The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Politics
 M Passing

8eAlN0uleA ASK iNbt ummer or early fall by the Demo- rats of Connecticut. Certainly this ,lty will be much In the llmeilght when it comes tme to name Q can- lldate for Congress from the Flfth District. lust as it was two years Ggo when it's vote was swung to Peter ]. Higgins Of ToiTlngton, the JfO, candidate. This assured him If the nomination in ding .dong cattle that wasn't desided until Wa terbury, which passed when its name was first called, cast It's vote through itS chairman, Mayor John }, Monagan, for Higgins, The other convention in which Waterbury IS bound to play an important part S the shrievalty, which meets only every four years, It could well De that Waterbury votes would de- ,lde the candidate in each conyeh' ,lon or it could well be that Wa .erburlan might be the main cons ,endor for the nomination in each 
 Little has been mentioned
 about Deputy Motor Vehicle
 Commissioner Frank Hogan oi
 TorrlngtOn as Q congressional
 candidate On the Democratic side
 Of course, that's due probably Co
 the fact that Mir. Hogan hasMt
 eylnCed the slightest interest
 publicly In seeking thls nOmlna-
 ton or any other for that matter
 However, hls utilization with the
 Motor Vehicle Department, plus
 the many contacts he had pre-
 yIOusly made In hls legislative
 career, and added to his own like
 able personal qualities certainly
 entltlc hIm to consideration In
 the Fifth District and likewise ln
 the state. Democrats casting
 about for likely ticket materlM
 thla year might do well tO keep
 their eyes on TorTlngtOn, where
 we have both Mr. Hogan and
 state Treasurer William Carroll
 both definitely on the credit slde
 of the Democratic party.
 Maybe if the Democratic admin lStration In Waterbury starts to ioplLsh" plans for It's sewage dls- posal plant, which Is included m the capital budget, the Council or Community Clubs will urge uiat this project also be laid aside ih favor of such things AS streets, lights, etc. However lts Interesting to note that In wash Inston the House Rivers and Har' DOTS Committee is about ready 70 report on 6 bill that would euarah., tee municipalities 50 percent federal grants for local sewage treatment plants, If such plants are neeeea to eliminate pollution ot water courses, That Is exactly why Wa Ierbury has to have such a plant A good many years ago the state Water Commission told Waterbury ,o get busy on plans for stopping pollution ol the Naugatuck River Those plans won't be complete un- ul A sewage treatment plant IS oNIlt down in South Waterbury to liandlo sewage still being dumped Into the stream by this municipah' . ty. together with immense quann- ties of factory wastes,
 H Ia presumed that Mayor
 JOhn S. MOnagan will be invited
 to slt at the head table At to-
 nleht's Jackson Day Dinner in
 New Haven. He remains now the
 only Democratic mayor h ehe
 hig cities of the state and cer-
 talnly that's enough tO single
 him out for honor k not hts re-
 markable record In office sAnce
 he succeeded the late Vincent A,
 Scully back ln January, lS43.
 There'll he lots Of talking back
 and forth between admirers 0f
 Joseph M. Tone and Chester A.
 BoWles, both of whom are expect
 cd to be among those present to-
 night, As yet there doesn't seem
 ta he an establishment of BOwles
 or Tone camps within party lead
 ershlp, but once the respective
 candidacies are espOused, then the
 cleavage will start to show itself.
 Judging from the news In the Democrat this past week there Is searching by both major parties throuRhout the 18th senatorial district for candidates. Of course will find 1t difficult to overlook the claims Of former senator Frank Suinna for recogni- ton. As & matter of fact it's doubt full if he can be eliminated from the COP. picture at all, what with his proven ability to produce for the party. On the Democratic side there seems to be an opinion that Edward P. Egan will not run again due to the fact that h:s last term was disrupted by illness, which probably was attributed to the rapid pace Connecticut leg!s- lators are forcsd to maintain dur ing their six-month working SeS- sion. All of which puts the Demo- crats on their mettle to provide a new candidate who will offer enough "a the voters for the First. Second, and Third Wards to win a majority of the votes for the Democratic aide.