New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-30
FITzHENRY PREDICTS
He Will Be chosen
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names We're: Professor Nicholas
MoSely, Son-in-laW of President
Emeritus Arthur T. Hadlcy of Yale;
Thomas VI. HeWes of Pennington.
Charlie &. Morris of New Haven,
Mayor Francis Il. Guilfoile Of Wa
tcrbury, Robert p. Butler of Hart
ford, William Palmer of oxford,
James ]. Walsh of Mcriden, Thomas
Bracken of BranfOrd,
Opposed to Mr.. FitzHenry's can
didacy for the chairmanship is that
Of Mayor FitzGcrald of this city.
Hartford, Nov. 80 P)--Immediate
compromise seemed hardly more
than hope as the members of the
democratic Cancellation committee
assembled in this city today prior
to the meeting to be held in the
law office of Thomas J. SpCllacy
scheduled for 8 o'clock and at which
it is planned to take a vote on the
nomination Of candidate for state
central committee chairman and
possibly on the nomination OF ma
tional committeeman.
The committee has been divided
equally between the reorganization
forces and the so.called Spellacy-
FitzHcnry group. The former group
have supported the candidacy of
Peter FitzHenry Of Waterbury for
state chairman and have talked of
several candidates for national COM
mitteeman. The organization slate
had been Mayor Fitzgerald Of New
Haven for state chairman and Mr..
Spcllacy for national committeeman
but 1t is probable that proposal
will be made today from the organ.
i2atlon side that Thomas HcweS OF
| Pennington be named for state
chairman and That The nomination
: OF Mr.. Spellacy for national commit
tceman either be presented to the
state central committee at its meet
ing in New haven December 10 or
/ that the nomination of a candidate
for this national office hn postponed
with the idea that ii shall go to Mr.
Srollacy at later date.
This would mean the elimination
of Mr. FitzHcnry and there wore
strong indications today that it
would be vigorously opposed by the
Waterbury part OF the Committ"c
under the leadership Of Judge Viii
liam f. Thoms. Mr.. Thoms has re-
rcatcdly said that he would not shift
from hissupport of FitzIlonry aud
that he was perfectly willing to hring
the contest TO n vote in tile stat"
, central committee for a test OF
strength.
AZ Il counter proposal to tho or
ganization plan OF naming Hcw"s for
state chairman and SpellaCy for ma
tional committeeman, the reorgani-
cation forces were willing today 10
vote for Mr.. FitzHcnry for state
chairman and Mr.. Hewes for nation
al committeeman.
Opposition 10 the Spclacy-Hewes
slate was today expressed on geogra-
! phical grounds as it was considered
unfair to have both the state and
national offices filled from Hartford
county. 1t was pointed out that with
a Waterbury man in the state chair
/ manship, Mr.. Hcwes of Pennington
on the national committee and Mrs.
Fannie Dixon Welch Of Columbia as
national committee woman, three
sections Of the state would be repre-
scented and that fourth could he
represented by the naming Of a nov
state central committee Vice chair
man.
Judge Thoms said today that he
would he in favor of a minority r.
port from the cancellation commit"
in case the organization faction sue
tCeeded in breaking the deadlock TO-
day in its favor. He said he was for
a real reorganization of the party
with Mr.. FitzHenry at the head oC
the head of the state central COM
mittee.
DR.. Edward G.. Dolan. another
leader of the reorganization forces,
was also opposed TO the Spellacy-
Hewes ticket, but he haid he would
man and FitzHcnry for state chair
man and Fitzhenry for state chair
man.