The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-27
FOR FOR TIE SENAT0RsHIP.
SENATOR BULKELEY FAToRS
M,LEAN CANDIDACY.

Much Appears-Chances of the Can
didates senator Chatfield Says There
VIII be a Good Deal of Independent
voting-other Items of the Contest.
Hartford, April &C. Senatorial COM
plications have been increasing during
the day, the course of Senator Bulkeley
in taking up the Mclean idea having
caused bitter alterations. It is stated
positively that Railroad Commissioner
%. r Fyler is at heart for Congress
man HilPs nomination. but for the
present he is with the Mclean con-
tingent. Colonel Miller of Derby, who
was a supporter of Governor Bulkeley's
cause last January, and was on the
staff Of Governor Mclean, is outspoken
in his utterances against Mr.. McLean's
selection for the senatorship. The 10,
caiity sentiment is having its weight.
There is tremendous feeling that.
Hartford is grabbing at all the plunls
and cakes in sight The United States
senatorship in January the governor
ship and two of the: best paid state
commissions, the railroad and tax, have
fallen into Hartford's basket in the past
| four months Now the second United
States senatorship is claimed. The fine
| irony and satire which Senator Judson
| exploited in the senate few days ago,
when he asked why Hartford should
| not take control Of the courts, is re-
membered by the common men of the
general assembly as being applicable
| to the present abnormal claims Of Hart
| ford for the new senatorship. The
treatment which Sen, Paige has receiv-
| ed from u. S.. Senator. Buckley in
regard to the vacant senatorship has
served to ALLEVIATE him body and soul
from the ex-governor, whose colors he
carried with unparalleled heroism four
months ago. 1t is putting It lightly to
say that Senator Paige is resplendently
Wrathful. The steel has entered his
soul, and the unexpected abandonment
| on the part of the man whom he has
supported for years has transformed
him in twenty four hours.
One of the most striking groups in the
senate this noon after adjournment was
at the seat Of Senator Judson. Senator
Paige was in the seat of Senator Fes-
| sender. The latter, who had been in
| the lieutenant governors room, was at
tracted to the spot, and for a few mo-
ments the three republican senators
! from Fairfield county were in close con-
! ference. The face of Senator Paige was
lighted with one Of his old time smiles.
! Senator and visitors recognized the
situation with absorbing interest. 1t
appeared to be a good omen. Men have
| come down from Litchffeld county this
| afternoon who will see that Senator
Fessenden has a part Of that county
representation in the senatorial caucus.
Evidently Railroad Commissioner Fly
Ter Samuel A. Eddy and John H. Rora-
A back are not the sole owners Of the
old Litchfield hills and towns. Said
Senator Chatfield of New Haven this
AFTERNOON, there will be a good deal Of
independent voting when the ballot is
reached. That did not commit the New
i Haven senator in any way, but 1t was
/ O olielNiON VI SOod " ESVIlCs soCli-
1 ator Bush of New London county, while
4 on the way to the train this afternoon,
said the New Londoners, the senate and
house republicans from the old whaling
4 county, will support Congressman
Brandegee for the nomination. That
! view was controverted by friends of
Senator Fessenden, who hold with ev-
4 cry show of confidence that Congress
man Brandegee's strength in the eau
Gus will not comprise the whole of the
I New London delegation. Congressman
j Hill will have a scattered support at
the outset, with possible favorable
alignments later on. He is not likely at
first to take many of the Fairfield
1 county members. The fact that ex-
Chairman Fyler of the state central
committee has an undercurTent Of feel
ing his interest will help him in the
end. The canvas of Senator Fessenden
will be highly satisfactory to the men,
who supported him in January. He is
the calmest and coolest of the contest
ants. His love of honor and fair play
/ his cordial treatment of everyone, friend
and foe alike, and his knowledge of
men will stand him well in hand dur
Il ing the coming week. Senator Peck
who refused to march under Bulkeleys
il banners in January, voting with the in.
4 dependents for Ex-Governor Mclean, is
II an out and out supporter now of the
4 handsome ex-chief magistrate from
Il Sin1sbury. Mr.. McLean's cslivalry In
J the past and his good offices in a thou
sand ways will help his canvass. But
one of the prominent senators in New
Haven county said last night that his
entrance into that contest will be detri-
mental to his interests. That is the
4 view that great many thoughtful men
are taking. The men who held a con.
lave in his behalf at the Hartford cIut
Tuesday night may interpret public
sentiment, but they have often misin.
terpreted it. There is just one thing
more to be said in this connection. Long
before the election Of Governor Nc
Lean at the head of the republican
ticket Senator Paige was his staunchest
J friend and supporter. The Bridgeport
senator made a great personal sacrifice
for him., which may not be recited ir
detail. For a long period he has fell
that Ex-Governor Mclean would treat
him with the same consideration. But
Senator Paige was not so much as al.
lowed particle of information of what