The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-30

nothing except . yen fop office in it's nominees, and with no argu- ment to advance to the voters ex- cept ''Kick the guy who is in out and put me in his place"
 Confusion Worse
 COnfOunded
 The confusion that exists in my mind as to the name of the new party and what to call it's ticket was made even more confounded when read a quotation from the seconding speech by Andrew Cooney. MT. Cooney once ran for mayor on bona-fide Republican ticket and took, I believe, the worst shellacking any g.o.p. can- didate ever received in the history of Waterbury. The delegates to the Republican city convention were informed by MT. Cooney that he was glad to have "a real Demo- crat" head the Republican ticket in the coming campaign because in the past Eve have had the ticket cIuttered up with renegade Democrats for years" Under the circumstances, and in view of the ambiguity of MT. Cooney's utter ance, I cannot understand what he meant to say. Tn any event to make mention of renegade Demo- crats" at the Republican city con- vention in Temple Hall would seem to me to be something of a faux-pas. One would think that term would be the last to spring to the lips of anyone involved in the selection of the anti-Demo- cratic ticket.
 Where Are They?
 It strikes me that the Republi- can party in Waterbury must be in @ pretty bad way when 1t Is forced to pick a candidate whom MT. Cooney described as "real Democrat" To what . level has the party fold descended when 1t cannot find amongst the thou sands who voted for John Bur rall another of his type and kind to head the ticket? Where are the sons of the old line Republicans who furnished the city with may ors of the highest quality; men of irreproachable integrity and political fidelity; men whose farn- fly names were associated for gen. erations with the growth of the city and its development: men who by their administrations re- dected honor on themselves and credit to Waterbury? Has the breed become extinct? Or is it just that the present Republican bosses in the city are concerned not with the success of the party and service to the community but only with the prospect of winning an election with any set of candi- dates willing to take . doubtful gamble.
 False Premise
 The reason, or rather the albi, for the creation of the political hybrid is that if the combination of those who voted for John Bur- rall and those who voted for Rog. CT Connor had been effected be- fore the last city election the regular Democratic ticket would have been defeated. Such a com- bination as that which has now been made will bring that result about is the premise upon which the opponents of the administra- tion base their chain of reason- ing. It Is altogether false. Those who voted for Mir. Burrall voted for him because they were Repub- licans and because he was Q Re. publican who bore 6 family name to conjure with. That the same people are going to vote for . Democrat, real or fake, Is pure mOonshine. MT. Cooney has ale ready told the fate of Republican tickets in the past which were "cluttered up with renegade Democrats"
 Natural Ambition
 So far as MT. Culhane,s candi- dacy is concerned this depart ment has little to say. He was at least frank in admitting that he sought the Republican nom- ination because he has had the ambition to be mayor of Water bury. Perfectly natural urge in anyone from Danbury. I am in- formed that all little boys in the Hat City are filled with the desire to be mayor of Waterbury s0me- day, somehow. But I cannot ac- cept without gagging one state- ment in his acceptance speech:
 T know I am challenging the
 efficiency of one of the greatest
 political machines ever built at
 the public's expense in the New
 England states" (black type
 mine).
 Answer Requested
 As one who voted for Mir. Cul- hane, each time he was the Demo- OASSAO O~nuAu0VG AVE Dt@~G DCAA0svA from the 18th district I would ask him how 1t happens that the poe litical machine whose support he sought and accepted has so sud- denly become iniquitous2 If 1t is. as he now asserts, built at the public's expense why did he seek to be its candidate on two occa- sions? If 1t was the monster he pictures now why did he run as It's man then? How could he, knowing that he was the candidate of Q machine built Rt the public's ex- pense, HONESTLY run for office as one of its nominees7 The machine" as MT. Culhane calls it, is the same now as 1t was when he asked to be its candidate for the state senate. Has the machine changed? OR HAS MR GULL HANE?
 Current Comment
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