Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-07
sG1s coKEECr1CUT SHOULD
 RETURN MIEAN TO SENATE

RETURN M'LEAN TO SENATE
 Gel Hiram Bingham. republican nom
 inee for lieutenant governor. was a. vis- itnr 9t republican headquartArs tn Hart ferd and upon being asked for his opinion
 regarding some of the issues of the cam
 paign made tAree observations. Colonel
 BfnEkamaS DoEat4on aS chiee of personnel
 h the RRvfce dmtng the Grst months of
 ths war. and his later sAryice in France,
 afforded him greater opportunities than
 Were aforded the average heads of be- enning thoroughly familiar with congress giopal activity during the war period.
 Ills statements are therefore based upon
 hig aGnsl contact with the men and h. eidents he refers to. The paramount is-
 s0e of the campaign according to Colonel Bingham. fSsthe necessity of endorsement of the policies of the Harding admmiStra- ti0n by the people this fall.
 It seems to me" said Colonel Bing- ham. 'that, the citizens of Connecticut aro to be congratulated on being able to vute tais fall to return to the senate Of the United States a man with the ability and experience of Senator Mclean.
 'iCounecticut has had a fine record in tho United States senate and Mr. Mclean
 has been in every respect worthy of his distinguished predecessors During the ffrstayea of tho war, when was on duty II observe the workings of the federal gov-
 ernnent at close range and was very nnrch surpEfsed to observe how many democratic senators and representatives were willing to interrupt continually the pEogrH cG tho war by asking personal l favcEs for their constituents In my po- l sftion in the air serviee I was in posi- tinn to see how far thoughtless and self seeking members of congress would go in i placing the interest of their friends be- fore the interests of the country It
 made me proud of being a citizen of Con necticut to notice during all of this time 1 not a single request came from a Con necticut senator or representative. They were too busy with the larger problems | of helping to win the war to try to
 strengthen their position with their friends. by asking personal fayors- On l all sides I, heard words of admiration for
 SAnatcr McLean'S patient and. persistent attention to the affairB of the nation His position on soneg of the most important committees in the senate: has given him a great influence in directing International affaris. Due to my interest in aviation I I. have followed his course with particu- 1 lar interest and have always been inn T pressed by. his ievel-headed, common sense way of dealing with such matters In no way can ConnectAcuf bring greater credit to herself than by returning to the senate an able and experienced states ] man like George P. Mclean. It goes without saying that by so doing we shal ! also support the hands Of our president
 in all his efforts to preserve the peace o1 1 the world and to keep the United State. in that position of dignified leaderahiI where, she is today.
 \ Last year it was my good fortune te visit many parts of the Pacific ocean and
 toe spend. several months studying th. . present and possible future of our rela, . tions with Japan and the Far East am convinced that at that time Japa,
 WAS steadily and surely preparing t.
 draw us into a long and expensive war
 On every side one saw evidences of th,
 near approach of 8 titanic struggle fo. supremacy in the Pacific Then Presi : dent Harding called the Washington con ference. The JapaneSe hesitated abou 3 acceptfng-they requested that if the, came no mention be made of Paeif
 problems; but with great coolness an, determination President Harding an, = Secretary Hughes not only brought Japai 3 to the conference to discuss Pacific uues tionS but by a master stroke at the yer T beginning of the conference put Japan Q,
 the horns of the dilemma and forced he to limit her naval program and take
 l PoSlCon WHICH makes IL impossible fo q her to fight us in the Pacific Those wh 7 have not come fn contact with the Jap anese question at first hand can hardl - realize what a narrow escape we had q but all those who have studied the uuee } ton win agree with mo that in the resul 8 of the Washington conference Presiden 6 Harding and his administration won B victory of the first magnitude.
 Surely, the citizens of Connecticut ca
 do no. less than east their votes in such 8 way ss te show their gratftnde for such 8 marvellous victory and their willingness Q to surport eae administration.
 d sEvRJene knows that the world toda t fs m q condition of great unrest. No OF + knows what the future may have for U
 in the way of irternztiozal problems. Tn ei record of tho last administration as con F pared wfth the record of the present r, :S pu6iie1n administration points concF1 < stYefy to the fact that our foreign affair ' are nov fn safe hands There should I .r no .qnegtien by foreign nations that tn
 administration has the entire support :. tho American nation. It is most irnpo tant for Connecticut to do her part ' maintaining tho peace of the world ar ;. the prosperity of the United States l
 sending back to congress a solid republ s czn delegation"
 ~ Co.oned Bingham, on account of h position as candidate for lieutenant 20 e ernW oa ths ssxts t1eAet, did not maj F reeeEe~ss eo tss stzte candidates at tn F time. VI
 a wEDDNGA
 eRxnasweH-Anz4al