Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-06
NEW LONDON'S
 ELECTION RESULTS

NEW AO1NDO1N 0
 ELECTION RESULTS
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 lectman. In this connection there
 comes reports of political deals and
 part disaffection among the democrats
 of the First ward, and that the defeat
 of MT. Miner was not on the level
 It was ever thus and ever thus twill
 be. Whenever a popular candidate Is
 defeated just such reports as now pre-
 vail fill the political atmosphere.
 In the democratic Third ward, Will
 liam Harrington, who came to New
 London from Norwich, was elected for a reduced majority, although his op-
 ponent was a new conner into the po
 utical game. There Is no talk of con- spiracy or double dealing or selling fecause the democrat won. Had MT. Gadbois, republican, been elected, there would undoubtedly be walls like unto those that are emitted from the
 disappointed of the First ward. It ic simply a case of the growing as- tendency of the grand old party. Sim ply that and nothing more. and in the old stronghold of the democratic party, the ward that made safe the vote for license in the city of New London.
 The time was when the Fourth ward was considered as strongly democratic, as the F'if.h is republican, where the nomination means election. This condition changed in the Fourth many years ago, and it is a toss up between republicans and democrats. It all depends upon the nominees. In Mondays election Lawrence s. Cook, republican. was up for reelection, 14I vt1o ho friends in the ward and without. As alderman he did his duty as he saw it, and as he supposed without fear or favor and for the best interests of the city. He now realizes, perhaps, that to be a successful politician, that is an office holding politician, he must walk the party and the political chalk line, and play the game as it is played by politicans of ehperieneH tsp MT MT took upon himself matters that he should not have noticed, became from an outside view -offcious, and very likely unconsciously, for it is not the young mans nature. He stepped from the narrow political path and was forced to walk the political plank. He started in well in the game, but after winning a few hands he. thought he had the gamo down fine, and stood Dat, when he should have called for cards.
 Richard Prendergast, who made his initial bow into politics against his urging of friends, defeated MT. Cook and without the slightest effort on his part. MT. Pendergast did not do a thing to secure his election. He came to the polls and voted, and some be- iieve he split his ticket and voted for Cook, and then west back to the shop and to his work. He wss at the poll ing place less than five minutes, and he had no one at the polls to represent him. It has been said that even the' forgotten that he was a candidate, so intensely were they interested In a matter that was of more personal inn portance to them. The successor Of Fourth ward. always lived there and owns couple of houses and is there fore a tax payer. He is a machinist by trade, an expert printing press builder and inspector. and has worked for his present employers and their predecessors ever since, as a boy, he first began work in q machine shop. It appears that Mir. Prendergast who does not pose as a total abstainer or B prohibitionist. or even an anti ton presented to him by a true friend asking for a referendum of the liquor license question. Naturally, some of he ward committeeman and others, lid not take kindly to his John Han cock appearing on that petition, and | lid not fall over themselves to aid in l he election of the new alderman from | he Fourth ward. It can be put down | IS fact that there is at least one member of the court of common coun i ,i1 who cannot As classed as a poli l ician, and has no aspiration to be- | come a politician. Of course repub- | icans were elected in the Second and | 91fth wards. as the most popular | democrat in the old city, were he | 'esident of either of these wards, l would not have a chinaman's chance # being elected. And as went these wo wards, so went the city.
 Tho commissioners of New London ounty, with Mir. Bradford of Mont lille, as the new meNber. succeeding II Lamphere of Waterford, have commenced their annual duties of re- ;eiving applications for liquor H. enses. Even with the war tax on, it . believed that they will receive ap- 'licat1ons for renewals of the eighty our licenses now in force in the city f New London. If they do this and 10 no more. the people as a whole will e satisfied. iE view of the vote on | he liquor licerse. question taken last fonday. Tn line with the arg1menes l tven at the hearings before the ex- ise commission at the last session off he legislature, with which MT. Brad ord, member, is surely familiar, it } expected that club licenses will be