'22 VS. '33
Joseph E. Talbot '22 and John S. Monagan '33 were the heroes of the following AP dispatch given nationwide release under a Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 21 dateline: "Voters in the sth Congressional District elected a Republican, Joseph E. Talbot, as national Representative for the first time in a decade yesterday, giving him a margin of 3615 over his Democratic rival and personal friend of long standing, John S. Monagan.
"In winning the seat held by J. Joseph Smith (Democrat), recently appointed a federal district judge, Talbot polled 23,278 votes to 19,663 for Monagan and 1877 for Edward J. Ryan, American Progressive candidate. Both Talbot and Monagan had supported the war aims of President Roosevelt and the virtually issueless contest was marked by an extremely light vote.
"At the conclusion of the campaign which observers termed one of the most polite in state history, Talbot and Monagan, each a Dartmouth graduate and a lawyer, threw their arms about each other in a radio station with the winner exclaiming: " 'John is a grand fellow, and it is pretty tough when you have to beat a fellow like him.'
"Monagan responded: " 'lf I had to lose, I am glad to lose to Joe Talbot as he has proved himself a gentleman in this campaign as he has throughout his life.' "
