Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-29
POLITICAL POINTERS
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A .5 44f | D. A. Maloney, advance agent foe the flying wedge" of the independ- ence league, was in Waterbury yes .terday and arranged for open air ral- lies here tonight. one at North square, one at Bank and Grand streets and another at Washington avenue and Bank streets. The speakers will be John Roach, secretary of the Leather Workers union, Newark, N. J., Bernard Nolan of the Printing Pressmen's union, New York. Joseph Collins, president of the Painters un- lion, Hackensack, N. J., John Reilly of the Typographical union, Bridge port.
 Everywhere they are telling old stories about political candidates and as usual Waterbury Is not be- hind the times. Concerning the re- publican candidate for the office of judge of probate Attorney M. J. Byrne, the following story is told: Some years ago, before MT Byrne had turned his political coat, when he was as vigorous democrat as he is now republican, he was member of the board of education. At that time the schools were run apart from the rest of the city gov ernment There were in fact three forms of government then, city, town and school. One evening at a meeting of the board bill for few dollars was received from the I janitor of the Porter street school for extra labor for cleaning the side- walks of snow. MT Byrne, it is said, in the vernacular of the day, didn't do thing to that bill'' of the janitor's. He saw no reason why it should be paid. The janitor knew he was on a stated salary, that he was to be paid so much and nc more for his work and so on. What befell the bill, however, is not told, though in all probability it was or- dered paid despite MT Byrne's al- legged objections. Then came an- other bill, one from Colonel Burpee for services to the school district, for some s1,- 800. MT Byrne had foth-, ing to say against this bill. He was lawyer and of course he knew what lawyers fees were and that Colonel Burpee was entitled to his fee, and the presumption is, that that bill was also paid as we'll as the janitor's. The point is obvious to the politician. m
 This idea of examining the value of bank securities has been discuss ed more than once since bank de- posits guarantee was made plank I in the democratic national platform. l One need not go outside this state l for instances of the futility of the l examination of bonds. More than once it has happened that few days | after the examination of the assets of bank some official skipped ous and left in his train wake of pow erty stricken people, whose all he took, with him. It was said by some of the court patriots yesterday that Tone of the consistencies in thes busi- I ness of banking was that all the con fidence rests with the depositor. I George Fred Williams in his speech at the democratic rally in Naugatuck | a few weeks ago. stated that for every $100,000, on deposit in bank, l that bank is given credit to the amount of $400,000.
 E The court house patriots discussed politics yesterday at the entrance to rthe building. Judge Cowell and his I pipe held down one chair while Su-F perintendent Magraw and his daily l. friend from New York held down another chair but did not open his mouth, except to take in what he q was reading, while Mayor Thofns stood by one of the granite pillars l The mayor said the democratic plat l form is all right and that it ought to win on the plank guaranteeing I deposits in banks, if on no other plank. That reminded Judge Cow ell of an experience he had with bank examiners, He said that he was 1 financially interested in certain bank and one day along came the l bank examiners. They found everything all right, but few weeks later a whole lot was found wrong and the discovery cost the judge | some $1,500. Bank examinations, he said, don't amount to much anyway The examiners have no l time to examine into the value Of 1 investments made by banks. Every thing looks good on paper to them. I Guy E. Miller, a socialist lecturer, will speak this evening at Grand and Bank streets on "How to Obtain Living"
 The Swedish Republican club will hold a meeting in the rooms of the g. o. D. on Bank street at 8 o'clock tonight.
 Prices for Milk.
 Oneonta, N T., Sept 29--Not lit- tie dissat isfaction is felt in the dairy regions of Otsego and Delaware over milk prices announced by the oBrden and Sheffield Farms Co.'S for the en- suing year. The korden prices are $150 for October $1.70 for the fol- lowing four months and $1.50 for March. Sheffield Farms prices are S1 7O for fletcher SI % for NOyern-