Putnam patriot., 1924-01-04

Hartford. Jan. Lit is evident from the eourse taken by the Demo cratic majority .n ihe board Of alder men of the city of Hartford that the Democratic party of the capitol city iz riding for q fail at the municipal election next spring when full city ticket will he elected for the following twe years There ia vacancy n the representation of tho Fourth Ward caused by the resignation of one of the two aldermen from Che ward. De re- tiriuR alderman was g Republican and under the charter no one but a kepub- hcan could be elected Co succeed bun. The filling of the vacancy degolyed on the board ef aldermen Courtesy suggested that the selection of the sue cess0r should be left to the Republican minority. The Republican ward com mittee selected a man for the vacant aldermanship and the Republican rnemhera of the board favored fis clec- ton. But the Democratic majority has prevented action on the matter Tor about a month for no other reason than that the Republican candidate was unacceptable to the democracy. The result is that the ward has been deprived of its full representation in the board and the city of the services of an alderman. To say the least the course of the Democratic majority has been rather high handed. fl the Dem ocrats in the board of alderman need ed the advantage which the situation afforded Co secure it's control of the board. # would be easy Co zee parti- san necessity to justify their course. But the advantage was not required for the continuance of their control Of the board. Their course is nothing else than partisanahip gone mad. The Fourth Ward IS ore of the most pop uloua wards in the city and the result of n city election may turn on the sen timent of the voters uf it. The resi- dents of the ward feel that the board of aldermen has been unfair to the ward in depriying them Of an alder man and they are resentiul towards the administration. The resentment is shared by Democrats and kepuhli- cans alike and the effect of fl will be seen at the polls in the spring lhe Democratic majority in the board are. by their lack of consideration and courtesy. inviting q defeat for their party.
 In Second District
 l. ig not expected that the Demo cratic nomination for congress in the Second district will 70 a-begging next year. There continues Co be the pos sihIiItg that Windham county will fur uish the candidate and that be will Doe Frank r. Fentan. the town clerk ot Windham, and who was the leader of the Democratic minority iH the house of representatives at the last session. Mir. Fentou has not said that he la dc- siroHz of congressional hoH8fH. but his friends say that he will be in the field for the nomination Raymond ]. Jo. doln will, unless all signs fail. be tht New London county candidate MT Jodoin has been the Democratic can didate on two previous occasions. On one of these occasions he gave the Re publcans jolt by the strength whief he developed at the polls. He eam' within less than eighty votes uf dc feating Edwin V Hierina of Norwich There is no doubt that Mir Joduin b in receptive mood and that he will accept the nomination if he is th, choice of the Democratic convention haHa x un HeHa iouul ruWur that Middlesex county wili have | eaHdi date for the Democratic nomination < prominent resident of that county General Nj w Potter, of Deep River is in the field Tor the Republican nomination. Two years ago he made