The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-15
RORABACK EASILY
 HOLDS CONTROL. OF
 REPUBLICAN PARTY
State Chairman Routs Ullman-King- Healy Forces, but Loses to
 Women Voters.

J. Henry Roraback is still master of the republican party in Connecticut and retained his control of the party thsi week at the state convention in New Haven after one of the most bitter fights ever waged in the c. o. .P. When the Ullman-King-H -Healy forces, which were after J. Henry's scalp, counted noses in the state com mittee meeting that followed the con vention proper all they could muster was 12 votes against B for the state chairman and he was returned as head of the party on the first ballot. In only one instance did Roraback lose his grip and that was when the wom en delegates to the convention, sup ported by many from the Republican Major John Buckley to standstill on the question of adding women to the state committee. The women won out signally and the committee was instructed to within IS days from the convention provide for women mem bers on the committee, one from each district
 The convention itself was a long drawn out affair, starting, with a two hour speech by Senator Frank B. Brandegee which was nothing but weak defense of the non-doings of the present national administration and. the members in Congress from Con- necticut. Only once or twice during the entire delivery was he interrupted by applause and even then 1t looked as if a clique 4had to start it. As keynote speech, intended to lead the party to a vigorous campaign, even staunch republicans admitted it was a failure.
 The platform was denounced from the floor as mass of glitter1ng gen eralities intended to becloud the real lutions was in session the platform as almost entirely adopted later, was handed in to Delegate Woodruff of Litchfeld for presentation. It start ed scrap right there, Russell Rice of New Haven, representing the Ullman combine, offering mass of blanks that were so nicely incorporated by the subcommittee that even the sup porters couldn't recognize them. Rice brought the matter on the floor of the convention and was ably seconded by Colonel Ullman who was prompt ly squelched by the chairman of the committee, Judge Nickerson of Corn wall, in the one and only lively and caustic debate of the convention. The platform as adopted then says lots but means little.
 When the nominations were started former Governor I1olcomb named Senator Mclean and he was renom- mated promptly. Then Lieutenant Governor C. A. Templeton of Water bury was named for governor and went over without opposition, as did nf nd New Haven for lieutenant governor. The first test vote of strength came on the nomination for secretary of state when Judge F. A. Pollotti of Hartford, a Roraback man, defeated the present secretary of state, Don aid J. Warner, fir. The vote was $50 to 235, showing that the Rora- back forces had full control of the gathering. Another test came on the comptrollership when Frederick Sall- mon of Westport, a Roraback man, defeated Senator Howard $. Challen- ger of Bridgeport, aligned with the Ul1man-King-Hea forces. The vote was even more pronounced being 384 to 1o4. c. Harold Gi1patric of Put nam was renamed for treasurer and then came the office that was expect ed to cause great fight.
 That was the attorney generalshlp held by Frank E. Healy of Windsor Locks, who had been one of the trio after, Mr. Roraback. Everyone sus- pected that Roraback would come back by busting Healy. Instead the big chairman sat quietly on the stage and didn't even offer an opponent to MT. Healy and to the surprise of everybody Healy went ovez, breaking a precedent of the party never to re- nominate the attorney general.
 It didn't take long to settle the state committee chairmanship. Col onel Ullman and John T. King were members and the former started right in for showdown. Charles A. Gates was their candidate and both King and Ullman voted for him but to no