The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04

probably at the irlstigation of city hall" Tn 90 many words Mrs. Kingsley's firm and the city Ad. irlinistration are charged with hay. Ing entered into Q conspiracy to issue @ lying statement. Let mo say here as I have said before I did not employ. MT. Kingsleys firm. That organization was ex- amining the oitys books long be. fore I was comptroller. MT. King sley's firm was engaged because of It's nationwide reputation for ability, honesty, and scrupulous iIl- tegrity which had bene built tip by years of service to the largest cities in the land. l don't know what Mi. Kingsley will do about the charge that he is dishonest, but if the same charge were to be made about me I would put the man who made 1t in Q place where they keep bad little boys.
 Deliberate Falseh0Od
 What I have told you Is just sample of the tactics which MT. Culhane has indulged in himself and which those who are asso- ciated with him have caught from him. MT. Culhane has been so busy uttering falsehoods against the administration that 1t has become Q habit with him. He not only cannot tell the truth about his opponents but he can not even tell the truth about himself. A night or two ago addressing rally of Independent Democrats he said that he had been eI1- dorsed by the Republican party. That Is, to use Mfr. Culhane'S favorlte expression, e downright deliberate falsehood. Does this mean that Mir. Culhane Is ashamed of his association with the Re. publican party2 AGr. culhane was not endorsed by the Republican party. He was not endorsed by the Independent Democrats. MT. Culhane was nominated by Re- publican convention which no more represented the real Repub- lican party in Waterbury than I do. An hour after MT. Culhane was nominated by the Republican party he was nominated by the Independent Democrats. He tells the Independent Democrats>he was endorsed by the Republicans and he tells the Republicans he was endorsed by the Independent Democrats. As a matter of fact Mir. Culhane was, and Is, endorsed by nobody except by Q small group Republicans to whom he has prom ised jobs and by @ small group of Independent Democrats to whom he has promised the self same jobs. AS Q promiser MT. Culhane Is in e class by himself.
 Where's tho Record?
 For example MT. Culhane has promised to furnish the voters with a copy of his legislative rec ord. He has failed to keep that promise just as he has failed to keep any promise he ever made to anyone about anything. MT. Cul- hane has not produced his legis. latlve record for the simple req son that he knows 1t will not bear inspection. He has not produced, for example, his record on the sales tax bill as he was asked to do. That measure was fought by every unit of organized workmeil in the state. How did MT. Cul- hane, the supposed friend of the poor working man, stand and vote on that measure?
 MT. Culhane has not produced his record on the American Maflu- facturers' Insurance company's rec quest to be given Q charter to do business in Conectcut. He won't produce that record and I'll tell you why. MT. Culhane, the work Ing mans friend, tried to have that company given the right to operate in the state. He voted to give 1t that right In the commit- tee of which he was chairman. He coaxed some of his fellow senators to vote with him when the bill came on the floor of the senate. When the bill did come before the senate on May 27th MT. Culhane pleaded to have it passed. When the vote was taken the senators who had promised MT. Culhane to vote for 1t kept their promise. And what did MT. Cul- hane, the great promiser, do? Every senator in the chamber voted yes or no on the bill. MT. Culhane did not vote. It was only when the presiding officer ruled that MT. Culhane must vote or leave the chamber that MT. Cul- hane finally went on record. He cast his vote. And how! He voted AGAINST the very measure that he had begged the Senate to pass ten minutes before.
 Purse Closed
 That Is only c small sample of MT. Culhane's legislative record about which he boasts but which he fails to mention except in gen- eralities. The working mans friendl The champion of the downtrodden poorl The man whose voice Is raised at election time pleading for the needy but the man whose purse was closed to the appeals of the unemployed working men when the Mutual Aid was helping them; whose purse was closed to the needy deserving poor when they were sick, cold, starving and naked. Oh, yes. MT. Culhane was Q contributor to the Mutual Aid when he could not help himself. But from 1882 to lo36 when he was his own boss, when he had control of his own money the records of the Mutual Aid fail to show that either he or