New Britain herald., 1930-11-18
Sweeping Democratic Victory ln'2
 Unless Roraback Quits, Levitt Says
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 out of the various departments and commissions of the state government those whose only claim to their po- sitions is allegiance to the Roraback machine"
 Prof LeNifrs address was US fol lows:
 For IS years Mir J Henry Eora- back has been chairman Of the re- publican state central committee. For 10 years he has been in com- plete control Of tho republican party machinery He built u9 in that peri od, a political machine which was more powerful than any machine in Inc history of tho United States. Not even tho QUay-Penrosa machine in Pennsylyania CT the 1Hmmaay ma chine in New York at their strong est had the strength of the Eorabach machine, By a systam of rewards and punishments Nr. NOrahack had made himself into the absolute din- tator of the republican party H. plcked Inc candidates for ocrl-.. dictated their policies, and smashed them if they refused 10 obey his orders. Indeed the situation had so developed that in recent years a" 1la not even need 10 giyo orders. All, officials at the head e tho -oVeTN- ment of the state went 70 him 10 lind out what ho wanted before they acted at all. And oven rAe r@so.H- tions committee ot the last rr9Hh- Hcan convention which had sou" ideas or its own in regard to the prohibition question came '7 h"'t like whipped puppies WG'" Zlr I-ar- aback snapped the whip Of ..- o.t.- cjal disapproyaL
 Influence With Hoover
 This Roraback machine Was '.e wonder Of the politicians O. -a. country Even Trs~.d@n- Hoover. whom Mr. RorahacE had consistent lv opposed. was Id to h.ljo"n that Nr. Rorabacz uas really m import ant parsonage and oro whose wishes needed o ha respected. Senator NaI- colt and ~ouatar Bingham W,ro most asslduous in fostering this notion. Even Congre-sman T5,son trimmed his political sa3l~ me-Uannaog5lr. licked the hand '.A. s,rack him and publicly sang rGs pruses of Mr. Rora back
 And y.- -l5+ volH1al colossus was ovorthvoNn. |A" vot1s Of our state administered a most crushing and urmis.akahla g.@a- D 'Ga man who was sopposod 10 ho.1 rh. ~ra'" in the hollow ct hls hand. WaN' Zlr Roraback sags t1at t was Gge 10 unemployment and -a. apathy Of the republican voters. l venture 10 believe that Nr. H9gabac]s Is wrong The Unemployed dO not register their protest by voting split ticket. The unemployed did not expect 10 got jobs simply hy e.ec-.ac demo- crat as a governor and republicans 10 all other chief state positions. Mir. Rorabacs as usual ga1erezrlw4r.s the intelligence cf Il. workers whom ho dasptses and exploits. And you must have noted how carefully Mir. Rorabac6 Ta.rasao3 tr-m an svari3~ the question: Why did the apathy of the republican voters come into being and continue 10 exist in spite ot his own appearance. for the first time in hts aar".r, rpon the political tria--iineH
 .lntiouthy Not A3&thy
 MT. Rorabark is wrong. ! ratua. Not apathy but antiparhy caused his defeat Y Was dcop. unIying anti pathy to Mr. Eorabalk himself which defsated him by taking inc first opportunity + had 70 express itself effectively in action. IL waS the antipaJhy Of rho indco-nd.nr r-- publican voters who believe in inc republican party and are opposed to its ruthless and brutal exploitation for the private gain Q Mr- Hora- back and his public utility coglpan- ios. Some of the i05apo ed voters of the republican party could not bring themselves 10 v0ro for 6 dem ocrat. And they could not with self-respect vote for the rcpub- licans, They registered their resent ment against 2Ir. Roraback by stay ing away from the polls, Other indr- pendent republican voters split their ticket, And they did it in such a way that they clearly indicated rh,g were voting against Mr. EorabGck who. 10