New Britain herald., 1922-01-07

friends in whose ability he has con adonon and he would not he running contrary to human nature by such all net, II is easy enough 10 recommend that the politicians be smoked out hut the people arc more interested in learning how this is to be accom- plished.
 Plank No. is an old friend clothed in new words. "Siabi'i2ation of city finances by strict economy, We have no record of what the first candidate for the first political office said from his seat in a chaisc, but he probably rose and exclaimed My dearly beloved fellow citizens, when am elected we will do away with all eXtraNagancc and unnecessary e&- pense. l shall make nn accounting of every penny spent and ] will show you that none has been wasted, ' Promises of economy have got more men into office than n contipcd" could count on the Whislters of all his legs put together. It's good plank, but it is worn thin and badly splintered in spots.
 Not all will agree with Plank No. l, which recommends Opposition 10 the two platoon system for the fire deparXent until conditions are bet tered. ~ It must be remembered that the sovereign people, at city meet ing, appropriated fund to install just such a system but the money was diverted to other uses. Many voters feet that the firemen were cheated af 1,i uj nj pb a- longed to them.
 Plank No. 3, including among the duties of the tax collector the collec- tion of personal taxes would like wise meet with some opposition, all though there is no doubt that 1t would be step in the direction of economy, step which has been quietly agjtated for some time
 Formal annoUncement by George A, Quiglcy that he will be a candidate for the republican nomination for mayor has been anticipated although it loses none of it's force because of this fact. In his statement to news- papermen, the ex-mayor said that he had received assurances of support from many quarters and this is not to be doubted as the Observer has de- tected Quigey current" in the G. o. P. political pond, caused chiefly by dissatisfaction with the regime of Mayor Curtis.
 Mir. Quiglev says that he will carry on his campaign by holding rallies. This promises much of interest and the reporters may well sharpen up their pencils because it is generally acknowledged that MT. Quigley usual ly furnishes good copy when he is on the stump.s For proof of this hark back a few years when he was attacking the management of the town farm and when he caused such furore as New Britain had never known before. Day after day he en- ioyed front page eminence because of administration.
 It is whispered that what Mir. Quigley said at that time is tame compared with what he will say be- tween now and the day of the pri- maries if Mayor Curtis decides that he will also fight for the nomination. The report that many unregistered electors are preparing to have their names added to the list of republican voters with the intention of sweeping the primaries for Mayor Quigley gives color to the belief that he can win against the present incumbent.
 He was getting along in years not old y'understand-bu had young ideas.
 So when he saw his son and heir start out for the skating pond a few days ago, he began to have hanker- ings of his own. It was not so long ago, he ruminated, since he went