New Britain herald., 1917-03-10
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AODH l UYIcS 1
 The annual city election will be
 held on Tuesday, April 10, only about
 a month away. But because this is
 a so-called ''of year." when there i.
 no contest for. the mayors chair. the
 interest in the event will not be as
 keen as it was g year ago when
 George A.. Quig1ey and Orson F. Cur
 tis had their bitter fight for premier
 honors There will, however, be con- siderable individual and factional in terest in the personnel of the new
 council and in several instances it.
 is understood that new candidates will be brought forward to represent various wards The most bitter fight will come after the election is over. The new. council will undoubtedly be overwhelmingly republican and, the victors will battle among themselves to elect 8 chairman pro tenn. whose duty 1t is to act as mayor during that officials absence from the city. At present Alderman M. Irving Jes- ter holds that title, having been elect ed year ago. Although the alder man will again be in the race 1t is understood that Alderman John Stadler of the fourth ward has the pro tempore bee buzzing in his bon net. MT. Jester is one of the veter- ans of the council, while Mr. Stad- Ter is a comparative new conner whose rise has been rather meteoric Both men are staunch republicans. There is a feeling in some quarters that MT. Jester, while thoroughly conscien- tious, can be improved upon as chair man pro tenn and the supporters pf
 MT. Stadler are priming him for that position. He has taken lively in-, terest in council doings and is we'll informed as to procedure, but his ex- ecutive ability or parliamentary knowledge has never been displayed. It is no idle prediction therefore, to state that when the republican cau- GUS assemblies next month there will be merry battle between the Jes- terites and the Stadlerites. Just what stand the mayor will take is prob- lematical He Is an old friend of and has received much support from AL derman Jester. and on the other
 hand Alderman Stadler has elso beer one of his protegees and supporters.
 Among the aldermen 1t Is expect ed that Albert Anderson, first ward. can have unopposed reelection should
 he seek 1t. There may be contest in the fifth ward when Alderman ". J. McCabe seeks reelection Alder man Chamberlain in the third will not seek reelection, he says. Among the but few changes are ex- pected. w. w. Gould and c. J. Dehm will probably be reelected in the first ward Tn the second ward there will possibly be some opposition to James Iverson and Albert F. Eich- staedt, who has always had opposi- ton when he sought the office. may have to earn his right as a city father. The third ward may present some- what changed lineup. Councilman Ors0n F. Curtis, dfsliked politically as he is by many. is regarded as a good counter balancing power in the Many, although holding no brief for the softimes technical and heckling councilman. see in him a man who knows city affairs thorough ly and can find flaws and defects which younger man might pass un-. hope to see him return as alderman. William c. Wall will have to be reelected for term as he was named in place of the late Eliot H. Porter. If Charles Mueller sees fit to run again he could be re-elect- ed, and a new candidate for the oper position has been brought forth in the person Of Gardner c. Weld. In the fourth ward H. P. Richards should be reelected without a dissenting vote. A. H. Olson may sees fit to retire. G. Robert Merriman will also have to be elected as he likes business as his term was only to fill out in place of D. A. Wicander. resigned. Should the fifth ward coun- Joseph Owsiak and John Par- tyka. seek reelection it is likely that they will meet with. strong. demo- cratic opposition as the minority party Is understood to be intent upon this district. A fight Is also expected in the sixth ward. Coun- cilman Gorbach, who succeeded Will liam J. Smith. democrat, will run for reelection and will almost cer- tainly be opposed, gossip in the sixth states. Francis T. McDonough will probably be returned.
 Four members of the school com mittee retire this spring unless re- elected They are: l.. Hoyt Pease, Edward M. Pratt, Dr. John E. Martin and Henry F. Roche. It has been intimated that there will be a contest in the primaries for at least one posi- ton and 1t is rumored that l.. Hoyt Pease has been picked as one target for the opposition. Messrs. Pratt and Martin, so far as street talk goes, have no opponents, but 1t may develop that MT. Roche will meet with opposition. gossip says.
 Where appointive positions termin- ate this spring the mayors probable selections are source of speculation. Naturally the personnel of the new fire and police boards, if authorized, is tho most talked of thing. Many names have been mentioned for the police board, including Herbert ". Camp, H. S. Tallard,~ George Kimball, Lawyer Charles H. Mitchell and W. $. Trask.