The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-10

Cnem WneCner Cney were Demo-
Gratis or Republicans and was he
good. He never failed. Eddie, be-
cause of a high state position Is a
busy man and has little time for
prognosticating during this elec-
ton, so for tonight I will try and
fill his shoes. Eddie was often
asked how he drew his conclusions
so like Eddie I may be asked the
same question. Before that hap
pens I will put 1t down in black
and white and you watch the
scoreboard.
Last city election the Republic
can mayoralty candidate polled
little over $4,000 votes, with the
assistance Of the Independent
Democratic party who nominated
the same man, his total after the
final count was a little over 49,
600 votes. Now don't forget the
Republican vote was a little over
$4,000 votes That vote was from
a very nearly united party. Very
little friction and everybody work.
ing to win.
What Is. the situation this year
IN the Republican party. Open re-
bellion against j. Warren Upson's
leadership which many Republic
cans think Is dictated by william
j. Pape. A hand-picked ticket
forced on the rank and file of the
Republican voters by Messers
Epson, Pape and stooges Of these
gentlemen. Insults to the inteli-
ligence Of the Italian, Irish, Ger
man. Lithuanian and yes the
Yankee element OF the party.
First take the italian element.
Mr.. UpSon's colossal nerve of
sending letters to the Republican
electorate previous to the primary
asking them not to vote for his
Honor Mayor Patrick Perriello, a
fellow Republican and a fine
mayor for the short time he has
been in office, just because Mr..
Epson did not want an Italian to
head the Republican ticket. That
means loss of about 1000 votes
to the party. Take 1000 from IA
900, ! believe that leaves 10000
Now we will look into the Irish
situation. The leaderships antag-
onizer to the irish element, aspir-
Ing to places on the ticket, name
ly, John j. Bergin, Mortimer J.
Calvin, John McGurk and Mrs.
Gertrude keenan,, has erased from
the party most OF the Irish vote
built up by hard work by the
officers Of the Irish Republican
Club. The German people do not
take kindly to the raw deal hand
ed to Joseph Wilhelm, former Re.
publican alderman and Emil Hum
mel. Two staunch and loyal Re-
publicans. The Lithuanian ele.
ment cannot forgive the fact that
an Epson order prevented Will
liam Kolbeck from getting only 2
votes at the convention when he
aspired to be the candidate for
city sheriff. Last but not least, a
great many Yankees, yes, and
people Of believe all nationalities
IN waterbury are not going to for
give the clique who at the present
dominate the Republican party for
the scurvy trick they played on
Harold Hadley a real gentleman, a
man that could get more votes for
the party during a cloud burst
than the Epson, Pape clique could
get In a week Of sun shining DAYS,
When the leaders Of the party,
Mr.. Epson, Mr.. Pape, Mr.. Francis
Philips, Mr.. Foster, Vernon Hall,
and Tom Bane included, handed
the nomination for Comptroller to
Harold Hadley on Sunday evening
at Mr.. Upson's house they did
something, but, when 1t was taken
away from him the following
afternoon at 2 o'clock by threats
q hours before the convention a
grave mistake was made. Plenty of
people resent that and will prove
It on election day when they pull
the Democratic lever. Now let us
sum up the loss here because of
the Republican 1eaderships blum
ders. Let us be conservative and
call that another 1000 loss. 1000
from 10000 leaves 5000 votes. 5000
votes plus what votes the prayers
OF Mr.. Foster, Mr.. Bane, Mr.. Up
son, Mr.. Pape and etc., will not
add up to very much. On the
other hand regardless of the mud
singing tactics used by the hand
picked Republican candidates
against Vincent A. Scully and his
non-political controlled ticket he
will poll over $4,000 votes. The
people want and need man of
his caliber, Honest, efficient, ex-
perienced and too much of a gem
tleman to throw mud at his oppo-
nents.
One thing I forgot to mention,
but don't count the 1880 Independ-
ent votes for Mr.. Foster. He may \
get q few and he may also drag
out some OF the Republican votes
who generally stay home on cleo
ton day but he will still loose by