Putnam patriot., 1926-12-31
tMORTLAKE"
special Correspondence to The Putnam Patriotl

Hartford Conn. Dee 9, l926.- I5 the appointment next session of Judges 90 Che supreme and superior courts the representatives and sena- taH- from Nndham county should keep "a m.nl shat their county has hHt one feBfe sentative on the supreme eolrt and none on the superior court. J4stle. George E. Hlnman represents the county on the supreme court of erfofs ad none If the thirteen ludg= es of superior court are residents of the eunty itis well known that the 4t State Attorney Charles E. Seafls af TaomU- would have been appointed years aFo. judge Of the super court bat for his unwilling ness c. accept The appointment He made claar to E friends 'n Hart fovl that he preferred ta practice law than to admin =tef # Besides. and perhaps t was the principal rea- son-he did not #iEe tH he s0 fre- quently absent from hz beautiful home county as the toldlEr af court
 hf0u #fa1- che stst womb 4em r lowed every pe of HetuHesga WlHdham county wHa ei fe 5 lac .e8. HH Ht 4a3a HHsaa <.
 Ray. af th= sawu hiHiH-ls, had a 5fmuar afeetiaa for his taaa He remarked ta a friend -IH Hartford one fH, fhaf he 4i8 aaf want t1 v n any county in tho state thag Nird- ham. It may be of passing interest tu note that in period af l2o years Windhan county has had the chief iustieeshu 8f the state but 0Hee when it was filled hy Zephauiah SNift If the town of Windham Of course for the purnose of performing the func- lions of judge t does not matter in what county the incumbent lives but one cannot ignore the local sentiment for iudceships.
 To Improve Democratic Party
 Philin Troup. the brilliant editor of the New Haven Union has furnish ed the people of the state with a politi- cal aftermath in the circular letter which he has sent out to prominent Democrats for suggestions Go improve the condition of the Democratic party in Connecticut There is no Democrat in Che state who had a better right ta make The innuirv He is sincerely and anselfi5hiv devoted to the interests of the Democratic party. and he is one of the ablest exn0uuders ef its princi- nles and defenders of its policies It cen be said of Mr Troup that he has ho axes 10 grind and it would be well for the democracy f the same could he said If all the leaders of the party, There should be no difficulty in ans werinT the questions ur0pounded by Mir. Troun In the first place the overWhelming majority by which the Renu6lican ticket was elected should make it clear that the voters Of the state had no confidence in the Demo cratic party or respect for it's attitude on the questions which were before the electorate Another source of the party's weakness was the indifference of women. who were registered cs Dewocrats to voting The report from an over the state was that the Democratic women in large numbers positively refused to % to the polls
 There s nu doubt fhnt their disgust with tha attitude of leaders of their nartv the Madisou S1uare earders in i92t eve~ the candidacy of "Al" Smith for thp uresidcncv was at the hotfo~ af this iisgust r stiH rank1es and from nresent annearances the sting is still felt Byeones have nos vel become bvgones T8 its nerson- nel n0 serious fanit could he found with the ticket lt measured up 70