New Britain herald., 1929-06-28
BRISTOL POLITICAL
 POT BOILING EARLY
Possible H,yordty cldhits Already Receiving Consideration
MAY ASK BUTTON 10 RUN
Former Mayor Has Large Following -Extravagance Charged at School Peeper on West Street.

Peeper on West Street.
 With the primary election less than three months away-September A to be exact-the local political pot is starting to broil and present point to one of the most interesting and hotly contested cleo tions since Bristol adopted the city form of government IS years ago.
 A number of names have already been mentioned of possible candi- dates for the city council. including Richard Lambert and Arthur N. Manross. both Of Forestville Mir Manross is a prominent manufactur- CT and several years ago served . part term on the council, having been appointed to succeed his fath- CT, the late Frederick N. Manross.
 Mr. Lambert has never been ac- tive in city politics but has . large following. He is prominent in the af- fairs of the Knights Of Columbus and is state secretary of that organ ization. He is also an officer in the Bristol lodge Of Elks.
 Tracy is Unwilling
 Possibly the most formidable can- didate that the present members of the city council would have is Thomas A. Tracy. who it is not be- lieved will be a candidate authough his friends have been strongly urg- ing him to enter the race for the mayoralty. MT. Tracy came within 3O-odd votes of being elected chief executive of Bristol over former Mayor John F. Wade four years ago. his popularity. and Mir. Tracy's fol- lowers are confident that he could be elected to any office in the city. MT. Tracy is a newspaperman, and it Is believed that he can be prevailed up- on to enter the race for the city council, as he is obliged to attend all such meetings in a business capa- city. It is understood that he will not consider himself candidate for mayor for the reason that he would be unable to give to the position the time such duties would demand.
 With Mir. Tracy eliminated as a candidate for mayor, the greatest in- terest centers upon who will be the final opponent of the incum bent, Mayor W. Raymond Crumb. as it is an understood fact that MT. Crumb will seek the honor of being elected. He was appointed to the position in December. 1927. by vote of the city council, to succeed Mayor John F. Wade, who died shortly after his reelection and before he had taken the oath of office for the new term At the time there was considerable objection voiced by members of both the republican and democratic par ties, who demanded that special election be held 10 select Mayor Wade's successor, but the action oi the council was upheld in a decision rendered by Corporation CounseI William N. DeRosier.
 Possible Candidate
 Those whose names have beer prominently mentioned as possible candidates are stephen M. Wells Willard F. Hough, Arthur s. Barnes John Donnelly and Joseph F. Out ton. Mr. Wells represented Bristol ir the legislature several years ago ant has been active in local politics. MT. Hough has been a member O. the city council for the past eigh' years. He conducts a large trucking business and whether he could bt prevailed upon to give the time nee essary is problematical.
 Mir. Barnes is a former representa- tive, a member of the boad of ed ucation, and editor of the Bristo Press. At the time of the appoint ment of Mir. Crumb to the mayor alty, he bitterly condemned thu councils action in editorials ant 1 questioned the legality of the ap pointment.
 MT. Donnelly has been active il city politics for a number of years i He served as a member of the cit! council several years ago and at th' i last city election was defeated fol the office of mayor by John F Wade.
 | Want Dutton Again
 In the opinion of many. tn strongest candidate, if he can b. induced to run. is former Mayo Joseph F. Dutton. who served as tn city's chief executive for three con 1 secutiye terms 19l3 to 1g10 A two of the elections Mir. Dutton wa elected without any opposition what ever. He retired voluntarily in 1919 having served during the period o the war. While he has refraine' from any participation in municipa affairs. he is known to have retain cd his personal following He na been urged to enter the race at tn approaching primary and. while