New Britain herald., 1918-01-11
FRANK ?. GUILF0ILE
 LOOKS LIKE WINNER
Political Witch Guarding Political
 Pot Has Something to Say
(Special to the Herald)


 Hartford, Jan. 11.-Ever since Gov 1 9rnor Marcus H. Holcomb caused his l famous goatee to be shaved off short i ly before New Years, the political pot 1 has been sizzling with a sizzle that was ! never known before. It is said by ye l it fs & sign that when, after being ! Chief executive of state for two years, and you shave off your nous tache, your whiskers, your goatee, or any other hirsute adornment, you will be elected a third time. Be that as it may,'' there are those in the repub lican party who would like to see an- other man named, and this is no mill tary secret-there's a lot of work be- ing done around the state in an en- deavor to plant a democratic govern or in the chair at Hartford. It is a well known fact that the fire is al ways kept going under the poi1tlcal pot. On election night, when the re- turns are all in and the successful candidates are having their hands wrung, they, with their friends, are considering plans for the next cam paign. This is doubly true in Connec- ticut, and ever since Governor Hol-
  work has been going on to elect him i for a. third time.
 The democrats have not been l asleep, either. During the last cam pafgn they trotted out Attorney Fran ! cis F. Guilfoile, of Waterbury, for i lieutenant governor, and this young i man made a big run-but, unfortu- ! nately, he wasn't elected. They tested i out his strength---the powers that be did-and discovered that he was the best vote-getter on the whole ticket. He was and is still, known all over the state not only as an able and conscientious lawyer, but as a man. At the head of the ticket was Judge Peardsley, of Bridgeport, but as the judge hadn't been heard from in sev- eral years and was unknown in a ma joritv of the counties, his election was very doubtful. But the democrats are now said to be casting their eyes over Guilfoile's way. New Haven county, they say, deserves the nomination this year, even though the last democratic governor did come from that county Judge Simeon F. Baldwin. Anyway, the political witch at the political pot says that Guilfoile is the strongest man yet put up for consideration.
 On the other side of the fence, Cliff
 
 taking 8 chance at the nomination on the republican ticket Wilson is now lieutenant governor, also mayor of . Bridgeport He has a mortgage on the chair in tho Park City, thanks to the influence of one King (John ID, who has the city contract to gather all the garbage in Bridgeport. Any way, as a little Christmas present, the mayors salary was given a little boost, a matter of from $3,000 to $6,000 a year Even at that, tho governors $ job would look good to him, and would look good to King. But there are others in the republican ranks who do not want to sec Wilson get the nomina tion He's Q Fairfield county man. So, too, for that matter. is the Hon. Schuyler Merritt who is, at the present time. representing the Fourth district in congress, succeeding the late F. J. HiI. They are thinking of calling Merritt back to take the nom \ inaton.
 But away up in Litchfield county # there's a group of politicians who do &Na little thinking on the side, too, when & plums are passed around.
 Big, bustling Bill Blodgett, who # knows Litchfield county like book, \ probably has someone in view whom
  & chair. Governor Lorrin Cooke was & the last one from Bills town to be gov W ernor Sheriff Frank Turkin gton, the # man who not only knows the name of eNery child born in the county, but can taH horses. cows and dogs by name M is a silent man when he wants to be- \ hut when the time comes the sure
 fire alarm clocks have nothing on & Frank.
 "A Then, there's Winfield Scott Rod 8 gers, of the Bantam Ball Bearing @ company, of Detroit and Bantam # Rodgers is the wit of the house and "a senate at every session, and everybody # Knows him. And if he has anything # to say, he generally says it. But he
 is always sure of what he says. Per "A haps these fellows have someone 1T Fl fheir county who may want to be gov W ernor.
 From Windsor Locks comes tht Word that Frank Healy would 'jus & AS soon" be governor. Frank vii raYe his friends, of course, but not il # fhe Fairfield or Middesex county dele
 gations.
 All counties will be heard from
 erom now on! The present governor
 |srarcus Holcomb, has the inside tracl
 s.ow. aud it is very doubtful that any
 Io1o else will get the nomination kJTcwever, if his opponent is Franl
 uilfoile Of Waterbury, it may be tha
 democrat will control the destin of fhe state when the present tern
 of Holcomb is wound up.
 FACTORIES MAY CLOSE.
 Stockholm. Jan. (Correspon