Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
HARMONY IS COAL
IN CONNECTICUT
6. 0. P. to Lose More Voters
Than Democrats by
OBJECTIONS.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARTFORD. Conn. September 8
With both major parties holding their
State conventions this week at New
Haven, ths Republicans Thursday and
Friday, and the Democrats Friday and
today, the leaders have been giving
their chief attention to State issues and
candidates.. although not forgetting {
put IN their best efforts to secure har
nlony necessary for a good showing fo
the national ticket on election day.
An instance of the desire to hav"
peace is the recent declaration Of
Thomas J. Speelacy of Hartford Demo-
cratic national committeeman. that he
would keep his hands off the contest
for the guberna torial nomination b.
urging the Hartford delegates to the
State convention to divide their a. votes
equally between Charles G. Morris and
William e. Thoms
j. Henry Roraback, Republican ma
ttonal committeeman and chairman of
the State central committee. has re-
turned from a conference with Candi-
date Hoover. While in Washington he
reiterated his conviction that Connect
cut will go Republican. as usual. this
Fall. Emphasizing the tariff question,
Importance to Connecticut. Mr. Rora-
back said that the vets in this STATE
"feel that Gov. Smiths promises arc
not very substantial BY the end 81
the campaign. think they will reali,N
he doesn't promise them anything
which he can perform and that on
man can hardly induce So States 20
carry out his suggestion"
Has Appeal to Vets.
Mr.. Roraback may have felt 1t neces-
sary to make this statement at this
time, for while he appears to have nc
fear that Connecticut will SO for Smith
he realizes that the Democratic candi-
date has an especial appeal to the
voters OF a State clearly wet in senti-
n1ent.
Despite the surface hopefulness of
Democratic leaders, it may we'll b.
doubted if they have any expectation
Of carrying Connecticut for Smith and
Robinson. Despite their vigorous ef-
forts, especially in the line of making
new voters. the figures of past cleo
tons cannot be ignored While Con-
necticut has not been a doubtful State
for years and has not had Democratic
United States Senator in more than IS
years. its trend has been increasingly
Republican. Harding carried it for
President in 1920 by 10000. but while
the Republican plurality fell to $4,000 in
1922. the presidential election that fol-
lowed in 1924 showed Coolidge with
1860 over Davis. Then came another
mid-ysar election, which the Republic
ans won, not by the 1922 margin. but
by $4,000 Thus the presidential cleo
ton of 1924 showed Republican gain
over that of 1920. while the mid-year
election in 1925 gave nearly four times
the Republican plurality of the mid
year election of 1922.
G. o. r. to Suffer.
It is true that many Connections
electors who voted for Coolidge in 1924
will vote for Smith in 1923. but it IS
also fact that thousands OF the Cool
idge voters four years ago were Demo-
Gratis who resented the defeat of Gov.
Smith. in the Madison Square Garder
battle. They will get back to their
party this time, but they will be Offset
in part by the old-time Democrats who
belieTe that it is poor rule that works
only one way and who will feel that
one good bolt deserves another. In
other words, these who favored McAdo3
and other anti Smith candidates at the.
time of the Democratic national con-
vention of 1924. will think it perfectly
proper to do to Smith what the Smith
men did to Davis. How many there
are of this mind cannot be told. but
they are to be reckoned with. Then
there are the drys who oppose Smith on
account of his moisture.
To sum up. there can hardly be any
question that. in an exchange Of voters
from one party to the other, the Re
publicans will suffer. They will lose
more than they gain in Connecticut
but they can afford to Use thousands
and still win by comfortable margin
Mrs. Alice Pattison Merritt of Hart
fort, Cannecticut's first woman State
Senator. who served two terms in the
Ieyislature, is campaigning for the Re-
publicans in Maine. H. l. HORTON.