The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-05
VOTERS DISLIKE BOSSES

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 VOTERS DISLIKE BOSSES
 I.sadsr of North End Dem
 ocracy Makes Some Sal
 .Nnt obsefvations Apro-
 pos Local don ndiions.
 Michael Dwye leader ofsthe Demo cratic party In the sth district, when seen by a rspresentAttve Of The Farm CT. this forenoon. gave his reasons for fatorine W. w. Bent for town chairman recently and denied the ac- cusatton that he had s been guilty of treacpery to former friends in so act ink. F sE,ef IT ,-<z-3.s
 Mir. Dwyer- is q silent man, and not much given to talking for publica- tiong It was with some difficulty that he. was induced to speak at all. MT. Dwyer' was found at, his work. after search had been made for. him at his home, and urged to give his version of the change in the Democratic po- litica1 situation. He reluctantly con scented to do 50. re.se. :. t'sssf
 Mir Dwyer. despite the important part he has played ein- Denocratic politics for many years, has never held political positicn. although he has assisted in getting such positions for others. s@is-
 He made it very clear that he conn mittsd mo treachery against any for mer sfriends in farorinE MT. Bent, He said that he would regard hinise11 as guilty of treachefy to his party had he favored other than the man hes constderei best fittsd 10 head fl during the presidentfal carnpaign.
 ..whst vas your reason for favor ing the reelection of Town Chairman Hent. he wa. asked. sfsVas 1t be- Ed@uses n some have statsd; that you had been disappoinfed rezardihE the distribption of pafronSse7.
 Not at all ''wae the feDly. My E,nausqce wa fas .,r: . 1snt .l beca1ss use the office and hecauge WAnted the
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 ..srherS:- had been a. great .deal of bfaggingss and : trumpeting sin the newspapers that MT. Bent was to be put otIt of the town: chairmanship. It seemed to me that all this talk was a away from the party
 It gave the Impression that there were those in the party, two or three or four men, who controlled in every way. voters, district leaders and all.
 T have been "a Democrat for many could to: have the party successful. I think the party fs bigger than any man and want the party run in the interest of the voters and as they would have it run. sss.. :,
 The voters don't like bosses The voters don't like lot of talk abont speoples controlling their votes: Such kind of talk makes the voters mad. His election means that the party Is it's own master, and that good. hon est hard-workfng party officers don't have to, go just because some man or two says. 90"
 ssYorr work for MT. Bent, tlaen. WAS not dictated by factioDal feeling ?'s ' 'sft was not. Tt was done for what I believed toibe the good of tue party It was done to help the Dem 0crats carry Bridgeport, so ..t that Bridgeport4 can help electa Democrat ic president.
 fight in the primaries ?" Possibly. But what harm does, that do.' Primary contests are good things. They may lose some.svote9, those of few, disappointed persons who may be beaten, but they stiYnu- My idea is settle your disputes at the primaries and then abide by the de- cision of the veters." |. e..Do you believe the Socialist vote will be- as large this fall as it was in the city ,election?"
 ' .I do not. There will not be the same reasons for dissatisfaction. Ev- erybody will be interested in the cleo tion of a president, and third parties will suffer losses accordingly.
 Do you believe that the Democrat ic party exists to. get jobs for people. OI u 6sSsA9C HI NcA AyAA6 Ou IAAC 6ONSIIl- ment ?'
 "When a party gets the notion that the Jobs are the whole game. it's get ting near. the finish. The jobs are there, but to be held upon tho idea that the men in them will do public work better than other men. I've never held a job myself. con- tinued MT. Dwyer, though I've helped others get them. I've always work ed for a living, and worked hard. I'm sorry for fellow who has tonde- pend upon public office for Mveli- hood. unless it's a civil service office, like policeman. letter carrier. or fire man. The woods are full of down, and outs that got onto the slide between waiting for the party to win. I think that sorts.of thing is good enough for fellows who like it, but I don't like it myself, I'd rather work l
 'I think we are coming to the day of the workingnan in politics, md getting away from the job holders running everything, The ordinaryj man wants good city government, be- cause he gets. more for less money He doesn't want the cfty's money vast ed, nor the city's work neglected, .Ind generally speaking he would be bet ter pleased if the fellows who getet l jobs on his vote would attend to their l work and leave politicss to the voters. 1 af least the bosAif1eAsa and lea a orSl,sx,