New Britain herald., 1921-04-09

Of Mr.. Dehm's close admirers will vote
for the democratic candidate on cleo
ton day as they resented the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Wells at the primaries.
However, it is a safe bet that the
first ward will remain loyal to the
republican party by a safe margin.
BY declining to be a democratic
Lillian Reardsley has deprived the
partp of a representative of her sex
for the coming campaign. Mrs.
Beardsley was a candidate for the
legislature at the last state election
and made a good showing although
she happened to be on the wrong side
of the political fence. Mention of her
name in connection with the munich
pal election gave promise of starting
an interesting contest for the female
vote Of the city, as Mrs. Arthur G.
Kimball has been named by the re-
publicans as a candidate for the
school board and her name on the
ticket is expected to lend great
strength to the party.
While on the subject it might not
be out of place to report the gossip
that went around the day following
the republican primaries. 1t will be
recalled that there was a three-cor-
nered battle between Mrs. Kimbafl,
E. Clayton Goodwin and DR.. Z. t.
Fromen which resulted in Mrs. KIM
ball and Mr.. Goodwin being chosen.
The result was a surprise as it was
generally believed that DIR. Fromen
would be named with one Of the two
others. The dropping of the popular
physician created considerable discus
sion, it being the consensus that the
G.. o. P. would be weakened in the
spring campaign of 1922 when a may
or is to be elected. DR.. Fromen, be-
sides being generally liked and re-
spected by men and women of all ma
tionalities, is especially popular with
Swedish residents and the talk is to
the effect that in 1922 they will favor
the democratic candidate if he is a
man OF solid worth.
OF course there is no such thing as
a Swedish vote any more than there
is an Irish vote, or a Jewish vote or
any other vote. The day has passed
when leaders can control others of
their race. But the fact remains that
the Swedish people are determining
factor in local elections and, in close
contest, can decide the winner. If a
sufficient number feel that they were
sighted by the lack of support given
DR.. F'romen in the republican pri-
maries it is possible that they can
contribute in an important degree to
he downfall of the party in the spring
o: 1922. -.-u
Political analysts who do not place
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republican town committee chose to
have DR.. Fromen defeated in prefer
ence to Mrs. Kimball or Mr.. Goodwin,
explain the result by the rivalry be-
tween the Kimball and Goodwin fac
tions 1t was an accepted idea that
these two candidates were out to de-
feat each other. Consequently their
friends worked all the harder and the
result was that support OF DIR. Fromen
weakened as eac hof the other candi-
dates took some of his strength away
Miss Mary Magnell, daughter of Al
fred E. Magnell of the New Britain
Machine company and niece of Rev.
oliver T. Magnell of Bristol, was ac-
corded distinguished honors recently
when she appeared on the program of
the American Harpists' association at
Carnegie hall, New York city. Miss
Magnell who is only 3 years old, is
a student at Mt. ST. Joseph's semin-
airy, in Hartford, and was one OF three
girls selected to represent that lnstf-
tuition at the harpists' convention.
Despite her tender years she is an
musician. In addition
to her achievements with the harp,
Mary has also won other honors As
a writer she is "a young lady of re-
markable talent and great promise
All those who know Mary expect that
she will make her mark in the world
and wish her success in music ana