New Britain herald., 1920-10-30

psouty or VaSellao on HIS nalr anu HIS
 boots shone like the eye of . banshee.
 And then imagine the blow to his young pride upon emerging from his
 home with his mothers kiss still
 haunting his lips, to find this collec- ton of relicS,-man, horse and car r1age-waiting at the porte cochere. If this were a movie scenario the young man would have indignantly
 walked to the polls. But it is story from life and the fact remains that he
 swallowed his pride and climbed in > k with anything but home, James confidence. And it is further on record
 that when he reached the polling
 place his sensitive soul was further L grievously wounded by seedy look
 ing individual disguised as voting
 booth official who remarked, as the
 youth received his paper ballot. Hurry up. Kid. there's a lot of men
 behind you that want to vote"
 Such are the disillusionments of
 life Pride cometh in the Fall.
 All straws point to a successful drive.
 for $600,000 for the New Britain
 General hospital. It is being recog-
 niZed more and more that an up to
 date institution with modern equip
 ment and a sufficient number ofskilled
 AA
 gress. Consequently there should not
 be any hesitation toward giving free
 ly because it is for public improve
 ment of the first necessity. %
 Since the coming of Superintendent 1 Fay. the New Britain hospital has inn
 proved in efficiecy and morale. He has
 proved to be an inspiring leader with
 the customarydisregard of a leader for
 red tape. He has shown by his conduct
  belongs to the people and he has suc-s ceeded in gcrminating this spirit successfully among members of his
 staff <-1N Clarence F. Bennett is an ideal man
 to have charge of the campaign. Thosf who know him are fully cognizant of his energy and direct-action methods. He enjoys the confidence of those who | are assisting him in the undertakings and he is well known to the man iii
 the street as ''go getter'' who gets. No ether man in the city could so completely measure up to MT. Bennett 1 for this big job and if he needs heart
 ening he can rest assured that the community will back -him to the last l thin dime. The decision of the publicity com-
 mittec to select a slogan submitted
 by one of the school children is a
 practical plan which should give ad.
 ditional impetus to sthe campaign. II
 will carry the drive into nearly every
 home in the city. Parents will natur.
 ally be interested in the slogans sub
 mitted by their offspring and their de- l sire to help will be strenghtened.s Although the drive has not been
 started there should not be any lack of confidence. This does not mean that
 the workers will succeed without l Sf
 Britain never quit yet and it doesn't 1 intend to quit now. .- z Democratic leaders may as we'll
 prepare for bad news when the votest.
 are counted on election day. Unless a 1 miracle occurs, New Britain will safvsS ! the republican party a big majority The victory will have been earned
 by the G. O. F. strategists because from the earliest part in the campaign they have betn con-
 centrating their efforts on strength+a
 ening their organization. which
 was already in 9 healthy coridi-
 tion. Organization wins in politics or.
 business and the republican nach1nI
 has built up an organization here that i has no rival in the state or even the nation. Of course work of this nature re, qufres money and in this the G. O. F. has been fortunate having affiliated with it a majority of the moneyed men of the town who have never
 hesitated to contribute toward tn {,
 war chest when such contributions
 were necessary. Moat of the manufac- turers are republicans because they feel that the republican party's policy of high tarin for protection of Amer ican industries is the correct one tA pursue. As the man ufacturers natur- ally have more money than the
 ordinary run of us mortals they arc able to supply the sinews of war on a \ generous scale. " Compar with their rivals the dem are as poor as chhrch mics. { There are not many men in the party
 who have reached that stage of af-S
 f1uence which permits them to opan
 their purses. And if money talks, the democrats will not speak much above whisper next Tuesday. 1t-> -F There are several factors which may help to stem the tide in New Britain. As an example might be cited the case of Congressman Lonergan
 of Hartford who aspires to wear tin toga of Senator Frank B. Brandegee Gf New London. MT. Lonergan is the one party need stand in fear. His crush ing defeat of George A. Quigley m their race for congress is still fresh in the minds of the voters. It will be recalled that he carried New Brit ain by wide margin Whether fA