The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-18
BLAkESLEE MEN SEEKING AID IN
 STATE CAPITOL
(Hartford Times)

(Hartford Times)
 The expected invasion of Hartford county by the Blakeslee forces be- gan, yesterday, with the arrival of W. Scott Flames, who has general charge of tthe campaign in the interest of the candidacy of the former lieutenant governor, for the nomination for gov ernor, Colonel Rob Eaton, the un- horsed chieftain of the Twelfth dis trict, and County Commissioner Jacob ID. Walter-the faithful Jake-of Cheshire. They made the Allyn House their headquarters.
 On their invitation a number of republicans from this city and from neighboring towns visited the head quarters and discussed the political situation in the county as it related to the candidacy of Major Blakeslee. But their conferences were not con- fined to those who accepted their invitation to the hostelry. A num- Der of equally prominent republicans were waited in in their places of bus iness and an effort made to enlist their sympathies in behalf of the ma jor's aspirations.
 There was Q rumor on tho street that ono of the distinguished resi- dents of the city who was visited was former Senator Morgan c. Bulke- ley and that the visit was made to the senator in the hope of inducing him to think more favorably of the New Haven gentleman's candidacy than he did last week when he in- formed an emissary of the candidate that he did not favor Blakeslee's nom- ination.
 According to the rumor the visit to the Aetna building was made by the three gentlemen from New Ha- ven county the object being to bring the heaviset battery in the Blakes- lee arsenal on the mental fortifica- lions of the senator. The reliability of the rumor was doubted when 1t was said that Colonel Eaton had ac- companied his colleagues. The poll ticaI relations between the colonel and the senator have been strained for some years and they are not nearly as cordial as they were when on the recommendation of Senator Bulkeley, the colonel was appointed to the lucrative position of internal revenue collector. It was stated yes terday afternoon that the visit of Senator Bulkeley was contemplated but that 1t had been indefinitely post poned.
 Little Encouragement :. It cannot be said that the visitors received g great deal of encourage ment from those with whom they conferred. They will not be able to report that the outlook for the nom- ination of Major Blakeslee was made brighter to them from the sentiment which they discovered. in this city. Whoever the sentiment Is for, 1t is apparently. not for. Blakeslee. The visitors had the impression that there was a chance to secure some delegates in the northern part of the county. even if the territory is included in the Seventh district, of which Speak CT Frank E. Healy is the represenra- tive on the state central committee. One of them said that the Blakeslee men hoped that Prison Director Ed ward A. Fuller of Suffield would be sent to the convention as a. delegate from that town. It Is well known that MT. Fuller is favorable to Blakeslee. The three visitors were very much disappointed when they were told that there was mot living show" for the selection of MT. Fuller as a delegate from Suffield, even though he was held in the highest esteem by every resident of the town.
 The visitors again showed their blissfui ignorance of the situation in the country when they said they were confident of securing one of the dele gates in Enfield and another in Man chester. John Buckley, the clerk of the last house, will be amused when he learns that his county of Holland is on the Blakeslee list as being a
 jurisdiction where from which at least fifty per cent. of its delegates are confidently expected and that MT.
 Buckley's native town of Union is in- cluded in it.
 | The AIl-Sufficient Roraback : | Messrs. Flames, Eaton and Walter
 continue to feel that the nomination
 of Major Blakeslee Is an assured fact
 notwithstanding the unfriendly senti-
 ment which they found here. It is
 understood that New Britain. which
 is the Sixth district, may be visited Thursday and that the Fifth dfstr,c,
 will be visited afterwards. It may
 not be necessary to visit all the twen.
 ty-nine towns in the county but if ii
 is found desirable the towns. will be
 visited and the local republican lead.
 CTS, seen. The campaign in this coun.
 ty Is to be carried with the same
 thoroughness that characterized the
 canvass in Middlesex and other coun.
 ties not including, however, Litchfield
 county, where, it is said, the favor O,
 Chairman Roraback is sufficient.
 sCHOOLBOYs ON FARMS