New Britain herald., 1922-11-08
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY

.rorts at the biennial state eiecuo" ,...erdav and may be pardoned II tbev indulge in a feeling of jubilation' so common to the victor in any cause rhev contributed in no small measure to the discontinue of the state oeiho- cratic ticket by delivering New Brita''' .vsr to the Grand old Party. It may he remarked, in passing that this was the only city of the largest i've Tn con necticut which cast it's lot with the winners
 The republicans won here because they offered to the people three can d,dates in whom confidence could pc renosed. The democratic party failed to do this and must accept the verdict as a criticism of their policy There were other factors in the contest which must be taken into considera- tion if the result is to be viewed broadly. The republican party has a splendid organization. It goes apout r,inning elections systematically and can call upon large contigent of workers from colonels down to buck privates. Add to this the fact that in- dustrial leaders were out to save United States Senator George P. Me- Lean and did not count the pennies in sso doing and the reason is quite clear why things were as they were.
 The democrats were badly handi- capned by a schism in their ranks. A great many personal admirers Of ex- Mayor Joseph M. Halloran could not work up great deal of enthusiasm after his defeat for thu congressional nomination by ex-Mayor Joseph F. Dutton of Bristol Resentment was en- Rendered against Mayor Paonessa, candidate for secretary of state, as It was believed that MT. Halloran would have been nominated for congress if the mayor had remained on the side lines. This situation weakened the democrats from the beginning of the campaign. There is no question that 1t had its effect at the polls.
 Another weakness of the democratic ticket was the candidacy of one per- son whose presumptuousness was re- sented. He was especially odious to large numbers of voters who express ed their disapproval of his aspirations by cutting him in favor of his repub- lican opponent
 4 In the general election the republi- can party did not live up to the con- fident predictions of it's leaders. It was only last Monday that Chairman J. Henry Roraback declared with a certain amount of cocksureness that his ticket would win by a plurality of 60,0e0. The suave gentleman from Canaan must have been slightly dis turbed when reports began to come in from cities which showed an over- whelming preference for republican candidates two years ago. AS has been the case on many occasions, the small the G. o. F., running true to form by so doing.
 1af~ s.In must be curbed appreciably by dis concerting reflections on the attitude of the voters in his home town of Waterbury who rendered a handsome plurality to his rival, David E. Fitz- Gerald of New Haven. The vote in Waterbury was one of the surprises of the battle of ballots.
 Mir. Templeton can console himself with the thought that it was bad day for home talent. New Haven gave MT. FitzGerald small plurality in- stead of the endorsement which he expected. Bristol turned on one of it's OWfs SoliS, MT. DuLtOn, ana LOOK an active part in his defeat. New Britain treated Mayor Paonessa inkindly by refusing to put the stamp of approval on his candidacy. And Hartford's SUD- port of Thomas J. spellacy was noth- ing of which he can boast So. Mir. Templeton should not grieve. He will be the next governor of Connecticut and there is a great deal of satisfac- ton in that.
 The most difficult feat the demo- cratic party ever attempted was to re- tire Senator Mclean to private life. All the influence of manufacturing in- terests throughout the state was his to command. No stone was left un- turned to bring dismay and rejection to his derfiocratic opponent, Mir. Spell lacy Senator Mclean has guided his actions while in Washington on the theory that what is good for manu- facturers is also good for the people. In pursuance of this idea he secured the adoption of tariff schedules which