The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-15
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MIR. BRYAN. (Springfield Republican,

The one man who is at once most prominently mentioned for a place in the Wilson cabinet is of course MT. Bryan. This was foreseen in the event of Wilson's election, the moment the Baltimore convention, dominated by MT. Bryan, had made it's choice. The selection of MT. Bryan secretary of state, that being the cabinet post of honor by seniority and the one for ta1an for any other, would undoubtedly gra.tffy a great body of democratic voters. MT. Bryan has had train ing in diplomacy, though he has known something of foreign lands and has travelled, around the, world, but, his weIl-known views upon international pointment as being in itself a pacific and antimilitarist influence. But while it seems altogether likely that Gov. Wilson will invite MT. Bryan into his cabinet, it seems not unlikely that MT. Bryan, who must continue a pow CT in the party in any event, will pre- fer to exert his influence without off, cial position.
 HITTING t'EM, WHILE DOWN.
 (Ansonfa sentineL)
 We do not know that 1t is very much worse to hit Connecticut's g newly fairly up. than it is to hit the old ones after they are down. good deal of hitting is being done on both sides. without improving mutual good feel
  preciab1e extent and the newly elect ed eongressmen are proving no more conspicuous targets than the ones whom they will replace For instance Springfield Republican, recognizing that perfection is to be found among none of them. says in pant:
 There has been a disposition in some quarters, not all Republican, to make light of, the five men just elected to be the representatives from Connecti- | T& f1,r.% .,<<T lectiveay it is not as strong a delega- ton as might be, but it is probably quite as good as that which is pres ently to disappear. One member or the former delegation is reelected, T. L. Reilly, the only Democratic repre- sentative of Connecticut in the present ry nor; MT. Higgins added materially to the strength of the state's represen- tatfon- MT. Hill Is in many ways a strong man 6ut his strength Lay in that are not accepted by the Demo- cratic party. He has an enormous fund of statistics and wagonload of ct1t-and-dried arguments to be used on the. Republican side Of any tarfff question that arises. There is an ad- vantage in having in the house men who have full and minute knowledge. He might, if returned, nave made a useful check to some extravaganE or ignorant propositions, but there is no reason to believe that he would have
 
 been content with less than obsfruct- ing with ali his skin the very modifi- cations of the tarin law, to obtain which the present members were elect ed:"
 Of course no good Republican win stand for even chance reflection against MT. Hill, but because he is down-aiterally defeated by one who should have been his best friend-he must expect to hunbly accept all the knocks that. can be directed his way. As for the new delegation to congress, we believe we can say with truth that Connecticut people will be entirely sat isfied with it if it will represent this state as faithfully and malne as few mistakes as the delegation they will replace. They will not be required we believe, to do better than their predecessors. Their constituents would rest easy if they could only be sure they would do as well. Unfortunately in this mater of congresmen, as in the case of the president-elect, the choice in no instance represents majority vote. Instead, the selection is the re- suit of Bull Moose split in the Re publican party and in no way depen- dent upon the comparative ability or fitness of the candidates.