New Britain herald., 1924-02-29
THE MAYORAI.Tl


 i It is a good idea to think over a situation before ones thoughts are ] influenced, consciously or unconscious i ly by personalities. The Herald does i not know who the democratic and re- publican candidates for the mayoralty will be, For the purposes of this dis i cuSsion. therefore, it may be admitted that no prejudice in favor or against any individual has inspired the com i ment.
 But the Herald does believe as others of the city believe, that the i Republican candidate will be the se- i lection of a strong state political ma chine; that the Democratic candidate will come nearer being the selection 1 of the democrats of the city for the simple reason that there Is, at pres ent. no strong democratic state ma chine to further the interests Of any one who may seek the nomination and election,
 : It is difficult to see how any excep- ! ton may be taken to this statement i thus far, unless il be that some will dispute the suggestion that the Re- publican state machine interferes with l the selection of candidate for the i mayoraliy in this city. Such objection l is met, however. by the conservative statement that the state machine will be bound to take some interest and ] will throw whatever influence it has 1 recently, unless one is badly mistaken, i has a non-machine candidate won at tho primaries, and that was when for mer Mayor Quigley defeated former Mayor Orson Curtis at the primaries. 1 True, the state machine may have lit- tie interest in the primaries but it will have especial interest in the sue. cessful candidate for the nomination. And this is true for the reason that all over the country the Republican politicians will realize the light they have on their hands since the revcia- tions in the Teapot Dome matter. Po- litical offices in the smallest places. formerly considered too insignificant to bother about, will be considered worthy of earnest attention. There must be no indicating straws.' be- fore the presidential election to sug- gest that the scandal has hit home National leaders of the Republican party will look to the most obscure corner of the country and try 10 see 10 it that encouraging returns come even from the byways and hedges.
 Now a bit of mathematics. The peo- pie Of the city, it is believed. would prefer 10 have as mayor man se- lected by the people and not by a machine. A machinr--a political ma chine which has held the state in it's power for some time. thank you, will be back Of one candidate-the Re- publican candidate. No political ma chine will be back of the Democratic candidate. merely because there is by comparison. practically no Democratic state machine which reaches the peo- pie Of this city Therefore. fl fhe peo. pie want to choose between a ma chine candidate and a peoples caudi- ] date they must favor and vote for the 1 Democratic candidate. e. E. D. as they say in the class room.
 This is looking at the situation merely from Inc point of view or one who eliminates the matter of the per sonality Of the Republican candidate and the personality Of Inc Democratic candidate. The in1mucas that eiii be brought to bear upon our next mayor having been disposed of, and it being clear. it is believed. tbat the Republi- can state machine wil try to make our neEt mayor one Of It's UJgs. if h. is a republican, Wniic there vill be no attempt by ans political machine 10 influence our next instBr 1T he Is democrat. the matter maysi,e left until the candidates Tor the rnay0ralty I announce themselves. #
 And at that time. iH aI1 fairness, l there will be an entirely different mat l frr 70 consider. namely the character 1 Of the camdidate-I.epubii and l Democratic. This vil play most i important part in our decision. for II | Is by no means believed that all Re- 1 pubHGans Of this city are moved b |