The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23

unless some naImoQl0uS SOluGlOn 70 she problem of choosing a new state chairman can be reached. State Chairman Benjamin Harwood has &nally stepped down, as he wanted &O do months ago, and there is a bitter battle behind the scenes over bis successor.
 ] Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, who . already generally accepted as Ahe G. O. P.'s candidates again in 1S42, apparently favors J. Ken- meth Bradley, whose career in pol htics has been marked by Journeys e and from the "dOghOuse". Bradley is once more . kingpin and he probably will be the state chairman if the governor goes to bat for him. But he Is thoroughly disliked by many Republicans, particularly in Hartford county and the eastern part of the state, and they would be unwilling to offer him very much cooperation. Party workers in many sections of khe state express themselves as fed sIp with domination of the party councils by Fairfield county. Gov. Baldwin, Bradley and National Committeeman Sam Pryor all hail From Fairfield county and they were the "big three" of the Connecticut E. Q. P. during the campaign.
 Fairfield County Republicans answer criticism of their county having . majority of the party plums by pointing to the list of election fund contributors. Resi- dents from the southwestern part of the state donated the bulk of the ecord-breaking money total that the Republican state Organi- xation spent in the campaign. The party coffers were swelled by big contributions from former New Workers who have made their homes in Connecticut, within committing distance of the me- trOp0liS. Not only did Fairfield COlntyites contribute staggering sum to the state campaign, but the county organization spent 8 AACOb uNoA VAh 4tS VWA AAUUh bAAu had so much money on hand that 1t was able to contribute to local campaign funds in Waterbury and other towns outside the county.
 Bradley opponents have been after State Treasurer Joe Talbot of Nau- gatuck to make bid for the chair nlanship. Joe is well-liked in all party circles and would be an able man for the job, but it is doubtful whether he would accept. His an- gwee won't be known until after he returns from 8 convention in Texas. Selection of Bradley as state chairman would be 8 bitter pill for many Republicans to follow. The cards still point his way, but the chances are that he would face q. disunited party organization, with many in the ranks opposing his every act.
 Gov.-elect Robert A. Hurley is finding out that good, deserving Democrats think that high-paying state jobs grow on trees. He's being deluged with requests from "the boys" for every state position from the superior court bench down. Bob must wonder what it'll be like in January if it's so bad already.
 Tlle governor elect wanted John
 Fitzpatrick, of Fairfield, who ~o4nI mz hSr v.nHs%SoaI a a0o,,x H,,p ing the campaign, as his executive secretary for the two years be- ginning In January, but Fitx- patrick has been unwilling to ac- cept for business reasons. So now the field is being combed for an acceptable choice. The election statements of the two local party organizations, filed with the town clerk Tuesday, provided some interesting reading and pro- voked considerable discussion. It had been known, and noted here several times, that the Republicans were spending a great deal of mon- ey, but when the figure was found tosbe $l3,200 one had to whistle. And this sum did not include money spent here by the Willkie clubs and the state and national organizations The Democrats, on the other hand spent less than $6,000, yet managed to carry the city by pluralities rang ing from 5000 to over 10000 votes
 In the state, the Republican finance committee reported spend- ing $328, 900, staggering sum- This total does not include money spent directly by the state central committee, by congressional and ether candidates, and by the Will leie club organizations. The Dem Acrats spent only 3 fraction of that amount in the state.
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 The unprecedented amounts spent hg the c. O. P. made the defeat a bitter pill for party leaders to swal- low. They had been certain that with the aggressive Willkie cam paign and their own lavish spend- ing, they would carry the state Mo- vember 5. Instead they lost control of the state government, saw two incumbent Democratic congressman reelected, four incumbent Republi- can congressman defeated, and an Incumbent Democratic U. s. sena- tor reelected.
 
 When the General Assembly ss0nvenes in January, the Demo- icrats will have 22 of the S5 places An the senate and . larger repre- Sentation than usual in the House, though that body will be still un- der strong Republican dOmina- Hon. With the two houses divid- ed, Mfr. Hurley will undoubtedly have himself some fun at Hart ford.
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