Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
POLITICAL POINTERS
New Headquarters Opened Wiipl Enthusiastic Speeches.


 Main and Spring streets 10 the dooits. Everybody was pleased at the selef- Hon made by the committee and tbe peakers talked like men who f9lt bat the administration has dc4e well Ind that the people will wat to cop- |inue it in power. Chairman J. H. Freney called ths meeting to ortifr Ind explained the purpose of the cal IL. He was pleased to see so many preis- Int and hoped that the rooms will De Esed by the party from now on. Arr }angements can be made, he saVd, whereby the different wards can glet pgether there on certain evenings aiPd alk matters over among themselYes lud In this way get lIne on wl1at best to do in order to insure sue less.
 Mayor Thoms was the first sperk- |r and he was given splendid oFa. lon. The mayor reviewed some of be work done during the past two ears and remarked that so farb as 0 knew no portion of the city, in lde or outside had been overlooked. Fe thought Baldwin street and 1.-the ther streets in that district neIver hceived the same attention as that lven to them during this admitlls- tation and the same was true to kher hitherto neglected sections. jHe hid he was aware that he had hot leased everybody, but that of corrse |ould be out of the question and he las not foolish enough to undier- Ike to perform miracles or do things lat are impossible to human beinAgs. There fault finding exists a little iin- estigation would show that 1t whs le to the fact that somebody hikd bt succeeded in getting what he anted rather than because anything ad gone wrong in public way. Tile ayor didn't see any remedy for thlls, hd added that where dozen or more ersons sought the same position lit las not in the power of him or anE- bdy else whose duty 1t is to choqlse please all. All things considerkd was satisfied that public interests kd been properly safeguarded aihd las willing to go on record with tte atement that never before was 50 uch excellent work doiIs with sukh low rate of taxation. He saw 10 ason why the work of the admin B- ation should not commend itself to e whole people and prophesledN q ndsome indorsement at the polls Ion ection day. His remarks were greet- with tremendous applause.
 Edward G. Kilduff, superintendent streets, was then introduced arid hde a telling speech. His remarks ere mainly in corroborarlon of what
 or Thoms had said, and notwitGl-
 ling the fact that Mir Kilduff lhs en ut the helm himself for seveihl ars. he made no bones of statiIbg ht the city got better returns fPr money the past year and q hapf m ever before. He said that every- dy in the employ of the city Is earf- what he is getting and yet np- dy is overworked to such an ef- nt That he cannot afford to answea estions civiliy and treat all with form courtesy, consequently the UdlI iids NtdStu tO Uc ECEhiuGo ice house. He was cheered.
 Attorney Francis P. Guilfolle talk- on how things are worked in both rites. In the republican camp, he Id. there is no lack of funds albd result the machine is constant- in operation. The typewriter Is CT on the go and the machinery 4f party Is kept in motion the yetr und. Not so with the democratb. bey have not the siuews of war An rge quantities, so that the best .thdy n do is to man ship temporarily ce in so often and then go up ainst the opposition. The only shoty win and hold the fort under siidh hdltions Is by doing the right tl.ilIe
 the people and the fact tlian De mocratic party has been fr most all the time since the b- bn of tEe city Is pretty good Pf lt it has not made many sa $ inders. All the great public l. bvements were started off and l- to completion under the den
 administrations so that the y ew from modest beginnings t e the largest and mos. prosI $ ics in New England under thd b. eting hand of the democratic y d he thought that thnr. are eI ! se heads in Waterbury al e esent time to let well enough B
 Guilfolle made hit and was ]. htulated.
 Collector Francis T. Reeves VI (
 the speechmaking by a few rks regarding the voting mac |s l trolley extension. He ably hded the position taken by ( nocratic party regarding trolle lsiOn, adding that the party y 1t can get in that line. but il ! 0n terms which will be fair t |s Kpayers. He thought it somq gical for the republican pan <
 to make an issue out of th]
 t the democrats insist that n corporations who want to Il h, bile streets shall pay sonl Il yards meeting the added cost t.
 city on account of the cutting iiI
 the Highways and thought tfIai
 lghtful citizens took Do stock liI
 howl of those who find fault fbe
 Ee public officials do not turn @vel
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 Fate corporations without al fail EiIvalent in exchange thereforl Nil eyes said that the democrats ar' pdy to meet the opposition pn fhi, | other question:. pertaining to ths |Ifare of Waterbury and 1hat a re W of the past would show that fh' Fir at no time during ifr4 history haf