Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-14
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ibly dangerous, or liable to become rivals in the race
 The one threatening center for Baldwin is in the neighboorheod of the Capital city. New Haven he has un der control, because of his connection with the city and through the care he has taken to keep the place well sup lied with officers. Dividing the state, then, we have Hartford and Fairfield counties liable to be hostile and like iy to yfoFna a combination. Holland county will be influenced more or less by the attitude of the Rockville nlo- chine, which now is not everfriendly and, in any case. may be expected to back the ambitions of Lieutenant Governor Finger. Baldwin may free ly dispense with the patronage of those three counties and still be in vincible if he can gain the support of what Bryan Mahan represents. There by hangs the fate to all the maneuv- CTS. Hartford is absolutely sighted in all appointments, being the keystone in the arch of opposition, and great sohcitude is shown that so little pat ronage and power are conferred up- on residents of the section that noth- ing can be made of opportunities to turn position into weapons of hostil- ity.
 Mahan, therefore. is the pivot No one realizes this better than the occu- pant of the goyernor'ss chair. But Mahan has aspirations of his own. Some say that he wishes to succeed Brandegee so that New London may. not be without senatorial representa- ton. Those who know better are fn- clined to think that the dearest de- sire of the little conquerer Is to be the governor He is young enough to wait for the senatorial honor. To have his escutcheon blazened with the title of governor he would willingly be
 
 patience is BaldWin's opportunity. If Mahan is not entirely misrepresented lie knows, something of political strat- egy. It must not be lost to view that his congressional district winds its wide path over parts of four coun- ties With offices to bestow and hopes to hold out to the delegates from the district they might be amen able to reason, in spite of the fact that in one of the counties we have the Poster Finger machine. So what a nice arrangement could be entered in- to, let us say by way of illustration, between the candidate for the senate, in the person of Governor Baldwin, the aspirant for gubernatorial honors, and the possible seeker after the lieu tenant goVernorship. George Landers, who, having been president pro tenn, might count the real presidency of the senate. With such a combination the democratic convention would be tied up to a nicety unless-ah yes, unless the other fellows are not dead asleep and permit these fine designs to be rushed along without pro- test.
 So there Is a change for a fight? Indeed there Is and no one is better aware of the danger than the states man from New London This is one of the reasons why he has stuboornly declined to commit himself, as yet, though aDDrOachRS tempted to sound him out. The fable of the dog and the bone he learned in early childhood. He is crossing the stream and though the reflection in the water looks. tempting enough, that shadow of the gubernatorial hon. CT, he has a more solid bit of reality to which he prefers to cling. The nomination does not spell election to him particularly if the machines in three counties were not over -enthusi- astic in their support. So he is pa tient here again: he will await events.