Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
BUCKLEY REFUSES
 TO BE CANDIDATE
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A importance. When it was filled by Mr. King of Windham the salary was only s4.O00; it is now S6,000.
 The Jodoin Situation
 The Democrats of the Second dis trlet are hopeful that Raymond j. Jo- doin, of the town of Sprague. will ac- cepi the nomination for congress on tneir ticket next year. He has twice before been the Democratic candidate in the district. It required the action of congress to settle the result of his first contest. MT Jodoin took the un- favorable decision of the lower house Of congress on his appeal in a brave spirit He had made a good fight and fike good fighter he bowed without murmur to the decision. By all the rules of the game he was entitled to a renomination the following year when. owing to the Progressive split in the Republican party the political skies were propitious to the Democrats. But was nominated? Not a bit. of 1t. The Democratic machine of the dis triot decided that while Mir. Jodoin was just the man to lead a forlorn hope, another should have the nom- ination when there was good chance for success. Bryan F. Mahan of New London, very estimable gentleman, received the nomination and he was elected, thanks to the Progressive vote. In the opinion of the Demo- cratic leaders Mir. Jodoin's claim on the nomination in the Progressive year has not been forgotten. or forgiven either, by Mir. Jodoin's friends, even if Mir. Jodoin, in the intensity of his loyalty to the party which has treated him so shahbiiy, showed a willingness last year to fight its battles.
 Municipal Battle.
 The result of municipal elections is taken by many well informed people as an indication, in a measure. of the political thought of the state. By no one Is 1t taken absolutely as such. Ii is at least a straw which has it's own significance. It is for that reason that the coming city elections in three large cities of the state have an inter est for people living elsewhere than in them. The first election will be held in Waterbury. The present may or, Francis P. Guilfoyle, is Demo- crat and a pretty high type of one. He is a candidate for a renomination. His candidacy is bitterly opposed by some Of the leaders in his party. One of the most prominent of the opponents of Mayor Guilfoyle is Senator Thomas F. McGrath, who was the leader of the Democratic minority at the last session of the general assembly. Sen ator McGrath, who, by the way, was a general favorite with Democrats and Republicans, never lost an opportuni- ty on his visits to the capitol to de nounce the administration of Mayor Guilfoyle and to predict his defeat at the polls this year. Senator John Hurley. the predecessor of Senator NJ 'Grath--not the immediate prede- cessor-is also active to bring the political career of Mir. Guilfoyle to Il close. This reference to Senator NJ Grath is a reminder of the remark which the senator made on the even ing before the opening of the session in accepting the election to the demo cratic leadership. We must fight, fight. fight" he said. During the session he became one of the most amiable of minority leaders and en- joyed the personal esteem of the Republicans.
 Senator M'Grath's call to arms when he assumed the office of gen eralissimo of the minority was un- necessary. He found, during the session, that the Republicans were amenable to reason and had no poll tieal regentments
 Rorabaek Solid
 Thre is TO longer any talk in poiit- icai circles of a change in the chair manship of the Republican state een- tral committee. The dissatisfaction with Mir Roraback's occupancy of the position has subsided.
 The notable victory which the Republican party won last fall was hls ratification That was the deliberate verdict of the people of the state on the conduct of the Republican party under his leadership, and it was rem dered after everyone had an oppor- tunity to assail the party and to md fault with it's management. The peo- ple, who were the final court of ap- peal. heard every word that was said against the party and it's leader, and listened to everything said in the de- fense of both and then handed down the decision which continued the Re publican party, as led by NIT. Rora- back, in power. The contest was not fought with sugar sticks. The most deadly weapons in the political ar senal were taken out and used in the most effective manner that partisan skill could suggest. The Republican party, with Mir. Rorabaek leading 1t, won almost a complete victory. The defeat of Mir Glynn. the candidate for congress in the Fifth district. was the only notable one which it sustained, and that was due to the falling of in the Republican vote in Waterbury. the home town of MT. Templeton. the Republican candidate fer governor. The high personal character Of the Democratic candidate for congress, former Senator P. B. OSullivan of Derby, contributed materially to the result. The Democrats of the Fifth district were as fortunate in their can didate as the Democrats of the state were ten and twelve years ago when Governor Baldwin headed their ticket for governor
 Too Much Stationery
 II would really make for the peace