New Britain herald., 1914-07-09
Teddy and Connecticut.
(New Haven Union.)


 Of course it was rather ,discourag- ing news for the progressives of Con-
 necticut to be informed that the col- onel would not be able to get into Connecticut before the middle of August, for they had been expecting him on July 23. But like the phil osophers that they are in this politi- cal game, they have accepted the news of the postponement cheerfully, and they will from this date on be- gin preparations for a rousing old time welcomes to the leader of the Bull Moose.
 It is readily understood that the irooilitv of the colonel to keep the
 original date was his physical con- dition and the condition of his voice. The republican party of Connec- ticut will not go into sackcloth and ashes over the information that Col-l onel Roosevelt will not be able to speak in Connecticut until later. The republican leaders would be just as we'll pleased if he confined his ora- torical efforts to New York state al- together. They don't want him in this state at all. General RorabaclSi and those who are high up in the councils of the Roraback Rangers the guides and the managers of thel republican party of Connecticut, have little use for the colonel, and theyl do not hesitate to say that, there isl no occasion for him to butt finto Con- necticut. They are prettya confidentI that if he says anything at all while, addressing the progressives of Con-l necticut, he will not let the chancel go by to give the republican leaders, of this state a blow or two they will be apt to remember for a few daysi at least. He has no love for thel men at the head of the Connecticut republicans, and has never had. Irl his judgment they are practically theI same stripe politically as Penrose of Pennsylvania and his kind. selfisIa
 bosses who are never working in the interest of the people. The leaders of the Connecticut pro-i gressives. it is certain, will have littlai to do with the existing political me-, chine that is in control of the re- publican party here. They have rel peatedly assailed Chairman Rora-l back, and their warfare on the ener-l getic chairman of the republican, state committee has never ceased Does any one suppose that the pro-J gressives would go into political bat-i tie with General Roraback in com-i mand of the forces and the Buln Moose of Connecticut trailing on be- hind?
 And these same. progressives whoi have been after General Rorabaclc, and his henchmen in republican, leadership are sure to fortify the coI-i oneI with abundance of material tol show why there is little hope of rel form in the political conditions ofl this state with Chairman Roraback in power They will also emphasize the statement that no good can come from a coalition with the Connecticut republicans while the present state machine is running republican poli-, tics.
 Does. any one think for a moment: that MT. Roraback and those who req gard him as wise and faithful iead-s CT in his party will step into privata life just because the progressives haves pointed to him as one of the poli.i-i cal factors that must be eliminatefl from the activities of the republican u party of this state?
 And we hear occasionally from Waterbury and like hopeful. intelli-l gent sports that the republicans ana the progressives may come toretherS in the same political tent this year.