New Britain herald., 1929-09-13
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. when accepted will remove from democratic politics iH Connecticut its present outstanding and dom mating figure, as well as ouc who politically probably is is popular as any man tho party ever put into of fee,
 Party members have to hark back more than -0 years to the time when rom" Spcllacy came into their notice, and from the time he sat in the state senate in 12o7 he has been q state figure Scarcely q leader m the party has been his equal on the stump in campaigns or has been as active in organiza- tion work which preceded the rally ing of the members to the party standards.
 In the democratic national con- vention in 1924 at Madison Squar" Garden h. stood with Homer S. Cummings, then national commit tceman. in voting for William C.. McAdoo as against Gov. Alfred r.. Smith, mainly because the former was a personal friend and he had been closely linked with his admin istration as secretary of the treas ury in war and postwar years. Mir, SpellaCy also was a great admlr"r of the late President Wilson who had given him public honors by ap- pointing him United States attorney in Connecticut in succession to Fred Scott. Then in 1918 he was appointed by the president as civil ian member of the commission which went abroad to settle claims against the navy and 10 assist in settlement of general matters con- nected with navy demObillzatlon. Later he was pressed into service as an assistant attorney general an ot- fee he resigned to return to private practice in January, 1921
 Tan For Governor
 In 1918 Mr. Spcllacy ran for gov ernor against Marcus H. Holcomh, losing the election by 5000 votes, but carrying his home city by = coo. In 1922 he was opponent of United States Senator Mclean and lost by only 22.00Q. a figure which led him to maintain right up till votes had been cast in the last pres idential election that it was possible for the democracy to carry the state as, in his opinion, 22,ooo was the normal republican margin. Not once during the campaign did he l"' up in his predictions that Gov. smith would carry Connecticut,
 At the Houston convention in June of last year, Mr. Spellacy was at all times one of the chief figures in conferences among those nation al committeeman who came from re- publican states. His ability to or ganize q delegation and look after it's welfare was strikingly shown in that convention. On the stump he fought back the republicans with all . the vigor he possessed and never hedged a vote on hI3 claim that 5 Connecticut could be made demo- cratic after he had taken issue with , j. Henry Rorahack the republican state chairman, that 75,oQD would be the republican margin.
 Fought old Law
 Mr. Sp,llacy Was thrown into !. state politics by his fight in the sen, B ate in 1907 against d law which had
 mandatory jail penalty in la" passed in 1860. To get the law = changed led him to make his sen
 ate run. In the years since then h' often appeared at the legislature II i" behalf of bills iavorirg the working ., man. or in opposition to bills Wuci e. were not favored by organized labor .- After the Ig2> election Mr. SpoI ~ lacy diI not hesitate in saying h' '' was through with office, owing l'
 his health, and the later illness O ~ Mrs. Spollacy. His letter of rcsig ,~ nation. while not unexpected, cam' @ a. a surprise just at this time. N a las presented lt in ord'r 10 give h rs state committed opportunity rm ED winter to prepare for tho l@"' "I'r '1 ton under a nc" national lra'l"'. r City Net Concerned