The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-13
HAWLEY DID NOT WORK AGAINST
 BANKS
Says He Called Off His Deputies When Banks An
 nounced His Candidacy
Prior to that Time He Was With Judson and He Tells
 His Reasons for It

The Farmers story last evening tell ing of the likelihood of Judge Fillmore s! Banks of Fairfield, going into the Republican county convention next week and attacking the candidacy of Sheriff s. E. Hawley, aroused no lit tie comment through the county. Nat uraIly there should be speculation as to what caused the break between the county leaders, for hitherto they have dwelIed in peace and political happi- ness, both, having been lined up to- gether in the fight which resulted in the election of FHransk Brandegee over B. J. Hill as U. S. Senator.
 Sheriff Hawley was questioned today by a Farmer reporter concerning the attitude of Judge Banks towards his candidacy. The sheriff at frst salo he did not care to discuss the situa- Banks his friend.
 Inasnuch as the belief prevails that Banks is aggrieved at Hawley Tor the latter's alleged interference in the sen atoriaI fight between Banks and Jud- son and proposes to get back by buck ing his nomination for sheriff. the Far mer reporter questioned the Sher1f as to what part he took in helping Jud- son against Banks.
 Sheriff Hawley said that when he learned that Judge Banks was can didate for the Senatorial nomination he sent word to his deputies to keep hands off and do nothing that could in any way be considered as antago- nistic to Banks. He said that MT. Judson had announced his candidacy publicly and that at that time Judge Banks had virtually declared he had no intention of being candidate for
 The sheriff makes no bones of the fact that he was interested in the success of the candidacy of Mr. Jud- son prior to the. announcement by Judge Banks that he was entering g the race. He does not think that Judge Banks considers this any breach of faith on his part for ap- parently during the time he was in terested in the nomination of MT. Judsop. Judge Banks if his position who were at the w. B. Burnham din ner was not seeking that office there fore as between Banks and Judson the sheriff by aiding the latter was hot interfering with ariy plans&1 of
 Evidently the Fairfield man thinks differently however and friends of Hawley discussing today the rupture claim to see in it a. movement on the tEa part of big interests aon to f45ee ore Banks may be certain of the nomi- nation for senator in the 25th dis trict. These Hawleyites say that if Judson is named they will be much surprised if Banks does not carry out his threat of opposing IIawley upon the floor of the convention.
 'Judson can also obtain proxy to the sheriff's convention and he may take it into his head to go to the convention and in seconding or nam ing Hawley have some things to say that will Acause a. stir.
 One of the shrewdest of the old time Republicans hereabOuts said to- day that the move against Hawley was going to be persisted in with the hope that Hawley will be compelled to~Vyithdraw and allow another to be named. If Hawley should with draw" said this man, mark my words that Bailey of Bethel will not be named No matter how things turn out he has no chance. for the Republicans are not going to make any more mistakes than possible this year and they are hardly going to ask the support of their rank and file for a. claim agent of the New Haven road.''