The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
Democratic Picture In Connecticut A Veritable Jig-Saw Puzzle
Old. Time Political Observers Are Beside Them. selves Endeavoring to Figure Out the
 States Present Alignment.
By ALEXANDER HENRY From the Connecticut state JOuSnAl.)

how much many politicians would give lot to know, but it's still in there. And Bob Hurley is entitled, If any man in Connecticut is, to ride along with the chief eXeeu. tive. He has never swerVed in his complete and absolute loyalty to FOR !. The Cummings Comeback
 The newly acquired Cummings leadership will be interesting to watch. His tieup with Hurley was natural, It produced his pet pro9 motion, the nomination of Brlen McMahon for senator. It also split In pieces many former Dem. ocratic alliances which you wouldn't believe could be split Q short time ago, The spellaey strength in Hartford going Co Frank Maloney- The Murphyss Golden strength in New Haven going to Hurley Bridgeport, Hurley's home town, going solidly for Maloneyl It's Q well mixed up picture right now.
 SuhAhAtBS AlAsd uIJ WiJkl MObOF Vehicle Commissioner John Me- Carthy and Liquor Commissioner John Fitzpatrick. The Hurley. McMahon forces finally sold Col. den and Murphy in New Haven, which meant more than anything else they did to insure victory, They sold John Dove In Wind. ham and John Tynan in Middle town. John Satti in New London and John Driscoll in Holland were in line too. Judge James Hogan of Torrington was 0 big asset,
 Senator Maloney and his group held Bridgeport, Waterbury and Meriden. Long Tom Spellacy threw his lot in with Frank and Leo Gaffney. A queer lineup, yes2
 What is the purpose of all this2 Is Cummings going to be 0 domi- nant figure in Democratic politics from now on in Connecticut? What about Spellacy2 Where do all these changes leave Maloney? Hurley2
 To begin with, Homer Cum mings will have to be counted in from now on. John Golden of New Haven has demonstrated an ability to be a canny prophet. In spite of many predictions that Tom Spellacy is in for trouble be. cause of losing the boat in this particular instance, he is an im- possible person to count out of the states political picture so long as he is in politics. Frank Maloney made a common political error, and he had to have 1t scored against him. You can't beat somebody with nobody" Isn't 1t true? The Maloney- Smith ma- neuvers came too late to stop the Huriey-McMahon team. Too late perhaps because of the usual Ma ioney care in trying to set up a political picture which is letter perfect.
 The senior United States Sem ator may have had some boos at the convention. He may have again committed the political sin of getting into an unsuc- cessful pre- nomination bat- tie. But Frank Maloney knows his politics, and his friends are Sticklers for him, and his oppo- nentS know also that when he wants to go after something for himself, they probably will hand him the thing he wants with no opposition. Frank is the best vote-getter the Democrats have ever developed in Connecticut. The future is another thing en- tirely. For this reason, in figur. ing the future of Democracy in Connecticut Senator Maloney. win, lose or draw at the moment, is one of the party's most import ant factors.
 Unlike the Republicans who bury a large part of their feelings in intra-rarty contests, the Dem- ocrats teke the wash right out in public. Wouldn't this be a great opportunity for Bob Hurley and Brien McMahon to get the pecae pipes lighted2 Polls up to the moment indicate that Roosevelt will tip the state. but it's very close. If the Maioney strength. plus tho strength of aIT the others mentioned, were to be honestly put behind Hurley. plus the al- wayss productive FDR influence, Connecticut Republicans would have to get buzz and hire more radlo tine.