Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
CONNECTICUT ASKS
"SAFE" PRESIDENT,
FAvOR|NG HOOVER
LoWden and Dawes Senti-
ment Gains Little HeadWay
in Yankee State.
SMITHS CANDIDACY
MAY MAKE INR0ADS
Governor Is Popular for Hold He
Has on New York-Hughes
Considered by G. 0. P.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


tStaf Correspondent of The STAR
NEW HAVEN, Conn. September 3.
The Republicans of Connecticut
want safe and sane" President for
the next four years. If they cannot
have Calvin Coolidge, and many OF
them have reached the conclusion they
cannot, they like the idea of Herbert
C.. Hoover. This does not mean that
sentiment generally has crystalized
here, but Secretary Hoover has many
friends who are ready to take their
coats off and go to work for him.
They figure that with Hoover at the
head of the administration in Wash
ington they can go to bed at night
and not fear to have things turned
topsy turvey by the next morning.
Indeed, they look to see the admins.
tration carry on along much the same
lines as the Coolidge administration il
Mr.. Hoover becomes Preside-e.
1t is too early to make definite pre-.
dictions regarding the Connecticut
delegation to the Republican national
convention next year. The probabili-
ties now are that the delegation will
he unpledged to any candidate. Like
the people of Massachusetts,, the
people of the Nutmeg State wish to
be free to turn to President Coolidge
if the convention gets into a snarl.
But it is a safe bet to say that the
delegation which will represent Con.
necticut will be the selection of Henry
J. Roraback, who in the final analysis
is the Republican state boss. What
MIR. Roraback says goes in Connect
cut.
Lowden and Dawes i'm Shadows.
There is little or no sentiment evil
dent here for either former Gov.
Frank o. Lowden or Vice President
Dawes as the Republican nominee.
The McNary -Haugen farm relief bin
and the accompanying equalization
principle make no appeal to Con-
necticut. There is even a feeling
that Mr.. Lowden. in supporting the
principles of that bin, has shown an
inclination to compromise safe eco
nomic policies, and some attribute
1t to his ambition to become Presi-
dent. They look askance, too, at
Gen. Dawes, because of his leaning
toward the bill.
IL the Republican party must go
west for its candidate next year,
Connecticut Republicans are asking
why not go all the way to the Pacific
of them have in the back of their
heads q possible combination for the
Republican national ticket which
win give Connecticut place in the
limelight. Why not. they say,
Hoover and Tilson? Representative
John @. Tilson is thoroughgoing
Republican. He is the majority lead
er Of the House, and will be again in
the next Congress. He embodies the
Republican idea of Connecticut. He
Is a close personal friend of President
Coolidge, and he was won for himself
the regard of his colleagues in the
House from all parts of the country.
Whether the Connecticut delegation
will 90 to the convention next year
with the open and evident intention
of placing Mr.. Tilson in nominatio
for Vice President will have to be
determined later.
West Put Coolidge Over.
It is unlikely in the extreme that
Mr.. Tilson himself will make any
effort along this line. But If the de-
mand for Mr.. Tilson should come
from the Pacific Coast. where he has
many friends and admirers, as well
as in this part of the country, Repub-
licans of Connecticut will not be slow
to get behind the movement. 1t was
a, Pacific Coast State which put
President Coolidge across in 1870.
Plans of some of the Republican lead
ers were all set for the nomination
OF Wisconsin for the vice presiden-
tial nomination after the Harding
compromise had been effected In Chi
cago. But Judge McCamant, an
oregon delegate, upset the applicant.
He brought forward the name of the
then Governor of Massachusetts, and
the stampede was on. the one spon-
taneous outburst of that convention.
OF the other Republican presi-
Dental possibilities, Cnaries Evans
Hughes is likely to make strong
appeal to the Connecticut Repub-
ncans. Mr.. Hughes is a near neigh
Dor. He has the admiration of thou
sands of Republicans here. And he,
too, is considered safe" in State
where conservatism rises to the nth
degree. Connecticut has no presi-
dental preferential primary. us
delegates to the Republican national
convention will be selected by the old
convention system. The machine VIII
dominate. Speaker Longworth will
have some friends here. but not SUI
hcient to get him the delegation.
Machine Is Efficient.
Inc RepuDHcan 0fgdnlZdbioh IL
Connecticut is a compact and efficient
machine. Mr. Roraback. who heads
it. is the head also Of the greates'
public utility corporation in the
State. What he has said in the pas
regarding candidates for office or re
garding legislation has been saic
with authority 1t is said Of hin
that he holds the politicians and thu
Legislature in one hand and the cor
pora tions in the other. His Demo
cratic opponents denounce him an'
the organization he has developed
but some Of these still express a GER
tain kind of admiration for both.
While the Republicans of thi.
State are still thinking Of Coolidg'
with regret because he has declared
himself out of the race and are be
ginning TO turn to Hoover ant
Hughes the Democrats have appar
entity but a single mind. They wan
Al Smith. 1T is almost. as certai
they will send a Smith delegation t
the Democratic national convention
in 1928 as that New York Democra c.
will support the Governor of tn
Empire State. Only the other da
the Democrats of New Haven held
rally ostensibly for the purpose o
having various factions bury th
hatchet. Before the evening wa
over. the rally had been turned int
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