The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-07
WRITER THINKS MIR. PAPE SHOULD CONVENE HIMSELF
 TO JOURNALISM
Waterbury, Conn.
 Aug. 6, 1885.

WateTDuFyb Sonn.
 Aug. 6, 1885.
 Editor of The Democrat:
 Hoping you will publish the fol- lowing in the columns of your valuable paper, reading an arti- cle which appeared in the editorial columns of the Sunday Morning Re- publican, the writer of said article, I presume to be MT. Pape or one of his associates who seems to be suf- fering from an unsound mind ow- ing to his utterances and criticism of the present administration which he condemns for appointing cer- tain number of ambitious young men to the supernumerary force which he alleges will be only a bait to gain votes for the present ad- ministration. From time to time there will occur ayacancy and then presume they will be in line to fill the vacancy. suppose if MT. Pape happened to be mayor he would allow the force to dwindle year by year until the ranks were depleted. I would remind MT. Pape that the present administration has no need to resort to nefarious strategems to get elected for the following reasons. I happen to be employed by the present admins tration since it's inauguration. l al-o worked for two previous ad-. ministrations, first under ex-Mayor Sandland in 1921. When there was depression on he had to provide work for the community as the fac tories were practically closed but that depression was of short dura- ton. Then ex-Mayor Francis P. Guilfoile took office. The trend of business began to soar. Factories boomed again and great lot of responsibility was lifted from his shoulders in the line of providing employment. Look at the situation today. The greatest depression thar ever hit the country has confront ed our present mayor, the Honor- able Mayor Hayes who has to de- wise ways and means to remedy the suffering of the poor. Is it not nat ural that there will be some in our midst who may be forgotten? MT. Pape condemns pay cuts and un- derstand we have his sympathy. l would wish to point out to him that the majority of the people working for the city, no matter in what capacity, don't look at matters in the same light as the above. It was only natural to expect that pay cuts should take place in order to provide and find work for people who were destitute. We must look at the human side of things and be ready to divide with our brothers in distress. I wonder how would MT. Pape, the fault-finder, meet the situation as he condemns the expenditure of too much money. presume he would lower taxation and increase the bread lines. I think MT. Pape would do better to confine himself to his journalistic profession and not be wasting his talents in striving to defame the character of the city fathers. There is another matter which I want to refer to. Without any aspersions being expressed or employed against our present mayors pre- decessors, we all know the condi- tion of the dirt roads when he took office. They were not passable dur ing the fall and winter months. He faced the situation and did away with the horse and dump cart and replaced them with trucks and to- da. we have in the city of Water bury beautiful roads brought about by a system of oiling under the capable and energetic supervision of the superintendent of streets. This system, I presume, entails a little more expense but in time to come I would venture to say that there will be a big saving to the taxpayers as presume you must qualify for a job in the near fu- ture.
 I think Mir. Pape and all other disgruntled persons should be thankful to the present admins tration for their untiring efforts in promoting sanitary conditions throughout the city. I think this city in the near future will be sec- ond to none. also notice that there is a newly organized labor party springing up. wonder what these people were doing during the past six years. They want to spring a surprise now by the way to de- Jude the unwary people by their sophistry and vain boasting. We expect to form union in the near future under the banner of the National Union for Social Justice which has for its motto reason, jus