Republican farmer., 1919-07-25
KING MEN NOW PROTEST AGAINST MAJOR BROOKS Republican Machine to Ask Chairman Hays To
 Intercede. DEADLOCK LOOMS
 UP IN THE STATE No Chance to Unite Rora- back and Warner
 Factions.

New Haven, July 19 With the Roraback branch of the Republican
 party pulling one way and the King faction another way, a deadlock is
 looming up in this state in the mat
 ter of picking a candidate for gover-
 nor. The two factions cannot agree
 upon any one and the solution of who will be the candidate of the Re-
 publicans for governorship will mean a bitter fight In the next Republican state convention. That the situation with the Republicans Is getting worse instead of healing up is evidenced in
 the announcement made today that the Roraback machine in an attempt
 to meet the King demands had sug- gested a the candidate for the gov
 ernorship, Major John N. Brooks
 who was Senate chairman of the
 committee on banks in the last ses- sion and a Litchfie1d county man. It was thought by the Roraback crowd that Major Brooks would satisfy the
 King element because in the 1917 session he stood for Col Hank. and the Kingttes are quick to see that ate. Hall was a King man. He didn't get the election.
 The King element having been sounded on Brooks have made it known that it won't stand for Major Brooks. Judge Donald T. Warner is out of the race altogether unless he runs independent of the Roraback support. The old political fued of more than 30 years standing in Iitch-
 field County has not been healed up sufficiently for the Warner -Roraback clements to get together it is said. With no chances of putting Judge Warner over the upstate politicians have trotted out Major Brooks, but Brooks won't go, it is found after running the first heat.
 The Republicans are in a nice fix over finding somebody to run who will be agreeable to the King faction There is talk of Speaker James J. Walsh of Greenwich, making the run anyway in spite of the King faction and the kingites are uick to see that the State machine Is up against 1t and they are talking of presenting the name of Clifford B. Wilson to the State convention. Unless some sort of a compromise is reached there is every prospect of one of the biggest fights that a Republican State con- vention has ever witnessed in Con- necticut. It is suggested today that possibly one of the reasons for the upstate machine in inviting Chair man Hays to this State is to sho ow him the situation at close range and to point cut to him the wisdom of King withdrawing his opposition to everybody that the Roraback wing of the party is bringing forward for the GubernatoriaI nomination. Hays will be asked to use his influence upon King and bring peace in the party.
 Kings friends argue that he will accept no peace terms that means | that the Roraback wing or as King | I,a continuing their dictorial policy. Hays is such a close friend of King and he | reposes so much confidence in the 1 mans management of po- 1 Htical affairs that it is likely that 1 Hays will tell the upstate crowd that 1 he will keep his hands entirely off 1 of Republican affairs in the state. 1 Hays is going to get off the national 1 committee soon anyway, and this is | further reason why he will not med dle in Connecticut matters.
 Much comment was expressed to- day that John T. King was not with ! the big political lights over at the State game farm Thursday. Gossip 1 has it that when Supt. Champion ar ranged the eight course dinner for the governor and the state officers i that the list of guests be asked was ! first submitted to one of the leaders . in accordance with the English style i and that if Kings name appeared on i the list 1t was promptly crossed off
 William K. Nolan of Bridgeport. | the president of the Fish and Game commission Is a close friend of King. MT. King was not at the dinner, 1t was learned, for while the governor and the other politicians were dining at Madison, John T. was dining at the Belmont in New York, with some of . his able lieutenants who brought him reports from Connecticut as to the spread of the boom for Gen. Leon. ard Wood, for the nomination for the presidency.