Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
HOMER CUMMINGS FOR PRESIDENT
Democrats Organize Push Stamford Mans Candidacy.-Was Once a Republcan.-Democratc Differ ences Among Leaders-Hartford Republicans Waking Up
"MORTLAkE"
Special Correspondence to The Putnam Patriotl

state to indicate by local election it's political leanings and 1t is admitted that it's result will have an encourag- ing or depressing effect on the Repub- lican sentiment of the state. The Re- publicans of Hartford have not only a duty to the city but to the state and nation to achieve victory at the polls in the spring.
 Democratic Differences
 There is considerable publicity giv- on to the talk that the democracy of the state is torn asunder by the per sonal jealousies and faction feuds in the Democratic party. Considerable is made of the rivalry between the Democrats of Hartford and their fel- low partisans in New Haven for the control of the state machine. It was thought two years ago that the two largest electorates in the state had patched up their differences and that the treaty of peace had been made in violable by either in the acceptance of nominations by the distinguished leaders, Mir. FitzGerald of New Haven and Mir. Spellacy of Hartford, on the state ticket, the former for governor and the latter for United States Sen ator. But in politics as in everything else, the best laid plans of mice and men aft gang a-glee, to use a familiar Scotch quotation. The name of the late Bryan F. Mahan has been brought into the controversy via Mid dletown in a statement to the effect that Mir. Mahan was unfriendly to Hartford's pretensions to state leader shin in Democratic politics, and inim- icai to the leadership of Mir. Spellacy. At the session of 1911 Mir. Mahan and Mr. Spellacv were members of the sen- ate. Mir. Mahan was the titular leader of the Democratic minority, but Mr. Spellacy was the actual leader. He was bright, alert and aggressive. while Mir. Mahan was more inclined to be suave and consolidating. It was with Mir. Mahan's consent that MT. Spellacy took hold of the reins of | leadership, and he enjoyed Mir. Ma | hans confidence. it must be said that | in the marked ability which MT, Spel- l lacy showed as floor leader of the sen- ate he justified the confidence of Mir. Mahan. Hartford has an advantage ] in having the state chairmanshlp filled i by Edward NJ Ieomans q resident of l Holland County. but whose official and professional business brings him to l Hartford every day, Not in genera tion has the Democratic party of Con neetieut had state chairman of such ability and industry as Mir. Ieomans.
 He has an education at Trinity for his intellectual fitness for the position and an ancestral attachment Co Democracy to spur him to exertion for his party 1 But it cannot be denied that the democracy of the state is di- vided and that the divisions cannot be l brought together in genuine amity. There may be q show of friendship, but underneath there is bitter hostil-
 ity. There is superficial evidence of
 t in the relations between Hartford and New Haven. The unfriendliness
 extends throughout the state and no one knows that better than the lead
 CTS It was a bad day for the Demo cratic party when it refused two years ago to renominate Rollin U. Tyler of
 Haddam for governor.