Connecticut western news., 1916-08-10
A GUESSING PICNIC
The Wise Guys Got Little Satisfaction
 Quizzing the Politicians.

The Wise Guys Got Little Satisfaction
 Quizzing the Politicians.
 The legislative reunion at Swift's Momauguin, near New Haven, Wednes- day, sort O puzzled some of the wise- { acres who had foreseen political wire pulling bee, notwithstanding the func- tion was graced by the presence of a lot of democratic legislators, as we'll as republicans and progressives, includ- ing the democratic representative from North Canaan, MT. Graves. An ex. tract from the New Haven Journal Courier's account will show that the horoscope had what the 1rishman in the story called "a dom bad twisht" in it:
 Surprising as it may seem to many, John T. King, the new republican national committeeman from Con- necticut, visited Healy's party, and Chairman J. Henry was a guest of Blakeslee. Then both realized the compromisory position and decided to have a party alone. So John T. and J. Henry selected round table on the
 
 slices they were, too, and discussed politics. r. Playing season kept most of the farmers who might have been present away from the reunion. The continu- l ous rain has made crop that must be taken in right away, and they were unable to spare time to come down to Momauguin to hear the latest gossip. For that is what it really amounted to at the big outing. About 300 attended the dinner. and they went away with | the same uncertainty with which they came regarding the political situation. "It was quite button holing game for hunting out the answer to the ques- tion that the whole state now asks: 'Is it going to be Blakeslee or Healy p All that interested them was this sub. 1 ject, and from the number who came down from Hartford, and upstate counties, Frank Healy's friends made the more noise. One man from East Hartford, with n challenge in his eyes, proposed the toast: fGentlemen, here's to Frank Healy!' and the throng cheered and drank to the health of the
 
 l lieutenant, who watched the proceed ings, discounted the toast with the cheerful explanation that it might have been Healy as speaker of the honse and not as gubernatorial possibility. But there was all sorts of Healy noise. I couldn't be more pleased. said MT. Healy, while shaking hands with everybody. It looks fine for me, was what Major Blakeslee said-and there you are.
 "When the Holsters were sent sprawl ing on the tables. Roraback, Eaton, Wilson, Charles Hopkins Clark and Congressman P. Davis Oakley sat to- gether at the guest table.
 There was probably uppermost in their minds the firm editorial that MT. Clark had published few days ago in the Hartford Courant, demanding the renomination of the whole c. O., F. ticket in this state, including Governor Holcomb, yet nary a reference was made to it.
 "'It's mighty breezy down here,' offered Roraback.
 "' What, the weather or the crowd p 
 That girl can certainly swim, alternated Eaton, who was watching the capers of a youngster out on float a hundred yards off shore.
 :" I'm glad we're over this hot spell, MT. Oakey's contribution.
 "Out under the shade trees on the Momauguin grounds, the politicians gathered later in knots, and doped out the political situation, Everybody whispered Roraback had decided to back Blakeslee. after giving the candi- dacy of the local man halt. hearted SUD- polt for a year past. Roraback only said: 'Pshaw' when asked poirU blank how he stood.' The enigmatical John T. Kin& whom both Blakeslee and Healy claim for their camp, would not tell anybody his personal preferences.
 It wouldn't do for me to talk,' he said to the Journal Courier war cor respondent, 'I'll tell you what though, we're going to carry this state by 35, 000 in November. That speech of MT. Hughes was a corker. He'll make wonderful campaigner. The Bull Moose? Why they disappeared in this state the day after the 1912 election. You saw that in 1914, didn't you ? |"