Putnam patriot., 1923-07-06
RIJCKLEY REFUSES
 TO BE CANDIDATE
W;ndhsm County Now Open For Congressional Nom-
 ination
How Larger Cities Are Lining Up For
 1924 Campaign
"MORTLAKE" Special Correspondence to The Put nam Patriot

Hartford. June 25.-Now that Ma ;ar John Buckley positively refuses to bs A candidate next year for the Re- nnblican nomination for congress in Inc Second district it is practically ss-tain that the nomination will go to Windham county. The district has not been represented by resident of Windham county for a quarter of a century, or since the late Charles A. Russell was it's representative. Mr Pussell's lamented death created va eaney which was filled by the election of Frank D. Brandegee of New Lon- don. who continued to represent it un- ii he was elected to the United States Senate as the successor of 0rville H. platt. A New London county man, Edwin W. Higgins of Norwich, sue eeeded Senator Brandegee as the rep reseutatiye of the district, and his Democratic successor, Bryan f. Ma han. and the present representative, Richard P. Freeman, lived in New London.
 The boundary lines are not the same as they were when the district was represented by Senator Brande- gee, nor was it's numerical designation the same. IL was then the Third dis trict, and fl was made up of Windham and New London counties. Today it's constituent parts are the four eoun- ties east of the Connecticut river. When the contest for the nomination of a successor to Mir. Brandegee was in progress, it looked at one time as If the Republican nomination would be captured by William A. King of Wind ham If Senator Brandegee had not exercised his strong personal influence in behalf of Mir Higgins, Mr. King would have been nominated. The name of Brandegee was one to con jure with in the district, as 1t is today. and also in the entire state. It will be seen from this that Windham county will have 8 claim for the nomination next year.
 John Byrne a Candidate?
 The nomination of Bank Gommis- sioner JoGn B. Byrne. whose home is in Putnam, has been suggested in a number of influential quarters in the district Nor is the suggestion con fined to Windham county. 1t is heard in New London county quite often, and in Middlesex county, even though that county has an aspirant for the nomination in General Nj. W. Potter. Commissioner Byrne Is not giving en- couragement to the suggestion; in fact he is positively diseouraging 1t. He thinks that Major Buckley would make the strongest candidate and that if the major would but say that he would ae- cept the nomination no one else would he thought of. Sabin 5. Russell of killingly Is the choice of many people. He is the son of the late Congressman Russell and has all those engaging qualities which made the latter so universally popular, and the intellect ual attributes which made his success in congress so pronounced. Death cut short a very promising career in na- tional statesmanship when Charley Russell--as everyone affectionateiy spoke of him-passed away. It IS not certain, however, that Sabin Russell has desire To go to congress. He has a prosperous law practice, and he knows that it would be difficult for him to give t that attention which the continuance of it's prosperity demands. were he to go to congress. He has been through the legislative clerkships and he made a record for efficiency and courtesy which is remembered to this day. There Is the likelihood that he will be the successor of Frank E. Heaiey in the office of attorney gen eral when the latter's second term ends in 1927. That office is now an
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