Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-04
John McElligott.

matter, into the private acts of the legislatures of the past few terms they will find the cause and why we in Waterbury are compelled to pay 25 cents for ride that is paid for in other parts of the state by 15
 cents, and in parts of New York and
 Massachusetts with and 10 cents
 The trouble is with the legislature,
 the republican legislatures which have dominated in this state the past dozen years. The telling of this re-
 calls little political and economic
 history, symbolical of the days of Allan w. Paige. During the ses- sion of the general assembly of few days ago, the Connecticut Rail-
 way and Lighting company had en.
 gineers, some said they were fake engineers, all over the state survey. ing for trolley roads that have not
 been heard of since. The trolley company at that time had consider able legislation in view and to ere ate good impression among the farmer legislators, whom you know form the majority of the assembly, had these so-called surveyors broad cast with transit and pole. That was the time when the republicans ruled and that is the principal req son why We must pay 25 cents for a short hours ride over a short 12 miles of trolley track. But the peo- pie blame the company while the fault lies with the republican legis- lature."
 The republican probate convention will meet on September 10 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon at the re- publican club on Bank street.
 The republican primaries through out the state are nearing the end. Last night and yesterday Congress man Lilley captured delegates in the fifth, twelfth, fourteenth, seven teenth and thirty-fourth districts, and one in the town of Westport. Lake got one in Westport and two in the fourth. The Courant's score to date is, Lilley 406, Lake IT, Woodruff AZ.
 If the democratic lawyers in the Odd Fellows building were the nom- mating convention they would hand the honor of nomination for repre- sentative to Attorney E. B. Kelley. They say he would sure" be a win ner and help smash things on the republican ticket. His fathers long career in politics, with his own popu- larity, are assets that would count a great deal with the people. One of the things pointed to in this respect is the vote he got when he ran last fall for commissioner on the board of education. What the exact fig. ures are no one could recall, but it was said that he was pretty near the top of the count. There was some talk in other quarters of running A. w. Castle, who is colleague of At torney Kelley on the board of educa- tion. It was said that Mir Castle would pull good vote from the re- publican side.
 The republican town committee will hold meeting this evening and. it is said, will endeavor to promote peace between the party's candidates for the nomination for representa- tiyes, though it is said that Abner P. Hayes is not a candidate, but mere ly in receptive mood. The known candidates are Attorney-Coroner Walter D. Makepeace, Alderman Sell lew and A. I. Goodrich. The rumor that Mir Hayes is not candidate IS hardly true, for he is too much of patriot not to be willing to run again. But owing to his record in the last assembly some say 1t would 1 not be safe to nominate him. There are hundreds who will not forget 1 what he did to his colleague. Sena- 1 tor Hurley. and yet there are others who for that very thing say he ought 1 to be nominated. His prosecution of Senator Hurley has cost him. a good | deal Of his popularity of two years .