Evening star., 1935-10-06
CONNECTICUT VOTE
TO TEST NEW DEAL
Republicans Have Called
Upon Citizens to Rebuke
Administration.
Special pispatc tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARTFORD, October 5.-The first
broad political test in New England
since the Rhode Island special elec-
tion for Congress last August comes
Monday with the annual Connecticut
small town elections. Usually ignored
by the Republicans, who have been
content to let local issues and per-
sonalities dominate, the town elec-
tions this year have been made test
OF public sentiment on New Deal pol
icies from which the Republicans hope
to emerge with verdict as definite
ss that returned in Rhode Island.
Republicans Urge Rebuke.
With out-of-State speakers and an
Unusual number Of local rallies, the
Republicans have called on the voters
to register a rebuke to the Roosevelt
administration by voting Republican
on Monday. The Democrats, in for
mer years the party to invite test
in the local voting, this year have
tried to keep national questions out
of the campaign, but have been forced
In some places to accept Roosevelt and
his policies as the issue. The Demo-
Gratis dislike this, because they sus-
pect the Republicans have the popu-
lar side here on national issues and
because they would like to keep the
Support Roosevelt" cry fresh for next
year. when they expect to need it in
Connecticut, even more than they do
now.
Elections In 149 Towns.
Elections will be held in 149 of the
169 towns of the State, with city as
well as town officers to be named in
three of them. OF the towns electing,
lis are now in Republican control,
50 are Democratic and one is in the
hands of local taxpayers party. In
addition to seeking gains in the num-
Der Of towns they control, the Re-
publicans also are trying to register
larger than normal majorities in the
towns they usually carry. The Re-
publicans have outscored the Demo-
Gratis in the making Of new voters
this Fall in most of the towns and
in the first of the local elections,
that in Colchester last Tuesday, ran
to 200.
Socialists Making Drive.
The Socialists are making their
most extensive campaign to win local
elections and have had Norman
Thomas speaking several times a night
for nearly a week. The Socialists
have tickets in about 80 of the towns
holding elections this month. On the
basis of the vote in the 1894 State
election, which showed the Socialists
taking two voters from the Demo-
Gratis for every one they took from the
Republicans, their entry into the local
elections probably will aid the Re-
publicans. The Republicans also stand
to gain from the local option liquor
votes being held in % of the towns,
as this question will bring out some
of those who ordinarily vote only in
presidential years, and who are stead
fast Republicans on national issues.
New Deal Under Fire.
The New Deal Is under more direct
flre next week than the prospect of
heavy votes for the candidates Of the
obPOSAbAOiI party OIlS Town, New
Canaan, is to consider calling on the
Governor Of the State, Democrat, to
protect its citizens from the infringe
ment Of their liberties by the potato
control law. Another, Darien, has in
the call for its town meeting a pro-
posal that the town refuse to accept
any Federal money for relief. This
proposal, incidentally, originates with
the heaviest taxpayers of the town.
who will bear the greatest burden if
the care Of the unemployed becomes a
local matter. The selectmen of a third
town, Colebrook, have included in the
call a vote on participating in the
w. P. A. road program with the full
expectation that it will be voted down
as was a P. w. A. project at a special
town meeting last Summer. other
protests may be brought in town meet
ings under the omnibus clause in all
the calls for ANY other business
proper to come before said meeting"