The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-10
Hamilton Bribery
 Case Continued

(Continued from Page One.) returned Tuesday. He is scheduled to attend the meeting of the State Board of Pardons in Hartford on Monday.
 Town Chairn1an John A. Cornell could not be reached today. He left town last night for a week-end visit and will not return until Monday. The responsibility of his situation and the extreme pressure of his duties have weighed heavily upon him, and de- termined him to escape from the po- litical strife and turmoil for a few days.
 Attorney Jacob Klein, who is asso- ciated with A ttorney A. L. Delaney, former prosecuting attorney. and At torney Edward J. McManus, former president of the Board of Aldermen, as counsel for MT. Hamiltc0, was un- communicative when questioned about the case today.
 Politicians Quiet.
 Political circles in the city are quiet and uncommunicative on the surface today. while actually every politician is seething with excitement and expec- tation- Although countless reports and rumors are arising out of needless gossip and speculation, positive facts are meagre, and carefully guarded by prosecuting officials.
 Most concern is in solving the nlys- tery of the motive that actuated the bribery offer. At first it was believed to be the desire of a leader to demon strate to upstate political powers the strength fo his leadership among Bridgeport Republicans
 A more mature consideration of ex- isting circumstances and political his tory in the past ten years dlscloses the actual importance of party leader ship, the definition and establishment of one man as the acknowledged pow CT in his community politics, lnas- much as party leaders have exercised great influence in awarding municipal otc in ho ct fa aggregate value of millions or dol lars
 Enormous Commissions. While a long and painstaking in yestigation necessarily would have to i definitely establish the facts which prove these conditions, common belief 1 has always been expressed in Bridge port that the awarding of munlclpal | contracts in the past with the author l ity of the Board of Aldermen nave involved enormous commissions to in terested parties.
 The best of the picking" has been | exhausted in Bridgeport, largely pc i cause of the fact that it Is now nm l nossible to issue any great quantity | of municipal bonds because or the | city's strained financial condition, ana i in view of the fact that practlcaIly ali i of the tax revenue must be devoted to | the upkeeping expenses of the clty' some believe that under bad ana 1n- | cornnetent leadership, there still would i be "pickings'' in the pontlcai ooii- | In the past few weeks, there mas | been a good deal of quiet pubnc sat | isfaction primarily in the change or | 0f President Alfred E. Veness, and II | is believed that Mayor AtWaters or 1 ranization of the aldermen guarantees an honest administration.
 l Famous Water Contract. | Another motive that is being ao- vanced connects the famous twenty year water contract with the hghe 1 for the presid ential control or the | hoard According to the reports that carry such an intimation, the water l contract is to come before the alder men within few months, ana ttat M I it would be very advantageous TOT Il the old Republican powers 10 rela1li | the presid ential control.
 No credence is placed In such re- ports by persons in a position to
 know. The twenty-year WaLer abe eonv ne7v | board, but only to authorize an ln- crease in the rates to manufacturers, | to which the manufacturing interests
 have already agreed.
 i in proceeding with the prosecution oA
 MT. Hamilton. By one means, ap-
 phcation may be made by states s AL torney Cummings to a judge Of the
 ance of a, bench warrant to bring MT;
 Hamilton before the higher trlpunal
 without the necessity or passing | through the City court.
 The other procedure. that alreaay
 has been adopted by. MT. Cummings
 but that can be dropped at any tune, | is the arrest and trial of the accused in the City court Jurisdiction of the
 lower court in a bribery case does not
 extend beyond the binding of the ac- | cused over to the Superior court. 1T inc Hamilton case remains in the City
 court, the Superior court is its ulti- | mate destination. and where it prob
 ably will be tried at the January ses- | sion.