New Britain herald., 1930-04-09
MIR. QUfGLEY'S RESOUNDING VICTORY


 Analyzing why Mr, Quigley won the mayoralty election by such q handsome plurality is bootless task To the Democratic mathematicians it approaches grewsomeness. AL though <Mr. Quigley was conceded to he . strong man" politically-even the regular organization found this out during the primary-few thought ne would chamber into office with such substantial figures The Democratic machine had no gas and needed oiling.
 Perhaps the sympathy vote" had something to do with it; but 10 what extent this vote counted nobody knows. If sympathy" swung ap- proximatel 1900 votes it held the winning hand. But who can tell whether sympathy" was so potent In city where municipal elections usually are won with a leeWay of a few hundreds of votes, 1900 look like treasury report.
 Or the victory may have been due in large measure to the fact that MT. Quigley has been widely known citizen for years. He has been called the Roosevelt of local politics." and if there ever was any doubt about the applicability of the term, it is now removed. MT. Quig- ley's spectacular. back mu<t have been due in some measure, al least, to the public like for his Rooseveltian fighting qualities, which at first licked the organiza : tion and then trounced the Demo- crats.
 Again. there is a strong proba- hility that Mr. McDonough, who was rarely mentioned in the public prints prior to the moment when the Democrats seized upon him as thei1 Biz Hope, lacked wide appeal for this reason. A great many people vote easiest for the candidate they have read about extensively. The man who is more or less consistent ly "before the public eye" in one way or another seems, to many voters, to be logical candidate for public office.
 In almost any system of democ- racy a wel-to-do man has more difficulty in winning popular approv- al at the polls than a comparatively poor man, who invariably is con- sidered "one of the people" for this very reason. Obviously. the logic may be warped and sometimes 2 source of weakness rather than strength; but that it exists is evi- dent from the fact that few rich men care to run for public office knowing in advance that they are handicapped.
 But these are mere suppositions and one mans guess is as good as another's. The chief fact is that Mir Quigley, with. the aid of the Repub- -lican rganization-af,c an election both the Republican and DemocratH machines usually are referred to as organizations ns''-''put it all over Mr. McDonoueh. and the entire Re- publican ticket. like gliders lowed by an airplanc scared to the heights of victory with him.
 Citizens will congratulate Mr Quisley and all the successful can, dldates. In a sound governmental system 1t is good policy to forge, electioneering statements as quickly as possible. Both candidates made fancy statements during the cam. paign, and so did their partisan fol lowers. The public. wise 10 the sit uation. usually discounts these sometimes at the rate of 100 pc. cent. Mir. Quigley. who made som, pretty promises, will have his op- portunlty 10 carry them out; anG whether he is successful or whether he isn't the next election two year: from now will see approximately tht same type ot promises made al around. Most citizens. however, dc not seem to be greatly taken abact by the promises. preterring to de. eide the election with a system 0 their own which no politicians hayt vet been able to fathom.
 The Herald hereby congratulate. all the successful candidates ant trusts that they will corporate tt yield the city that high standard 0 municipal government which it ha a right to expect, The Eepublicai majority in the Common rounci will be ovcrs shelmine, and ii is |, he hoped that this circumstance doc not bring with il tendency t