Putnam patriot., 1924-06-20

week.
Connecticut is slated 10 play fairly
influential part in that circus as il did
in the Cleveland one. Homer Cum
mings will be powerful in the New
York gathering. He will work for a
McAdoo victory, and today maintains
optimism over the outcome.
The majority of the Nutmeg State
delegates will be for Al Smith. at the
start at least. Congressman O'Sulli-
van will be on deck TO boost the Smith
campaign as much as he can.
In connection with the Smith cam
didacy, Washington holds the belief
that the nomination of Smith would
give the Democrats a good chance of
carrying Connecticut. Connecticut is
is Influenced by New York's political
pulse.
If Smith Is nominated it is argued
that he will very possibly carry not
lonlv New York and New Jersey. but
Connecticut and Rhode Island, and
stand a chance of taking Massachu-
sets away from the Coolidge forces.
Ii is stated that If Smith is the DEM
locratic nominee. Congressman 0'Sul-
I livan will probably be reelected. 9th
erwise, it Is believed that the Republic
can nominee in the Fifth District
who will probably be former Congress
man James p. Glynn.-may win.
AT Cleveland
At Cleveland Connecticut early
knew her own mind on the vies-pFesi-
Dental business, and doggedly set out
to nominate Lowden. This accomplish
ed, the Connecticut delegates had to
walk down the hill again. At the end
they climbed on the Butler wagon by
going for Hoover. This was what But
Ter asked and urged Roraback to do.
A Connecticut delegate to Cleveland
can tell one all about Wisconsin and
the rumpus she created. The Connee-
ticut delegates had to sit next the Wis
eonsin delegation. Needless to say,
such loyal machine folks as the Nut
meg State crew took full-throated part
in the tolerant and judicial kissing and
Threatening of these independent per-
sons from the northwest.
Congressmen Not at Convention
Not a Connecticut member of Con-
gress was at the Cleveland convention.
Congressman Freeman early planned
to go, but later changed his mind.
No report has appeared from the
board of engineers of the war depart
ment on the effort TO deepen the
THAMES river up TO Norwich. Il is un-
derstood that the project continues to
meet with questionable official favor.
Still no appointment of a district
attorney for Connecticut. When De-
eember comes around IL will be well
over two years since the vacancy oc-
Cured
The story here is that Judge Klett
Of New Britain, originally recommend
ed for the job By the state machine.
was turned down by the two senators
following charges that he was not SUI
ficiently jealous dry. Since then, Il
is understood the state machine would
have been glad to recommend someone
else II Gov Templeton had only taken
care of Klett with a state job. But
this. Templeton, who has not played
with the Rorabaek machine, has not
done.
Perhaps. II is said. Lieut.. Gov. Bing-
ham. if he becomes governor. VIII do
this. allowing the ancient district at
torney vacancy 20 be filed.
Senators in Disgrace
Loud disapproval of the bonus vote
of the two Connecticut senators was
heard from the Connecticut delegation
at Cleveland. It was asserted by sew
eral delegates that had Mclean or
Brandegee been at Cleveland they
would have been spanked by their del
eeatien as Lodge was dethroned by the
Bay Staters.
Talk was also heard that Lieut.. Gov.
Bingham may oppose Senator Brande
/ gee for the Senate in 1926.
Connecticut is lucky that neither Of
I her senators is up this year" This
comment heard here has as its founda-
ton the fact that were one Of the SEN
ators up there would be a confusion
| of issues, the congressman being for
Coolidge and against the bonus, and
the senator for the bonus and for
Coolidge when other matters didn't
! interfere.
The Bridgeport postmaster case Is
at last a closed chapter. On its last
day the Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Arthur F. Connor. A post
Office committee subcommittee had
found that the charges against him
did not warrant turning down his
nomination by Congressman Merritt.