New Britain herald., 1918-06-24
HIN I. KING DEFIES 'R0RABACK CLIQUE
Il Fight to Last Ditch for
 Wilson's denomination

the very last ditch for their favor-
 son, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson.
 om they again want as the party
 lnlnee-for lieutenant governor Like
 strong ruler on the other side, J.
 nry Roraback and Frank Healy
 nounce that they will come over the
 D. at the convention this week with
 |lyal candidate in the person of Fed
 II Food Commissioner Robert Sco-
 MT. King and the Fairfield county
 bubucans are hot under the collar
 the alliance of Col. Ullman and
 ank Healy, erstwhile enemies In pol ps. After the republican congress (nal convention in Bridgeport, Sat
 bay, MT. King was invited to make
 address. In the course of his re- brks, he said:
 No man is a leader-only as long
 the people will let him lead"
 In speaking on state politics, he
 d: ...
 There will be no opposition to the Domination of Governor Holcomb Pm Fairfield county. Now that that eslon Is out of the way, we will |oceed to the matter under immedi- interest. It was at the last state Invention that General Dwight, of |artford, I think it was, moved for e renomlnation of the entire ticket.
 was on that basis and belief that s have supposed that MT. Wilson Was
 be candidate for lieutenant-goV- nor. I want to say here that Wilson
 Il be candidate at the convention
 the last ditch-if he has no other (tes except what he gets from this |unty.
 We are going into the conven- on as the militant section of the publican party-the section that ved the party at the last election, Rd We will ask no favors or quarter, }ld Will give no quarter. When the ne comes when two men can meet
 a room at the Hotel Taft who have |'eviously called each other all the Pmes possible under the calendar Rmes not fit to be mentioned in polite Bcfety-and say who is going on or tf the ticket, it is time the republican kSrty did some reorganization. We make no threats and do not aehsQail. This young man /(Mayor Ialsarn> is as clean and decent in his Fe as any man who ever entered poli- les in the United States We don't Sopose that three men are going to sA the 3S0 odd delegates to the con- 5ention that they, sitting in the pri- Iaey of hotel room. have selected s1e men to be nominated and I say | e. are not going to allow that 70 3appen' without a protest from this ;ad of the state .t. ,"No one who is going to the con- fentiQn from this end of the state will e bound by any ties to vote for llifford Wilson by reason of party )lachine. but we in Bridgeport leave to the delegates own SenSc of Judgment to stand by him if they be- l eve in him. If they do not believe E him they should not vote for him. If the republicans of the State of Connecticut, represented by 3SO dele fates, assembled in a hall are to be fd around by three men. none of hom can carry his own community, (r none of whom did carry it at the |ast election, then the sooner we have reorganization under way the soon Fr they will be paving the way for 'uccess at the national election in 920
 The most stupendously insulting Fuggestion that has ever been heard Tn republican politics in the state is he story that has been announced hat they will attempt to deny this |oung man (Mayor Wilson, a renom- |nation because they are doubtful whether the governor will survive another term and therefore they want some rone in the lieutenant governors ,hair. who is more favorable to them (san you imagine anything more des- picab ble than the trading of men on Ehe governors very life?
 t''We propose, and we won't be Rlone, to support to the last ditch this young man, and if necessary we will go down with flying colors.
 The republican party in the state neess an intensive reorganization such sas we have in the country. There must be something wrong when this country gives as much as it did It is due to a question of manage ment. Fairfield county has been com plimented throughout the United States upon it's splendid accomplish nent at the special election which elected Schuyler Merritt to congress.
 ''They say that this young man
 
 ernor. That is a laudable ambition. l will say for him that as soon as he Saw the intention of his party to re- Nominate Governor Holcomb and the rest of the ticket, he buried his am- bitior and remained merely wit/ the rest of the ticket.-a candidate for lieutenant governor"
 At the conclusion of his address Mr. King was cheered by those pres snt
 F'itzGerald For Governor?
 Dem mocrats are as undetermined 1pon their strategy as the republican leaders seem certain. There has been great deal of stress, laid, from theifs point of view upon the throw Town of Wilson, and possible rebel Non in the republic ranks or even de