this charter will be renewed. under stand. at the next session. Waterbury representatives and senators should be glad to lend a helping hand
 The C. R. and L. Co has promised in writing to build a line to Town Plot next year fl they succeed in get ting a charter for which they also agree to apply. They have never yet been refused a charter to build lines in this city and if they are acting in good faith in this instance the line will be built next year. It would be we'll. however. to send men to Hart ford who would have these matters at heart and not send men who de- sire to defeat them The bailding of these lines would open up to the working people beautiful building sites where homes might be con structed and relieve the great scarcity of rents. and at the same time in- crease the grand list of the city.