New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
PARADOX IN POLITICS.
Curtis Works for Hyde. Friend of HeaIy. Who is Backed by Oui~Iey.

The political expert on tho Hart ford Post has been viewing the local mayoralty fight from a Capitol City angle and has discovered that a peculiarly interesting paradox exists here. This is what he says about it:
 An interesting situation prevails in New Britain, which city is preparing to go through the travail of city election. Mayor Quigley is a candi- date for reelection, in spite of the fact that he has been served with notice by the new chairman of the Republican Town Committee, MT. Goodwin, that the committee from the chairman down, is opposed to his candidacy. It has been known that Orson F. Curtis, who is deputy in the office of State Labor Commissioner William $. Hyde would have the support of the organ ization, but this made no difference to Mayor Quigley and he insisted that he would stay in the field. Now there have been recent persistent ru- mors that MT. Curtis is about to withdraw and although he has de- clined to admit any such intention, the rumors persist.
 It is not know whether the fact has anything to do with the Curtis withdrawal rumOrs or not but it is said that Mayor Quigley has the sup port of Speaker Healy, candidate for Governor the natural assumption be-
 ing that in the event of Mayor Quig- ley winning in the primaries Speaker Healy expects him to deliver New
 Britain's State Convention votes. One
 of Speaker Healys closest friends
 and most earnest supporters is State
 Labor Commissioner William s.
 Hyde. MT. Hyde is Candidate Cur
 tis' superior. Those who put two
 and two together believe that these
 correlated facts have something to
 do with the existence of persistent
 rumors that Mr. Crutis will retire.
 The machine opposition to Mir.
 Quigley works in two ways. Of course it solidifies the opposition to
 him, but it also attracts to his sup port some voters Wno like to see a
 man "buck the machine" It is cer- tain that the organiza tion will go as far as it dares in the effort to defeat
 the Mayor. If it can be done in
 primary fight without jeopardzing the chances of success in the fall cdIll pdISil tHE p'tI tN ltobNio WILL proba bly do their utmost to defeat the Mayor for they. realize that if MT Quigley wins he will ride" the ma achine for the rest of his term and that he will have to be considered the personal dictator of republican affairs.
 In any event New Britain demo- crats are not worrying about the sit uation. They are preparing to nom- mate Earnest w. Peton, a former efficient Charity Commissioner and a man who possesses unusual ele-
 ments of strength MT. Pelton is
 we'll connected, the grand-nephew of the late Samuel J. Pelton. and likely to gain support that ordinarily would go to a republican candidate. He is expected to prove strong in the | republican Third Ward He is as | sistant superintendent of the Stanley | Works and is well known as a care 1 ful, sagacious business man. Natur- [ ally any democrat would be cX- 1 pected to profit to a conslderab ble
 extent from the quarrel in the re- | publican camp. but the opinion of | his friends is that he would profit more than almost anyone else. The democratic town organization, by the way, has not yet put his stamp