The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
City Clerk

the financial credit of the city you were attempting to represent. You were asked not to put your own personal advantage above the ad. vAntages of those who sent you to the Senate to represent them. You were not asked to try to get @ pension for Q city employe who was not entitled to 1t under the law or for any other reasonl You were asked two things. One was to represent the best interests of all the citizens of Waterbury and to keep your solemn promises to the party which had honored you. Sec ond, you were asked to be @ man of your word. That you would not, and have not been.
 Party'S Decision
 In all political parties, Republi- can, Democrat, and Socialist, there Is an accepted procedure. It Is this: If there are two or more caildi- dates for . nomination and an agreement as to the person who Is to get 1t cannot be reached coi1- tenders 90 through c primary elec- ton 80 that ALL the members of the party can make their choice known. When that Is done the unsuccessful contender accepts the decision of his party and, if he Is an honest member of that party he takes off his coat and goes to work with oil his strength to see the winner In the primary contest If elected In the regular election. MT. Culhane could have followed that procedure If he had been rec motely resembling c regular Democrat. He wanted to be mayor on the Democratic ticket. He should have entered Q primary election with any or all other inert1- bers of the Democratic party who had the same desire. If he had won out in the primary his op- ponent or opponents, myself and every other candidate on this ticket, would have worked with might and main to ensure his elec- ton because he would be the choice of his party. But MT. Cul- hane did not enter @ primary elec- ton contest. He never thought of entering such @ contest. And the reason was that he knew that he could not win in & thou sand years no matter who his op- ponent was. He knew 1t THEN and he knows 1t NOW.
 UnsavOry Allies
 That Is why he Is now running as 6 back door candidate on Q ticket which is not Republican and a ticket which is neither hnde- pendent nor Democratic. The things MT. Culhane did to become e candidate for mayor, the under ground path he followed to realize his ambition, the unsavory allies he drew to himself, and the secret sinister forces which are directing his campaign are the same things he will do if he should be given charge of the affairs of the city. The same underground path Of personal ambition will be followed. The same unsavory allies will be his counsellors In managing the destinies of Waterbury. And the Identical sinister forces which are directing MT. Culhane's campaign with the intent to destroy both Republican and Democratic par. ties, will have complete control of everything those parties have striyen all down the years to give to the community. A vote for MT. Culhane is 0 vote for the de" struction of everything but MT Culhane's personal ambition.
 At the beginning of the cam paiRn we said this administration stands on It's record. At the cofl' ciusion of the campaign our posi- ton Is the same. We stand on the record and that record VIII withstand any and all attempts to bear false witness against us.
 
 m conclusion say this-with as. sessed valuations reduced $6.o0o, ,oOO since 1929. with Q tax rate of Sl l-2 mills (which Is the lowest since i922), with the necessity of spend- ing over $2,000, 900 to match fed' eral grants during the depression. with Ss,S0o,o00 expended by the city for welfare work during that same depression and with a re- duction of $i,7oo,0oo In the citys indebtedness since we took office and with the city's credit rating the highest it has ever been THEN-I say with justifiable pride that this, as every iair-minded citizen will admit, Is the establish ment of e real and most worthy financial record for any admins tration.