New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
There Are a Lot of Maybes

will not be held until spring, can
 didates are being discussed on the
 street corner, which is a sure sign
 that the pot is beginning to boil.
 After giving profound thought to
 the situation, the Observer has
 reached the following conclusion:
 (a) Mayor Paonessa may or may
 not run again as head of the demo-
 cratic ticket.
 (b) Ex- Mayor George A. Quigley
 may or may not run as an inde-
 pendent candidate.
 That is an exact analysis. There
 isn't much information in 1t but We
 defy the world to give a better pie
 ture of the political status.
 The first hintlet Apologies 10 the | silhouette editor) that Mayor Pao-
 nessa is being considered for an other term came at the meeting of the democratic club the other night i Mayor Paonessa's administration
 has been success and that there
 was no discord in }he party. That
 was only a straw in the wind and
 it may or may not have any par ticular significance. But it seems significant to the writer because nothing had been said in the public prints that was sharply critical of l the incumbent. His attitude on the high school question has been scru- tinized and found faulty but all in all, the mayor has had the press with him the greater part of the time. Which gives rise to the won
 der why his own organization had seen fit to protect him from as- saults that had not been made.
 If it is true that the factions in the democratic party have har- monized. it is news that has not | been published previously. Hereto | fore the public has been of the | opinion that a wide gulf existed be- | tween the two major factions in the party.
 Now as to Mir. Quigley. News ] paper men have been informed l within the past few weeks that, u 1 strong mysterious demand exists to 1 have MT. Qugley run independent 1 ly. The pressmen have been as sured that there is a great, public i movement on foot to force MT. Quigley to dismay the opposition by running on his own ticket. if the republican party fails to give him the nomination. Reporters trying 10 trace the source of this popular demand have made little progress. They have come to the conclusion that the wish is father 10 the thought and that MT. Quigley's friends, sincere in their belief thay Mr. Quigley is a Moses to lead th2 government out of the wilderness, are exaggerating when they speak of city-wide insistence on his serving again as mayor.
 It is said that. if MT. Quigley runs Independently, he will receive the support of a great many demo- crats. This may be true to a cer- tain extent. Mir. Quigley always had some democratic support, not among the leaders but among the proletariat. He also has always had some support from the rank and file of republcanism. But until the movement to sweep him into office crystallizes into a tangi- ble thing. the press will be forced 10 sit back and await developments. Mir. Quigley has thrown scare into the republican party on previous occasions. G. o. P. leaders have been informed that If you don't behave we'll nominate George Quigley." Mir. Quigley forced the G. o. P. to back water few years ago but that seems to have been his final thrust with any power be- hind it,
 Of republican candidates, accord l ing to gossip, there are many ana sundry. First. of course. comes | Donald L. Bartlett, whose lance was broken in his contest with Pao- nessa in 1928 He made an excel lent showing and it is not unlikely that he will be nominated again. | William H. Judd's return to poli- | tics is interpreted by few as an l indication that he will try to battle | his way into the mayors office. When he retired from politics tenn | porarily, if was announced that pressure of business forced him 10 | take the step. But if he thought | his, chance of winning the election was bright. he might escape some of the pressure. Whenever candi- dates are being weighed and measured. the name of Senator | Ernest w. Christ seems to intrude itself. Many believe Senator Christ would make a good mayor-if he i could be elected. But between him and the mahogany swivel chair in City hall, looms that 'if.' MT. Christ is, identified in business with large factory. He is not one Of the people, in 8 political sense, all | though he is a democratic. good | fellow. But his position is fac | tory executive would not con | tribute to his success in a campaign for the mayoralty. It was liabu- ity to the aspirations of MT Bart lett. It would probably weigh just as heavily against MT. Christ. So. summarized, the situation IS | about as we said few paragraphs back. Maybe Mayor Paonessa will run and maybe he won't And | maybe Mir. Quigley will run and maybe he won't. That's all there | is, there isn't any more.
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