The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-14

had both at opposite ends of the party for many months past. And MT. Bradley was among the first to espouse the Talbot cause this year, as did also Dr. McCOnaughy if memory serves aright. All Of which simply goes to prove that politics has to be taken as it hap pens and not as you expect 1t to happen.
 Efforts to corral the Waterbury vote for Lieutenant Governor Will bert Snow continue to be made with all sorts of reported offers Ill the wind. A long time ago 1t was apparent that Mayor John $. Mon agan might be asked to go on the state ticket this fall, either as candidate for Acknowledgements or attorney general. His name IS linked with the latter office now more than ever before, but there are any number of candidates 1n the Democratic field for the several available positions and like Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin 1t may pc that If Chester Bowles emerges the choice for the governorsh1p he VIII try to impose some restrictions on the choice of his running mates as Gov. Baldwin is reported to have done at Hartford this week. They even say that the governor had himself nominated last so that ne could use his running or dropping out as a lever to keep anyone OH the ticket he didn't think should be on.
 The introduction of the name of State Treasurer William Car roll of Torrington as guber- material candidate may prove something more than a "feeler.
 The Torrington banker has proved A remarkably fine public official at Hartford. His handling of state funds has been by far the best m a long line of prior mediocre oi- fice-holders. Whether his aspira- tions are actually towards the rovernorship remain to be seen' Early this year this column ad- .vanced him as a potential con- pressional candidate, but appar-
 ently he prefers to remain III
 Connecticut. His presence on the state ticket, however, would seem to preclude the possibility Of any one else in the Naugatuck Valley getting nominated and that m1gtt work against injection of Mayor Monagan's name into the cOnven- tion as candidate for lieutenant governor or attorney general.
 The Democrats seem destined to nroduce the livhest of the con- gressional fights this year rlght here in the Fifth District. Wnat with Waterbury and vicinity pro ducing a handful of hard-Worklng candidates and more scattered up and down the valley the conven- tion, presumably to be held late this month, ought to produce nre. works as spectacular as those o1 two years ago. At that time, though Waterbury went into the conven- tion without "favorite son." hav- ing refused to go along with former State Senator Michael V. Blans- field in his plea for support, ana didn't vote on the first ballot until all other towns had indicated ther choice. Waterbury's swing to Peter Higgins then decided the outcome. This year, it is expected, that the Waterbury delegation will be oelln- itely lined up prior to convention time and Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney has reiterated that nell call a pre-convention caucus here in Waterbury to decide which local candidate will get the votes.
 What with Town Chairman
 Daniel Callahan of Naugatuck in-
 sisting that he's got enough dele
 gate strength now to insure his
 nomination for High Sheriff 0f
 New Haven County, it's hard to
 see how Democrats can turn to
 either Warden Leo BrOphy or
 former Marine Correspondent and
 Naugatuck Daily News Managing
 Editor Joseph J. DOnahue as the
 congressional candidate. Two
 major nominations like that don't often go to the same town, al-
 though it's possible. Political strategy generally calls for
 spreading nominations out through districts or other geo. graphical divisions.
 waterbury Democrats expressed regrets this week upon learning of the retirement of Mrs Susan Hooen of Torrington from the State Cen tral Committee. She had repre- sented the 30th District for many years and was probably as well known in this end of the valley as in Torrington. She is the mother of John Hoben. Scovill Company official. The term of County sheriff does not begin until the first of June following election. No jus fice of the peace of 8 probate judge