Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-10

with the city election-for in New London there is no dual government - shows plainly that the normal repub- lican majority is about $50, and that when a democrat is elected by the ful' vote of the city 1t is due to the sup port of many who are registered as re- publicans- This was shown when James R. May and Abel P. Tanner were elected representatives to the state legislature and by the vote given Alton T. Miner for state senator, to say nothing of the repeatedly big vote gfV- en MT. Mahan, larger than to any oth- CT man that was nominated by dem ocrats for any office. In the last elec- tion-that of Monday-the democrats saved two of the five aldermen by re- duced majorities in the respective wards, and the minority man on the board of selectmen. This result makes tie in the court of common council, with the mayor holding the deciding vote on all matters, even the election of officers within the gift Of the coun- ci1. One vote switched from the party when the<vote for tax collector, cor poration counsel, charity commission CT, building inpector. and so on, means the election of some fellow other than caucus nominee, 1t being the custom for the member to hold party caucus prior to the council meeting when these city officials are elected, by bal lot-by secret ballot.
 Like conditions have existed before, and members have ignored caucus &C., tion and voted for and elected mem berS of the minority party, as repre- scented in the council, for it is known that there are some office holders in New London who are not in hearty ac- cord with the members of their party in the council, and would not occasion much surprise if some of the office now held by democrats were handed out to republicans. The democrats have plac- ed republican in office, Charity Com missioner Prentis, and with a good | working majority in the council will | probably do so again after the organ | izatfon of the new town council, and | may be magnaninous enough to hand over few other offices to friends in the opposite party.
 | Years ago when = member of the | court of common council voted an of- act was termed treachery, and the of 1 fender was called a. traitor to party. But that was years ago, and condi- | tions have changed since the late l George Williams resigned the mayor alty because his democratic associates in the council voted republicans into office. No case is on record in New | London where a. republican council | placed democrats on guard, but the | cases are numerous where democratic I nave LuTnSO LQ0 IT1Ck, ana | they may do it again in the very near | future. and they may not. There are members on the democratic side who take but little stock in the way that some of the city offices have been man. aged, and may be in favor of a change. ! If not given opportunity to have a democrat succeed democrat there Is likelihood of a vote or two being cast for the republican candidate One can- not always tell of the possibilities o1 the political game.
 While the next month Is in Its In. fancy the people of Connecticut will be given first opportunity to vote di- rect for United States senator, and Senator Frank B. Brandegee will be given the honor of~being the first to be elected in this state under the changed law in regard to the election Of United States senator. It so hap pens that New London Is a part o1 Connecticut and that Frank is a native } thereof. It also happens that New London is a republican city and Franl is republican. He will sure get al the republican votes of the town ant F a great many democratic votes besides and it is safe to predict that he vii
 receive a larger vote in his home city
 than was ever accorded any candidat.
 for political office that had political op
 ponent, or perhaps larger than an,
 man whose name ever appeared on
 political ticket in the city.
 Party lines will become very eIastI
 ip New London during the vote fo United States senator. There's not
 man in the city, republican, democrat !, progressive, socialist or even prohfbi l tionlst, who can say a word agains | the character of Frank BoSwortl
 vote for him with a clear conscience save perhaps the socialists, who ar
 pledged to vote for none but socialists
 and Frank is far removed from tha
 branch of politics,
 Senator Brandeeee bears hIs area
 honors lightly, and to hls New Londo
 friends he is the same Frank Brande
 gee that he was before he was in DO
 sition to preside at sessions of tn
 United States senate when matters O
 the greatest importance were unde 1 consideration. He is still "Our Frank, ' and he will practically receive the vot
 of every voter in the city of New Lon
 don. without regard to party affllia
 ton, and he is deserving of every vot
 that will be cast for him. Some year
 ago there was a democratic newspape
 printed in New London, and Fran
 Brandegee was being advocated as tn
 republican nominee for governor an
 that democratic newspaper tende
 strongly in favor Of his candidacy-s
 much so that the proprietor of tn
 newspaper was called to account b
 leaders of the democratic party an
 charged with party treachery. A dele
 gation of democrats even called at th
 newspaper office and urged discontinu
 ance of the Brandegee boom, as the
 termed it. They were told that tn
 booming would be continued so Ion
 as Brandegee was being seriously con
 sidered as candidate and in tn
 event of MT. Brandegee being nonaip ated for governor he would receive tn heartiest support of the only demo
 cratic newspaper in eastern Connect cut. Even at that time when Mir
 MT. Brandegee was hardly known i the politics of the state the local dem , ocratic paper was with him, and s
 was the majority of democrats of hi
 home town, where he was best known
 Since then the Brandegee popularit | has increased. and is not confined t the mep1bers of the republican part, There are democrats in New Londo who fiil eengiasE it- g great honer