The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

| publican American ShaTpShooterS was dried off hurriedly by Account ants Armstrong and James F. Pur- cell from the ordnance depart ment" (archlves1 last used in 1885.
 It was no longer, Wait until you see the whites of their eyes, boys!" The command from the Upson- Gull hane headquarters rang through the halls of the Waterbury club and a room in Hotel Elton: Fire at will"
 Havoc was frightful and sixteen split inf1nitives joined the casualty list of the Republican-American's roll of honor. Controller Rowland burned the midnight oil with his staff, .cogitating on the advice of fered from all sides as to what he would do with what they want if he got it.
 Night Sortie Bogeyman
 Memories of his night sortie into the upper reaches of City Hall caused the aide-de-camp to nut ter: "As is. As is. As is," repeating the phrase he made famous at the last meeting of the board of finance when 8 Republican commissioner, Major W. Judge, jumped the barrier with motion based on charges" which the controller had yet to pre- sent.
 There was no question of, Where | are the missing bookS?" as the campaign sought spread to as many of the 19,000 supporters of the Fus- ion ticket as cared to become iden- tif1ed with another post-election feud. Memories of many reverted, it was reported, to the merit system litigation, the recount proceedings, the current court action of the con- troller against the administration seeking the right to fire the nine remaining employees of the former staff of eleven tn the controllers of- | flee.
 Missing Books Sleep On | It became a demand, Where are the missing books?" as the Republi- can-American staff of the control ler's office became woozy with con- Sideration of details of city affairs upon which dust gathered even as the first movement of the insurgent Democrats of Attorney John F. Tobin gained nucleus in the 1885 campaign.
 This is our day." cried the Re- publicans. Ours not to reason why but look-ee, look-ee, look-ee! See what we got-plums."
 | When fho h0orl 0f Monday, possibly when Mayor Frank Hayes presents to the board the communication from the controller relating to missing sheets" (submit- ted to the Republican in advance of its reception by the mayor in line with the general publicity campaign or the controller who has cried per secution" concerning his treatment by the administration then, with the meeting of the board of finance, will come consideration of many as- poets of the current "smearing" campaign.
 Rowland To Be Pitied Unofficial comment from one "non-partison" citizen today was: You can't really blame MT. Row. land. After all, William J. Pape and the Republicans, MT. Tobin, MT. Culhane and the Independent Dem- ocrats, have had their minds set on what they would do if they got into City Hall since away back. Sixteen years of being on the outside is a pretty sore spot with the Republi- cans".
 Non-PartiSan Committee
 The Waterbury Republican pub fishes today list of the "non- partisan" committee which will support" Controller Sherwood L. Rowland in his attack on the ad- ministration. Following is a partial survey of this list:
 Charles R. Sumpf, Earle H. Segur Republican friends of MT. Rowland; Leonard A. Seaver, same; L. J. Min- neman' L. Frank Minneman is in the circulation department of the
 Republican-American, Inc; there Is no Il. J. Minneman" in the 1887 directory; M. J. Daly, Culhane cam- palgn treasurer; E. J. Da1y, active for Culhane; John E. McLinden, Son-in-law of E. J. Daly and attor- ney for former Town Clerk Dora A. Egan and the Fusion group in court litigation over the election recount;
 Harry o. Post, Republican mem Der Of the Board of Education and instigator of the suit seeking re- moval of registrars two years ago; Arthur E. Green, Charles D. Nye, the latter Republican recipient of business from the former con- troller's office which included a number of fountain pen sets, cur- rently itemized as part of the "at- tack" material:
 Robert w. Lowell, husband of Mrs. Emma Lowell, new Republican member of the Board of Education; H. F. White, Republican; Oscar Warner, same; George E. Towle, Culhane lieutenant; 0. J. Bartlett, H. Rooster, Louis A. Richard, 0. Walter Childs, Republicans; Lewis J. Hart, associate of MT. Rowland; Edward J. Kirby, Culhane leuten- ant.
 The others are in the same cate gory, or are the supporters of the merit system which was defeated by the administration. This list in- cludes: Chase Kimball, Republican worker on election day; Orton P. Camp, Theodore F., and Frederick L. Nuhn, Alfred A. Baldwin. Charles B. Slater, Howard P. Hart, Clay ton F. Carpenter and H. Rooster.