The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-20
DECIDE TO DROP WILSON OFF THE
 6. 0. P. TICKET
Conference of Leaders In New Haven Yesterday
 Swings the Knife.
OUR OWN JOHN T.
 IS LEFT IN COLD
Roraback and Ullman Fra ternize at Gathering of
 Party Counsellors.

Cern1ze at GaLner1ng O1
 Party Counsellors.
 Lieut.. Gov. Clifford B. Wilson of Bridgeport is to be dropped from the Republican state ticket. This was decided upon at a conference yester- day afternoon between J. Henry RS back, Speaker Frank J. Healy of the House. and Col Isaac M. Ullman says the New Haven Journal-Courier. And the significant part of the conference is that the mountain came to Maho- met. For the first time in years the Republican slate for state election was practically decided upon in this city. and J. Henry Roraback, chair man of the Republican state central committee, condescended to come into New Haven county to secure Col. Ull- mans consent to dropping John T. Kings man, Lieut--Gov. Wilson, may or of Bridgeport It was agreed to, rather reluctantly to be sure by the New Haven leader. but after a time the colonel is quoted as saying:
 T am willing to take a chance on 1t Let him go."
 Part of the conference was devoted solely to ascertaining what Leader Ullman would do for Leader Rora- back in the dumping of Leader King, through his man Wilson Oi course, all the political world knew for long time that 1t would be rath- CT more or less inevitable that the state organization would no longer suffer Leader King, however powerful his influence in Fairfield county, and none could discount that Even Col UIlman did not fail to impress upon the Windsor Locks leader and the state leader that Leader King cer- tainly would exert some little inf1u- ence in his bailiwick. but they were all willing to risk 1t, as they express ed it. There was little talk about other names on the ticket
 To the accompaniment of a few ci- gar whifs the conference which will probably mean so much subsequently to the party, ruthlessly decided to lop off the head of the lieutenant governo r. There was little ado about it. no bouquets or soft phrases The two dictatnrs of the deStinies of the Republican party in the state decided without ado that Wilson must go, that no further tolerance of King as fac tor in the state would be endured. To be sure, It might prove more or less of an experiment, but some such words of J. Henry as, Let's slide him anyway" settled the whole thing The remark of U11man that he was willing to take a chance is taken to indicate that he was not quite con- vinced of the eIpediency of the over' throw of King, but he was willing like the good sportsman that he Is to let 1t go at that Later the die was cast and Wilson's goose cooked
 Now it remains to be seen whether John T. King, with his invaluable po- 1itical acumen will abandon Wilson or betake himself with Fairfield county in the palm of his hand righ1 cut of the party or not
 The man who will get the nomina- ton for lieutenant governor is E Austin Wadhans, of Goshen, a mem. Der of inc State Board of Equa1iza- ton
 The reason for the fact of the SC cret conference being held here is tha Col UIIman refused to go to Hart ford. When they asked him for hi support to dump Kings man, he an gwered eff they want anything le them come to me. l have never re cetved anything from the state party and I don't propose now to go t. them" The state cfairmans though the dumping of King of sufficient in terest to get Frank Healy to go witt him to the Elm City, and arrange fo the exclusion of Kings man from tn ticket. Even Kings enemies hay said that the state leader would hard 1y dare to scorn King in such man ner, however, much he might desir 1t personally. It was looked upo, AS an exceedingly daring politica rnaneuver. to be fraught with as muc significance as the famous Goodwin Lake break, and he was advised tha political expedfency would not per init 1t at this time. He certainI could not do it without the aid c the local leader. Moreover. it wa recalled to him the strength of tn Fairfield county delegation strengtl which could be diverted from tn party. The fact that Fairfield po11e a big majority for Holcomb fin hi first election. and also the considera ton of the ehAirmanship of the stat central committee are involved.
 Roraback wants the dictatorship ( the party again. and this political ir suit te King. might easily encourae rebellion among the Fairfield count representatives on the committee, SUI fieient to jeopardize his chances. l spite of all these considerations, wit the tenaeity, for which he has son Fepute, the state leader decided tn: the war to the knife against Kin must begin now, And Kings frient prophecy that it will be war to tI hilt, Such a fight in the fold of u party ss has not been staged since tf Lake-Geedwin fight, will mark tf election, They say that the delegatI to the convention next week will n
 dare to reject Wilson, and there. ms be revolt against Roraback.