Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-15
ELECTION TALK
SeWell inc Only Name Mentioned Yet For Mayor -Sandland
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lucic ID uoL muCu uOluS III loCdi | politics, but if this weather continues the subject will come up at outings in different sections of the city and | in due time the public will get line on the make up of the different tick cts. The attitude of the town clubs | is a source of some uneasiness to the leaders of both parties, but 1t Is | thought that the bitterness will die out before the fall campaign opens and that men will turn in and work with their own side the same as ever. While it may turn out that way there 1 is some doubt about the outcome, for men are not so welded to parties now as they used to be and as result you never can tell what they will do. The republicans don't expect to win this election and unless they change their minds they do not in | tend to make much of fuss over it. The rank and file would like smart campaign, but the machine operators don't know where they are and when the leaders are at swords points you hnOW WldC4 to expect.
 John Sewell is not worrying about the nomination for mayor, but it is understood that he can have it if he so desires. There are people in Wat erbury who think MT Sewell would make a strong candidate and others cannot believe the mention of his name in that connection anything more than a joke. MT Sandland, the present incumbent, will be the nomi- nee for city clerk. The democrats will try to beat him, but if they want to do it they will have to put forward a candidate that will com mand the full party vote. Unless plans miscarry James A. Peasley will get the nomination for collector of | taxes and will make an effort to out Francis T. Reeves, and Attorney Walker is said to be slated for Town | Clerk Brett's berth. If Peasley and Walker cannot win over Reeves and Brett the democratic party in Water bury might just as we'll go out of business, but 1t is not likely that such a thing will happen. for the people will make it a point to see that Reeves and Brett are kept where they are. But this is simply case where the wish is father to the thought and for all anybody can tell at this time the republican machine may be rigged up into first class working order and campaign launched early in the season which would leave the result in doubt.
 Martin F. Parkinson of the fifth ward is mentioned as candidate for city sheriff. the position so ably filled at the present time by M. J. Smith. Parkinson is probably one of the strongest men the party could put up against Smith. but it Is safe to state that Matt would "do" Martin in battle at the polls. To be sure there is nothing certain about Per kinson being in the running at all. and then on the other hand W. J. Rigney might like satisfaction and If so his friends will want to give him another try. In such an event Per kinson would have the tussle of his life to capture the nomination.
 It is understood that Captain Good rich. who was defeated for comp troller two years ago by NJ. D. Rus sell. will be given an opportunity to see if he can do any better this fall. The republicans will have many changes on the board of education. but so far nothing definite has been decided upon regarding candidates for that department.
 There is not much said about changes on the democratic side of the house and 1t is not thought that there will be many. If any at all. The head of the ticket will be the storm center, not at the primaries or convention. 1t being generally ad- mitted that Mir Thoms will win out easily, but a scrap is looked for at the polls. Some of the work of the past year or SO has not met with pubkc approval. but advocates of Mayor Thoms claim that this is due to the fact that the terms of the con- tract is being misconstrued by eer- tain parties with a view to making political capital out of 1t. and that at the proper time Mayor Thoms will take up this question and disabuse doubtlng Thomases If such there be in the community. that the interests of the people were not overlooked in the agreement entered into between the city and the railroad company.
 Some very prominent people are urging the third ticket proposition, but it is a question if it will amount to anything. Many in the outside districts claim they are not getting their share of the money appropriat- ed for public Improvements and in the inside you hear 1t at every turn of the road that the outside districts are receiving more than their share of the public funds. An election with equality of taxation rates as the main issue. if conducted in an in- telIigent way would be beneficial and something like that will come to pass before the present system of taxation Is pushed aside and one adopted which would have some elements of fairness in it. something that eanno' be claimed for a scheme that com peis one-half of the people to meet more than four-hfths of the burdens of the municipality.