The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-17
Politics
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cans to offset the favorable press" with 8 few startling notices. It only required one such as the announce ment of His Excellency Raymond E. Baldwin, governor of Connecticut, that he would seek the COP sen- atorial nomination to put the Re- publicans out in front. Any ticket headed by Gov Baldwin is bound to be a strong one. And the reae- tion of both the party and the cleo torate to his decision to run is bound to be a favorable one. Demo- crats won't be able to make much of the fact that he apparently took himself out of politics; then ul- timately yielded to pressure from within his party and agreed to be a candidate for public office again Incidentally, this decision is prob ably a costly one in dollar and cents to the governor n view of his plans for business career, now apparent ly placed aside for at least six more years, unless the Democrats this fall can do a tremendous Job of campaigning
 What with both major party
 conventions set for Hartford in
 September the capital city will experience busy two weeks of 1t. And so will the delegates to these
 sessions. Most of them will be
 busted, though, with seeking
 place to sleep and a restaurant In
 which to eat. The latter situation
 can probably be easily solved, but
 not the former. Rooms are at
 premium in Hartford right now.
 Immediately after the Democratic
 State Central Committee set the
 Sept. 16-17 dates, there was
 rush to grab blocks of rooms at
 the Hotel Bond. A few were thus
 fortunate. After that block re-
 servations ended; now you cant
 get any reservations. State Sen
 ator Nick" Spellman and Paul
 Connery are reported to be among
 the fortunate ones with reServa-
 tions guaranteed to care for their
 respective delegations.
 Here in Waterbury the forthcom- ing 18th senatorial district primary doesn't seem to be arouSlng as much interest as the one of two years ago. Of course, the l946 one being held at an entirely different season Of the year and this can have an effect. The Wallace Tobin battle came in the spring; late summers different time entirely. Other than that. though, the Sullivan forces are apparently counting simply on a protest vote being enough to give them control of the convention delegates. On the other hand the Wallace forces are work ing closely with the Democratic Town Committee and it's sure bet that Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney isn't going to leave any stones unturned to assure a party victory In the 18th District.
 Democratic leaders are reported to be preparing a plan for realgn- ment of some of the election dis
 tricts in Waterbury. This Is
 usually a signal for an intense
 partisan battle. In this instance, though, the desire is prompted by a long g-standing feeling of disap- proval with the layout of District 2 in Ward 5. While usually con- sidered a Washington Hill district, 1t extends all the way over to
 East Main Street. Residents of
 East Main on the south side, all
 the way from Wolcott to Silver : Streets, vote in 5-2 and must go
 up to the Baldwin Street fire
 house. Were this strip to be n-
 ciuded in District 5-5, these resi- dents would vote in the vicinity Of
 Wolcott, East Main, and Taylor
 Streets. where the polling place
 customarily is located.
 Waterbury's position in the Dem ocratic congressional race is becom- ing more and more important. This week produced the formal an- nouncement of Warden Leo Bro- phys candidacy for the nomination and his endorsement by the Nau- gatuck Town Committee, forecast in this column several months ago. It also brought forth a former con- ductor of this column as a congress sional candidate-Ray Fitzpatrick of The Democrat. While no for nal statement is as yet forthcom- ing from Ray, it could well be that he might emerge from all the early skirmishing for position as the fa- vored son in the Fifth District with not only Waterburys backing, but that of the c. I. O. and veterans of World War II.
 Incidentally, Waterbury will
 play a prominent role in the Fifth
 District convention of the Den-
 ocrats. Atty. Frank Healey IS
 chairman of the congressional
 committee named two years ago to
 set a time and place for the l946
 gathering. Bernard J. Rielly,
 prominent local druggist and
 member of the Board of Tax Re-
 view, is secretary of this commit
 tee and regarded as permanent
 fixture n1 tnlS OiiiCt oS VII eue WI
 his years of service and familiar
 ity with the work connected with
 1t. Right now the guess is that
 Torrington will again play host to
 the delegates. Wonder If Alder
 manic President Pat Shea will
 be called on to pass" Waterbury's
 place in the balloting, so that
 decision on candidates can be ar
 rived at before the local AS votes
 are cast.
 Chester BoWles and. wife will be playing host to Democratic notables tomorrow, the third of the week. end socials the party has enjoyed And another one is in prospect soon at nearby Compounce when Bristol Democrats stage 8 get-together with Postmaster General Robert Han- negan now listed as the main at- traction. Also the Democratic Wo- men Booster Club are planning s picnic for local and sectional can didates, leaders, etc. in the not toe