New-York tribune., 1922-10-14

record OF those who denied you the re
national significance whatever so far as
showing any trend of the voters.
The Democrats are basing their
hopes largely on two things--the be-
lief that Spellacy will carry Hartford
his home town, by big majority, due
to his great personal following here
and the Democratic trend as shown by
the recent town elections and by the
registration of new voters. s@
This last is imposing when stated
as. for instance, that New Haven, Hart
ford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Norwich
Meriden, Middletown and host of
gone Democratic.
1t is foundation of sand so far as
Democratic hopes are concerned if the
Connecticut voters are like those of
Maine, who carried their town cleo
tions for the Democratic party with
almost as much of sweep, but who
turner around few months later and
elected a Republican Senator and a
solid Republican delegation to the
House of Representatives
New Voters Democratic
The Democrats also point to what is
called here the ITO be made" voters.
In any other state this would beacalled
new registration In Connecticut a
voter. registers Just once. Then he
stays registered unless something hap
pens. So that every ySyear the men and
women coming Of age, or who for some
reason have never registered before,
enroll themselves. They are the "to be
made" voters. This year they divided
about 1000 Democratic and 5000 Re-
publican.
Such q smashing victory in the city
of Hartford as Spellacy's friends ex-
pect might pull. through with him the
Democratic candidate for Governor, and
would certainly pull through the Con-
gresslonal nominee in the Hartford
d district If this Spellacy sweep of
hartford does not materialize there is
no doubt that the Republican nominee
for Congress here, Representative g.
Hart Fem, will be reelected over
Joseph Dutton, the Democratic candi-
date.
Actually the Democrats are fairly
sure Of one district, the Sd, now rep
resented in the House by John O. Til
son. The Democratic candidate is
Stephen Whitney, regarded as very
able, descended from Eli Whitney. in
ventor of the cotton gin, and amply
provided with the sinews of war.
prlvately the Republicans admit that
TINS district is in grave danger. They
nave done several things with a, view
to helping Tilson, the most important
being to name the candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, Colonel Hiram Binp-
ham, from that district. Colonel Binp-
ham, incidentally, is the strongest Of
the Republican nominees rs e spell
blnder, devoting most Of his attention
TO the accomplishments of the Harding
administration in averting war with
japan through the armament limitation
conference, and in getting the Anglo
Japanese alliance abrogated.
Tilson's Record Noted
Curiously enough Representative
Illson is, from national point of view,
the best known of Connecticut's m EN-
bers of the House, having served with
distinction on the Military Affairs
Committee for some years, and having
been an ardent advocate Of prepared
ress.
This is the New Haven district, of
which Isaac Ulman- is leader. Ulman
combined this year with John T. King,
of Bridgeport, in an effort to unseat j.
Henry Roraback as state leader. AS
usual, Roraback won handsomely, the
biggest surprise being that of the thir-
ty-five women members of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, twenty
seven voting to continue the "old boss"
in power.
This election, incidentally, was re-
markable tribute to Roraback. He was
ready and willing to step down from
the active control of the Republican
party in the state, but the. moment
this became apparent Some of the very
people who had been ;clamoring for the
abolition of bosses in general, and for
his removal in particular, united in a
demand that he stay on the job. Run
ming an insurgent movement was good
fun, apparently, until the terrible pos
sibility of succeeding suddenly loomeu
up.
In the other Congressional districts
there is not much doubt that Repre-
sentative James Glynn will defeat ?. B.
CSullivan in the 5th-the Waterbury
dlstrict--but there is stiff fight in
th. I'd, where Representative Richard
z. Freeman Is being opposed by a
French Canadian, Raymond Jodoin, of
Sprague. Jodoin is an idol with the
French Canadians, and in 1910 came
within "a votes Of being elected to
Congress from this same district. This
Is the largest district in the state, com
prising the entire eastern end The
French Canadians have come over the
Rhode Island line in large numbers,
and they are described by the politi-
clans as being the most eager to have
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