The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-22
Politics
 In- Passing

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 Republican inability to put up a
 nood political front here in Water
 nuEw was Striklngly exemplifled last
 Tuesday night when @ city conven-
 ti0n was recessed because the dele-
 eates wouldn't "go for" the slate Of
 candidates that had been hand
 picked for the occasion. Ostensibly
 the meeting was postponed until a
 later date to canvas the situation
 thoroughly. and bring forth the best
 possible candidate against Mayor
 John S. Monagan. But Mayor Mona-
 gan has had his nomination since
 August and even before that time
 tt was perfectly obvious that the
 Democrats would rename him. Therefore, 1t can't be said that the Republicans haven't had time to go over their prospects and secure commitments. It becomes more and
 more evident that Republican lead- Drship has degenerated to the point where Is can't interest people in run- alinR for public ofiice against the Democratic incumbents.
 They do say that the paths had
 been cleared for former alderman
 Charles Schmidt to receive the
 cor mayOralty nomination. Back |
 in the days of the late Frank Gull-
 folle and even into the Hayes ad-
 manifestations Charlie" Schmidt
 WIS . bulwark on the Republican
 minority of the board of alder
 men. The last time he ran was
 in 1888 when "Andy" COOney suf-
 fered such a setback at the hands
 of Frank Hayes. However, ME.
 Schmidt boiled 8,768 votes to CoOney's e,6s2. Likewise In 1881
 Alderman Schmidt ran 193 ahead
 oe George Tracy, the COP mayor
 alty candidate, and In 1929 he ran
 107 ahead of ex.Judge T. F. Con-
 w who kept the Hayes majority
 In his first campaign for mayor
 down to slightly more than 600.
 So, it would seem as if MT. Schmidt i managed to hold his own back in
 those days.
 And talking of najoritieS, running ahead of tickets, etc., it's notice- able that Judge Of Probate Patrick kzeAley led the Democratic ticket here in Waterbury last fall, polling b2,000 votes here in the city to Harry Heardsley's l9.220. which gave him D S,767 majority. In the entire pro- bate district the Healey majority vas 2,96l. However, the Healey vote Dn Waterbury was more than 400 hagfer than that accorded the late President Roosevelt, which was in Excepting with Judge Healey'S reputa- sion of leading the ticket in Water Bury in previous years.
 Warrington Democrats are swing. ang into full stride as they pre- pare Co vote "Bill Kllmartin, fOr- Haer local resident and One.time Maugatuck Valley athletic lum- lnary, into office at their October election, UndiscOuraged by the fact that Democratic faithful, Mayer William A. Patton, decided 0 retire from public fife this year che party went to work and has ooazAe up with . ticket that looks Hike a sure winner. And according 3o some reports from up the vale Aev next year may find T0rrlngtOn @qWinatlng the congressional pic- 8EEH9 in the fifth district. 1t has &sela TumoFed that state Treasurer william Carroll may seek the Democratic nomination. This won't depend on the COP oppO- aitlon, but will be based on 8 de- Examination on the part of valley DemaocEats to regain the congres. ai9naI seat that Rep. "Joe" Tal- hetlmeW holds.
 DenAocrats of Waterbury and vi- Eauaty will mourn for many days k0 come the passing of Nellie Hay den, bulwark in the ranks of the , party for many long years. Few gatherings of any degree were not graced by her presence. She de- lighted in the numerous friendships she had made down through the years in her campaign trips into various sections of the trip. Few women were better known than she. A tireless worker for the Democratic party afe had unbounded energy and her support was good indica- $ Lon of the success of the endeavor s to which she turned her hand. Her Joy was complete in 1924 when she t was made delegate to the national c convention in Chicago which named g President Roosevelt for his fourth c lerm.
 State Democratic leaders aren't locking with too much favor on c the reports from Bridgeport that T Democrats and Republicans may tFy fusion ticket to unseat Mayor Jmsper McLevy. Most of them I Geunsel against it and Democrats an partlculaf are urging their rep- Eesentatives to go through with naoaninating Q full ticket for the aazI election. And up in Hartford Republicans seem to be sunk in despair because they haven't got successor Of the calibre of Mayer Mersensen, while Democrats are finding ex-Mayor Thomas J. Spell lacy coy and ex-Mayor Dennis P.