New Britain herald., 1924-03-08
AGAIN THE NAYOE.AI.TY

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 Mayor Paoncssa yesterday state
 that if. his conduct in office, his poll
 rics and independence in action hay
 been approved by the people and i
 his party is willing to nominate him fo
 the mayoralty he will gladly acccp
 and appreciate this further honor"
 We ars all accustomed to hearing il candidate declare that he has beer approached and urged to run. ant that ahIs determination to do so i:
 inspired by this state of affairs W.
 are likely to put tongue in check and
 smile over such statement. Few men i run for office unless they are "ap- ! proached' or "urged' to do so by ] their friends-one at least.
 1 But those who know Mayor Paones- 1 sa intimately believe that this state- ment of his, giving as the reason for his entry into the race the fact that | he has been urged to do so--as well as his desire to complete the unfinished l work to which he has set his hand is honestly made. They believe, and We believe, that he would not have sought the nomination unless he felt honestly that the people and his party wanted him to do so. If there is one outstanding characteristic of our pres ent mayor it is his honesty. If there is one outstanding impression given out by his statement it is the impress sion of modesty and earnestness. And if there is one quality that the people of the city believe has marked Mayor Paonessa's administration it is the quality of faithfulness to the interests of the city and it's people.
 Emphasizing this characteristic of honesty, commonly and properly at- tributed to Mayor Paonessa, does not indicate a desire to suggest that any candidate who will or may run against him, either in his own party or in the campaign before election will lack that quality. It means, merely that at this time when all the people of the country are hearing of men in high places who were, probably, affected by influence" whether or not they were guilty of actual fraud, a man who has shown strict honesty in office, utter disregard of influence" of any kind, stands in Il strong position be- fore the people. Mayor paonessa oc- cupios that enviable position.
 An interesting development is for mer Mayor Qnigley's intimation that he may enter the primaries against Mr. Holmes. The significance of this announcement lios in the fact that Chairman Erwin. of the republican town committee. urged full attendance at last nights meeting of republican workers" and emphasized the im- portance Of q republican victory here this year because of its effect upon | republican success. Well, the l entry of former Mayor Quigley into | the race would not help tho candidacy | of Mir. Holmes one particle; it would l do quite the other thing. Moreover Mir. Quigleys success in the republican primaries, if he should be successful, l would rather disgust those who per snadcd Mir. Holmes to run. The lat- lcr's supporters would be quite likely 70 lose considerable interest in the otal campaign if they were forced to work for MT Quiglcy or loaf on the lob.
 Ii is to be expected that there will Je a strong drive by the republican party this year to elect a republican mayor. That drive will be more plenti4 nlly backed with financial support, egitimate, of course, if Mr. Holmes is iuccessful than if Mir. Quigley is the It would not be surprising 0 find that. after all, the former mayor decided II would be unwise to make fight for the nomination this ear.