Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-23
POLITICAL POINTERS
A RattiIng Outdoor Democratic Meeting
 on Baldwin Street.

on Baldwin Street.
 The,tourth ward did itself honor last | night in the magnificent reception ten7 dered to Mayor Kilduff, the candidate for secretary of state. and the democratic nom- inees for representatives. The audience was large and for an outdoor meeting the order was all that could have been ex- pected. When the party passed Scovilrs bridge. headed by the Second regiment drum corps. the whole place was ablaze with red fire and the cheer thnt went up from the great assembly of people was deafening. In front of the residence of Eugene Sullivan. Casey's drug store and Delaney & Condon's the display of red light was lavish and when the speakers and Pleasant streets the place was filled with people for several hundred yards around the square. The speakers occu- pied the veranda of Contractor F. E. Pierce's residence. Town Committeeman Thomas Hallinan introduced Alderman Elect John H. Condon as chairman. Mir Condon introduced E. l.. Maloney and asked that the undivided attention of the meeting be given to what hehad to say.
 The speaker was in good voice and could be heard with the greatest ease for several blocks distant. He pitched into the republican speakers for their futile efforts to have the public believe that the democrats have been responsible for the dull season from which we are emerging. He said this was the legacy the republican party left to the democrats when they went out of office. He cleverly refuted the statements of republican campaign speakers in reference to the industrial situation of the present as compared with one year ago. In my capacity as a news. | man." he said," Il have just com- pleted canvass of almost every factory in Waterbury for the purpose of comparing the business of the fall of | 1894 with that of 1893. What have found? Last year out of about ten or | twelve factories vis.te not one was run ming full time or had all its help employed. even at the hours it was running. All were agreed that here was no business aud the outlook was anything but encouraging. | This fall found that every one of those same factories Is working ten hours a day. some of them are working until o'clock in the evening. and all or nearly all are ruu- ming with a full complement of help. | These are cold facts which no one can deny. The manufacturers themselves are pleased to impart this information to the public and the public speaker who tries to dispute it is not acting from honest con-
 viction." The speaker was roundly ap-
 plauded during his address.
 | 1uOIuS WAS Iueu luIIOuuCtu,
 He must have felt hattered at the reception accorded him on the occasion of his first
 public speech. for he received perfect
 ovation. He began. II know that my
 face is unfamiliar to most of you, although | am a Waterbury boy" The audience
 shouted back: Ut won't be long so.
 The speaker then dealt with the unjust
 method of representation in Connecticut
 and cited cases where towns with five nr
 six hundred inhabitants have as much
 power in the legislature as Waterbury or
 New Haven. Speaking of tie A. P. A. ht
 said: Il am Protestant. Most of you
 I presume, are of the Catholic faith. We
 have a just right to our own individua
 opinion in those matters and no man ol
 body of men who would discriminat,
 against me on account of my religious
 views or against you for the same req
 son can say that he or they are acting IT
 accordance with the constitution of thu United States which guarantees religious freedom to all men. If my religion wa:
 assailed in public as yours has been and i; during this campaign I should go to th' polls and vote against the men who ar' allied with such an organization, If haC
 to reach the voting booth on my knees.
 The speaker was loudly applauded durinl , his eloquent and patriotic address. w
 feel safe in saying that MT Thoms will Sc
 cure the united support of the fourti
 ward.
 When Mir Thoms had finished Johr Moriarty talked as only he can. He wa pleased to see the young blood brought t
 the front. "If anyone" he said. "enter , tained the slightest doubt as to the caps bilities of these young men to represen the interests of Waterbury iE the legisla
 ture at Hartford, think the doubt mus have been removed after listening to tn addresses which the nominees have jus delivered"
 3 Then there was a call for Mayor Kilduff
 candidate for secretary of state. Hi l honor appeared amid tremendous cheer l and then the audience was treated to som } issues in state and local politics. He ra m nded his hearers that there are abou
 750 democratic voters to be made this yea q and warned them to be sure and not ovel Q look their duty in this matter. Vote i are the most important things I know c l on election day" he said. "and we wan
 to secure as many as will insure us ful e and complete victory"
 The meeting closed with cheer for tn = nominees and all dispersed quite please n with the efforts of the different speakers.