The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-15
Current EUents in
 CONNECTICUT POLITICS
By EDWARD ,. RYAN

field this fall, with the exception of 8 candidate for governor, leaving this place on the state ticket open and then endorse McLevy.
 Since 1892 state elections have been running toward the left wing, so to speak. The republican party has suffered considerably because of the Bridgeport and Waterbury Grand Jury probes. It has lost a number of important key cities in recent months, among them Put nam, New Britain and Torrington. The only gains (and these are only partial gains) have been in Water bury, where republican controller was elected on fusion ticket and then only because of the popularity of Senator George T. Culhane. In Meriden, Francis R. Danaher (Re- publican) was elected mayor. An other victory (partiaD can also be chalked up to the republican party because of the election of Anthony O'Connell as mayor of Norwich. (O'Connell has been 8 lifelong democrat). The victory in Norwich was the result of a fusion set-up with independent democrats and re- publicans, just as in Waterbury.
 If the democratic party is to in- sure victory this fall it must also place 8 strong progressive candidate in the field for a highly responsible office. Thus it comes about that the most progressive man in the dem- ocratic party, if not in all political parties, is Joseph M. Tone, labor commissioner. Tone is very popular with the working class and the dem- ocratic party will need the con- bined working classes as well as all progressive groups if they are tc capture the election.
 Friday members of the 1897 Gen. eral Assembly will gather in the lower house of the state capital to celebrate their reunion and it is not hard to imagine what the chief topic of the day will be-Grand Jury probes Grand Jury disclosures Impeachments. On practically every legislators lips will be his personal opinion of this politician and that politician. What this party should do and what that party should do
 The gathering, O. course, will be informal but there will be plenty of political roasting.
 The governors foot-guard will stage a drill on the capital grounds for the benefit of the legislators and then at six o'clock a dinner will be served the members at the Hotel Bond.
 Labor Commissioner Joseph Tone is not going to let anyone push his candidacy for the office of lieuten- ant-governor aside. Tone intends to do something about it and very shortly, too. Tone will formally an- nounce his candidacy and from that point on the people of this state will see one of the hottest po- litical campaigns in history with Tone seeking support for his can- didacy. Tone is one of the best showmen in Connecticut and one of the best speakers.
 Jasper McLevy is becoming boast full about having three socialist sen- ators elected this year from the city of Bridgeport. It might be recalled that the socialists combined with the republicans to have the repub- licanS control the senate in 1885 All the socialist senators seemed to look for was legislation benefitting the city of Bridgeport and that was all. It was their pay-off
 Jasper McLevy is already planning on having the same strangle hold on the senate in 1889 as he had in 1885.
 High Sheriff Ed. Platt of Fair field County has given up the idea of looking for the republican gu- bernatorial nomination. "The pace is too fast, says the popular sheriff
 Those who know Senator Nathan Spiro of Danbury and Daniel F. B Hickey of Stamford, the republican leader of the lower house in 1885 can only express great sympathy for the predicament in which they now find themselvese as a result of the Waterbury Grand Jury and the humiliation which must be theirs The same goes for Senator Matthew A. Daly of New Haven, Senator Jo- seph Lawlor of Waterbury, and others. Spiro has already pleaded guilty but Hickey, Lawlor and Daly insist they can prove their inno- cence against the charges made against them.
 Col. Thomas Hewes is still look. ing for the democratic nomination for Acknowledgements. Hewes i a favorite of Uncle Toby and Uncl, is going to name his aide come con vention day. Both Tone and Hewe are considered the two closest t the governor in the state.
 It is reported that geologists h Canada now use airplanes to dis cover the location of valuable de posits of silver, iron, cobalt. aat