The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-10
Don't Be Too Sure

Don't Be TOO sure
Ever since Postmaster General
Farley dared to state In HART
ford that he was confident Con-
nccticut would be found In the
Democratic column next Nov
ember the Republican newspa-
pcrs Of the state, which means
almost all the journals In 1t,
have been having O grand time
poking fun at him. In one SEN
tence the editors are amazed
that such confidence could be
porn In the breast Of an expert
enced political observer like Mr..
Mr.. Farley and In the next line
they express their own unshak-
able confidence that such q ca
tastrophe cannot happen. With
out exactly saying so their po-
sition Is that a Republican edi-
tor may be as confident as he
likes while q Democratic poll
tician must ever remain In the
state Of defeatist panic over the
result Of an election. I do not
know Just how dependable Mr..
Farley Is as o prophet because
I have no record Of his prophe-
cies whereby to check upon him.
But ! do know the oracular
record OF the Republican editors
Of Connecticut, including Wa
terbury over q period Of years
as far as state and municipal
elections are concerned. In the
last state election they were
confident, not to say cock-slire
that the Democratic ticket
would be disgracefully beaten.
IT won from top to bottom. Lo-
cally we have heard until weary
OF the hearing, unqualified pre-
dictions that the Democratic
city ticket would be buried In
overwhelming defeat. For six
teen consecutive years q Demo-
cratic administration has been
returned to office. In viewing
their own plumbers In the poll
teal soothsaying line 1t Is indis-
Greet Of the Republican editors
to characterize Mr.. Farley as o
prophet utterly without honor
even In o strange country. He
may turn out to be right in his
prophecy and justified In his
confidence In making II. Or he
may be wrong. II he should be
wrong he will have the salts
faction Of knowing that he
called the state election returns
incorrectly only once. The Re-
publican editors Of the state
have been doing 10 for years.
I, for one, am not at oil conf
dent they will not do II again.
Stranger things have happened
than that Connecticut should
attain the age Of reason, see the
error Of It's way In It's presiden-
tlal preference, and he found,
where II belongs, among the
states endorsing President
Roosevelt's administration.
Purely Personal
But Of course I have no stand
Ing among the newspaper pro-
phets. In the last state cleo
ton In an unguarded moment
said the Democratic candidates
would be elected. For that
trespass on the property OF the
Republican editorial second
siehters the most sapient local
member Of the group announced
that was nothing but an actor
to whom nothing was real, o
strutter and fretter upon the
stage OF dreams, q mountebank
quite out OF his place amongst
the augurs. You, dear readers,
know what happened. I have
been laughing ever since. May
hap mex; November Mr.. Farley
and I may enjoy O laugh Of the
same sort. Who can tell? Not
the Republican editors Of Con-
necticut ct any rate.
One On Me, Jim
so In view OF what has hap
'ened II Mr.. Farley will step into
he next room I'll have @ laugh
nth him. And he will have o
augh with me.