Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-14
ondHasNeWtondon's Call For MaVor
The Democratic Outlook One of Despai-Wh Mahan Out
of the Leadership There is No Moses Guide the
Party~to the Promised Land-The Outlook For the Re
pubicans Was Never Better.

With the time for the1 city election
drawing near the democrats of New
London arc beginning to realize that
they are without g. party Moses to
lead them out Of the political wilder
ness and that they are on the verge
of being lost beyond recovery in the
October election unless the unexpected
happens, unless someone rises to the
local democracy leadership who has
not yet SHE'D his castor into the po-
ittcal ring. No democrat now active
in the party is equal to the emer-
gency. 1t really does seem as if dem
ocratic hope was lost Bryan F. Mahan
by securing for himself the position
Of postmaster Of his native city has
lifted himself out Of the political king
ship OF the city and there is no one
in the game at the present time that
is competent to I'LL his cast-oh polit-
ical shoes. Mr. Mahan is barred by
law from indulging in active politics
and he being a truly law-abiding cit
izen will not violate the law even by
playing little quiet game of politics
So his party, the party that has stood
by and for him for many years, is
without his leadership and is being
bufeted about on the stormy sea Of
without a trained navigator. 1t will
probably strike the rock Of despair
and become a complete wreck in the
early October.
Democrats of the dyed in -&he-wooI
with the traditional short horns and
waxed moustache, were he candidate
on the party ticket, are taxing their
gray matter in endeavor to think up
some candidate for mayor, with all
the requisites that make up the pres
out avail These democrats freely
aver that there are many men in the
party who are intellectually qualified
to I'LL the Office of mayor. Some have
not the time, nor the inclination, while
there may be others who have the in
clination and have the time, but have
not got the coin that would be re-
quired to battle for the nomination,
and the election expenses 1t is ap-
parent, however, that some democrat
must come to the political guillotine
for the sake Of the party, and per-
haps, be elected instead, for the IN
expected has happened in politics and
may happen again, but the chances
are mighty slim in New London in
the coming city election. Acting Mayor
Miner has publicly declared that he
will not be in the running on the
long and we'll, and is entitled to a
rest from political turmoil
Several weeks ago the name oE
nomaS RI. murray rererrec TO at the
time as square Deal Tom Murray"
was mentioned as a candidate for
mayor on the democratic ticket. Well,
men have been named as candidates
for mayor in the years that have gone,
that were not as well fitted for the
position as is this same Square Deal
Tom" He is at present q member
of the board of assessors and was
elected by phenomenally large ma
tority when the city was republican
by at least five hundred 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Murray is like Barkis
in the matter of the mayoralty nom
ination, provided he be nominated as
the candidate OF the people as repre-
scented in the democratic party, that
is the poor mems candidate, as Mr..
Murray lays no claim to being pos
SCISSOR Of a great amount of the wealth
of the realm While no one in the
city believes that a democrat will be
elected the next mayor Of New Lon
don, there are some who believe that
with Murray as a poor-man candidate,
the successful candidate would be con-
WINGED before election day ended that