Connecticut western news., 1920-04-01
RORABACK ELECTED TO
 NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Many Friends in His Home Town Rejoice at His
 Election


 the republican state central commit tee was unanimously elected Con- necticut member of the republican national committee at meeting Tn Hartford Tuesday of the state dele pation to the national . convention, says the Hartford Courant. He will succeed John T. King of Bridgeport upon ratification of the election by the national convention, which IS to begin June at Chicago.
 : Having been previously elected chairman of the Connecticut dele gation, MT. Roraback was presiding over the meeting at the Hartford Club when he was nominated by States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Suffield, delegate from the First Congressional District. MT. Rora- back asked Speaker James F. Walsh of Greenwich to take the chair, and retired from the room, only to be notified few moments later by Q committee consisting of MT. Alcorn, Senator Charles A. Templeton or Waterbury and Charles Hopkins Clark of Hartford, that he was the unanimous choice of the delegation for national committeeman. There was a burst of applause as he re- entered the room and resumed the chair.
 Other Officers of Delegation
 Senator George W. Klett of New Britain was elected secretary of the delegation and Motor Vehicles Com missioner Robbins 5. Stoeckel' treasurer, both selections being un- animous. Senators Templeton, Stoeckel and Klett were constituted a committee to bring in nominations for Connecticut members of national convention committees. They re- ported the list at the head of this column, which was quickly elected.
 Chairman Roraback, being author ized to appoint committee on ar. {rangments and transportation or which he was to be ex-officio chair man, named as the other members the secretary and treasurer of the delegation, Charles F. Rockwell of. Meriden, Major William J. Malone of Bristol and Senator Templeton. This committee will arrange for a special train, upon which it was de- cided to make the trip, for badges, allotment of hotel accommodations and other details. The entire dele gation will stop at the Congress Hotel, the center of political activi- ties outside the Chicago Colosseum.
 John T. King, the retiring nation al committeeman, was not present at the meeting, and was therefore automatically represented by his al- ternate, Frederick M. Salmon of Westport. King is a delegate from the Fourth Congressional District. Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia, delegates at large, and Fayette L. Wright of Pomfret, Second District delegate, were prevented from at tending by reason of thier absence from the state. MT. Brooker was represented by his alternate, Sena- tor Kleet of New Britain, but both, delegate and alternate were absent in the case of MT. Wright and State Central Committeeman Daniel M. Cronin of New London. Other al- ternates absent were Professor Hi ram Bingham of New Haven, for mer Governor Rollin s. Woodruff of New Haven, State Central Com mitteeman John H. Trumbull of Plainville and Frederick L. Lamson of Norwalk.
 May Act as Unit
 After the meeting, the delegation had a luncheon at the Hartford Club Informal discussion of Presidential candidates included mention of sev- eral present possibilities and, by what was said, the impression was gained that, while the majority of the delegates did not appear to fav- or any particular candidate, the dele gation would probably decide to act as unit in Chicago.