The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-04
WILLIAM THOMAS

When the electorate of the city goes to the polls on November [, they should bear in mind the Modest Ro- man of Them AL" William Thomas. candidate for reelection to the office of town clerk after term of office | that should be the foundation for many years of service in this office. As town clerk his record is witho0t ble1nish and second only to his rec ord as an alderman where in a legis- latlve capacity he served the people
 like true patriot, fearless at all | times of attempts of corporation in- | f1uences and with a deaf ear to the public service coyotes who haunt the lobby and committee rooms at the city hall.
 After six years of service in the Common Council, in which he made a record of faithfulness and efficiency seldom equalled and never surpassed, William Thomas was unanimously vention in 1909 to be the Democratic cana tate for town clerk. As an al- derni2n he was perhaps behind as
 many measures for the benefit of the home owners and the workingmen,
 as any other man who was ever d
 both because of his desire to be ac-
 tive in behalf of the people and be-
 cause of his long service. He was
 actively identified with many legisla-
 tive measures for general public inn
 provement and he was particularly
 own district, the Eighth. The Eighth
 is what is called generally a 'close
 district It is as apt to be Republ1-
 can as Democratic and the fact that
 he was elected an alderman rom 1t
 for three consecutive terms shows
 that his activities were gratifying to
 his own immediate constituency. His
 election as town clerk two years ago showed that the majority of all the voters in the city only wanted chance to endorse a strong fearless advocate of the people.
 Alderman Thomas fought to secure compensation for the sufferers whose property was destroyed by the Beardsley Park dam. It was upon d resolution prepared by him that the catastrophe was investigated. He was chairman of the committee that con- ducted the investigation, and he framed the fearless report in which the facts were laid bare. By his eff forts partial compensation was paid in many cases to the sufferers, al- though no person recovered for all the damages which he or she had sustained. Other matters with which Alderman Thomas was identified were as follows: He framed and introduced assessment of the Bridgeport Hy- draulic Go. was increased s5O0,OoO. This worked an immediate financial benefit to the city of about $7,500 annually.
 He worked and voted against the infamous 20 year water contract and after it was passed he took earnest steps to bring about its rescission.
 For many years he recognized the necessity of tax reform and worked | towards that end. The resolution, l raising q committee to investigate the l whOlr- OueStiOr of taxation was fntrO- duced by him.
 MT. Thomas made a study of the | financial affairs of the city and he l perceived that the home owner is not | only bearing too large a share of the | cost of paving the running expenses Bridgeport could not be made t'~eer i better and busiers until it's revenues l were fairly raised by taxation. Since ! becoming town clerk the duties of | the office have been carried out with l the despatch and carefulness that have l marked MT. Thomas every action in | public life. All who have business at | the cffice have been treated in 1 most courteous manner. The office | is an important one and those citi- | zens who believe in returning capable l and efficient public servants to their posts will make no mistake if they vote for MT. Thomas.
 A vote for MT. Thomas is also a | vote for the courteous and efficient l Assistant Town Clerk William T. Mul- lins.
 Mir. Thomas has lived in Bridge port for many years. He is of Ger man percentage and enjoys a large acquaintance.
 He is a property owner, of very m tolerate means. He is good | greater than those of most men of his financial ability