Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-03
ROUNDING UP FORCES
GREAT TARIFF. SPEECH LAST NIGHT
BY GOVERNOR CAMPBELL OF OHIO.

GREAT TARIFF. SPEECH LAST NIGHT
BY GOVERNOR CAMPBELL OF OHIO.
Governor Morris, James p. Pigott and
! Others Talk Upon State Issues-Over
1000 Enthusiastic Democrats in the
City Hall.
A large and enthusiastic audience,
numbering fully 1000, packed
City hall last evening ITO the
doors, to hear rex Governor Camp
bell +" of Ohio, Governor Luzon B.
Morris, Senator: Pierce of Bristol, ex-
Cor gresham Vance of New Britain and
the Hon James P. Pigott of New Haven.
talk on the democratic.issues state and
national. of the campaign. Charles G..
Root read the list of officers for the
meeting and introduced Chairman
Moritz Grelle as a democrat who had
been legally elected and had taken his
seat. Mr. Grelle told.the audience that
the list of speakers was so long that he
would consume no time, but introduce
at once as the first speaker, Governor
Morris. The applause that followed
this announcement lasted several min
utes and when it had subsidized Governor
Morris said in part:
"Another presidential election ap-
Der 8, you will be called upon to cast
your ballots for one who, if elected, will
give you the best administration this
country has ever seen. | mean Grover
Cleveland. There are many questions
| to be discussed on the issues of the cam
paign, but deem it my duty to speak
particularly about those relating to Con
necticut. We have to contend under
many disadvantages for popular gov
eminent at home The question arises
whether the people of Connecticut in
| casting their ballots can have the privi-
lege of having them counted as the PEG
pie of other states when they vote for
their state officers.
"We ask for a constitutional reform
in this state. In considering the state
constitution under which'w are living
l would ask you to go back with me
several years that 1 may show you the
| need of a radical reform of that 1nstru-
ment. In 1918, when the constitution
was framed no town contained more than
4 900 people and only two parties were
| in existence. Since then, however,
some of the towns have increased in
population and some have decreased.
and the reason for a change becomes
every day more evident and more i'm
portant. In those days stage coaches
| were the only means of transportation
and travel. Since then, however, the
steam engine and electric lines have
come into use. The result of steam
power and the development of cleo
| tricity on our civilization have made i'm
portant changes. Manufacturing in,
terests have been centered in the larger
| towns and cities, and the population has
| increased with the manufactures. Now.
our old constitution belongs to the stage
| coach era. 1t was as good as they
could do at the time. They could not
see the increase that was to be made in
each town, nor the decrease. They
could not look into the future and see
towns of one hundred people repre-
sented in the legislature by two repre-
sentatives, and your city of $4,000 has
no more, nor the city of New Haven.
any more than one of those small towns.
| They could not see that ma jority of
one house would be elected by one
seventh of the people of Connecticut
| Is there not then, reason for a change in
| the state constitution in that respect
j Now a majority over all must be re-
| ceived by the state officers, otherwise
! the election must be brought into the
legislature where one-seventh of the
people may elect them. The supreme
court has held that a declaration from
each branch of the legislature is also
necessary so that if either branch fail to
make declaration even if the people
give majority of 10000 the candidate
would not be elected"
The speaker then told of the necessity
of electing county commissioners by
popular vote, detailed the manner in
which they are appointed, their duties
and the power they have of expendine
money, and concluded by asking his
hearers if they did not think, since they
had the privilege of paying the bills
they should have some voice in the
selection of the men who contract them
The chairman then introduced the can
didate for congress in the second dis
trict, Hon James P. PigOtt of New
II wen, who said
"The republican party in its national
platform declares for free ballot and 6
fair and honest count. I was glad tC
hear that and thought when I read il
that the best place to begin the practice
of their professions was right here in
Connecticut.i Why is it if they believe
in such proceedings that my fellow
townsman, Luzon B. Morris, did not gel
a fair count of the ballots cast for him
Why is it that the second congressional
district has $1,000 people when the
first has only 100, 900? Because they
have the power and they propose tt
hold it as long as they possibly can
After each census the congressional dis
tricts should be made up of members
as equally divided as possible and Of
contiguous territory. Do you suppose
if New Haven and Middlesex counties
were republican we would be allowed
to go on for fifty years without a reap
portionment The republican party are
loud in their declarations for home rule
for Ireland. Why don't they give us
home rule in Connecticut, where we
live? Do you think they believe in al
honest ballot and a fair count? They
say that in the south the negro is de
MED the right to vote. That may be Sc
in some places, and if it be so, it il
Wrong, and the democratic party says i
is wrong. Do they say anything O.
their methods in the north. Don't they
do greater wrong by buying will
their money the votes of men in thu
north despise the man who would
sell that noblest of gifts to American
freemen, his franchise.
''The republican party repeatedly