The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-19

4Our reporter (DeIOrS the COnVcA- ton of two years ago) asked key leader of the local party why the organization planned to oppose MT Hurley, then Commissioner of Pub lie Works" Bob Hurley" he said solemnly, ''is 8 politician.
 Well, two years from that time, the writer can only say that If Bob Hurley is a politician, then Con- mecticut needs more of them.
 The contrast between the cur rent state administration and that of the days of 1939-4O is so marked as to make the Baldwin days seem part of vanished, and not
 missed past. Bob Hurley has made
 mistakes (he would be one of the
 first to admit that, but he has
 given Connecticut perhaps the greatest administration that it has ever known. The mistakes that
 he has made have been frank,
 honest mistakes; they have not
 been characterized by phony ex-
 cuseS. Far counterbalancing them
 are the scores of solid, lasting
 achievements that can be chalked
 up in his favor.
 The ticket drawn up by the dele Hates at Hartford this week is not ithe strongest in the world, but it is superior to that of the Republicans. tAnd, at the top, is a man whose Iservices Connecticut cannot afford Ito lose during the next two years.
 The average man in COnnec-
 ticut, as elsewhere, likes a dOer rather than talker. He likes 9
 man who is direct, frank and
 fortnight: he likes a man whose
 mind is geared to the offensive, who thinks in terms of deeds rather than words. The Demo- cratic party offers him such
 man at the head of its state elec-
 ton ticket.
 Convention recollections. dayc9 Vincent A. Scully standing Hirm against the last-minute pleas, (which everyone had expected, that he accept the nomination for at ltorney general. The insiStence of New Haven leaders that Nick IMona be the candidate for state treasurer. The harrassed air of Gtate Chairman John T. Mccarthy, who had about 1,O01 things on his nind. The Cheshire-cat grin with which Johnny Tobin accepted Congratulations on his victory in khe 18th senatorial district primary. l. ;. The justified 'We told you So'' BTniles of Joe Mulville and Bill Yer eiker, only Waterbury delegates kwho voted for Governor Hurley al &he convention two years ago. ! The story about "the two most unpopular Democrats in Water bury, which we're saving to tell at a later date. The busy role played by Waterbury's women del- egates. The air of c0mpara-
 tive quiet, as compared with the Republican convention of the week before. Usually, it's just the
 opposite. The cool efficiency of Mrs. Chase Going WOOdhOuse, secretary of state, and the recol-
 lection of how she won the nOm-
 inatiOn two years ago.
 1 There were hints at Hartford that Eenator-to-be Tobin (for 8 Demo. Icrat to lose in the 18th district i. IagainSt the rules) will be an i'm. lpOrtant figure in the 1943 Genera Assembly. The counselor knows thu political ropes. A flustereC IEoung man of our acquaintance greeted the first lady of the stats kwdth Hello, Mrs. Governor Hurley" Is 5. Several Republicans were al IEhe scene in Hartford, probably making up for the presence of somt lWaterbury Democrats at the COP lc0nvention. Attorney Ed Lon. Iergan of Hartford lost no friend! IEn his courageous but unsuccessful Iaaght for the attorney-general nom. anation.
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