New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
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Politics is slowly but surely finding
 it's place again among the topics dis
 cussed about town and who the dem Ocratic candidate for the mayOraltV hOminHtion will be is Furnishing eNeN more food for thought than is a cor : responding question relative to the re- pubicans Mayor GuiglcN's attitude plainly indicates that his hat will be in the ring ay:. has been in the ring, : before other get starred. It has been
 hinted that Ernest x. Humphrey, once i the unsuccessful republican nomineN
 would rot be aVerse to bearing the
 title 'n!.Yov' if he could get it with ! out too much 0f a contest. At this i time however. this seems improba : Then too, Police Commissioner How ard NJ Steele must not be forgotten oven if the secret sessions of the po- . lice board do not permit him to ap- ! pear in public print as much as he 1 did before the pussy-fOotinG days of police department administration. Mr. Steele, once bested by Mr. Quigley for the nomination, is said to have kept alive his ambitions in this direction
 Whether or not the mayors gift to
 him of the police commissioncrslip in face Of strenuous political advice to the contrary had any significance is
 
 collector would like to be mayor, that
 his friends all agree. If Alderman c. F. Curtis words are to be believed he will not enter the lists, as over ms own name he has stated that he does not want the mayors office and Will support any reputable" candidate. Thus it would appear that his strate- Sic atta ckS on the administration are more in the nature of "bcaring' down the G A. Q. stock than "bulllng' up the o. F. C. pfd. On the other side, turn to the democratic party. Judgc William F. Mangan and r. F McDon- ough two of that partN's strongest cards, could not he prevailed upon to be a candidate. E. w. PeltOn, once nominated but defeated by Quigley, is said to be too busy with his interests in the Stanley Works and the Cham Der of Commerce to bother much about politics. w. F. Delaney. an other democratic ace, is surely out of the question by virtue of his being
 postmaster. Thus is paved the way for the vague rumOr that Joseph M. HaIloran, twice mayor and defeated four years ago by the present incum-
 bent may yet be found as the demo- cratic candidate for mayor. The name of H. s. Tallard has also been whisp- cred but it is only rumor. MT. Halloran says that no one has approached him on the matter and other prominent
 democrats say that no thought has geen given to who will be who next spring.
 A brother-in-law of local German, incarceratcd for violating his permit, visited Attorney P. F. McDonough with a plea to get him out so l can get him to take out his naturalization papers and become a citizen.''
 "Why didn't Otto become a citizen before?" queried the lawyer.
 "Oh, he was too obstinate" Well, I guess he'll get chance to
 think it over now. Good bye" To many filling out questiOnnaires there is much speculation as to the exact difference between swearing to an affidavit and affirming it. It is l simple. Tn the latter case the signer states that his answers are true by solemnly concluding ESQ help me God.' Some people. for religious reasons, ob- iect 10 thus using the name of the Supreme Being. Therefore they affirm that that which they have stated is true under pains and penalties of perjury"
 As one draftee puts it: The gate leading into Devens is exceedingly wide; but the biblical eye of a needle is the only comparison for the exit. When the administration secret session police board adopted it's plan
 of doing business behind closed doors it isSuer a statement, to silence the howl of protest. to the effect that fol- lowing it's meetings the clerk would is sue a bulletin to newspapcrmen setting ] forth the actions taken behind tho
 mysterious closed doors. Button January ' a letter was written to a 1 candidate for regular policeman tell | ing him of his appointment. On Jan 1 uary reporter became aware of | the appointment but not through any 1 information given out by the board. 1 If the appointment of a new police
 man is not an item Of public interest,
 what is? Yet the experimenting board did not give it out. Incidents 1 like these make people wonder 1 what is really going on behind those | closed doors and what other action is being hid Such uncalled for secrecy , breeds rumor and gossip. Are not the facts much to be preferred?
 
 1 A well known young man of Scotch 1 ancestry and pro-German tendencies 1 was invited by a German friend to { stop at Turner hall Sunday evening l for a friendly glass. Entering the l hospitable room he was greeted by ! burlv man, who significantly kept i both hands in his pocket,
 Are you an American citizen?'
 ''Yezzer, yezzer!'
 1 Well, you stand right where you 1 arc till I tell you to gO."
 l In the interim the alien enemies | were rounded up.
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