Putnam patriot., 1924-04-11
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT PUTNAM CONN., FRIDAY APRIL IT. 1924

mas Republican convention m this state been opened by such an able and stateSman-like speech It was mo- del in every respect. and though it was, perhaps, rather lengthy there was no one in the audience who wished it had been shortened by the exeision of a single word. lt was written in clear. lucid English. Not a sentence limp ed. The delivery was masterpiece of finished elocution. lt has been generally described as "key netem speech. and it was worthy of the de- seription. But the designation key note' was hardly applicable. The "key note. speech of the campaign will come later in the early fall at the state convention for the nomination of state ticket. At that conven- tion the Republican national conven- ton will have been held and the ma tienal platform will have been adopt ed. The national platform will define the policies of the Republican party. and the resolutions of party principles adopted at state and other Repubi- can conventions will be in harmony with it. The official "key note" will
 be struck at the convention in the
 fall It is not derOgatory of the re- markedly able speech of Colonel Bing-
 ham to say that in the order of politi- cal events it could not be considered the key note speech of the campaign.
 But is great merit was recognized when it was given a place in the key note class Colonel Bingham came out strongly for the nomination of Calvin Coolidge for president and in doing so he expressed the sentiment of the Republicans ef Connecticut The delegates to the national conven- uon who were chosen the day follow ing the speech, are all solialy for Coolidge. It is not customary for delegates to be instructed and the delegation from this state will 70 un- ] instructed to Cleveland. lt was not [ necessary Co instruct them. They { know the sentiment of the state and l that it is their duty to vote in ae- eordance with it. That they will do | The entire seventeen votes of Connee l tieut will be in the Coolidge column.
 Against Capitalization
 There were few things which E Lieutenant Governor Bingham stress { ed in his speech which had local [ interest for Connecticut He spoke { strongly and firmly against the ten I dency Go centralization in govern | mental affairs and emphasized the menace to the liberties of the people which lurked in the interference of federal authority in state questions. i He referred particularly to education and said 1t should not be taken out of the control of the state. In de his argument for the decen- tralization of authority he showed that the scope of his attitude on the subject included the relations of the state with towns. In a word he saw 1t was evident that standardization, wherever it appeared, was repungnant to him. In his opinion local autonomy for the state. and for the towns which make up the state. should be maintained unabridged and unimpair- ed if personal liberty is to continue The sentiment has been growing in the Republican party for some years that state rights were being surrender | ed to federal authority and that it was time to call halt and to allow the states to attend to their internal ! affairs without interference from Washington, and that the state was ANR fAAftt AH III AWhh n HAtt satt Governor Rinehamis audience warm ly applauded the position taken by him. II is recalled that a few years since Governor Marcus II. Haleomb expressed similar sentiments on the subject of federal interference with state affairs. It is believed that at the next session of the general as- semblY this subject will come before E.
 A Notable Republican Victory
 The defeat of the Democratic ticket at the recent municipal election in Hartford is attributed by Democrats to the snow storm that set ii al about five o'clock in the afternoon and con tinued long after the polls had clos ed. They show want of humor in laying the blame for the defeat of their ticket on the weather They should have remembered that the weather is always impartial. The snow fell on the Republicans as well as the Democrats without regard to their political distinctions. It did not respect partisan affiliations. If Democrats complained of the un- timeliness of the snow storm the Republicans had no reason to vel come it. If the storm had held off ] for a few hours more registered Re publieans would have voted and, no doubt, there would have been an in- crease in the Democratic vote But the result would have been relatively the same and with victory for the Republican ticket. The campaign was more strenuous than any political contest we have had in many years The amenities were disregarded. The campaign was fought with bludgeons rather than sugar sticks The Demo cratic candidate for mayor, Mir. Kin sella, was held in high personal re- gard by everyone and even among dyed-in-th -the-wool Republicans the ex- precision was heard that it was too bad the Democrtic ticket could not be defeated without subjecting the head of 1t to the chagrin of defeat. The Republicans went into the cam paiRn with a determination to win. They had q splendid candidate in Nor man C. Stevens. lt is doubtful if they could have nominated a stronger one. He had proven his fitness for the position by his work as member of the board of aldermen for q number of years. The Democrats tried Co create feeling against his candidacy because he had been q resident of Hartford only ten or twelve years. Tfs.Fo4 ars4 .stTa4fseafagas that qhfaa