Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-20

ence to his senatorial hopes had been explained away for a couple of years.
 When E. J. Hill suddenly popped up as a candidate there was dispo- sition in inside circles to laugh at his presumption. He couldn't carry his own county, and he wouldn't, if he was foolish enough to persist, get thirty votes out of the whole general assembly. He'd fade away and be forgotten in few days. That was the talk at first. It isn't the talk now. Perhaps it would be an exag- geration to say there is actually a panic among the Brandegee mana gers, but it is plain truth that they are badly rattled. The inspired arti- cles that come out show this very plainly and are the cause of no little amusement.
 The assurances that come to MT Hill by every mail are said by one of his confidants to be most gratifying and to justify fully the popular con- ment that, if his election were left to the people of Connecticut, Hill would get five votes to one for Bran- degee. It is plain that the state as a whole has little interest in the Bran degee canvass. The common con- ment is that he had his chance and did not make good. Senator Bulke- ley is a commanding figure. In the same period in which Brandegee has kept his light under bushel, Bulke- ley has blazed his out and has be- come recognized force in the sen ate. People who do not agree with him admit his perceptible personal ity. A friend of his quoted him the other day as saying that he himself was to blame for the unpopularit! that had come to Brandegee, and ht was not going to see the young mar punished for following him. But that is just what some people do pre- pose to punish him for. They wanted l two sena tors and not one and fol lower.
 In Platt and Hawley they had tw' had been four years in that body. o ity. Each followed his convictions l They never quarreled, but often the voted differently There is no doub that the state of Connecticut gained influence through keeping these mel in the senate, but 1t was the men il r the first place and not their terms o service that gave the influence. Eacl of them had proved himself before h Hawley only three senatorsfrom Con course, it helped to continue then there, but they had to be the righ sort to begin with.
 The average term of the senator that Connecticut has so far electe has been just few months abov six years. It has not been the GUS tom to re-elect. Excepting Platt an ed two full terms-Hillhouse of NeN necticut in all her history have sery plies a mortgage; it carries with it Haven, 1796-1S10. Foster of Norwic 1S55-67, and Dixon of HartforC 1857-69. Two others, Niles of Hart ford and Ferry of Norwalk, were rs elected, but did not serve twely years. Thi sindicates that hithert it has taken quality of a distinctly sort to secure reelection. It is
 mistake to assume that possession in As for Hill, he has stood by the al duty and an obligation.
 The attempt to make a martyr
 Brandegee for opposing Taft is anu
 ing. but counts for very little. F
 chose his side and, if he finds l
 stands in opposition to a plurality
 45, 900 votes, he must conclude
 chose wrong. If Bryan had carri,
 Connecticut by 45,000 (perish u
 thought) and a democratic legisl
 ture had been chosen, would tn
 body have sent to Washington an a
 ti-Bryan senator? This is wh
 some republicans who worked ha
 for Taft and had to work against u J. influence of Brandegee are askin j. ready. He has been able to take the n ministration and by Taft and l. record is open and record of thin r. done.
 l. One element that the Brandeg \. managers have not taken into a n count as yet is very liable to r. heard from and that is the busine ?. linen. They want working sen