The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-23
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30 far as the top men va the rival
tickets for the fnayoralty IN Water
bury are concerned this IL q cam
palgn never 10 be rtvalled for polite
ness. 10 date both Mayor John 8.
nkonagar and School Commissioner
John KeaTney have bent over back
wards IN their efforts to speak well
81 each other. This was particularly
noticeable at the forum Of the Lea
que Of Women Voters held In the
ia. M. q. A. Friday noon, where Mr..
nkonagan and Mr.. Kearney were
Ruests, along with the opposing can
Ciidates for Controller Cornelius F.
NEaloney and Burton H. Walker. II
both can keep up this attitude for
the next week, old-time politicians
|an waterbury will be dumbfounded,
perplexed, and chagrlned. waterbury
has always had political campaigns
An which the fur ,lew fast and
thick. Not to call q few names or
indulge in some highly colored exc
pletives Is next door to heresy along
these political fronts.
4 Il took an ex-senator from the
Democratic ranks to rankle Re-
publican circles in Hartford,
Everything was proceeding nicely
IN the Capital City until the DEM
[ ocrats called AttOr. " Joseph r.
I Coof1ey TO take TO the radio In
behalf Of Mayor Dennis O'COnnor.
The former legislator even drag
ged Waterbury into the Hartford
campaign by saying that Senator
| william II. M0rtensen voted for
! the local ripper bills which came
an this spring. But that was tame
| compared 70 his famous remark
| OF 'tMOrtensen, Patterson, and
I walsh, intended as praphrse
! Of the national quip Of Martin,
J Barton, and Fish. To say It riled
1 the Republicans Is putting II
ennlldIy. The repercussiOns are evil
fdent in the local press consult
I recent editorials.
There has been some comment
heard the last week or so relative
to the recent Democratic conven-
lions at which Mayor Monaghan was
nominated. This talk centered about
what was termed an apparent failure
OH the part Of the conventions to
take the necessary ste:s to have
vacancies on the ticket filled, should
ANY occur between the time OF NOM
anation and election. At most politi-
lral conventions there Is apt to be
/ a motion presented allowing the
chairman or the town chairman to
lam such vacancies. Some times the
LEonvention has made 1t mandatory
| that another convention be called to
I'LL such a vacancy. But Democratic
Town Chairman Maurice F. Tang
4 ney checked into this matter pretty
closely before convention time and
he pointed out section OF the
Democratic Party rules which states
that in the event Of such vacancies
the Executive Committee Of the
Town Committee Is empowered to
|fin them. This has been overlooked
IN tho past, for since the rules were
revised In 1910 there have been sew
eral conventions held at which the
motion was made and accepted that
the Town Chairman handle any va
cancies.
The meeting Of judges Of the
various courts Of Connecticut at
the Cheshire Reformatory last
Monday was productive along sew
eral lines. IL gave great many
many Justices their first chance TO
see the institution In operation.
It also gave the directors Of the
RefOrmatory their first good
chance 10 talk over intelligently
with the men who sentence the
inmates the problems they believe
! are confronting the future exist
ence Of the refOrmatory. Accord
: ing 70 the state press Gov Ray
mOnd Z. Baldwin wants 70 make
( q state Jail farm out Of the re"
fOrmatOry, but that isn't what the
I directors are asking for. They
feel that the age limit at Cheshire
should be maintained so long rs 1t
Is q refOrmatory. But they also
feel that they should be getting
more cooperation from judges In
making an institution out ut Che
ahire which won't be welcoming
the same youths back time and
time again while they are In their
minority.
Democratic strategy in the cur
rent city campaign seems to be TO
sit back and walt for the Republi-
cans TO throw the stones. And as
vet there hasn't been anything
tossed from the COP side Of the
fence but q few pebbles. The open
ing Republican gun was q fussilade
| at the national administration IN
| washington. This won't entice
| votes. Neither will the charge that
Democrats didn't reduce the tax
rate, but raised the grand list ana
the amount Of total taxes collected:
That's too easy to understand ana
the fact Of the matter Is the Wa
terhury tax bills have actually gone
down In dollars and cents. II the
argument Is to be on good govern
ment, the Democrats seem to have
a the edge for that was Vincent
@cully,s watchword and it has been
continued during the past year by
Mayor Monagan and his associates.
Believe II or not there still Is
n chance for some WaterburianS
70 be made voters and vote at the
coming election. On Monday,
November /, In the office Of the