The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-09
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MOST OF NIGHT
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step in to take advantage of any
opening which by any chance and
Through lack of Eason, should ap-
pear.
But with the awakening of the
delegation this morning, and the re-
Tnova1 through the morning sun of
the nfists which has befogg1ed their
political visions the name of Frank
Healy appeared.
1t was not expected that the At
torney General would have the fight
all to himself in the convention and
it was expected that there might be
two or three more ballots, but when
Republican delegates get an idea into
their head properly tagged it doesn't
matter much whether the idea
eventuateS on the first or the third
ballot.
Besides Mayor Clifford B. Wilson's
friends were still making a lot of
toiSe. They were not in this fight and
worry and exchange of ideas durin g
the night and they proposed to go
into the convention and vote for Will
son and the women who have been
up here for two days button holing
all the delegates in Wilson'S favor re-
fused to be shaken off the trail by
any decision of the oracle. The girls,
however are not accustomed to night
sessions in political conventions and
most Of them, a little confused be-
tween the needs of politics and the
ethics of hotel life, decided to give
up about midnight and they retired
to their places of rest allowing the
men folks to fight the matter out in
the later hours.
There was one Bridgeport woman,
however, who refused to be counted
Pieh Of Rri1
port insisted upon staying until the
last gun was fired and she and her
husband were still battling for Will
son.
One of the incidents of yesterday
was the appearance before the Con-
necticut league of Republican Women
to explain to them what it was pro-
posed to do in reference to making
the women voters. In spite of the
hostiIties of most of the Suffrag ists
to Roraback, he was well received.
Senator Mclean in his speech last
night had something to say about Ho-
mer s. Cummings:
THE next scene in the tragedy is
staged in San Francisco in July last.
A few days before the reCk esentatives
of the Democratic party had gathered
together to nominate a candidate for
the presidency, it was officially and
.
Wilson had recovered his health.
Democracy's great leader and peace
maker, Democracy idol and savior,
was well in body and mind and, there
fore, prepared to lead his party to vic
tory once more should the summons
come. The summons did not come. I
will not dwell upon the painful scene
which followed. When the curtain fell,
Mr.. Wilson's political body had been
placed in coffin, richly carved with
glowing tributes of love and conf
dence; i ~ the lid was carefully nailed
down In the touching ceremony
which preceded the interment Mr.
Cummings of Connecticut took a
prominent part It is said that his
voice on that memorable occasion was
like the voice of an Anthony; was his
hand the hand of a Brutus? Did the
Caesar of Democracy, as he fell NOR
tally wounded by the hostile ballots
of his friends, exclaim EFT Tu Homer ?
do not know. I am simply calling
attention to the fact that Mr.. Wilson S
political career was ended by the
Democratic party"