The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-19
Cross Scores a Neat One

"Big Hugh" Alcorn, the republican gubernatorial candidate, gave Governor Cross splendid opportunity to score resounding smash to the midriff when he said that if he is elected to office he will give the state the type of government that does not reek of the "spoils' type. It was along the lines of the remarks made by States Attorney Blodgett early in the month at Colebrook, which were so we'll refuted in letter from State Tax Com- missioner William H. Hackett to the Edi- tor of the Waterbury Democrat, printed in last nights issue.
 MT Alcorn went bit too far in his desire to convince the state that Governor Cross was giving out jobs to democrats in wholesale lots. He gave us the inn pression that all those democrats who had replaced republicans on boards, commits sions, etc, would be immediately dis possessed and good republicans returned to places theirs by right of royal heritage or some such silly twaddle. That has always been the republican theory in Con- necticut. What republican governor since the Roraback domination commenced didn't practice it? What republican Leg islature ever thought 1t worthwhile to name democrats to any of the offices it had Jurisdiction over in the matter of ap- pointments?
 Governor Cross, we are happy to say, was the first governor of recent memory who dared to upset the republican monop- olistic theory. He declared himself for bipartisan form of government So far as he was able he endeavored to make his .s...c %<f h0 seemed to name more democrats to posi- tions than republicans it was simply due to the fact that when he came into office there were no democrats among the Com- pensation Commissioners. The last dem- ocrat had been supplanted by former Gov ernor Trumbull. All the judges of the courts of Common Pleas were repub- licans.
 In the minor courts the number of den- ocratic judges could be counted on the fingers of one hand. They probably hadn't been removed because of the fact that the republican Legislature considered them republicans. In the superior and supreme courts the tendency was to keep the talk away from political affiliations, which, of course, was proper, but which did not prevent the appointment, when { ever an opening was made, of distln- x RulSH6u Iu6IuUeTS u tIe TepuDilCdu party. All commissions and boards were solidly republican, unless the law demanded definite representation for the minority party. On all legislative committees the majority party held solid representation, allowing the democrats one member, two at the most.
 Our sole complaint against this was never tirade upon the "spoils" system, but plea for adequate representation for minority party, leaving the control to the majority party, whether it was repub- lican or democratic. We still believe in it; so does Governor Cross. He has not ap- pointed democrats alone to office. He has also named republicans. MT Alcorn ig nores this to charge the governor with building up political machine. That is utterly ridiculous in view of the republi- can reputation achieved under Roraback domination. It would be immediately thrown to the winds if MT Alcorn were elected, because the Rorabackian form of government, under which we feel sure Mir Alcorn would rule, demands complete con- trol of the various forms of government down to the last employe.
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