The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

Ghosts roam the muted cor- riders of the county court house today, ghosts of prancing persons who once lent riotous revelry to the night, parading with red fire and fire water through the by ways of Waterbury, capital of the world in brass. It Is quiet, ex- cept for Q muffled Republican cough, a sniffle of a sleeping Independent Democrat, the clear ing of the throat of an officer in full uniform and sidearrns. Stop me if you've heard this one," said old Hamlet Man-or1-t Street, as he reached for another thimbleful of the grave-diggers' delight he kept by the bottle.
 Finger Prints!
 '"rhey, a silent vigil keep ii1@ the wattn basement where, like slot machines iInpounded, or monster sewing machines well-hooded, rest the voting machines with scores of thousands of finger prints made 8 week ago when Waterbury split @ ticket for ..
 Hold, enoueh,"' gurgled the re- porter who, after a week of won- dering why an election must have 8 hangover, could stand no more.
 But, my boy" remonstrated the man on the street." here history is made and never a Columbus day like today has been recorded in the political annals. Why, George Culhane is telling his friends that he'll be the mayor, come January 1. 1888. And many are the tales of a new group of sidewalk inspectors from the In. dependent Democratic ranks who have been seen ghouling about the cemeteries checking the dates on stones against the list of vot- CTS. They do say ...."
 "They may say and be sued," re. marked the reporter, sheering off as his nibs attacked his daily de- light from a slightly different angle, managing to tip just enough to crowd the edge of the glass.
 Did you hear about the man who offered to bet $l.000 that Culhane will make his boast good and be mayor9" called the monologist to the closing door.
 Well, sir, do you know that 1t was nice to think about the open sea and those three ships from Spain beating their hard passage across the Atlantic 446 years ago today. It seemed so peaceful a thought after the buffets of the election sea and It's flotsan1 and jetsam and tacking Tn the polt- tical wind which seemed to blow hot and cold at the same time and from all quarters.
 Out to Sea
 Columbus, decided the reporter, was a fortunate man once he got out to sea and away from the politics of the Spanish court.
 But what would Columbus have thought about the situation in Waterbury? Would he have voted @ straight Democratic ticket or would he have unsheathed his rapier in a mighty rage when he heard the report going the rounds very quietly concerning his coun- trymen? Seems there was e for- ner Democrat who ran for mayor on Q combined ticket and a prom inent Italian, just before election time was trying to find out to whom this candidate had re- marked that "there Is not an Italian in Waterbury worthy of the honor of sitting on the city court bench"
 Of course, 1t was well known in the city that MT. Culhane had attempted to block appointment of Judge Edward Mascolo to the city court bench. But the view of the prominent Italian was that there had been enough inud-sling- ing In the campaign and he did not feel Justified in bringing added personalities before the vot- CTS. Of course, had he done so, there might have been wide dis crepancy between the vote accord- ed to one of the candidates for mayor and the other. It just goes to show that you cant tell from one century to the next how public opinion is going to swing.
 Now you take the feeling about Columbus whose name Is among the greatest spoken by an admir- ing populace in Waterbury and the world. Then you take the feeling of loyalty to the noble race which bore Columbus. And, next, you take a political election and