Evening star., 1922-10-26

Anti-Saloon League. l am firmly of
the belief that beer may be legally
manufactured and sold under the con-
stitutional amendment. and that from
.he manufacture and sale Of beer SUI
f1cient revenue may be derived to COM
pensate the soldiers for the moral OBJ
legation which the country owes them,
and help meet the expense OF hospl-
This tax will not be Ar additional
burden upon the people: beer Is some
thing they may purchase or not, as
they please: 1t will not add to the bur
dens OF those already taxed: there Is
no imposition on any one by such a
taxes"
The democratic candidate for sena-
tor Is Thomas J. Spellacy. who was
an assistant attorney general at
WashinEton under President Wilson:
Is the incumbent. Senator George p:
Mclean. The democratic candidate
for governor Is Mayor David E. Fitz-
gerald OF New Haven. and his repub-
lican opponent is Charles A. Temple
ton of Waterbury.
The tarifY question figures as an
issue but not so sharply drawn as in
some other states, since the demo-
cratic candidate is not a free trader
in principle. For instance. he ac-
cepts the duty on tobacco. which 10
a twenty million-dollar industry OF
the Connecticut farmers. but con-
tends that II does not indemnify them
for the increased cost Of the things
they have to buy. created, he asserts,
by the high tariff.
Charges of Ilconsistency.
To his argument. Senator Mclean,
the protectionist retorts that Mr..
Spellacy is inconsistent in accepting
a tariff on tobacco and refusing pro-
lection to the wool growers, the
dairymen and the beet sugar growers
among the farmers in other states
The democrats have to contend with
ly an Industrial state, and IN the past
its workingmen have supported the
tariff This year the democrats are
trying to win the men In the factories
away from protection with the charSe
that protection Is to raise the cost OF
ingmen are rather apathetic to the
appeals of both parties in this cam
The democrats arc making Q SPELL
binders campaign. the republicans up to
this time have been employing educa-
tAohdl moluoOo ulfouSu SAio He" "op@p.~
and the dissemination Of campaign IT.
erature. The democrats scornfully re-
fer to this as "a rockingham" campaign
But the republicans are waking up now.
Senator MCLEAN opened his speech
making campaign last Tuesday night u
this city. with Vice President Coolidge
as the principle talker. When the chair
man Of tho meeting referred to him as
"socd Presidential timber" he received
q tremendous ovation. The chairman
quickly went on the other foot and
praised President Harding. As sn in
stance of the factionalism In the repub-
lican ranks, the republican governor OF
the state, In the capital. who had been
refused denomination by the machine.
was not invited to q seat on the plat
form. but sat In the gallery.
Democrats Declared Top-Heavy.
There is one feature Of the campaign
which is not discussed In the press or
on the platform-the complaint that the
democratic ticket is top-heavy, denom-
inationally. Candidate Fitzgerald. for
the governorship. and Candidate Spell.
acy. for the senatorship. are both men,
bers Of the same religious denomina-
tons
Figures OF the Presidential election Of
1920 are discarded by the political cal
culators here. President Harding car
ried the state by 10000. Before the
women were given the vote. the normal
republican plurality ran from 5000 to
25.ooo' with 5000 as a probable mean.
woman vote. $1,000 might be considered
a normal republican plurality. Can the
democrats overcome Il?