The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881
Let Someone Else Talk

The repeated denials day in and day out by the same republicans that Mayor Hayes administration has not made good Its financial assertions must by this time begin to far on the nerves of the citizens of Water bury who are trying to put their shoulder to the wheel rather than impede recovery. The same arguments and figures in propor- ton to reductions made have been advanced at regular intervals since Mayor Hayes took office. In our honest judgment it is spirit of hecklng that can do Waterbury no good, but on the contrary, whole lot of harm. Yet the constant nagging goes on.
 It would seem to us that if financial con- ditions are as bad in Waterbury as they are being painted periodically and at present daily by the professional kiokers sponsoring this nagging, there would be others to join in the anvil chorus In fact. if things are as bad as the daily datribes proclaim, there should be enough substantial citizens Tn Waterbury to see them as such and not be misled by those awful democrats who are painted as such menace to the community. Wouldnt you think all the republicans who voted for Mayor Hayes two years ago and are going to vote for him again this year, are clever enough to see whether their inter- ests have been jeopardized or not?
 The Democrat would like to hear word or two from others than those responsible for these periodical outbreaks and candidates who, sehool-boy-like, allow themselves to reeite them over and over again biennially It's too much of two-times-two are four calisthenic- class in elementary arithmetic to ring true. What have some of our lead ing manufacturers to say on the subject ScovillS, The American Brass, or Chase's? If such irregularities exist, these companies must know about it and would scarcely sit back without some objection. What of our leading bankers' We don't hear any complaint from that source. And what of businessmen in general. ninety nine per cent of the brains of the republican party, as
 
 someone once remarked they have not appeared over anxious through all these years of discord to wrestle control of city affairs away from the democratic party.
 No. we think most of the fault finding emanates from one small clique which is more interested in putting the democrats out and getting in themselves than the real good that might be done the city by such change. The oft-repeated refrain is too self, eentered to carry conviction with it. Facts and figures spring up too regularly. like the flowers that bloom in the spring. tra la to inspire confidence in the average citizen. It's fast becoming like that famous old line from once popular ditty, the same old story in the same old way. SO much so in fact, that as We said above unless more weighty and heavier support can be enlisted in its favor there need be no cause for alarm. as 1t IS the same crowd who are al>yays doing the talking And until we hear from other sources we shall continue to hold our faith in Mayor Hayes and the efforts he is making in trying to extracate Waterbury from condition which most every growing healthy American city is suffering today. namely, growing pains.