The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-27
THE s'COURANT" ON
 THE APPOINTMENTS

The Hartford Courant, (Rep.) | praises Governor Baldw1n's selection l of compensation commissioners say ing '-the selections are we'll made po- ly." It agrees with the Hartford Times that the governor would have named Senator McDonough but for his positive determination not to name members of the legislature for office" which it defines as an @ex- .celIent determination, too'' The Courant is naturally pleased with the naming of former Representative George B. Chandler and this is what it says about that particular ap- pointment:
 'HThe man was named by Prest-
 dent Taft for the national indus
 trial commission. which died
 aborning.s He is fully fitted by
 study and cast of mind for the du-
 ties. Incidentally it puts the gov
 ernor in a highly favorable light
 before the people to have him se-
 feet a man who in the heat of campaign was his zeenest critic. It
 shows he can rise above personal
 considerations. Indeed. we are
 violating no confidence to say that
 after the first campaign. in which
 MT. Chandler was very active,
 Governor Baldwin, the victor,
 wrote him a cordial letter. free
 from any lingering Ill will. Thanks
 to Governor Baldwin this large ex-
 pertinent of compensation starts
 off well. It rests on Justice and
 bids fair to be justly and wisely
 administered-'
 No doubt Governor Baldwin would have found pleasure in naming Sem ator McDonough for one of the five com1nisstonerships were 1t not for his decision sagainst picking members of thes sgenera1AaasembIy for offices with remuneration attached. The gover- nor, steadfastly adhered to this view fn2 naming the judges and deputy Ajudgesaofsthe4m courts. declining Go nanes Sth ough urged by powerful influences tosd do so, members of the known that the governor regarded with dfsfavor the action of the legis- 1ature fin electing from it's member ship judges of the lesser courts The failure of the governor to name Rob ert G. DeForest as deputy judge of the local city court came as no sur prise to those who know how reso- Iutely the governor had set his face against having the judge and the as- | @S- political party. Some there are who will urge. that the governor, as the head of the Democratic organization in this state, would be Justified sin giving these places to those of his own political family, but such reason ing finds no sympathy with a man of the type of Connecticut's governor, whose long and honorable career on the bench admirably equips him to view a a1tuation of the kind described here from the standpoint of the jurtst rather than the partisan. It is plain l that the governor desires, as far as he has the power, to keep the politi- cal complexion Of the courts as near ly balanced as Is possible This is the principle which actuated him in requesting the new judge of the cr1m- inal common pleas court of Fairfield county, John J. Walsh. of Norwa1k, tc select a Republican for the prosecution l of the court.
 The selection of Senator MeDon- ough as a compensation commission CT, would have been ideal and it 1. no exaggeration to say that could the governor have seen his way clear :c have laid aside his deep rooted obJec. ton to preferring members of tho general assembly. for places of thi: nature, the whole state would have applauded his act Senator McDon
 ough's able and courageous leader ship of the late senate, stamped hin
 as a man of uncommon power ant
 his party is not likely to soon forge
 the masterly manner in which he ac quilted himself of the responsibilit. which that leadership entailed.