New Britain herald., 1920-09-11
THE OBSERVER
MAKES
RAINBOW OBSERVATIONS
THE CITY AND ITS PElPLE.

i, even pick up further strength afte, the presidential election, the approac3 of which is usually forecast by lett ting down in manufacturing.
 The announcement that Thomas !
 Smith of this city would accept th
 dem ocratic nomination for congreS
 man, if it were offered to him. ha
 failed to change the situation in th
 democratic camp. It is quite certe
 that MT. Smith will not be offered th
 nomination. In fact there are two q
 three others who intend to put up
 stiff argument before anyone else ca
 have that coveted honor. MT. Smitl
 has been identified with the democrat
 tic party for years but it is not be
 lieved that his fellow wilsonians ar
 prepared to start him on the road t
 Washington.
 Mark Leavenworth Sperry has re |
 signed from the presidency of tn !
 Scovill Manufacturing Company, al
 item which is of interest to most locaI
 captains of industry. But it is also aI|
 item which should arouse the interest
 of the young men of the city whl
 have ambitions to climb to the top q
 their respective hills. MT. Sperry en
 tered the employ of the ScoviH com
 pany as a humble clerk at a srna salary. He worked hard and .studie,
 the problems that affected the, bus i ness, and rose by sheer mastery.
 E. O.. Goss. writing the chronolos | of the retiring president, pays tribul | to his sterling worth, but nowhere | the lines can be found a greater coN
 pliment than when MT. Goss says th4
 in his forty years of acquaintance wi1 | MT. Sperry he never heard him mal
 use of a profane or vulgar expressioi As has been remarked before, cha}
 acter is at the bottom of every gent l inc success. -
 New Britain republicans, like thod 1 in all other parts of. the state, haJ l not recovered from the surprises q
 the Hartford convention. Aside fror the nomination of Everett J. Lake {, head the ticket, one of the biGge1 surprises was the weakness of SpeAke, Walsh of Greenwich. who, until tNj very moment the gavel dropped, wS3 regarded as the strongest caifdidat] in the entire list. Walsh had the backing of J. HenrJ Roraback and other party bosses bu at the last moment there was a Gsvitc( to a compromise candidate as it wal realized that Walsh could not vii the nomination. He was heard of onN in a whisper on the first ballot, and on the second he had disappeArel from the political map. It wasAp1j lieved that the New Britain uele66, ton favored Walsh's candidacy untl they learned it was hopeless.
 The strength of Clifford B. wis of Bridgeport was also surprising view of the fact that those who ko5 trol the inner machinery of ConfieeI ticut republicanism were decf4edS, hostile to his elevation from the lieu tenant-governorship. Candidate Lake is present at th| party outing at Lake Compounc4 to! ] day and his words will be/ listens1 to with strict attention, as it VII H| 1 his first opportunity to make put. | lie address. l Tennis enthusiasts hope that tn city government will provide sufff | cient funds to increase the numbe ] of courts at Walnut Hill park nex 1 summer. The game of tennis hai | many ardent advocates in this city 1 as is demonstrated by the large at 1 tendants at the courts. Tn sport | an excellent diversion and it also pro | vides strenuous physical exercise com bined with the sharpening of the men ! tai faculties. Public officials shoul, recognize the demands for nor courts as under present condition are barred.