Putnam patriot., 1924-01-04

| a canvass Of the congressional district for the nomination and was encourag- ed fs think he would be his party's nominee. but he afterwards yielded e the sentiment for the rcuomination oi Mir Freeman and withdrew HIS friends say that he sill not withdraw io fs24 and that he will leave il to the convention Co decide on his candidacy. ff seauld give the contest at the polls A laeal flavor. for Middlesex county, II the Republican and Democratic eandi- dates should De residents of that coun- tv The last time that Aiddlesex county was the residence 0f Demo cratic congressman was when the late Washington r Wilcox was the repre- sentative of the district from 1889 to lkaa There is suggested coinci- denee in the fact that General Potter, ygE4 may be nominated is a resident of the same town in which hrI Wilcox lived when he was in congress. Moth ing has been heard from the Demo crats of Holland county and there is nothing to indicate that they are nurs- ing the hope that their district con geHt5sn will name a resident of their county t0 lead the Democratey m the f6rlorn hope of wrestling the district from the Republicans. The Second dis trict will remain true Co the .. Q. r.. and protection
 A Pending Amendment
 The amendment to the state con stitution Co empower the governor to veto any particular item m the ap- propriation bill without yetoing the en- tire bill and which is noW before the people for ratification, has been ap- proved by the great majority Of elect ora ia towns and cities in which cleo tians have been held since the adjourn menf of the legislative session Of tJZ3
 So great is the majority in favor Of it that unless the cities, which will vote next year vote strongly against fl the amendment will be approved by the vote uf the people of the state. Three of the large cities New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury-have al- ready voted on it The important cit Iaz which have get to vote on it are Hartford New Britain and Stam- fard These three cities have be tween them a little over 70.0OD voters or about nineteen per cent Of the en- fire electorate of the state. It would require the adverse vote by a snbstan- tial majority of nearly all those who will % to the polls at the coming mu- nicipal elections. added Co the com bafatively small number of towns which will hold biennial elections this year. to overcome the large vote that l has already been east for the amend menf Even when the fact is taken info account that the vpte for the amendment has been considerably less l than the vote on local questions it IS hardly possible ta change the popular decision as it Is already foreshadowed. 1 The people of lhe state have been in different It's purpose has been mis= understood indeed many have not taken the pains ta understand f. But m q democracy such a our state is. ignorance does not yitlate the vote of the eiectur But B rasitiFe danger Turks in the amendment lt will give
 the governor a power which chief
 executive. influenced by personal feel.
 ing-and even governor are human might exercise to the disadvantage of
 persons or of individual interests. li
 was significant that when the house
 voted on the amendment at the last
 session Major John Buckley, though
 as lender he might have been expected
 to support the report of q committee did not vote for it. With his usual far-sightedness he saw its possible de
 fleets and seeing them he could not vote 10 have them embedded in the constitution of the state.