The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-27
CAMPAIGN
 BEING WAGED BY
 RIVAL CANDIDATES
Entire Republican Organi- zation In Hartford Is Az
 excessively Against Lake
Still He's Confident
 He'll Garry Hartford
Money Flowing Like Water How Figures In Contest Are Obtained-Each Side Professes Confidence In Outcome.
(By a Staff Correspondent of The
 Farmer.)

(By a Staff Correspondent of The
 Farmer.)
 Hartford, Aug. 27.-With the town committee and the regular Republi- can organization against him the bet ting here seems to favor the view that Former Lieut.. Governor Lake will carry the caucuses here which are to be held on Sept. 6, and that the convention to be held some days later will name ten delegates who will vote in the state convention to nominate him as governor.
 The view in Lake headquarters IS that Lake has three out of every four delegates chosen up to date.
 But too much weight must not be given to this estimate, because at the Goodwin headquarters estimates are
 Today's Hartford Courant which is supporting Goodwin claims 90 for Goodwin to "A for Lake.
 Perhaps more reliance should be placed upon the estimate of the Hart ford Times, which is based upon an earnest effort to state the truth.
 The Times estimate. up to the eau cuses last night, gave Lake 78, Good win 32, and doubtful F.
 The Times figures are obtained by the simple process of inquiring by telephone of the town chairman of the town electing delegates to the state convention, as to who they fav- or Or, if the town chairman is not accessible, inquiry may be made of the chairman of the caucus, or of some other informed person.
 These figures would undoubtedly be absolutely accurate were it not that certain elements of the Republi- can party have been in power so long that the individuals connected with those elements have lost all sense of responsibility to the voters.
 The information has leaked into Hartford that not few delegates who have been chosen by strictly Lake bodies of electors. are conf1d- entially informing their friends that they will vote for Goodwin.
 But what about the caucus that nominated you?" is asked.
 Well, they never took any vote pledging us," is the usual reply.
 And it is generally admitted here that many delegates are sitting on the political fence, like a row of grasshoppers, ready to jump to the side upon which victory seems to lie. vened.
 Not much is said about "The Road'' here. Hartford, with its great insur- ance companies and its tremendous financial interests, isn't given to lese majeste in public, but the shadow of "The Road" is over the entire con- test. It is the lantern through which the youthful figure of the almost un- known. MT. Goodwin is projected, upon the sheet of publicity until it looms a giants size.
 All the clements of rebellion against '"The Road" flock as natural ly to the Lake banner, as doves fly home to the roost, and he is inn mensely helped among the voters by the belief that if he is elected there will be a great scattering of railroad | lobbyists and legislation promoters | who afflict the capitol at biennal periods.
 | The thing that works against Goodwin, aside from his youth, and the fact that he is unknown to pub- | lie life until now, is that he seems to dwell in the shadow of the lobby. He appears to the ordinary citizen | to be surrounded sby men whose | chief occupation has been the pro- motion of legislation Good young man that he is of harmless anteced- ents and promising future, he must share to some extent the fate of Old l Dog Tray, who was judged by the | company he kept.
 Again Lake has been getting popular support because he is much clearer ir | his assertions relative to his attitude toward certain legislation. as the re- | (Continued on Page Two.)