The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-05
Democratic Party the
Party of the Murphys,
the Brennans,the Tag
CARTS, Senator Brande-
gee Says - StOeckel
Talks of the Cover
nOrship and of the
Bridgeport Jitneys-
Bloody Shirt, Sedition
and Other Lovely
Things Waived At the
Democrats.
(By a Staff Writer.)

Danbury, Aug st was a. jolly
good natured crowd that attended the
! Merritt dinner at the Danbury Fair
Grounds yesterday afternoon and ex-
! cepting those few whose self-im posed
duty it seems to be to guide the flock
and select the leaders who will guide
the Republican party to the slaughter
at the polls next November, everybody
had a good time
Not even the fine singing of the
Alpha G1ee club, which rendered a
number of popular and patriotic Sc
1ections nor the martial music pro-
vided by the Danbury band nor the
Ireading by Congressman Merritt of
IhiS speech, nor the waving of the
bloody shirt by Congressman Merritt
or the characterization of the Demo-
cratic party as the party of the Muir
phys, Rrennans and Taggarts by SEN
ator Brandagee, nor the witty speech
of Miss Helen b Boswell of New
York, nor the stentorian voice of
Congressman Chandler caused the
warm sunlit air in front of the grand
stand to move rapidly over the hea ds
of the audience and seek quiet on the
grassy lawn beyond could quite re-
move the gloom that had settled on
the conntenances of the leaders when
they discovered that it was impossi-
(ble to get the brethren from the va
tentatively agree on candidates for Che
state ticket
g. While the affair was ostensibly
Fairfield county affair it was remark
-ed by those present that Fairfield
county was not much in evidence dur
lsing the speeches nor at the meeting
of the state committee
:, Neither John T. King, leader of
Fairfield county, nor Col Isaac Ull-
1A,1 ,f II tu
isgraeed the occasion by their presence.
fF'riends of both of the leaders in
lformed anxious inquirers that they
were taking their vacations John T
Fis at Moose Head Lake. Maine, and
Col Ullman is also sojourning in that
gsection of the country Friends said
fthat there was nothing significant in
lboth of these leaders taking the va
Fcation at the time of the state COM
mittee meeting and denied that they
had joined forces TO down the Rora-
,back crowd from up state
Inquiry as to the probable candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomination
were not productive of satisfactory
results as the person inquired of
would usually counter with what do
you think of Walsh or Templeton. or
Wilson or Brooks or Stoeckel or any
other number of banker, business
man politicians of note or otherwise
throughout the state who would like
Barkis. like to have the anxious and
listening multitude understand that
they are willing
1t looked as though the upstate
leaders were at the present time U.s.
ing the candidacy of James F. Walsh
as a cover for the man who will be
eventually selected as it is getting tc
be apparent that Walsh cannot be
nominated with the opposition of tht
king forces in Fairfield who are join
ing hands with the Ullman forces oi
New Haven in pushing Senator Tenn
pleton for the nomination
Senator Templeton's friends sait
that the Walsh boom was at a stant
still and that Templeton would b,
nominated over the opposition o
Rcraback and his friends if the.
did not see the light and swing thei
support to Templeton in time. Tn
Roraback henchuen kept repeatin;
to II but Walsh But when the
discussed the matter a little furthe
they would suggest that John Brook
of Torrington was a good man,
banker and had lots of money.
But underneath all the booms wa
the sentiment that Motor Vehicl
Commissioner Robbins B. Stoecke
would make a line run and to i'm
partial observer it would appear tina
Commissioner Stoeckel is the actua
bona-fide choice of the Rorabac
crowd and that the other men the
mention are simply covers until tn
Templeton onslaught can be sized up.
Commissioner Stoeckel, when Ques
ton by the Times man as to hi
chances said, We'll, now, told til
boys that I would do anything the
thought best and If they wanted m
to run I would do It. But yo
know I am very busy now"
81 think the Times is not fair wit
me on the jitney matter in Bridge
port" said Commissioner Stoecke
The Times editorial in reference I
= my enforcement of the overcrowdir
of jitneys IS not fair. I am simp
enforcing the law in reference to No
tor Vehicles. 1 have nothing to
with the enforcement of the law
reference to the overcrowding of tro
ley cars. That is the duty of IL
Public Utilities Commissioners. VIII
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