New Britain herald., 1926-09-07
TRYING TO LOCATE
CANDIDATES

Two skirmishes within the Re-
publican and Democratic parties
in Connecticut will help to prevent
the conventions from being entirely
matters of routine.
The fight for Acknowledgements
on the Republican ticket has
reached point where a com
promise candidate" is being bruited.
Such talk Is always sign that the
tussle represents an equal division
OF sentiment. Lieutenant Governor
Brainard Of Brandford wants re-
nomination on the strenth OF the
unwritten law that the fellow In Of
flee Is entitled to run again, and in
due time run for governor; but the
more unconventional members Of
the party, backing John NJ. Wad-
hams OF Goshen, are OF the opin-
ion there is no unwriten law that
needs be regarded as sacred.
Thus the talk is that Professor
Charles NJ. Blackwell, formerly
state senator. might be the COM
promise candidate, the dark
horse who can break the deadlock
at the conventional there is one.
Certain opinion throughout the
state is that there will be no dead
lock, and that Mr.. Roraback will
give the orders to proceed with the
nomination when he gets ready;
and exactly the person he wants as
the lieutenant governor candidate
will be that person. Just watch
Henry when the time is ripe.
The Democrats are confronted
with the problem OF putting up
somebody with pulling power to
run against Hiram Bingham. our
junior senator. Hiram has been
making a deal of fuss since becom-
ing senator, and it is said of him
that he has made more speeches in
the Senate than any new senator IN
the history OF that exalted body.
He has certainly made more of
them In and out the Senate on the
cherished topic of states rights,
taking over this Democratic doc
trine direct from the writings Of
Thomas jefferson, so to speak. In
spite OF all, however there Is a
feeling that a goodly portion Of the
people have not been overly pleased
with his hop skip-and jump from
the governors chair to the Senate.
and there Is feeling they might
vote for somebody else II the lat
ter were of sufficient caliber to
justify splitting the ticket
When the New Haven Journal
Courier came out with a story that |
the Democratic leaders had invited !
DR.. Arthur Twining Hadley, former
president OF Yale university to be- |
come the Democratic candidate for |
the Senate, something approaching |
bedrock wns reached. But the /
venerab bic educator seems to have /
done a Hoover; that is to say, he !
has admitted becoming a Republi-
can; and anyway, he has no desire ,
at this late day TO mix in politics. /
All of which causes the Hart
ford Times, as the nestor OF the /
Democratic interests of the state,
to observe that it makes no differ
ence of DIR. Hadley leans toward
the Republicans at this time, be
could still run on the Democratic
ticket and, II elected to the SEN
ate, would be at liberty TO follow
his own political inclinations when
there.
We are not quite sure, however,
whether the Democrats in conven-
ton assembled will care to run a
Republican in order to defeat
Republican, and have Republican
represent them after he is elected.
Perhaps there may be some old
timers among the delegates who
who prefer to WOO certain defeat
with a Democrat rather than have
the party candidate one OF label
only. But then, that's a question for
the delegates. If DR.. Hadley simply
does not care TO be identified with
the smell of the political arena, it
is certain, therefore, that he lacks
the political ambitions of a Bling
ham-the kind that gets ahead in
politics these days
The political situation is indeed
peculiar. Bingham himself is not
considered the states strongest
candidate; but he is the favorite
son OF the leaders IN the states |
stronger party-and that makes a
big difference in his favor, He is