New Britain herald., 1924-12-10
CONNTCTICU1"S ELECTION CAMPAIGN WARNS IP

CAMPAIGN WARNS UP
 The political barometer of Con- nccticur reads "fair and warmer; hot wave ljko'y" Somebody will be elected senator at the election of December IS, and the battle is be- Ing waged hy the J. Henry Rorahack political machine Of the state, which seeks 10 project Governor-Elect Hiram Bingham into the '. g. sen- ste after the people had just con- ciuded electing him governor, and Hamilton Holt, an independent can- oidate of the highest rank who hap pens to be running on the Demo. Cratic ticket.
 The political machine which operates in the Connecticut turis- dicticn IS strong and mighty; 1t scatters a tremendous amount Of mud as 1t waddles about. In this campaign it is scattering even more mud than usual. which may be due 10 the mild. wet weather; or per- haps 1t may be due 10 the natural workings Of the machine.
 Hamilton Holt has been called everything from a bolshevik to carpetbagger; his character has been assailed, bis good name assassinated. The intelligent voters of the state, including those who consider them selves affiliated with the Republican party and habitually vote that ticket, are supposed to like this species Of muck-spattering campaign, but we greatly doubt it. The most disgust ing phase of the campaign has been the manner in which the Roraback organization, with its mouth organ, has conducted it in behalf Of it's pet candidate.
 There is one safe rule and guide in such a situation, however, and that is not to pay the slightest at tention to the slimy contentious of the machine rropagandists, To do so prevents just and equitable con- sideration Of the issues, prevents a sane mind from considering Bing- ham from the standpoint of his qualifications, and dlsaIows proper conception Of the characteristics of Holt.
 In noting the intolorable muck raking of the Roraback organization, those who are not politically weak minded will turn away in disgust. This disgust may take several forms opposition to the organization sponsoring or permitting such mani festatons of r0ttenness, that disgust which stimulates apathy and a de- sire not 10 participate in the voting, and that disgust which turns voters from the political organization spouting the lava flows of islander and is candidate 10 desire to get even with tbe clique by voting for Holt
 All three forms are taking holt" Holt began he campaign with slight chance Of beng elected; hut today, largely due 10 he mistaken tactics of the state po1"cal machine, his chances have us."y improved. This isn't saying he VIII be elected, but if the sordld campaign of the state organization conHuuos lo will have better than fighting chance.
 Senator Nos.s va9 attained dis tinction by fai.ing 10 taoh up maJor FernbHcan 7orrtes Q, inc alminis- trs,ion. and who was not e@en d. lowed to 7aruclpate as a delegate from his sta'a in tue Republican na- tionaf convention, was slated 10 fake charge in Connecticut during thc campaIgn, but has been recalled 10 Washington. Senator Borah, nho has had mans sized fight with the poIitical maclhnists in his own state, was dated to come 10 Connecticut to hcIp Binrrau; but i. was forecasted Shat as soon as he discovered the exact nature of ,uc campaign his heart would not he in the work, This prophecy has camo fru" and he also is ucing "re'atnrd" in Wash ington
 The retention" Q. tnos, outside influences in Washington cannot be regarded as anything olse lur a slap at J. Henry Rorabaca's management ot the campaign. O. course, others will be shifted to the battlefront in obedience to the frenzied calls Of the state cbairman; but more import ant than speakers from the outside Is reform in the type of campaign ,bc organization is sponsoIlnG'
 The issue in the campaign 'S ma chine domination; whether b'hs- ham. elected to be governor. shall