New-York tribune., 1906-08-31
CONNECTICUT POW-W0W
REPUBLICANS GATHEP
Lake Leads in Fight for Lisutsror.
GOUern0rship.

New Haven. Aug. 30 CspeciaD-Devsr,,..
In the inside politics OF the Republlcar .''-ao
On this state came tO~a head yesszrga,z .l.''a
noon az the reunion Of the last thraa ,.z'.s'
i've associations az steeDIechase Islars pat
port Nearly every prominent Republican So
and worker in the state was at the dl-nsr -,
Tor SIX hours there was steady dlseus.,o,> !.
the outlook for Republican victory g. - q
the makeup OF the state ticket Nad
Before the legislative dinner ehara
assurances from both sides of sba ,.s.,
fight over Lieutenant Governor tha4 ..~''aas
come was settled either for Senator's p,su.
BulAsley. But before the piazza talk 80 ~-
8resaed over an hour q was pretrv es,,s,, -
Senator Paige had the "caIF' 70 data -
the hardest workers for the Bulkslev ,,-,..'~
after looking the field over. admitted ss,.
atoF Lake was az the present time e,- =
lead for Lieutenant Governor and thai - ~
convention were 20 be held to-rrorr.,, -,
would land. As
Senator Lake was on hand earlv bs-,s.,s
was hard az work all day canvasslnr The z-,,-.
his personal popularity wes IN evidence Ar ~.
reunion He was the centre OF the diseuss,r,
OF the day and carried on the occasion 80 81,
usual success Working hard for him sr,o,z
legislators and party leaders who wen. -
Of the day was Senator Allan w. Ps,ra v-s.-s'
In about the hardest day he has bas sh,s -
mer in his contest against senaeor r,-,,s.--
Chairman Kenealy was there. and was av,sa-.--
amused at the developments ReprsssntI,y g.
atOr Bulkeley-who STAYED az horns-7,aTs a.
drew T. Gates OF Hartford. ex chairman - 81.
Republican State Central COMMITTEES ana -
ator Patrick McGOvern OF Hartford b,.. !.
whom lost no time in sounding the Isrf.r.s,-.
from other counties than Hartford An tra -
didates now in the field for the Republican zss..
ticket this fail were at the dinner.
Lieutenant Governor VOodrufT went oV,s- --..,
New Haven early IN the day. but did nor .4s-- i.
the dinner, He had no cause 10 worry over ~,
own nomination. which has been assured So
early IN the year. and which Is conceded by hot,
sides Of the Lieutenant Governorship eonr-s.
Speaker Marcus II. Holcomb Of southiusron.
was looking after his own interests "a car4,.
date for Attorney General. and was told on e-ar,,
side that he would be the choice On the frst hal
lot for that position Secretary OF State Thso5o-.
Bodenwefn, who VIII be the only party carsl
date for Secretary OF State this year. vas .,
hand, as were State Senator Thomas D. Brad
street. OF Litchfleld County, the only nornl-..
mentioned for State Controller. and Freeman T.
Petten. Of ToIlald County, the only caueida,.
for State Treasurer.
Congressman Lilley was not az the dinner n,
was Senator Bulkeley or Senator Braudsg,A
Judge Pearne. Of MiddletOwn. was on hand. arl
was securing support for a nomination in ths
convention for Attorney General Some OF JuEzs
Pearne's friends In Middlsssx County feel that
he should be given the Attorney GcnersIshlp
this year. following a partial understanding 70
that end, when he lost the leadership OF ths
House. Judge Pearne VIII be IN the Asla sor
votes for Attorney General this year. but asss
not himself expect the nomination In this con-
vention
The aftermath Of the legislative reunion vas
the talk Of Republicans throughout the state TO-
day. The gathering was the last Informal ueet-
ing OF Republican leaders and delegates 70 rs
coming state convention before the campaign.
There was NO lost time on the part Of any Of ths
sactional leaders to help their cause by the
sion. Senator Paige was in a particularly con-
tented frame Of mind and amused tie table at
which the state leaders sat by his sallies az to
Hartford men. He seemed to feel assured OF ths
success Of the Lake candidacy as did Lake him
self. The Buckley leaders were not 50 satls-
fed as TO the result of the days canvasslng.
They went back 20 Hartford with some serious
ness. though a good many things had OcOur-sd
during the day 70 give them cheerful view q.
the convention. They thought that Senator
Paige would noe be able to carry Fairfsi
County as a solid delegation for Lake. and they
felt pretty certain that Lttchheld and New
Haven counties would not be found in the Lake
column.
On the other hand they were met at every
turn by doubtful party workers who represented
some important delegations and who had no:
been able to see their way to taking part in ths
Hartford County factiOnaI fight. A large num-
Der Of the influential and younger Republicans
present as the dinner had let il be known that
they were at the present time with Lake and
that they were rot particularly interested in
the Hartford claim OF ''One from the county"
canvass of Republican workers at the leSts-
IStlVe reunion. which was made BY The TribulA
showed rhaC Everett j. Lake was at this ti~S
the majority choice Of the sections reDresentet
1of second place on the state ticket His chiet
weakness with the Republicans canvaSsed vas
ms pohtlcal af1hation with Senator Paige. Who
mas opponents among many leaders who would
Otherwtse be for Lake without questioning his
packing On the other hand. Lake has gained
II strength In many quarters where Senator
FalSe Is being supported, and many of thsss
places were not far from Hartford.
The talk yesterday afternoon and to-day
ttlilonS Republicans who were present was that
hartford had several siZeabIs weaknesses in 80
own claim on the delegates 70 the cOnveurioAs
q considerable number of whom were at StesDle-
chase Island yesterday
The leading objection to the Hartford pro-
sramme cropped out in the statement that was
repeatedly made by doubtful delegates that z
Hartford wanted the convention to drOD Lake
ana nominate only one man from that county
on tne state ticket. it was fair 70 ask what car
OiOate Hartford had AGAINST Lake for I,ieufzraHr
Governor. This was the gist Of the preIirinaEv
OppoSlJOn 10 HartfOFds plan among Reruol-
cans not directly interested in the contest 1 te,
county Many Of the younger Republican work
erS made strong point OF this objection. They
said that the state generally was not mucn
worked up over the Paige Buckley fSht Tor
cor eontTol or the convention They said that se11-