Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-31
POLITICS EVERY DAY slN HE YEAR
At New London, Sundays Not Excepted--The Rev. Mr. McNaiIy Familiar with Political Conditions Holding Colored ( oupIe for Witnesses in Stabbing Case While More Important Witness Is at Liberty-Ihe Ram Katahdn and the hess.

political, kaleidoscope in New London, where politics have the call every day in the year, Sundays not excepted, and there's no telling what may develop from day to day. One who has styled himself warhorse of democracy and was honored by the party by being elected a member of the house of. rep resentatives, a state senator and mayor of the city. unlike the Hon. David B. Hill, has publicly declared T am a re- publican," So sayeth Cyrus G. Beck with, local democratic leader and 8 man who in national conventions has helped nominate democratic candidates for the presidency and who was known by reason of his democracy to every democrat of prominence in Connecticut. He is anxiously awaiting the time of annual registration, when he can en- roll as republican and participate in republican caucuses. The ex-mayor and ex-democratic senator claims to have many followers who will go with him into the republican camp. hook,
 line and sinker.
 There is at least one man who has held office as democrat who has open -ly deelafed that MT. Beckwith has trained with the republicans at more than one election and that therefore his complete conversion is not a bit surprising. Cyrus is an active political worker and will undoubtedly insist on giving vent to. his knowledge. of the game to the local leaders of the domi- nant party. and possibly may hear the historic admonition of the once stoker mayor of Bridgeport
 Of course MT Beckwith was an anti Mahan democrat and will now have op- portunity to work in the open against his political antagonist. In this he will be assisted by another anti Mahan man, ex-Park Commissioner Andrew Maher. democrat. who was appointed by Mayor Armstrongs ! influence to succeed ex-Governor Waller. but who has since been pushed aside to make way for the governor. Mir Maher, too, has announced his intention to register as republican.
 This must be discouraging to Mir. Mahan, who is said to be receptive candidate for democratic mayoralty nomination. It was supposed that MT. Mahan was the only one that had the courage to accept the nomination, es- pecially when such big politicians were deserting the sinking ship: but during the week it has been divulged that there is a movement to have ex-Gov ernor Waller accept the nomination not especially as a democrat, but as a truly representative citizen. This lat est Waller boom for the mayoraIty was printed in The Blotter of the New London Business college in it's annual issue at the graduating exercises last Tuesday evening and reprinted in the three local newspapers and favorably received by the reading public. It is not believed that Mir. Waller at his time of life. although as active, as a man of 40. would care to burden him self with the care and responsibility of the municipality.
 . While there are several willing can- didates n.the rsPubiiosn eide, Where nomination is almost equivalent to election, there are none on the demo- cratic out wffhsiariats looking up the cauous workers. Among those most prominently mentioned as republican possibilities are Charles H. Kfinck. P. Leroy Harwood, Alderman Thomas A. Scott. Alderman Stephen J. Downey, and last. but not least. ex- Mayor M. Wilson Dart, who once defeated Bryan F. Mahan for the office. He believes he could again turn the trick, and it would not be at all surprising to see Dart and Mahan pitted against each other again. It would be a nice little go and ringside seats would be at premium.
 Already men are being sought for, and others are seeking to lead the re- pubIieans and democrats in the several wards as candidates for aldermanic honors. There are five of the present aldermen to retire and its fair to pre- sune that new men will take their places, it being tacitly understood that they have no desire for continual polit- icai honor. The retiring aldermen are: Hilliar, in the First ward: Viets, in the Second; Murray, in the Third Mcbride, in the Fourth; Carey in the Fifth. three republicans and two dem ocrats. All Armstrong men, so- called. considered ineligible for reelection partially for that reason. Mayor Arm strong seems to have loosened his grip on the tiiler of the party boat, for not man among them. true and tried, even whispers his name for reelection.
 Rev. Charles R. MeNaiiy, the new pastor of the First Baptist church, has become familiar with the conditions in New London in record time. Last Sunday evening he stated--jn plainest terms that the court of common coun- ell was dominated by the rum element He certainly did not intend that this attack should refer to all members of lAAC COhlIAis dS <1l0Cilndn hOkcTS IS one of the pillars of the First Baptist church and close friend of the new pastor. There are other members on the same plane with Mir. Rogers in that respect, so it is not fair te these gentlemen for the minister to make a general attack upon a body of which they are an important part He should have been more specific, or mentioned the exceptions.
 The junior clergyman of the city al- so charges corruption in the political and social conditions. and said that the. city needed a housekeeping. Good for MT. McNally. for it shows that he has taken interest in his new home city, outside of the church circle over which he presides. He will probably have more to say along this line when he becomes better acquainted with the conditions from personal observa- tion.
 There has been considerable com
 nent during the week upon the action of the police authorities in jailing a black man and a black woman as inn portant witnesses to the murderous assault upon Harry Bohn, the sailor boy, by Sam Nelson, all round black bad man. While there may be justi- hcation in holding these witnesses. al- though the assaiiant has not been captured at this writing. ehere are many who are of opinion that the man behind the bar at the time of the as- sault should be behind the bars with the black pair who frequented his sa- loon.
 It has been said in print that the proprietor of. the place. who was serv- ing drinks at the time of the assault, not only knew more of the occurrence than he hac fold the n0lfca. hut fhof he actually assured the policeman who called immediately after the murder ous assault that there had been only a little fight and fhaf fha narficInnrfz