The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-24
THE END IS NOT YET
(Ansonia SentineT !

ol.)
 In view of the fact that the Nauga- tuck valley delegations to the recent Congressional convention favored the nomination of Frank S. Butterworth and worked hard for that end, the following from the editorial columns of the New Haven Union (Dem.) is of unusual interest at this time:
 Politically speaking, so far as the probable result is concerned every sDemocrat should be well satisfied with the nomination of Andrew N shephard, of Portland, as the Repub- 1ican candidate for Congress to suc- ceed N. D. Sperry. Personally, we have nothing but regret that Frank Butterworth did not land the nomfna- ton. MT. ButterwOrth would have been by far the stronger candidate. He is well abreast of the spirit of the times while MT. Shepard is tagging in the rear of the onward march of progress. The people of the Second district might have elected MT. But terworth over MT. Reilly, provided the machine that made Shepard's nomination, possible, would not have knifed Buterworth at the polls. BuI if the machine can't win at the con- vention it will see that those that block it's game do not win at the bal lot box Is there anything the matter with Butterworth as a man, win his ideas, with his ability that his own fellow townsmen in the G. O. P. should be forced by the bosses to sidetrack him We confidently be- lieve that had the matter been left to the Republican voters of New Ha- ven at a direct primary election, that Frank Butterworth, despite the bosses. would have been the overwhelming choice of the city for Congress over Andrew Shephard. But the bosses know what the direct primary means. Hence they kick it out of the Young Mems Republican club, and they vote it down at Hartford.'
 The above is a correct view of the exact situation. It is not good Re reprint f time but it hits al a principle which must be upheld at all costs and this is as good a year as any in which to do it. As MT. Butterworth remarked at the close of the convention:- fThis is not the end. The real fight has only just cornmenced.''
 Right along the same line is the general tone of a short editorial in last evenings issue of the Waterbury American The American quotes a recent editorial from the Sentinel and says: sNo one who reads the news papers of New Haven county can fail to notice a tone of. resentment, all most of menace, in the comments on the nomination of Shepard and the defeat of @Butterw There is deep meaning and many possibilities in it: We reprint a temperate expression or +I,ie feeIinge from the columns of the Ansonia Sentinel a Republican news naner It may be necessary for this district to elect a Republican mem Der of Congress, out of a desire to back m President Taft and to follow it's habit of thinking it's legislative inter ests safer in Republican hands. But at present there is an indignant dis position to refuse the d1ctat1on Of an offensive political machine and free the district from a sordid boss-ship."
 The New Haven Register adds its voice, also, in denunciation. as fol- lows: 'tIn other words, the profes- siona1s. so to speak. run the nominat- ing conventions, and some of the pro fessionals are getting as bad as they o4f4 who constitute the majority of every community, are fully awake to the necessity of their action, they will cast about for the best means of acting Then they will find the direct prirn- aI.v - unless meanwhile a better agency has been devised-and use it."