The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-12
Political Chips
By EDWARD UDELOWTTZ

It is 8 traditional American GUS. tom after an election for the loser to congratulate the winner and tc give out statement that the better man won or that the people have made their decision, etc. Gener- ally, it is a good custom, but like other customs or rules, there are ex- captions. I do not believe that fl is good policy and in the public interest to accept stoically an cleo ton in which there were elements of fraud and deceit and where the democratic form of government did not prevail. And considering Tues days election in all its aspects, il would be sheer hypocrisy to claim that 1t was conducted through democratic processes.
 No one who is at all c0nver- sant with the inner workings of the machinery of both parties will claim that the rank and file of those parties had anything to
 say about the selection of the candidates or in any other matter that pertained to the election.
 They know that all these matters
 were attended to- by J. Francis
 Smith for the Democrats and
 Villain J. Pape for the Republi-
 cans. They also know that these
 two top leaders have been work
 ing together to control the city
 government since 1940 and that
 besides being political partners,
 they are also business partners.
 There is no question that they have planned and succeeded in ef' fecting an arrangement to keep thu democratic administration in power And the working out of this ar rangement required the demoraliza ton of the Republican party. II this worthy matter they have mad a complete success, as the election
 day results indicate.
 There Is an impression around
 that Ray Snyder made a good
 showing on election day and that Republicans can look Optimistical-
 Iy to the future from the election
 returns. An analysis of the vote
 shows that any such impression
 Is false and misleading. The ticket drew a little over 14,OO0 votes. That
 Is about what Republican candi-
 dates have drawn in the last four
 of five elections and 1t is about
 what any run of the nine Repub-
 lican candidates can draw in any
 election.
 A further analysis shows that takes at least 10000 votes to pea the Democratic machine in this city The late George Culhane came tn closest to doing 1t in 1887 when h received that many votes, and GOV Baldwin last year received aroun' | lat many votes and lost the cit by about 900 ''otes. And those mis euided souls will find that the roa becomes sleeper as you go along ! the quest for those additional b,0o votes. You have to really hay something on the ball to accomplisl that. I cannot see where ha Snyder has any license to Deiiev that he Is such ball of fire, tha he can step out from his funera parlor and do a Dick Merrlweii ' She extent of beating an entrenche Democratic machine, backed by treacherous Republican organizatio that is controlled by the Pape-Up son Junta.
 The fact of the matter is that
 Ray served as the stalking horse
 the fall guy and the Johnny come
 on for the double machine. They
 toyed with him and beat him by
 2sO0 votes. That is . comfort
 able margin in any election. When the time comes for Ray to take ] off his political diapers, if that
 lime ever arrives, he will realize that the double machine could
 have beaten him by 5000 votes |
 they were 60 minded and by ac'
 cepting the nomination he mere ly aid . good turn for the Pape' Upson division Of ths double ma chine, their puppets and no on. else. His candidacy certainly dia