Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-03

I1oN they nave WoFheu aSdinSC you | and your interests. They have cut up the wards and this one especially until it is almost impossible for one to get the full vote on election day. On next Tuesday morning vote early; get your friends to vote with you. The polls open at 6 o'clock and close at ,. Give all the candidates q rousing majority, and you will not be sorry for it. Vote for AIr Kennedy for if there is an honest man in the fifth senatorial dis trict he is Mir Kennedy He wears no corporation collar. His hands are free.
 He is not tied up to any corporation,
 and if he is elected he will show you
 he is free to stand up for you and
 fight your battles in the legislature
 Judge Lowe was the next speaker.
 MT Lowe was not feeling well yet he persisted ill being bareheaded while addressing the people. He said he had not much to say, except that Burns, the Scotch poet remarked. that
 when he'd go to Heaven all he would request was Scotch welcome and
 when his own time was come all he would ask was an Irish welcome like that he was given this evening. He
 was glad to see so many boys in the audience and hoped they would whoop Ter up next Tuesday evening""
 You do your duty when you enter the polling booth and there will be no fear of us when the sun sets Tues day evening. We will all be elected and you will not be sorry for sending
 my friends Byrne and Guilfoile and Kennedy to look after your interests in Hartford'
 The next speaker was MT Byrne, one of the candidates for representa- tive. After thanking the people for the hearty reception they had given him and his fellow candidates and for their thoughtfulness in arranging the
 meeting and inviting him and the other candidates to take part in it, he said that when the people would de- part for home they would feel that they had spent profitable evening.
 Then he took up the subject of gath ering. He said that with the residents of the third and fourth wards to a
 great extent lay the responsibility of the success of the democratic candi- dates at the election. Former lcGisla- lures were composed of men who had no vital interests in the welfare of the city. Their foremost purpose seemed to be to perpetuate themselves and to saddle upon the people laws that were obnoxious to them and which they knew nothing about until they had become parts of the statute laws of the state. This state of things can be reInedied by sending men to the gen eral assembly who will look after the
 welfare of the people and the city. They will never be remcdied by repre- scntativeS of corporations, whose in | terestS are not the peoples interests. who want to muZzle the public and de- prive them of all voice ill public mat | terS. The laws have made it so that while this city is largely democratic l the majority of the people are allow | ed only minor representation in all | its elective governing bodies. It is l the duty of the people to send represen- | tatfves and a senator to the general | assembly who will be on hand when | the republicans make their next at 1 tempt to cut up and gerrymander the | city. Your interests are the interests | of the city and when the latter are | interferred with so is the former. You know Judge Lowe. He has stood by l you year after year. He fills one of
 the most responsible offices that is | within your gift and he has filled it | well. If you elect democrats to the
 general assembly they will see to it | that no coercion takes place when any measures pertaining to this city | are proposed. It is to be hoped then
 that when you cast your ballots next | Tuesday, you will not allow any per sonal prejudice to enter your mind. or l to aid you in determining what you
 will do. It is necessary for some men | to do things that may make annoy
 ance to others in the performance of | their honest duties. We all make mis- | takes, no one of us is perfect. Don't
 let anybody help you making up your | mind. That is q duty you should do l yourself before you cast your vote. You are all good citizens and your vote | counts as much as the vote of the
 president. You are all free and in-
 dependent citizens, be free and inde | pendent then when you are casting
 your vote. It is the duty of every | man to vote for the candidate he
 thinks will make the better official
 and if any man here thinks that MT
 Duraut-hisses- make-hisses-it
 his duty to vote for him. but 1 do not | think he will make the better man and | 1 know that there are hundreds here
 this evening who think so too. MT
 Byrne mentioned his rivals, Messrs
 Lilley and Peasley, and they were re-
 ceived with evidence of vigorous dis | approval. If you wish to elect men | who will work for corporations you
 will vote for Mir Lilley and MT Peas
 ley If you wish to see the interests
 of the Consolidated railroad. the Con-
 necticut Lighting and Power company
 and the Southern New England Tele-
 phone company taken care of and your
 interests neglected you will vote for
 the republican candidates. But these
 corporations, gentlemen, are already
 taken care of. They have sufficient
 grasp on the state now so you see
 your duty is plain. Elect Judge Lowe
 and you will elect good man. Nil
 Guilfoile, my colleague in this cam
 paign. is third ward boy, an able and
 honorable member of the profession to | which 1 have the distinction to be- | long. He will take care of your in
 terests if you elect him for he is a
 credit to himself, to his people and the
 city. And as for myself I will try to
 do the best l can by you and by the
 city, and if anything is brought before
 my attention that you should know
 will see that you do know it. Vote
 the democratic ticket from the top to
 the bottom and you will not be sorry
 At this point the fire alarm rung. but
 MT Byrne held his audience. Soon after
 he gave way to Herman Van Tronk
 of New York.
 The last speaker was Mir Gulfoile