New Britain herald., 1922-10-14

on the same ticket, An example
 why this is SO was furnished thi
 week in conflicting statements mad by two important candidates who ad , dressed audiences in this vicinity. At his first appearance in Ne'
 Britain during the campaign. Colone } Bingham of New Haven, republica
 candidate for lieutenant governor, ex : horted his listeners. all of whom h assumed to be good republicans, t
 let slip no opportunity to work 10
 party success. He assured them tha
 winning a victory this year would no
 be a sinecure and that the ticke
 could not be elected unless the ranl
 land file of the party removed thei lcoats and sweat early and often in al leffort to corral votes. Other speaker
 on the platform reechoed Colone
 Bingham's words, approving of hi
 statements and endorsing his senti
 ments.
 At another rally held in neighbor ling down this week the speaker wal |Congressman F. Hart Fenn, republi lean candidate for reelection. Taking
 a tack directly opposite to that pur' Isued by Colonel Bingham, he pre-
 dcted that the G. o. P. candidates
 would be swept into office by q lplurality of 50,00n. According to hif view, victory is already assured and there is not remote possibility oi tthe Sdemocrats being returned to power in Connecticut.
 In order to avoid unpleasant situa- ltions of this nature, 1t might be well for political speakers to match notes Ibefore advancing to the footlights and
 putting the pitcher of water and the
 goblet within each reaching distance. Despite Mir. Fenn's predictions, re- publicans realize that they must work hard to win. MT. Fenn is an eXcep-
 ton to the general run of party lead ars, most of whom are cautioning lagainst over-conhdence and urging their lieutenants to leave no stone un- lturned.
 Mir. Fenn may be speaking his con- victions or he may be giving express sion to his hopes. His chances Of ibeing sent back to Washington are mot as bright as some of his friends wish they were. He has worthy lantagonist in ex-Mayor Joe Dutton of Bristol who reports that he is re- ceiving assurances of support wher- eyer he goes. He is waging a quiet lcampaign throughout the district and | Is confident that he will succeed to Mir. Fenn's seat.
 The campaign for congressman has l not progressed to the point where 1t l Is possible to gauge the probable re- suit. This fact is unfavorable to re- publicanism because usually the C. 0. |P. is blandly certain of carrying the day long before the voters go to the polls. Tn district which is supposed to have benefited by the passage of high tariff act,s it would be supposed that the electors. in appreciation of the activity of their representative In ongress, would greet his name with acclaim and rally to his standard.
 The only enthusiasm seen in the case )f Mir. Fenn. seems to be of the sym thetic type, manufactured according to the formula prescribed by the
 medicine men of the party.
 With respect to the preprimary campaign for state representative, the situation locally begins to clear w. E. Rossberg has withdrawn from the race because of anticipated appllca- ton of a business venture which ne now has under consideration. Mrs. kimball has likewise declined to be- come a contestant for nomination for representative, thus taking some ,f the interest out of life. The dec laration by the Quigley faction that it would support Mrs. Kimball and Henry w. Rice gave promise of merry little war within the ranks Many women hoped that Mrs. kimball would seek the honor because they would like to see their sex represent cd from this district However, she knows her own business best. Her decision not to run was not exactly to the liking of the Quigley workers, many of whom thought they had made ten strike in aligning her with thelr cause. Mrs. Kimball was one of MT. Quigley's most ardent workers when he aspred to succeed MT. Curtis as mayor. Apparently the entente is not of a permanent nature.
 F. w. Christ and Judge B. w. AL ling are picked to win the nomina- tions although MT. Rice and George w. Wells are by no means without their supporters. They may be able to convince the registered republican voters that they, rather than Messrs Christ and filling. should be sent to Hartford. The latter two are said O be favored by party leaders who be- 'ieve they would make popular team at the polls.
 Little or no enthusiasm has greeted the proposed nomination by the dem ocrats of Thomas J. Smith for senator and P. s. McMahon and M. T. ker- win for representatives. That is to say, there is no enthusiasm in demo- cratic circles. Republicans wildly ap- prove of the idea because they are confident that they can save their money and reduce the speaking strain on their candidates to minimum if the Smith -McMahon kerwin slate should be named.
 It is not at all certain that the trumvirate will be successful. democrats have expressed the opinion that the ticket would be weakened rather than strengthened by the nomination of such a slate and they insist that they will have some- thing to say about 1t or make their displeasure keenly felt at the polls
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