New Britain herald., 1918-08-15

down MT. Lonergans Hartford ma Jorlty of two years ago to less than 2,OOO, and that he will receive a larg- CT majority in this city against the 1 congressman than he ever did in any of his municipal campaigns. The mayors adherents also state positive that he can carry Bristol and that the towns and villages in the rest of the district will give him enough votes to return him the victor
 That Mayor QuigIey is a good vote- getter no one will deny He has proved this on several occasions in the past, and he has built up strong machine in New Britain which will work unceasingly for him until the polls are closed. The mayors politi- cal cabinet members regret, however. the unfortunate slip made by former Congressman Oakley in presenting Mir. Qulgley's name to the congressional convention. It will be recalled that MT. Oakey endeaVored to impress his hearers with the mayors strength as Note-getter and that he related the 1naJof1ues given him in the three mayoT&ity contests in which Quigley mas been the winner. Strange as it Ihay seem, MT. Oakley recited the fig ures in chronological order. and as the majority in each case was less than in the preceding election, it gave rather the effect of an anti-climax than of a demonstration of strength However, that is considered not to be serious, and the mayors friends as- sert that they are ready to back their faith in his ultimate victory with plenty of money. Thus far no wagers have been laid as that sort of thing
 
 night prior to election day. Conserv- ative democrats do not hesitate to say that they realize Quigleys strength and they anticipate no walk-over in the coming election. Now that Mayor Quigley has been nominated, it is thought that his party will leave no stone unturned to elect him. They scout the idea that the nomination was given the mayor because every one else was afraid to tackle the job of defeating Lonergan this year, and maintain that MT. Quigley's person. alty and his strength locally were the only factors which entered into consideration of the party leaders. At all events, the election promises to be the hottest thing New Britain has ever witnessed and it is expected that things will start to hum next month and continue to hum until the last bell rings.
 Interest is also displayed In the shrievaltv contest with Tom" Egan, Superintendent of State Police as the G. o. P. candidate against George H. Gabb of Bloomfield. It is believed that Supt Egan will sweep this part of the district and that MT. Gabb will have to look upstate for his support. The fact that the republican candi- date is from Southington makes him strong in this section, according to the "dope', and his splendid record in his present office, it is claimed, will help him election day.
 As to the state tickets, political prophets profess to be as ignorant of the outcome as the ordinary layman, and this in itself is worthy of note. Usually one party or the other is req sonably sure of victory long before the halfway mark in the campaign is reached, and not infrequently both parties have claimed from the outset that the other side was mot in it. Perhaps the hesitancy displayed by those who claim to know, as regards the gubernatorial contest, may be , traced to the fact that the conven- tions were held at an unusually early date this year. AS far as New Britain is concerned, it may be stated as fair 1 ly certain that while the republican ; party is confident that the state tick ct will be elected, Governor Holconab is thought, by certain prominent par ty men, to have lost some of his pres tige of two years ago. Demo ocrats are of the opinion that the labor element
 nt of f1io Ivy or11 hn
 ernor and they point out that he will fall far short of his vote of 1916 in ! the eastern part of the state, where, ! it is said, the voters for some mex i plicable reason, have turned against the man for whom they voted almost ] solidly two years ago. Again, the ] row between the G. o. P. triumvirate i and National Committeeman John T. l King of Bridgeport is said to have caused a lot of bad feeling. Older party members, it is claimed, did not relish "eating crow at the hands of the Bridgeport man, and it is an open secret that only the earnest plea of | the Governor for harmony prevented
 an open rupture at the recent. conven-
 ton. Be that all as it may, the re-
 publcans in this part of the state are ! preparing to re-elect the entire state
 ticket and they will be very much surprised if their efforts do not suc-
 Ceed
 Democrats hereabouts are enthus-
 iastiC over the prospects of their can-
 didate, U. $. District Attorney Thomas
 J. Spellacy. They say that his chances
 look brighter every day That no
 steps have been taken thus far in the
 way of "pushing'' him before the