New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
Town Topics


 appears that of the republican trio, 1 Mayor George A. Quigley is the master 1 strateGist and politician. The calm 1 assurance with which he analysed Luther M. Barnes platform, declared 1 1t was all right but was "old stuff and IS being followed out now, was "a direct score. The published inten- 1 tons of Alderman M. Irving Jester 1 faTed even worse at the mayors hands. l His own interpretation that the alder ! mans promise of an executive board 1 to help manage the office, should he 1 be elected, is but admission of MT. ! testers lack of ability to cope with ] the situation, rather appealed to pop 1 ular fancy and discounted to some ex- 1 tent the Second Tarder's trump of not { wanting to be a. "one-fdan power" l The public, too, adn1ires a man with nerve, even though it be colossal, and when the mayor replied that the peo- i pie want to elect a man who can be mayor he played g. little ace himself. In acquiring the billboard privilege for himself and also in declining to come out in the public press with a platform which would give his op ponents- an excellent opportunity for , a countcr-attack he also effected the strokes of a master politician. But the mayor is saving his biggest trump
 
 personality and gift of public speak ing. It is admitted that the mayor is endowed With all the qualities of q real politician--appearan democra- cy, personality, and convincing man. her of talk. Tn these he far outranks either of his opponents and it is evi- dent he proposes to make this a one man campaign" and if he is to win to win it himself by his sheer person al ability and magnetism. When he ] takes the stump things will begin to ] hum, for only then will the battle be on in earnest.
 Although all three of the republican, candidates claim a. large following; 1 there is 8 certain underCurrent of op- position to each. There is a certain faction that does not think any of the trio is the right man, and this Is in dicatcd by the persistent efforts to get a strong fourth candidate into the race. A. F. Corbin, tied down by his exem ption board work and his manu- , facturtng interests, has been unable : to consider running for mayor now, although hts friends say he has am bitions to follow in his brothers foot steps and be mayor some day. Ernest W. Christ, who has the reputation of probably being as capable man as 1 ever sat in the common council, who 1 would make an excellent mayor, and l who, many believe. could win the election, has decided that stress of l other business will not permit his re- 1 entering politics now. A. Buol, su l perintendent of the Machine company. is also said to have declined to be a l candidate, although if he ran he would not have the strength of either Mir. ] Christ or MT. Corbin. There is. how 1 ever, yet ample time for a dark horse 1 candidate to be uncovered, in the 1 event of which the campaign will be 1 one long to be remembered. 1 Assurances that George Nj. Landers will again run for the council are be- l ing we'll received. Those interested l and familiar with the personnel of 1 that assemblage realize that men with ] his knowledge of city affairs cannot 1 be spared Announcement this week of the 1 recommendation Of the county to pur- chase the Long farm in Newin gton
 for the site of the new county jail is ! of consider ble interest locally. az 1t 1 would bring this penal institution 10 1 the very threshold of New Britain and
 to ngtonites, as 1t would place
 
 1 macy with the Jail And in the price mentioned one sees 8 variance of fig- 1 ures that would indicate New Brit 1 aims much discussed system of aS- 1 sessment is general rather than local. i The county committee recommends $62,500 for this farm despite the fact 1 that it is assessed for a little less than 1 S50,oo and only eight years ago sold 1 for $17, ,500.
 little Herald newsboy glancing st the paper Tuesday night reading
 that Secretary Of War Baker had ! dared the U-boats and gone lover ttere" was heard to srunt: Huh! My | brother went over first He went l last October" The War Bureau is aiming to ob- 1 tain a complete honor roll of New Britain boys in the service. It's about 1 time this was done, and when such q ! roll is hung in City Hall it might be
 9 good idea to include with the name the branch of service, such as infan-
 try, artillery, ordnance, navy, etc..
 And while on the subject of honor
 rolls, why not q public one?, The l rear side of the Hoover food billboard
 ir Central Park might be large 1 enough. AS a result of the recent "key ex- 1 pose' in the police department many Of the patrolmen are taking a good
 oeal of good natured bantering. Got 1 a key" is becoming 8 favorite salu- 1 tation from those more intimate with l the bluecoats.
 After patiently explaining 10 an