New Britain herald., 1924-11-08

Senator "Jtm" Wadswofth or New York, who spoke at the Third Ward Republican club outing at Lake Compounce in 1923 and whose politi- cal fortunes have been followed by local observers, Is in danger Of los ing his crown as boss of the c, .. r. in the Empire state,
 Young Teddy Roosevelt, defeated candidate for governor, proved to De the block over which sunny Jim stumbled. When 1t was first report ed that Roosevelt would accept the party nomination for governor there were protests from other fac tlons which wanted to name the man. But Senator Wadsworth in- sisted on Roosevelt and he won out. Then came the victory of Al Smith, democrat, at the polls, Being hu- man, disappointed politicians began 10 seek a reason. and they hit upon Wadsworth's insistence that Roose- welt be named in spite of their judg- ment that he could not win.
 As a consequence of his protege's defeat, Senator Wadsworth has lost prestige. Politicians want winner Like fickle maidens they quickly turn from also rans. They are be- ginning to turn away from Wads- worth, it is reported, and question his power of dictatorship. The sit nation would not be so bad from wadsworth's standpoint if the whole ticket had been buried in defeat But all other candidates, many Of them sponsored by men who were opposed to Roosevelt originally, won at the polls, and they are already beginning to say T told you so',,' They are throwing out their chests and dropping their mantle ol humility with Wadsworth forced them to don when he pu' young Roosevelt across at the State convention in September.
 Things could be worse. Wads' worth is still a United States sena' tor and has a great deal of patron age at his beck and call. As the New York World sees 1t: If it were any other man besides Cnltec States senator, 1t might even mear the complete loss of his leadership But Wadsworth has the patronag' in the state completely at his dis posal With this in mind, it is diff ficult to see how he can be busted from position of extreme Influence in the local affairs of the republicai party"
 Veteran voters recall the yea 1883 when the state of Connecticut unlike it's record of last Tuesday went solidly democratic. That wa the year Benjamin Harrison, repun : licar, defeated Grover Cl2 clan9 | democrat.
 A feature of the election Of 5 years ago which has disappeared an 1 was not even whispered at this cleo ) ten, was the buying of votes. News
 papers exposed several cases wher
 votes had been bought. Mammot '' bonfres, frecr ackers and canno - were used to celebrate the democrt
 tic victory of that date.
 Slew meals of communication le ! the presidential election in douI D for four Gays. Compared to servlt
 whereby. within six hours, fair :. good returns are received as to WI y. has been elected president model
 methods receive quite a boost.
 There were in 1888, a total
 401 votes in the electoral colleg
 At present there are 531. Fort
 nine of the added electoral vot
 come from states which have be- ,+ admitted into the union since 1Ss ;. They are Arizona, Idaho, Montar
 New Mexico, North Dakota, Okl
 homa, South Dakota, Utah, Was
 ington and Wyoming. The balan
 of the increase in electoral votes
 accounted for in the votes add
 10 certain states. Connecticut's elf ' toral college power has been . creased from six to seven. Calitf : nia from eight to 13 and New To /. from 36 10 45.
 < Of the 401 votes in the electol
 college Harrison, republican, as ceived 2SS while Cleveland. dem h. crat, received 16S. Coolidge's ell
 ton this year with 69 per cent
 the electoral votes is greater th n- the Harrison election of 1888 W cs B per cent of the total electo
 votes.
 A coincidence of the two e|octit nd is the interest shown in New Yf er' state. With both sides claiming '
 tory in the biggest electoral Vot no state in the Union on both oc sions the republicans won by IT. large margin.
 The solid south was in that -., precisely what 1t is today-der ID cratic. Louisiana, Maryland y '. souri and West Virginia, all str' VI democratic states In the Harris
 Cleveland election, were hls y ,e- republican.
 |, Regardless of what the future f
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