New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

twill receive a handsome testimonial
 in the form of big vote in the Wa. terbury area.
 MT. Guilfoyle of Waterbury. ex. pressed sound thought when he said that history teaches us not to put
 all our eggs in one basket" As an ethnologist, MT. Guilfoyle made his mark, but his advice was not ac- cepted.
 The decision to add thirty-five women to the state central commit
 tee was a step in the direction of progress as we'll as political move
 to counteract against any good i'm pression the republicans might have
 made by giving the fair sex equal recognition.
 Naturally, New Britain Is greatly
 interested in the effect of the Paon-
 essa nomination on the candidacy of |ex-Mayor Halloran for the democra- tic nomination for congress. It has
 been said ever since Mayor Paonessa' $
 name was mentioned in connection
 with the state ticket that the demo- crats would not select two men from
 New Britain for important offices, thereby intimating that If Paonessa
 were nominated Halloran would be forced to step aside, Such a state ment no longer has any standing in court. On the state ticket there are two candidates from Hartford and two from Bridgeport. If the demo- crats can afford to toy with fate with a ticket made up thus. they cannot increase their hazard very greatly by having candidate for secretary of state and for congress as we'll from New Britain.
 The Conlon- Mangan contest for the democratic state central committee appointment from this city will go down as one of the warmest political battles in the history of the party. The preponderance of Halloran sentiment foreshadowed the defeat of Mir. Man gan although it was no reflection on his loyalty to the party to select someone else.
 It was a delicate task to say which would make the better committee man. MT. Mangan has been demo- cratic worker for years. He has been enthusiastic not only when prospects for victory were good but he has shouted the battle cry of democracy from the housetops when the party was in danger of being buried under a landslide of votes. He was one of the few democrats to get judgeship in New Britain.
 On the other hand, the party has within it's ranks no harder worker than Mir. Conlon. He showed that he has the confidence of the biggest democratic district in the city-the sixth ward-when he defeated two opponents for the nomination for alderman last spring and then went out on election day and won an easy victory at the polls. Like MT. Man gan, he is an enthusiastic democrat.
 Whether the dispute will affect the vote at the November elections is a moot question. Certainly, it will not improve the chances of the party carrying the city. Perhaps the most part of the situation from a democratic standpoint was the dec laration by A. Gorbach, whom MT. Conlon succeeds, that he would not serve on the committee with Mayor Paonessa on the state ticket. It was his belief that Paonessa would be picked for a place on the slate that caused his resignation. He announc- ed some time ago that he was ready to step out if the party wished him to do so. While he loses the office he has the satisfaction of seeing some one other than an avowed Paonessa supporter succeed him.
 While party leaders are pleased with the attendance at the republican outing at Lake Compounce last Sat urday, some of their critics are in- quiring why they were not allowed to hear from several candidates on the state ticket who were more ornament al than useful so far as activity in the outing was concerned. A num- ser of new men who are candidates 'or state office were in attendance as guests but they were not called upon 70 speak and the diners had no op- portunity to form an opinion of their ,aliber.
 Many republicans were also disap- pointed because Lieutenant Governor rempleton was not present. It was that everyone on the ticket