New Britain herald., 1920-03-20
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
MAKES
VI OBSERVATIONS

1 neccssa rily hecauSe there has been ! any glarine waste Of money but be . cause it always will b. following the 1 line of least resistance to tell the pub i lIc that their burdens have been 1 caused by ill-,id ,iscd expenditures on 1 the part of the executive. The dear 1 people are always willing to believe l such charges whether they be true l or not
 If all the interest in the cam paign centers on the republican ticket it is the fault of the democratic managers who appear to bC far at sed on the eve of election day. And this not WitnStanding the fact that the party of Jefferson has a bright opportunity to send one of their members into
 the mahogany furnished office on the
 second floor Of City hall. The Tax
 payers association seems 10 be in the
 saddle and some of it's leaders have
 declared against supporting Mayor
 Quigley. going so far as to announce
 that they will fight in tho open. Nor
 have they warmed up to MT. Curtis.
 On the contrary it is thought that
 they are willing to support a demo-
 cratic nominee. provided, of course.
 that his vest ~be decorated with fraS-
 ments of egg. pie and other edlbies
 that may be gulped down in a hurry.
 There is the point the Taxpayers as
 Sociation must take cOgnizancel of
 not every citizen will care to be pub
 lcly affiliated with the organization
 not every citizen will care to have his
 ncighbors know that his banner is a
 greasy vest Self-respcct may pre-
 vent eligible candidates from aSSO-
 ciating with these blatant and gar
 rulous curbstone experts. In fac; the sign of the unlaundered vest may
 prove boomerang and the candi-
 date who even talks in his sleep to the effect that he is courtinS the sup
 port of the Hotel Bronson (Who says we haven't a hotel in New Brtain?) soviet may find his fellow citizens turning from him in disgust. Not many men would care to spend their evenings in the company of some folks and then return to the pure at mosphere of home. wife and chill dren.
 Nationally, democrats sec hope of continuing to worry the White House janitol for four more years in the at titude of candidates fo the republican nomination for president. True, they are only setting warmed up and an taGoniSm is expected to become more bitter as the campaign proceeds. Gen. eral Wood and Senator Johnson. not to mention LoWden and others. are reaching that stage where passion displa Ces reason and pretty soon will he telling the country just what they 1 think of each other This may he l partly explained by the belief of re- ] publican leaders that the nomination l this year will be equivalent to elec- l tion. And yet it is barely possible 1 that the wiSeacrcs are counting their 1 poultry before getting it out of cold l St toraGe.
 Evidence is accGmu ulatinS that a brea ch is growing within the G. o. P. ranks and that by the time the can didates get down to business and their managers do something besides issuing bulletins to the press a mer- 1 ry little time will be had by all. Lev ! el-hea ded republicans are eXert'ng their efforts to prevent a SchiSm. but holding wild horses would be child's play compared with their task.
 All effort of the candidates mana gers at preSe Tt seems to be concen rated on getting as mt ch free uewS-