New Britain herald., 1922-03-27
POLITICS

POLITICS
 The individual who gains amuse- ment through watching the antics Of the human animal. who is diverted by following the actions of the species and mentally inquiring into the why's and wherefores of these moves, has a most entrancng opportunity in the present mayoralty contest. Politics as she is played is remarkably well cX- emplified at the present. We do not believe that love for any of the candi- dates is going to inspire any real feel ing on the part of any watcher in New Britain. From the way things are shaping it is evident that the majority of people are not particularly inter ested one way or the other in who is to be mayor No one is bowling his head off over the possibility of any one of the four candidates being trimmed, therefore the man on the street can watch with amusement the bids for votes that are being put forth, most of them bringing no pub lie reaction at all
 Mayor Curtis, aspiring to be elect ed again, is sitting in his bailiwick playing the game in the manner that fits him best, peddling to the voters a great deal of campaign stuff through the medium of his press organs. Quite probably he will deny that this Is so, but we cannot imagine why any newspaper will give away columns of space relating visionary benefits of his administration and soft pedalling the criticism that could be found unless 1t Is inspired from some source. Of course His Honor knows nothing about it, of course not. We apologize now to save trouble for the other papers, which otherwise should be compelled to apologize for us. Cur tis campaign tricks are well known to the majority of New Britainites Propaganda, put out through any medium that would make it appear he is not responsible but that the or ganization or individuals are impelled to enthusiasm by sincere appreciation of his acts while he was in office, Is his game A high and lofty body of citizenry which has no interior mo- tive ayetall, must do his campaigning for him. These organizations forget that, a year ago, a highly unpopular high tax rate was foisted upon the public and that the two platoon sys- tenn in the fire department, promised to the public at city meeting and auth horized, right or wrong, ivy the same meeting are parts of the Curtis regime. They forget everything but that lower tax rate, on high valua- tion, was adopted this year. Can peo- pie be SO forgetful? Aye, they can, providing the memory dictation comes from the proper quarters.
 Hizzoner's traditional enemy, G. A. Quigley, is also running true to form Charging from factory to factory and from rally to rally he orates from a high moral plane of the factory mo- guls who are riding the em- ployes That kind of oratory went big a few years ago, it scarcely seems to strike a spark of interest about the streets today for some reason, possi- bly, because Quigley has been Mayor once before when he adopted the same tactics in getting office. He has gathered about him a few ex-service men who are grateful for having been taken to Boston to meet some of their buddies and who wish to further his candidacy for that reason. As mat ter of fact there were several organi- cations which helped put over that Boston trip, including the Herald be- cause they thought that the men de- served it. While the Boston excur- sion is being lauded to the skies noth. ing has been said of the famous carni- val on Walnut Hill park which was to have formed a cash nucleus for the perpetuation Of the soldiers glory and | ing unsubsidized by the carnival inter- ests, was the only thing that made any money to speak of Humanity for gets very fast. The soldiers organiza- ton is bowling loudly for Quigley, so loudly that it appears that desire must be prompting the tones.
 AS for Halloran and Paonessa- they are on the under side anyhow, whichever is chosen to run.
 Now you know where the Herald stands, maybe The plain truth of the natter is that the paper is sorry that [ cannot honestly support some indi- idual, and by support we do not mean printing columns of bunkum. Either Quigley or Curtis will be elect Id we believe. Take your pick, and