New Britain herald., 1914-04-10

and not on the democratic ticket, MT. Degnan said. Any candidate who says he can raise your wages if you elect him is talking poppycock. can't do it and no other individual in the council can do it."
 When P. F. McDonough was intro l cuced he was greeted with prolonged 1 cheers.
 This campaign was opened by our 1 opponents with an invasion of the l fifth ward and I felt hurt when I l heard it was shaky as this is the dis l trict I tramped around in when I was a boy,'' said Attorney McDonough. "In many ways our opponents have 1 misrepresented us, but I count on your intelligence to rebuke them.
 "Our friends'-Attorney McDonough l used the term "friends' continually when referring to the republican party-have told you that this ward has been neglected. You men who live here know different from that. Broad street has been macadamized, Orange street has been graded and re- surfaced, Grove street has been fixed up to a certain extent, plenty of elec- tric lights have been put in, Washing ton street has been resurfaced and a number of streets have been severed. Don't take the statements of man from the lower end of the city. His talk shouldn't be allowed to go. How are you going to resent it? Talk to your friends and tell them the true conditions. Show them what improve ments have been made under the v,rn od dv0,}, ,ic%,. the word of 'bl,1sterer or a breeze
 Appeals to Prejudice.
 < Probably you have been told that permanent pavement has not been laid up in this section. That is true but you know better than to believe the assertion that it was laid for the silk stocking element and not for you It was laid for all of us in the section where it would be of greatest benefit to the general public Don't allow anyone to appeal to your prejudice You can use your own intelligence and that will show you that class argu- ments shouldn't go. ',
 We hear that our friends depend on sthe democratic voters to elect them. If they can't be elected by their own party why should they ap- peal to you?
 We, also hear that our. friends are claiming credit for new fire escapes put on factories and schools. That is nonsensical and false. Where have fire escapes been put on buildings that are not at least quasi-public !? Many of the fire escapes were already ordered by direction of the factory inspectors. It's all claptrap for any single councilman or alderman to claim the credit. When you analyze such statements you find they are puff and go off like the fog. The factory inspector had ordered the fire escapes and some of our friends woke up to the fact and thought they could steal some of the inspec- tors thunder by claiming the credit
 You have probably read that one candidate deplores the spending of $50,000- for parks that are not worth more than $5,00O. We have no dis pute with him there. Anyone knows 1t would be the height of folly to spend $50,000 for land that is valued at not more than $5,0O0. If any city official who sise seeking high office had any objections to parks he should have voiced them first in the common council and second in the city's meet ing.
 Ono Man Not Whole Government.
 This is government, of checks and balances and no one man can create a modern Utopia. I haven't heard 1t said that one cent of the city's money had been misused. Have you heard anyone make the statement that single cent was grafted? I think not. What we want for mayor is a man who is honest and sincere. We've got him and say let's keep him.
 After being given a liberal reception in the fifth, the party continued on its journey to the sixth ward where 8, rally was held at 127 Hartford ave- nue. There the candidates were given hearty reception. Among the speak CTS were Alderman M. T. Kerwin and Councilman Frank Conlin, who are seeking reelection. Both were given a cordial reception.
 The speech delivered at all points by Mayor Halloran was considered one of the best he had ever made in campaign. He spoke as follows:
 As a candidate unanimously nomi- mated for the office of mayor, I come before you to solicit your support of my candidacy for that office
 This much I owe to my party for the expression of confidence and ap- rroval given my tenure in office. In accepting the nomination I said that would use all honorable means at my command to be elected. I consider my appearance before you tonight an honorable effort in that direction
 1T introduced this custom of solicit ing support in the presidential oam- raign of 1908 and your response to my appeals was all that I could de- sire at that time.
 "On next Tuesday you are to decide