New Britain herald., 1930-04-03
Republican Candidate for Mayor Says McDonough Was Profiting On War Stocks While Patriotic Citizens. Were Working for City - Water Not Issue.

Former Mayor George A. Quigley, republican nominee for mayor, speaking at sixth ward rallies in lTkrainian hall and the Stanley school last night, declared that while patriotic-S c-Spirited citizens were work ing on the municipal potato field F. F. McDonough, his democratic op- ponent, was in the stock market making money on war stocks.
 T don't mind tho knocks and raps of political life but what dis guests mo is that a man who has done nothing himself is knocking me- he said Continuing he de- Clarcd:
 My opponent bcclouds the issue. He raves about what l don't do. What has he done? What is ll4 trying to do? He is trying to bluff I'll call his bluff. He tells half truths. l want to find out what he proposes to do. He is 52 years old, born near the Bartlett school. I am 49 years old and was born at the corner of Hartford avenue and Win ter street. What has he ever done that he did not get q good fat fee for 1t? l have been d boy about the street for 40 years and I knew d great deal about the people in this city. l know all about McDonough and he probably knows all about me or lmaglncs he docs.
 The next time he comes to speak before you l want you to say Stop talking about Quigley, let him alone for 10 minutes and tell us about yourself and what you are going to do or propose to do' You'll find his record pretty barren. You will Ind that he fcathcred his own nest pretty well during these years"
 God and 'Olu Man. Curtis
 Qulgley took up each of the cri- tlcisms aimed at his administrations by Attorney McDonough. In brief here are his. answers: That he tQulSlcy) had nothing at all to do with the building of the ice house that the failure of the potato busi- ness was due to an act of God first ly and an untimcly common council resolution by "Old Man" Curtis when the latter was an alderman and that the reports of extra appro- prlation to cover indebtedness after his six year tenure of office were false.
 QuglcN said the water situation is not of pressing importance at pres Pnt and will f, until a supreme court decision is gwen and "McDonough and his com mittco can put their hands in their pockets and wait for the supreme court decision between the state ot Connecticut and the state of Massa. chusetts.'
 George "All Right Quiglcy
 Thomas J. Meskill, head of the republican party in the sixth ward and chairman of tho Uhrainian hal rally, said he talked with several and they say George Quigley is all right. His middle initial is A so he introduced him as George Al Right" Quigley
 Opening his talk Quigley said ht wished to refute statements made by McDonough. According to the republican mayoralty candidate his democratic opponent takes a parti, cular delight in making false state. ments.
 You have been reading that built an ice house and it was SC poorly built that it fell apart. The fact of the matter is that McDon- ouGh is deliberately misquotinc facts or he does not know what he IS talking about. Former Mayot Halloran built this ice house. l had absolutely nothing to do with it. ] was not a member of the common council committee that supervised it's construction although 1 was r the common council at the time. He said he believed that Council, men William Spittlcr and Theodore