The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-08
HUGO'S RETENTION
 OF REPUBLICANS Col. Ullman Says Sheriff Elect Wanted Some Ex-
 perienced Men.
JAS. E. McGANN CURT.
If MT. Hugo Had Been Bet ter Advised He Would
 Have Been More Careful.

Regarding the appointments made by Sheriff-elect Hugo yesterday, Colo nel Ullman was interviewed yesterday. He was found immersed in business in his office, but found time to say to the Courier reporter, on being shown the list of appointments: Well, I haven't much to say. I haven't even seen Sheriff Hugo since election day.
 Glanclng at the list, he added: T am sure MT. Hugo reappointed the repub- licans named in the list, as he, being a sagacious man, knew it would be well to have some experienced men in the business to start with Perhaps also some of the democrats appointed may have had experience. I should have preferred, of course, to have had the whole list republican, He has a very good man in John Mccarthy, of the Sixth W ard. He is an extra good fell low. McNerney is a good man. Colo nel Healy is a very worthy and excel lent man."
 Being asked regarding the bill before the legislature cutting off the fee busi- ness in political offices and making such offices as high sheriff, judge of probate, etc., etc, salaried offices Col onel Ullman said: T am emphatically in favor of making these offices sala- ried offices. think 1t better all round that they should be so'
 Asked if the bill, If passed, should be retroactive, Colonel Ullman said T object to that. I do not believe in making legislation retroactive Tn that I differed with my friend, Colonel Os- born, in the legislative bill against the holding of two offices at one time, as in the case of Mayor Studley at pres ent. I do not like the retroactive part"
 If, as you say" he continued, ''it is rumored that Sheriff Hugo spent q large sum to secure his election, doing so because the plum in view was a fat one, I would say that that would have had no influence with me in opposing retroactive measures. believe fully in the corrupt practices act and should say that no man ought to spend any money ta secure his election outside OA UelIG ACCSS0oGly etllQ 4CSoIAl CApNllHTosd High Sheriff Durham was found in his office, where he was waiting to hear from the jury in the Di Lucia murder case. He was shown the list of shiev- atty appointments and scanned 1t with great interest. He made running conn ments on the appointments as follows: Most of the men appointed l do not know, but there's Smith. of Ansonia; he's an excellent man. He was well talked of for the candidacy for sheriff but, not being a man of push, he made no effort to become candidate. Brad- ley of Guilford, is a good man. Scran- ton, of Madison, is an old deputy. Have seen Maher, of Milford, but don't know him. Tomlinson, of Milford, of course, Is well known as an ex-high sheriff. Sweeney, of Naugatuck, is an excel- lent man and has charge of Water bury real estate interests of John H. Whittemore, the millionaire, an impor- tant charge. Peter McNerney every body knows. John Hut is a nice, clean man. Colonel Healy is, of course, prominent veteran of the civil war and widely known in the state, having been colonel of the old Ninth. Dejon is good man. Spiegel is another of
 my men-ana Eher good man; likewise Goodhart. Theodore Wheeler is a Southford man, a very capable man and officer. He has been constable and deputy and a selectman of South- bury. O'Brien, of Waterbury, has been constable. O'Donnell was my watch man at the county jail, and Henderson is also reappointment. Harry S.
 Howard is my engineer at the jail-a reappointment also. He has been with
 me all of twenty years'
 Speaking of the alleged fatness of the
 office of high sheriff, MT. Durham said i that in his best year the best he got out of the oflce was $6,0O0. A prede-
 cessor in the office testified before the
 legislature of clearing up $10,OOO in one year, his best year.
 Just here the telephone bell rang,
 and in answer MT. Dunhan announced i to friend that he would leave in the
 morning for trip out west, accom- panied by a friend MT. Newton, and 1 then came the news that the jury in
 the murder case had returned, and the interview ended.
 Judge A. Heaton Robertson was l T-ys.- |. .a4 r0-- \