Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-14
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
 AS VIEWED IN CONNECTICUT
The Candidates and How They Will Probably Fit in at the Coming State Election.

The New York Sunday Herald. under 8 New Haven date, had the following interesting political forecast for Con- necticut. which will be of interest to the politicians:
 "There are many spots about the state where the armor of MT. Lake s power is impenetrable- Hartford county and the entire eastern part of the state bristle with impossible bar riers to Mir. Goodwin's candidacy, while Fairfield county, particularly in the Danbury, Stamford and Norwalk districts, is almost irnmovable for damaging inroads into the Lake forces in New Haven county, and Litchfield county is practically a unit for him, while Bridgeport and even Danbury are exhibiting some traces of disaf- lection.
 Popular sentiment continues to as sociate Mr. Lakes candioacy with that of Senator BuIkeley, and to link the Goodwin campaign with MT. McLean's bid for the Senatorship, despite the disclaimers of all the men concerned. There are some variations from this alignment, but they only serve to em- phaSize the cleavage and correspond ing coalition that may be expected and for which the die seems to be already cast
 There promises to be no contest over any place on the state ticket ex- cept for governor and secretary of
 
 is slated for lieutenant governor. May or Costello Lippitt of Norwich will have clear sailing for the nomination for treasurer as a. tribute to his extra drawal Of Representative N. Burton Rogers of Danbury has cleared the nomination for controller for Col. Will jam Henry Hall of Wilmington, who has had legislative experience galore, and who, with MT. Rogers, is strong for Lake and Bulkeley.
 Colonel Hall by the way, has not given much attention to politics re- in his lung, and the case proved a very serious one. The boy was taken to Boston, where a surgeon succeeded in extracting the peanut, and he is now
 Harry F. Back. a KiIIingIy lawyer, and formerly labor commissioner, is not likely to be opposed for Attorney General, an office he was chiefly in strumental in creating
 Col. Matthew H. Rogers of Bridge port announced himself this week as a candidate for renomination as sec retary of state. Colonel Rogers, who is a business man of ample means, stands squarefy upon his official rec ord and the traditional custom of the party to give the incumbent of this office a second term. The record to which he points is unassailable, and he has instituted new methods in the conduct of the office which are benefi- cia1 to the state.
 Tt is no dispara cement to Colonel Rogers. however, that Col. J. Moses Ives of Danbury is a probable candi- date for the nomination. Colonel Ives is a member of Governor Weeks staff and a citizen and lawyer of high standing. He is corporation counsel and prosecuting attorney of Danbury
 Colonel Ives is working zealously for MT. Goodwin, and he gave a largely attended dinner in his compliment last week Danbury is not regarded as a gruitfu1 field for either Mr. Good win or MT. Mclean, because of the good start Mir Lake has obtained there and the obligation the city feels to Senator BuIekeley.
 When the downward revision of the tariff threatened the prostration of the hating industry last year and the consequent sapping of the city's life blood, it was Senators BulkeIey and Brandegee who, at the behest of N. Burtonl Rogers interceded and sue ceeded not only in preserving the old rates but in having them raised. Be- cause of this Colonel Ives is handi- capped at the outset, but nevertheless he has succeeded in cultivating not Goodwin sentiment in barren soil.''
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