The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Politics
 in Passing
nx RAYMOND y.EETEPATRIOK

nyRAYHsOND y.FxTxPATRECK
 Tho principal problem facing the candidates in the special congress elonai election in the fifth district Will bO that of rousing interest Mmong the voters. It1l be even Q Ssltach harder task than was faced by che major party organizations in the recent city elections in the state, for in those elections there were numerous contests while in the spe- eiAl election the balloting will be for 6ust one position.
 With the election set down for
 on awkward date, January %, Che candidates will hardly Dc able
 tO do any real campaigning until
 close tO tive weeks before the
 election for they would be just wasting their time, for the most part, if they tried tO present Argu- ments to voters during the shop ping season Os during the holidays.
 Add to this the fact that both
 Republican and Democratic can. dldates will probably endorse the Administration foreign policy
 thereby removing, at least as far aS they arc concerned, the major Issue from the campaign. The iso"
 lati0nlSt cause will be defended by
 an independent candidate, Ed. ward !. Ryan, who will have the advantage of being able tO attack
 both ma lor party candidates on ahelr foreign policy stand.
 The Republicans, if they nornin- Ate Commissioner Joseph F, Talbot, !gill have strong candidate, one with Q large personal following not &Sly In this city, but down the val. iey and in Litchneld county. A fol- lower and associate of former Gov ernor Raymond E. Baldwin, MT, Tal- bot will undoubtedly take MT. Bald wins cue and urge endorsement of the admlnistration's handling of for etgn affairs,
 If urged by MT. Baldwin and by State Chairman Ken Bradley, MT. Talbot can hardly refuse the nonir- ation. It has been no secret in state political circles that he Is the long gnnge choice of the reigning state leaders for governor in l944. His appointment as compensation com missioner, which he accepted after first announcing that he would not accept it, was a final reprisal geS- ture by Mir, Baldwin before he left ofilce. It was one of the few oc- easlons on which politics served as Che sole reason for replacing an able and respected compensation com missioner, Mfr. Baldwin's pique TO. sultlng in the ending of an Illus. trious term by Commissioner James M, Lynch. whose only fault that he Eas Q Democrat. The mistake was Mr. Ealdwin's, not MT. Talbots but the echoes still finger on.
 The Democrats, still faced with ithe problem Of securing Q candi- date, will And it dlhleult to avoid gblsksTing before, during and after thc district convention. The Re- srubllcans may not escape without . fight, though, if the fiery COl- ionel Roy Rice holds to his deter Animation to run. It was little more than . year ago that the colonel OhAEged he had been given the "bNslnesS" at the district cOMven. ton which nominated Frank T. Johnson of ThOmaston.
 The independent party, to be known as the American Progressives, Nil, if successful in getting a place on the ballot, be handicapped by Hack of organization and party machinery. It will, however. have a snuch better chance than if the elec- ton were held in December, as orig enally planned.
 Both Republican and Democra- tic organizations in the cities and towns within che district expect large amounts of help from the state and national organizations. Each Is counting on just putting It's palms out and having enough gold dropped on to finance big campaign.
 No doubt the national and state organizations of each party would like Co swing the district. but whether they are ready tO finance most Of the campaign Is somc- l. thing else again. District leaders had better not be too optimistic, Judging from the amount of help given In some recent compression. TaI elections.
 fotpurri City Hall guesses as Co the amount of increase in the grand list vary considerably. Huge amounts of factory stock and ma- eeriais should send their inventories soaring Defeat of the proposed 2iquor outlet limitation ordinance by She board of aldermen had beer. predicted weeks ago There are aIgns of Republican disagreement over who shall be minority leader q the board of aldermen. The pres- ent leader. Alderman Joseph Reiner, Was not rerolninated The Re- i. NAblican aldermen after January 1,
 n miss c. Arthur DuBois, a vet- hm Of several terms.
 
 GeslI unsettled at the City Hall 4s whether the health department MilI be allowed to hire new clerks 50 keep vital statistics or whether nmplOyes oR the town clerks Offlce, WhO formerly handled the work. #wilI be transferred Adoption @f the new water rate plan drawn 20 by Controller Thomas M. Con- H.n and the mayors special cOm- snittee may make the water dee
 artmenS self supporting within she next three years or four
 Ehat almost 1000 plurality of Mayor Gcully has Democratic state