The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-04
A Thought for Today
Wrong Again-Mr. Pape!

Wrong Again-Mr. Pape!
 Up until the very eve of election the Pape papers of LeavenWorth street are carrying on their campaign of misrepre- sentation, distortion and personal abuse. \ That anything else could be expected from the source from whence it comes would be by the farthest stretch of imagination expecting too much. Most everyone with any sense of common decency is agreed upon that by now.
 No later than last evening the Ameri- cans editorial scrivener went to the trouble of misinterpreting a portion of Mayor Hayes radio address of Monday evening in an effort to vent his spleen upon our humble selves. The garbled squib said in part:
 In spite of all this strained effort to
 be of service to him, Mayor Hayes still holds the Democrat in low esteem. Wit
 ness what the mayor said in his enraged
 attack Publisher Pape Monday night. We quote him:
 "He (Pape) has taken refuge in
 towards castle His ownership of two
 papers makes him secure. He may
 say what he likes and the victims of
 his misrepresentations have
 of answering, explaining or
 correcting"
 It must have been apparent to readers
 of the Republican and the American that the mayors answer - has always been
 the case-was finding its outlet with
 his venomous attack Publisher Pape,
 in the publishers own papers. The mayors
 rage caused by two things: One,
 he could not for his propaganda, as
 he does, the Democrat, the two news
 papers that he himself recognizes have the
 really effective circulation in the city; 8eM Two, he, despised for it's sloppiness and
 weakness the very publication that has lent itself tool to his hand.
 Mayor Hayes esteem for the Water bury Democrat and our esteem for him IS too deep-seated and of long standing to hold that papers cheap trick of distortion worthy of consideration other than to show how near the Leavenworth street outfit will come to crawling on their bellies to smear mans or competitors record. The only thing lower we can think of IS snake.
 MT. Pape and his papers undoubtedly will gloat over the fact they have drawn our fire But here and now before this campaign ends lest some will complain that it has developed into newspaper as we'll as political battle, we will agree, it has and only at his (Mr. Pape's) papers instigation. The very roots of the vl- tugerative abuse aimed at the Democrats support of it's own party spring from the fear and knowledge of too healthy com- petition in field MT. Pape had hoped to garner for his high-pressure newspaper combination long ere this.
 The Waterbury Democrat has supported it's party for close onto half century. It may have differed on issues and questions at various times, but when it's party came into the stretch could be found fighting with it shoulder to shoulder, win lose or draw More often in those fifty years it was win, in all probability, without ap- bearing to be conceited, due to that una nimity of purpose Likewise it has op- posed the republican party and it's candi- dates, but never offensively and abusivelX, but consistently. It was the late John Sherwood, a hard fighting, but fair repub- lican who once remarked, Eff the repub- lican party in Waterbury only had news paper support as loyal, year in and year out, as the Waterbury Democrats, it would get somewhere.
 However, that is neither here nor there, and likewise neither does it warrant the low calibre of abuse aimed in our direc- tion for existing or having the courage of our convictions. Furthermore, neither should it warrant the personal abuse of democratic candidates, who if they kow- lowed to MT. Pape and his publications might be spared the rod. Fortunately in candidates of the type of Frank Hayes and Daniel J. Leary at whom most of the venom has been personally directed, MT. aPape has met his match, against whom his two papers cannot get to first base. Waterbury is indeed fortunate at this gtime in having candidates of this calibre and courage in office and once more seek ing reelection. Waterbury should feel proud of such outstanding representatives, whose accomplishments for the good of our city are too numerous to mention here. And finally Waterbury voters, re- publican as well as democratic, should resent the campaign of abuse, distortion and misrepresentation that this year has sunk through the efforts of the Waterbury American and Republican to the lowest depths of degredation in the history of the city - we do, and know everyone else must Let your vote election day be the answer to such perfidy.