New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
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 l Ernest w. pelton by the democrats l for mayor was not unexpected. Mr | Pelton is not in any sense machine 1 candidate and came out for himself 1 expressing a desire to run for tfre l nomination. His speech Of accep-
 tancc at the city convention was l masterpiece of honest, business-li like 1 statements that has received the l CCmmendatiOn of both democrats and republicans He wisely stated { he would make no promises other l than to assure the public that if 1 elected he will serve all the people l of New Britain to the best of his
 ability and will appoint men he l thinks will work best towards affect l ing q harmonious and economical 1 administration. He touched a re- 1 sponsive chord when he referred to 1 the "already overburdened taxpayers | and declared he has several economi- l cal plans which would reduce the eX-
 renses of several departments with l out impairinG either their effective
 mess or efficiency By his attitude | throughout. the campaign he has
 clearly demopstrated that if Quigley 1 Is to be defeated he is the man to l do it, for his type is such that the 1 lublio would not hesitate to impose. l trust in vhim. The democrats, and ] but few republicans, are making l determined effort to elect him and lie is sure to give the c. O. P. man l a hot fight
 | MT. Pelton is a native of Pough- | keepsie, N. Y, and is a mechanical ! engineer with degrees from Amherst
 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1from whence he was 1 graduated ii 1903. He has been in l New Britain twelve years and mar | ried a local young woman. He is l the superintendent of power at the | Stanley Works. Six years ago he l was a unsuccessful democratic nom 1 incc for councilman and five years l ago he failed of election as alderman l both from the third ward. He has | served as chairman of the board of charities and is a close student of l municipal affairs. Several years ago 1 MT. Pelton one of the prime movers in the Child Welfare exhibit.
 The republican primaries of Tues l day showed without the slightest l doubt what the republican voters 1 want o. F. Curtis, Quigleys op- | ponent, was badly showed under ! that it is doubtful if he will ever 1 be able to dig his way out again | Even his own ward the third. where 1 he was supposed to reign supreme, 1 gave him a plurality of only fourteen 1 votes Quigley has proved that he | is the man the majority of the re- l Tubicans want to steer their ship of l state. He has also proved that he l stands assuredly at tho head of the 1yty in, P,-if fni, l there is reason to believe that poll | ticallN he can have any position the 1 republican party can give. if he seeks 1t. His victory has spelled. seeming | lN, final and absolute defeat for the l old line republicans and the old G. 1 Q. P. machine here. Quigley has l demonstrated that he has built up a 1 new and powerful republican ma ] chine of his own and when he pulls 1 the strings his many little manikins will jump to do his bidding While GuiglcN may not win at the polls Tuesday by any sweeping majority, | the consensus of conservative opinion 1 is that he will be the next mayor While QuiGlcy has been raised to | the fore his opponent. c. r. Curtis, has proved himself to be a very poor 1 loser. He sent the proverbial con-
 
 1 the same breath Whcezed defiance and publicly reiterated all his admin l istration attacks which. when tho l c2mpa ign is fully analysed, seem to l have helped C. A. @. moro than 1 otherwise and made the voting public 1 feel that he was downtrodden, oppressed undcr-dog that should be l protected.
 But if Quiglcy is elected next Tues
 cay and the ensuing two years bring | hardShipS to tho taxpayers they need 1 not let out a Whimper for they will l have only themselves to blame. | They have laudcd Quigloy to the skies
 and after due warnings. which have 1 neVer been proved wrong or even 1 protested seriously. they have seen fit 1 tc return him If there is any
 &rumhling during the coming two ] years there will bc a very small ma 1 jority of the republican voters who
 can truthfully say to their neighbor: 1 T told you so.'
 1 Reviewing the republican prima- | r'cs and democratic caucuses there 1 arc several mild surprises. First, ] CuigleYS staggering defeat of Curtis
 was greater than many had expect
 ed. Many thought the race would
 he closer zeigler, although cam- 1 paign favoritc, defeated Scheuy and ! llallin for registrar of voters bv a 1 greater majority than was really ex- i pected. Incidentally. his victory for 1 ever closes Schcuy's long career IS l a republican politician. In his own | words. he realizes the people no ! longer want him. Tn only two wards l
 cil, F. Fl. Porter and Joseph c. An~ | dreWS nOSlng out w. C. Wall for l councilman in third and w. K Kar-