New Britain herald., 1920-02-28
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

1 Strange silence that is almost -un- accountable pervades the atmosphere l of the local republican camp with l reference to any contest for the may , oraltN nomination and it appears that l the c. 0. T.. may allow the nomina- i ton to go to Mayor Quigley by de ! fault. The mayor has not announced l definitely whether he will be a can ] didate for the renomination but the wind is blowing in that quarter and ! all straws point to the probability 1 that he will run again.
 1 Mayor Quigley has been showing l unusual zeal in the interests of the 1 people of late and that is taken as 1 evidence that he will again ssek of 1 flee. He opened his unofficial cam paign by appearing as the cham pion | of the public in effort 10 discredir [ he recent increases in rates of the Connecticut Lighting company which ! supplies electricity to New Britain 1 hOmeS. For some reason difficult to explain he did not secure the eX- pected support and the agitation he started has fzzled out. His most re- cent act has been in behalf of rent payers. Whether it will develop strong backing is q question. The appeal to q mans pocketbook is the strongest appeal that could be made and it is not impossible that a strong political ma chine will be developed. Tn the meantime no other can didates appear on the horizon to con- test Mayor Quigley's authority to Sil the first citizen of New Britain. This is not because there is not a wealth of material in the republican ranks. Among those who might be 2 ble to capture a nomination, if they cared to run for the honor. are E. W. Christ. Ernest N. Humphrey and O. F. Curtis. Mir. Christ might not care 10 have his attention distra cted from his manufa curing interests. It is believed Alr. Humphrey might be prevailed upon 10 run and it is gen eraliy thought that Mir. Curtis would like to be mayor.
 Merl beIs of the Taxpayers league declare they will not support Mayor
 QuigleN. but their strength as d poj-
 tical unit is doubtful even it they do present a bold and unshattered front
 when campaigning for low taxes. After Mayor Quisley was unsuc-
 ressful in his contest to unseat Con-
 cressman Lonergan Of Hartford it was predicted that he would never
 again run for office and that he
 could not be elected if he did run. His repuISe at that time all the moro crushing because he was not al ble oven to carry his own city all though il was generally conceded that he would capture New Britain by al least 100 votes. TesDito his reverseS Mayor Quiglcy seems to have
 the indian sign the republican
 inner circles Dem ocratic voters are paying little
 attention to the coming spring cam paign but what talk there is seems
 to center around three persons. eX- Mayor George M. Landers. eN-Mayor
 Joseph NJ. i1alloran and Alderman
 Angelo M Paonessa. Tn d contest
 either Mir. I.anders or Mir. Halloran
 would have tho inside track because
 of their previous experience in of
 flee. Mir l.anderS is mem Der ot
 the present city government in the
 "apa city of councilman. and he, made
 q strong fight for the Introduction
 of th" two-pIatoon system in the tihC department. Mr. fTalloran has
 not been in public life since he re fired from the mayoralty It is said he enjoys rhe favor of those asso-
 ciated with the Taxpayers league who believe that he could administer public affairs onomfcaliy. Alder man Paonessa has had the mayoralty