The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04

concede that we are all human, and, no man has ever lived who had not made some mistakes, and, speaking for the Democrats of this city, ! must admit that in making that selection, they did make Q grave mistake. But 1t was the only real mistake that has been made by our party leaders during the entire period that they have been intrusted with the guidance of our party in this city, and although 1t was a serious one, they should be forgiven, because l think that am justified in say ing, in their behalf, that the same mistake will never happen again.
 To my mind, these job hunters do not represent any real politi- cal party. True, we find one of the opposition tickets is labeled with the stamp of the Republican party. But look over the list of candidates and what do we find? A hodge podge mixture of o few who, in the past, were known to be Republicans, and the rest, line up of disgruntled individuals, who call themselves Independent Democrats.
 Tn reality, they are not Demo- crats, because true Democrats, who desire to have 8 disputed question settled by their own party, would not form party of their own, but, on the contrary, would submit that question to the registered Democrats in Q party primary, and after the party had settled the question, the losers, in 0 sportsmanlike manner, should extend their hearty congratula- tions to the victors, and pledge their support to the party's choice.
 Wisdom
 This has been the policy of the older members of the party, whose wisdom has always been construc- tive and for the good of the party, and whose aims, efforts and la bors have brought about good government for the entire citi- zenry. But, it seems that a hand- full of impetuous individuals have been unwilling to subscribe to this tried and true policy. They claim to be different. They claim to be modern. But, in fact, they have gone haywire. It Is all very well to be modern, but they should bear in mind that the modern has been built upon the past. None of you listeners is so young but what you have learned from your parents and ancestors the uphill fight they have had for generations, which has finally caused the people of all creeds to arrive at the conclusion that this great country of ours has become the great nation that 1t is, en- tirely through such efforts for good government.
 We should always be mindful of the fact that those ancestors al- ways were side by side with all the others, whose efforts were aimed only toward making 1t easier for us of the present gen. eration.
 Right About Face
 Now, then, are we going to right about face, and align ourselves with that minority, whose mis- guided activities are aimed to rock the very foundations of those in situations which have brought so much good for all. Are you going to subscribe to 8 devious design and purpose, resorted to only for personal aggrandisement, and not for the general good? Can you not see that this is scheme, reSorted to by those who realize that they cannot gain a majority by fair and established methods? Can you not see that they are mislead- ing you and that their only hope to win lies entirely upon their success in that respect? And they have the temerity to call them selves Independent Democrats. They are not Democrats, because a true Democrat could not and would not be guilty of such e Scheme. They are not Independ- ent. because they are seeking sup- port from quarters whose aims have been opposed to the liberal ideals of Democracy which would be beneficial to ell.
 If this Independent Democratic party were really true to itself, if this party is honestly opposed to