The Washington times., 1922-08-29

sSsEsSAs'A~Sz ventions, and
WILLIAM HARD they will have
| started to say their say in one OF
the grandest internal factional Re.
publican tempests now existing In
any State in the Union.
This tempest proceeds from the
general direction of Bridgeport. and
Of Mr.. John T King, boss Of Bridge
port, old and valued friend and ally
Of the late Senator Boies Penrose.
Of Pennsylvania. and also close
friend and political manager Of the
late ex.President Theodore Roose.
welt.
Proceeding from Mr.. King, 1t is
a first class tempest, with all the
winds and waves in 1t, bowling and
moaning in excellent time to
given destination. The destination
is the rock on which in the midst of
all these angry seas there can be
observed the large, clinging form of
Mr.. j. Henry Roraback, vice presi-
dent Of the Connecticut Light and
Power Company. member of the Re-
publican national committee from
Connecticut. chairman of the Repub-
lican State committee within Con.
necticut, treasurer OF the Repub-
lican party within and for Connect
cut. and disinclined at this moment
to cease being any Of these things.
The purpose of the tempest In to
wash Mr.. Roraback from the ca
pacious rock, where he holds these
numerous Jobs and to set him
adrift and watch him drown in the
name of the publication OF the
party.
1t is claimed by Mr. King and
also by Frank z. Healy. who is
attorney general of Connecticut,
and also by Col. Isaac M. Ullman,
who Is Republican leader OF the
city of New Haven, that the recent
deplorable defeats Of the Republi-
can party in the mayoralty cleo
| tions in the cities of Connecticut
must not by any means be attrib.
uted tol any popular dissatisfaction
with Warren Gamaliel Harding.
but on the contrary. must be
ascribed overwb elmingly, II not
totally, to popular horror OF the
wickedness of J. Henry Roraback
II Is charged against Mr. Rora-
back that he secures valuable IA.
vors for himself as vice president
of the Connecticut Light and Pow
er Company by having a great in
fluence with himself as member of
the Republican national committee.
chairman of the State committee
and party treasurer.
1t is charged against him that
when he distributed party Jobs
and disburses party funds in his
capacity as Republican boss, they
all come back to him in franchise
laws and taxation laws which are
very nourishing to him in his ca.
pacity as industrial magnate. 1t
has to be said for Mr.. Roraback
that he does not cover beneath
these charges.
When observed in his headquarters
here in Hartford. he was not looking
thin or pale. He has the big body,
the wise white hair, the thick mus.
tache, and the confident cigar that a
great political boss should have.
The deplorable position in which
the Housatonic river had made its
way to the sea for countless ages be.
fore the Connecticut Light and
Power Company took hold Of 1t is
changed. 1t did no work. 1t had no
power plan in it. Now 1t has one
and a good one, and II radiates light
and power from its working waters
to thousands of appreciative fac.
tories and happy homes.
This all has been done by the Con.
necticut Light and Power Comprny
and the Republican Connecticut
party organizations; and Mr.. Ro:a.
back is prepared to defend both Of
them against all corners, and par
ticularly against Mr.. King, Mr..
Healy, and Colonel Ullman. The ex-
listing situation has brought great
necticut and Mr.. Roraback stands
pat.
Meanwhile it appears that both
the Roraback element and the King
element are in favor Of the renomi.
nation Of Senator Mclean to the
upper house of the national legis
lature at Washington. There
seems to he unity on that point
The disunity is on the question: I:
who Is responsible for the way
in which the Democrats are creep
ing up on the Republicans in Con.
necticut?"
Mr.. Roraback notices that Mr..
King and Colonel Ullman have lost
their own cities Of Bridgeport and
Of New Haven to the Democrats
Mr.. King and Colonel Ullman have
had It brought to their attention
that Mr.. Roraback and his friends
have likewise lost Hartford to the
Democrats. Both sides claim that
the trouble 10 principally local and
factional and that Connecticut Ia
not moved by any general revolt
against the Republican party on
national issues. They claim that
united Republican party will again
carry Connecticut this fall. So to.
night the Connecticut Republican
rank and file voters will 70 TO their
quaint old town meeting and ward
meeting caucuses and begin to de.
eide whether the uniting Of their
party shall be done by the Gus.
tomary Mr.. Rorabsck or by the up.
rising Mt. King.