The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-08
MAYOR SURELY IS
 AFTER JOB AGAIN
THIS IS WHERE MARCUS l.. REY-
 LUCK GOOD FOR EASY PLACE
Biltz Sees Writing on Wal
Board of Public Works Headed by the "Colonel," He Recognizes Be- heading Mechanism.

NOW that 1t is settled that Mayor Lee will not get the berth on the State
 Anti-Tuberculosis commission that he
 was a candidate for, it is a foregone conclusion that he will once more be
 candidate for Mayoralt& honors. One
 of the most powerful chieftains in the
 Republican party said this morning
 that he could see no one else who was likely to get the nomination this fall
 except the present incumbent of the office.
 Sheriff HawIey will use his influence in this city to secure the renomination
 of the Mayor and in this way lessen the possibility of the Mayor being a candidate against him at the next
 county convention at which a candi- date for sheriff will be nominated. Col. M. H. Rogers, Secretary of State, is said to be responsible for the heal
 ing of the breach between the sheriff
 and the Hill crowd, of which the May
 or was a member in the last Senatorial
 fight.
 It is well known to members of the
 Republican party that Mayor Lee would not have appointed former May or Reynolds to the Board of Appraisal if he had been appointed a State com
 missioner to wage warfare upon the
 white plague. Mayor Reynolds un- doubtedly has quite a large following who do not like the way he was el- bowed out of a renomination by Lee and Rogers.
 Reynolds could have landed a few heavy body blows against Lee if he had been ignored in the making of ap- pointments to the Board of Appraisal to fill the vacancy made by the death of Charles J. Ketcham. The former Mayor had been turned down last January by the Mayor. who appointed Edward C.. Spargo to. the place that Reynolds claims had been promised to him. Reynolds friends are even now line for. Txna fn a mn in 10 nn litical arena again. But the death of MT. Ketcharn made an opportunity for the Mayor to partly square himself. But he was in no hurry to do so until he knew whether he was going to run again.
 Had the mayor landed the sought for job former mayor John Vessels would undoubtedly have received the appointment Reynolds got.
 Another political machine that the mayor has built up is the creation of his Permanent Paving and Sewer Commission. Col. M. H. Rogers, who last election, has been appointed to
 this commission as the long term man. The commission is to let all contracts and decide the kind of ma terial that is to be used on the streets. It is a certainty that an astute poli- tician like the colonel will hot lose any influence by being on such a commis- sion. Then again it is declared that MdyOr Lee wants to get r1O or D1rec- tor BiItz who was an inheritance from the Reynolds administration, and the director feeling it in his bones that he is going, has organized a strong contracting concern of his own and is prepared to take charge at anytime. His only hope of keeping his job is the reelection of a Republican admin istration that is friendly to him. But with Col. Rogers on the commission which is to oversee his work it is un- derstood. that MT. Biltz realizes that he might as well step down to make room for the man Col. Rogers has for the place first as last. Who the Col onel has picked out for director is a secret but that he has such a man is certainty in the minds of the poli- 
 It is understood that the mayors plea for reelection is to be based up- on the ground that he has not had an opportunity to lower the tax rate because his tax equalization plan of raising the valuations on local real estate has not been carried out to the extent that he desires to have it. It is understood he will accuse the Board of Apportionment of refusing | to give him money for block maps.