Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-28

can candidate for mayo- IS in betl ter position to do this than am, the people must decide.
 We have gone forward in the last two years-noJ backward. Waters bury is a cleaner, handsGmer and more comfortable city to live in than 1t was two years ago. The psopld will entrust IFS again with the ad4 ministration of city affairs, not bes cause we are democrats, for in municipal election party name means nothing, but because we have given them clean, efficient, econom- ical and progressive government. Not dollar of the taxpayers money has been squandared. or gone into unlawful channels. Taxes are lower, improvements more widespread. The democratic city government stands upon its record"
 At the close of the speech everybody wanted to shake hands with the may. or. There was cheer after chear and when silence at last was resumed one man near the door called out: Three cheers for Mayor Thoms, and the crowd went at 1t again as fresh as daisies in the morning dew.
 Each of the candidates then made a few remarks. MT Moher said he was very grateful for the nomination and was certain of success. Mir Gar ren threw it into" the Republican reporters for their beautiful imagin. ation, but poor taste in corcocting things. MT Russell made everybody smile with the drollery of his few words and MT Futile assured the au. dience that he would hustle for tha success of the ticket, Sheriff Smith said it would be a question of ma- jority only the night of the election, but nevertheless the hustlers of the party should not sit down, and Mt Bowes said the party would surely win. MT Guilfoile paid handsome compliment to his predecessor in office, James c. Whiting. He said Mn Whiting made the Bronson library an institution for the public, what Il had never been before. He had sev- eral kinds of literature installed in the library. He, MT Whiting, was the means of having the library run on proper lines and having it open- ed few hours Sundays. MT Guil- foile considered the nomination he was given one of the highest honors that could be paid any citizen of Waterbury.
 Considering" said he, that the ! city of Waterbury is a democratic city and that it is run under repub- lican legislature, with a charter made by republicans, with republican board of aldermen, with the city cut up to keep republicans in office for- ever, the democratic party has ever been at the head of the government when the choice was left to the will of the people. On account of the way the people have been used by the re- pubicans, the city cannot give it's contracts to it's citizens, but, forsooth. must give them to outsiders and per- sons who do not live here.
 ''As Tax Collector Reeves said, the democratic party stands for equal rights to all and special privileges to none. The chances are good to elect democratic aldermen in the first l Wdlu, utIlcl tHdh SNCl three good men have been nominated for the offices. The democratic party gives every man his due. It has giv- en the public fine parks and swim- ming pool in Hamilton park and the Chase park will soon be beautiful spot, made so by the democratic party So that we are not obliged to sit indoors in beautiful weather and on Sundays after men have done their duty by their God and their neighbor they can enjoy the free air of a democratic city" l
 Asking the people to stand togeth- CT on election day and show every body that the democratic party can run the city for the benefit of all, MT Guilfoile retired amid thunderous ap- plause.