Putnam patriot., 1924-09-12

As a a4 rA fft@ktA mat -t+44 aa Ia t- -@- fitzt5srad. aI New Haven, who. tNo years ago. was beaten by a plurality of Z0.000 by one 1f the weakest cAn- didates that was ever nominated oy me ReFui.cans 60 head their state ticket would consent Q trg again, but he persists iu saying that be does not want the nomination.
 Mayer FitzGerald has no taste for leading f3rlorn hopes. He is one oi she Big Four who shape the policies Of the Democratic party in Connecti- cut and under whose leadership the rarty has % often gone down in de feat Mr Soellaey is another Of the Big Fear who has experienced defeat in running as the candidate of his par " for governor. it must be said for Mir Srellacy that he was unfortunate in having as h.s apporent Marcus H- Hoieamb one of the strongest gover- nors the state has had in it's history.
 Homer ;. Cummings, who x. per haps the most intellectual member ot the Big Four. has not put his personal popularity 60 a test by we0ing the suf- frage~ af The voters of the state as candidate for governor. He has been before them al 8 candidate for the United States senate but was badly defeated af the Holls. Perhaps Hr. Cummings may came to the rescue Of tho democracy and consent to lead his rarty this year The political skies are not t0 be sure. pronitious for the democracy. bat a frewHiHg Armament should pot deter a brave man like Nr. Cummings.
 Mayor Frank Gailfoyle of Water bury u5av 6t {eCt fo being chased as one af the Rig Faar. but popular eain- fan k res spofs bic for che ciassiiica- tion. He ls mentioned as possible eardilata. Bat. indirectly. at least. the peonle of the state have passed on his eube material aspirations when he was defeated for lieutenant governor some years ago. I he members of the Rig Foar are personally well liked and thev deserve their personal pop ala ~. But that popularity Is not sheR aE the polls. Since Al smith was defeated for che nomination Tor president Judge Thoms of Waterbury has not been in the field for The Demo cratic termination for governor
 Laber Vote and the Democracy
 The action taken at the convention af the Federation 8f Labor. in er= dorsing the candidacy of La Toilette. is supposed tn be an indication Of the sentiment of the wage earners Of the state os. at least, ef an appreeiable number of them. While II may iH truth. be said that the importance Of the indication is ta be taken at dis= count. t is a straw which shows the trend df sentiment among those who are affiliated Vltn organized labor. l number of labor unionists, and other wage earners who are not union men. generally vote the Democratic rleket and | is not too much te assume that the Federation Of Labor we1la nei % on record as favaring tn La F5lIztte movement II t did not think that its action was in harmony with the sentl- ment o4 those whom the federation rerreser d.
 The strength of the democracy of Connecticut lesseued in proportion to the growth af the La Toilette move mrnt. That Is fact which is general lv conceded and t would be uncandid to q ny it The manner iu which the state was represented at the national convention in New York created q breach between the Democratic lead CTS of Connecticut and the Democratic voters wh eh seems Co be widening with the progress of the campaign. To I'D one is this fact more evident than Q the leaders. who hope that the visit of "Al7 Smith to Connecticut on speaking tour for the Democratic na- tional ticket will heal the breach. MT. smith will have large audiences. He Is the idol of the people in this state. as he is of those in New York. But the crowds will be tribute Go hts per s8nal popularity and not a sign that the reople sbnre his enthusiastic ley- alty to che Democratic ticket.
 Nc one ever drew such large audi ences as William J Bryan. and no lcandidate for tho suffrages of the peo- nle vas ever rejected by the voters ot Connecticut by such large maiorities as those which were recorded against him at three different elections. The curiosity of the people is one thing, and their sentiment is another.
 Fractional Difference.
 T. would be foolish to deny that there are two weak spots in the lineup Of the Republican forces in this state. 0At iH lM aNHM maven anu tue NtilNt Ae in Bridgeport. it was a blunder in tactics to force a fight an Colonel Ull- man last spring for the control Of the local organization iu the colonel home town. New Haven. and it was not chivalrous to begin the fight when the colorei was abroad. The colonel retrieved his defeat few weeks since when he carried the city in th9 eholse of delegates Co the state convention. It Is not good politics to have faetioaal fights in a presidential year The im- nortancc of a national election should u, sr, uad8w everythial cise. even ihe rivalries between factions m a city.
 Nothing else matters in national election but the success of the nation al ticket. Everything else should be
 uhorainated tu that The factieui sts in New if8van should have selected sn or vear for their fight. l. will require the exercise ef State Chairman Rora- backs political wisdom and tact Co see that the success Of the Republican ticket in this state is not imperiled hv .he fa=tional diseords in the larges. electorate tn Connecticut. IL is hard 70 understand why there should be a continuance of faetional trouble in