Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-23
bE POLITICAL GAME
|pubIlcaDs Sore When They |pse. Happy When They Win.

Probably the most annoying fel- IS every community has to put up h are the great 'paragons of vir-
 who are constantly charging ir neighbors with aiming to bring rything into politics, while at the ne time constantly engaged at the iness themselves. Take, for ex- pie, our own little worries, and see b is at the bottom, the man who 'hollering" to keep politics out, or aebody else. Last fall the electors this town chose, majority of nocrats to the beard of aldermen. lowing the custom in all such les, d majority of these met and eed upon candidate for president the board. A few days prior to
 first Monday in January, when nomination was to be confirmed,
 J. Larkin entered into a compact |h one of the majority whereby hebody other than the regular ninee was to be president, and in sideration for this the republican Fty was to receive certain conces- ns which they had no right to ex- 1t from democratic administra- h. In other words, the work of the t city election would be reversed, Mir Larkin's party would be in
 ascendency.
 The whole plan and its scope was de known to the majority, but he of them turned hand to head pff, because they didn't think such thing possible, and yet it fell Fough and became sort of joke bn those back of it. Mir Larkin hs not deny this, in fact, to be can
 about it, he is frank enough to nit it, and honest enough to say t while it was nothing of his king, the offer was so fiattering he .ided to consider it, and after con- tation with many prominent in his n party it was agreed to accept
 He doesn't think it was anything man would do in private life, but does say that it was all right in itics Now after being exposed l defeated in an underhandeu eme to capture political plums ich the electors of this town never ended for him, Mir Larkin steps into
 limelight and shouts "Politics!
 his neighbors because they have hformed to law in the discharge of |ir duty. None of the democrats l a candidate for agent of the Bron-
 library and it is doubtful if any Ky who voted for the successful hdidate could tell what his politics but they all knew that he. would Ike an excellent man in that posi- h. Mir Larkin is the political fire md in the present administration as it is quite evident that he in Ids to keep the torch burning right ng it might not be amiss to state this time that if the business of the ird of aldermen is to be hanpered ring the next two years the major will be in no way responsible for
 This is no street corner gossip.
 Larkin himself has volunteered information and a great deal more, perhaps enough of it has been I'd to show the public what there is this talk about politics in the alder nic chamber, politics in the rary, politics in the schools I every place else one might men, n.
 t is too bad that such a condition buld exist, but so long as it does does nobody an injustice to place
 responsibility. In justice to cer- n members on the minority side of
 house it is nothing more than fair state that they have disavowed any +ention of assisting to hamper the Prk of the board of aldermen and pressed the hope that from both es sufficient strength will he mus led up to conduct the affairs of the l V in a business like manner.