The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-17
SEES LANDSLIDE
 FOR DEMOCRATS
Representative Loos Thinks Licking Will do Republican
 Party Good
NOW LED AND GONE WRONG
Hits Hard at Bosses, and Says Defeat Will Give Chance
 to Clean House

After statement in which he de- c1ared his belief that the coming cleo tions here would prove a landslide for
 the whole Democratic ticket, Repre- sentative Emil Loos, Republican mem Der of the last Legislature, on being asked why hundreds of Republicans, as he had said, were going to vote the straight Democratic ticket, and would not consider themselves any worse Re pubIicans for so doing. said:
 Because our party is like the small boy who at heart is good but who, nev- ertheless at times deserves and needs for his own welfare a sound thra shing
 There is an old adage about sparing the rod and spelling the child which can be applied in this campaign. If we. in the view of recent events, spare the Republican party. are only go- ing to spoil it. licking will do my party more good just at present than a victory. It will help the decent man in the organization to make much needed house cleaning. I dislike to even think to what extent the arro- gance of certain Republican bosses will be carried if they can get away with a victory in our impending state cleo tion. It would positively be the worst thing that could happen to our state and the worst blow to my party that can party as now dominated can get away with a victory in this year of grace, 1S1O, then VIII aQI1lII lIdI such a thing as regenerating the Re publican party is practically hopeless.
 Our party in this section of the country with rare exceptions, con will continue to be so until we can get our nominations and our government in general closer to the people. The nominees of the bosses in this district have succeeded if the people had voted at a direct primary and the complex ion of our entire Republican ticket would have been entirely different if we had only had a system of direct nominations such as is used in several good Republican and Democratic states, and such as is advocat ted by ev- cry real statesman in our party from Taft, Roosevelt and Hughes down un- til we get to the lower regions ~occu- pied by the bosses.
 ''The bosses are shrewd," continued MT. Loos. ''They know the temper of the people and desperate over the sit uation they have stopped to practices that are disgracefu1- If half the ru- mors concerning recent Republican conventions are true, Republicans owe it to the good name of the party to sift these charges to the bottom. I agree with Congressman Higgins that this should be done; but I find on all sides worse than silence on this matter among so-called Republican leaders. They actually look upon these char ges of bribery, and corrupt practices as so many good jokes to be laughed at. Think or lt-actually Joking over a matter serious that if true the perpetrators of these wrongs ought to be doing time in Wethersf1eldl I am absolutely astounded at the silent at titude of our Republican leaders in face of these charges. They must know that no breath of suspicion has atta ched itself to any Democratic eau GUS or convention that has been held pending this campaign. They must have heard of the statements of repu- table men in their own party concern ing practices in recent Republican con- ventions, yet their only answer is si- 1ence or a smile. Our party cannot hope to do aught but suffer terribly