Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-01
Brandese. of Connecticut.
(St. Louis Tines,)

The concentrated efforts of tEe friends of Mir. Wilson to defeat Senator Frank B. Brandegee of Connecticut are rot sur prising. MT. Wilson threw all his ener-| gy into the defeat of senators and rep
 resentatives in his own party who tried
 to follow their own conscience instead of
 taking White house orders. When his in- fiuence was at high tide, he had marked success, although recent results in Geor- gia denote a reaction.
 Senator Brandegee is peculiarly per- soma non grata to the White house. It
 was his cold logic that showed Mir Will sons vague knowledge of the 'Consti-
 tuition" of the league of nations, in the famous White house conference. Senatof Barndegee also scrutinized the ''constitu- 1 tion" after it had been revised into a covenant" He saw it's vital defects as early as anybody in the senate and his
 interpretation was an unerring guide to
 every student of the scheme. Many of
 the best speeches were based on argu-
 ments furnished by Brandegee, although
 he has indulged in infrequent oratory
 himself.
 He has been in the senate over 15
 years, being chosen to succeed Orville H Platt, who died after 26 years of con | tinuous service. Senator Platt was con. Il ceded to be one of the most influential as he was the most disinterestedly pa, I triotic, members of the senate. MT. Bran .l degee was chosen from the house to fiI Il the vacancy, an honor that any man il America would have deeply prized. Int
 present writer who had great generation -I for MT. Platt, viewed his successor witl doubt until he attended an inquiry con } ducted in what was then Indian Terri , tory, by a notable senate committee composed of Clark of Wyoming Ga grea l lawyer), Teller of Colorado who Cha, been secretary of the interior), Clark o r Montana (famous for his practica knowledge of mining affairs, with whicl 7 the committees largely dealt), Long 0 l Kansas (who had a neighborly kncwl ? edge of people and conditions, and Bran degee of Connecticut, the .'baby mem l ber.''
 ' Mr. Brandegee took little part in rou . tine matters, as became a senators
 Hedging. But he was always awak'
 When some witness was about to leav the stand without revealing all he knev
 1 it was keen question from BFandege l. woh seemed to see into the heart of eS
 cry problem, that saved the sitiatol n This is a faculty for which he is ia d nous among his colleagues and his sel . Ivice especially in committee matters, !, more valuable than the combined wor ' of dozen senators who might be qame f In taking his position against the leagr II of nations, he broke wish many, if n' |. most of his old associates in polite , The people of his state were thought n be almost unanimously for the leagu a But he had studied the matter out ar . felt like a soldier on the battlefield. E d would have died in his seat before l .o would have broken his oath of office, t. he saw it. and let the country in f.
 countless woes.
 ,-l Connecticut which sent to the Ci, '. war more volunteers, in proportion to i it male population, than any other stat is and offered President Lincoln more. ca ,u not forget the nation now. It cannot fo ,e get it's Charter Oak. If the old spil
 lives one of the brightest features
 election returns will be the news of t