New Britain herald., 1916-06-12
CONN. DELEGATES
 ARE BACK AGAIN West Cold to Nominee Of (. 0. p.
 at Chicago NOT MUCH ENTHUSIASM

Special De Luxe'' Puffs Into Hartford Station and All Harsh Criticism of
 New England Weather Is Herewith
 Retracted.
 They are back in the old Nutmeg
 State, those fourteen delegates to the
 republican national convention who
 played such an important part in
 electing Charles Evans Hughes as the possible successor of one Woodrow
 Wilson. They arrived home this
 morning on their special de
 luxe'. There was no brass
 band to welcome them at the
 Hartford station. There was none
 needed. The fourteen delegates, and
 the fourteen alternates, and the twen-
 ty-eight guests and the four newspa- permen carried their own music with them. So they came in singing, Gee! But it's great to be home again! Gosh, how we hope we never roam again. Not that the trip was not a success; but because everybody was glad to get back and see the old places Tn Connecticut, the places that nad gwen way to Chicago scenery and ram for some seven Or eight days From Hartford the various members or the delegation made their way to thelr own home town. Oh, yes! John T. King remained over in Chi cago Ion business
 Thanks For Everyone.
 Between Springfield and Hartford those on board the republican choo- choo car held the last Hove feast" of the trip. John Henry Roraback, who as chairman of the delegation had charge of such things, called a formal meeting for the purpose of placing on the records formal votes of thanks to all those who had any thing to do with making the party a real one. This included everyone aboard the five cars from the head waiter down to the 'yaller' boy who had charge of the buffet car but the one who came in for special approval was Judge George w. Klett, of this city, whose numerous duties as sec retary of the organization kept him busy from morning until night, from the time the "special' left Hartford, Saturday June 8, until it pushed it's way back there today
 Little Confidence In West.
 Despite the fact that out Chicago way there. is not much enthusiasm over the Hughes candidacy, because of the cold blooded manner in which it was received even by those who aided in bringing 1t about, the men from Connecticut journeyed all the way from the Windy City to their own home state singing the praises of the whilom justice and enthusias- tically confident of his success in Mo- vember. The main thought attached to this, however, was the long fore sight exercised by Senator Klett in choosing Hughes as the winner over the host of ''favorite sons'' and dark horses who were ever in danger of the situation in Chicago. On the way out of the convention Judge Klett was ever hard at work enlisting candidates to the Hughes boom. Starting with a poor working basis he had enlisted seven members before the convention doors opened. After the first ballot he had rounded up the entire delegation with a few exceptions. The only ones who failed to follow his lead were those supposed to be the greatest of political prog n nOsticators.
 A. J, Sloper, former state senator, who was the guest of Senator Klett on the journey, naturally followed the Hughes sentiment of his host and so will go down to posterity as an 'orlglnal Hughes man. if that term Will mean anything after the Hateful tuesday in Novem Der. Whether 1t will or not must depend largely on many conditions, notably the out come of the present progressiVe-re- publican Wrangle which may prove a source of worry to those who would like to see Wilson step down and out from the White House and thus give the republicans a chance at the pie counter. An oldtime politician in Chicago put it this way:"We haven't got much chance in Novem Der with this man Hughes bcx,use he is too cold-blooded, to begin with. but we are not worrying. We would sooner go down to defeat with a Irregular i than struggle through campaign i with 'bolter.'' '
 Party, Not the Man.
 Some of the most regular republi- ! cans can see no differeSce between 1 Wilson and Hughes as far as they | are concerned It is an admitted fact ! that if Hughes should win those who | are looking for favors need not ap- | ply to him. He does not believe in 1 taking care of his friends or of those 1 who help him along in a political way. So the regular republicans who are | back of Hughes are not back of him 1 because he is Hughes but because he | is a regular republican and through 1 him and by him the broken and tat tered party might be brought back to | serviceable condition. With them it | is not so much the man in the White 1 House. but the party in power There i