The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-05
 ''UP A TREE''
 IN THIS CITY

Unless something happens, between now and the time when the frost is there will be things doing" ana some will be done, in Republican old guard circles, in this city. Any frost that is left over from natures. Gln- nual job with the leaves will fall on an assorted lot of persons not yet en- tirely selected.
 Between two candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, and two more, who want the United States Senator's job, what can a poni politician, born to the trimmer,s art, do?
 Goodwin, or Lake, which shall the choice be? Both are men of ea- sonality, and likewise, realty. And everybody knows that the personal I ity and realty of a gubernatorial candidate is more important that his personality, or his reality, either, for that matter.
 The "Old Guard" which gets it's name because it has carefully guard ed all the good jobs for so many years, is thought to, be pretty well m line for Lake.
 The &sYoung Guard" which gets its post sentinels over the jobs which the old guard guards, will probably line up for Goodwin.
 Generally speaking, Lake men will be for BuIkeley for U. S. Senator and Goodwin men for Mclean.
 But many leading members of the ..old guard" will hate awfully to be for anybody, and be caught at it.
 A late candidate for Republican nomination made this campaign on a little platform, I'm just for Jones makes little difference.
 Rogers, Nobbs, Hawley and Hill all have something at stake and they will hate awfu1ly to participate in such a disagreeable mixup.
 It is so unpleasant to have people disagree in an considerable numbers, sometimes finds it so difficult to maks up his mind which way the majority is going to jump, and its long drop from the band wagon.
 So far all the talk has been about what patriot is to get what job There is little or no converse tiun about what any patroit stands for. or how his election, or defeat. will in any way make it easier for the or dinary inhabitant of the city, state, county, or nation, to buy a larger of money.
 It is not even clear, this time, just what corporations the candidates, re- spective, revere the most.
 And this is where, so far as Bridgeport, at least is concerned, all candidates of the non committal. old guard and new guard type are likely to get into yet deeper trouble
 It appears, ever since the harhor grab, that there is an increasingly ierge grJup of Republicans. who
 
 the West, who want to know what about it. Lake, nor Bulkeley, nor Mclean, It is said, until they know what they stand for, besides the job, the pay, and the prestige.
 These Republicans are said to com prise some of the stalwarts of the party and they are reputed to froWn even upon the pretentions of, Judge Nobbs, Sid Hawley, and, awful 70 1lt lar O tower of vote getting. Hon. Ebenezef J. Hill, whose efforts tor a small cen tralized harbor and a great centralized bank have become almost too much l for the ordinary Republican, who likes to have his barbor big enough to keep boats in and his bank too small to l
 MT. Goodwin has been recently in town looking over his fences. In John | T. King he has an excellent manageiEtt F yourself is a very good maxim IL is said that Goodwin's chances haVe1 much improved since his personal talks near leadership. and no leadership III Bridgeport.
 Doubtless both MT. Lake and MT. Goodwin have their hour of trial in the future, when they must declare how they stand on public utilities ana for what kind of a bill; also how they stand on employers liability acts. dl- rect primaries, removal. or the $o'Voo limit and some other. measures.
 Republicans locally are aDOuC LO SoiC and leaders into three piles.
 The first pile will contain those who have the jobs and who desire to keep them.
 Tie second pile will contain those who want the jobs and mean to get them.
 The third pile will contain those who believe that parties should stand for prin cfples, and that candidates should represent those principles. KICK MADE ON LOW