Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-02
POLITICAL POINTERS.
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS WAS
 AT HIS VERY BEST.
He Entertained and Instructed a Large Audience Last Evening-The Live Issues of the Campaign Were Handled in a MastarIy Manner

Large Audience Last Eyening-The Live Issues of the Campaign Were Handled in a Masterly Manner.
 The democratic rally in. the Audi torium last night attracted full house and proved to be the most sue cessful meeting held in Waterbury by either party since the campaign opened. The speakers, the Hon Dan Tel Davenport of Bridgeport and George Fred Williams of Boston, talked for over two hours on state and national issues and never lost a moment in jest or rldlcule. They dealt with cold facts Iii the way through and their reason- Ing was so convincing that more than one republican in the audience went Ioine struggling with his conscience as to whether he had better let party realty rule him on the 9th of Novem- Der and vote for Mckinley and his i'm peflallSt1c tendencies or push party aside for the time being and come out Tor Bryan and the principles the faith CTS of this country fought and died for century or more ago.
 The Waterbury Military band fur hlshed several selections in very pleasing manner and the sweet melo- dy had the audience in happy frame
 
 man Of the democratic town commit tee. called the meeting to order and introduced Town Attorney Terrence F. CarmOdy as presiding officer. At this time but one of the speakers Mir Day enport, had arrived. AIr Williams be- Ing in Naugatuck and did not put in an appearance until after o'clock The chair introduced the Hon Daniel G. Davenport as man who had hewn out an honorable namo for him. self as member of the Connecticut Ear association. an eloquent speaker and Staunch democrat.
 Mir DavenDort is a fine speaker and created a decidedly favorable imnres- sion in the minds of those who listened f0 him. Sc much so that after George Fred Williams and party arrived. and MT Davenport wanted to retire the vast multitude shouted: "Kepp it up! Keen it up. Go on! Go on-'
 After a few preliminary remarks. Nr Davennort sailed into the republican methods in way of his own. and q most effective way it is. and by the time he had switched from that sub iect to deal with something else he had told his audience sufficient reasons why American electors should reDudi- ate the efforts of half a dozen men to control the politics of the state of Connecticut. He said that a ma iority of the representatives sent to the general assembly to make laws for the whole state are elected by people having fewer votes than there are in Bridgeport alone and that the con- duct of those men is regulated by the republican machine which is composed . of not more than six persons. The censorship is so great. he said. that not a law is passed without it first re ceiTeS the sanction of the machine politicians. and if a measure suits the trusts it is sure to meet the aDprova of the men who are running the DOli tics of the state. no matter who it hits They may be republicans and they may be democrats. but no matter what their political affiliations. if the capitalists say the word the law mus he enacted. We have a great duty be fore us in this state and it should b' met with the proper spirit. Our can didate for governor. Samuel l.. Bronson native of Waterbury. a man againS whose private or public chara cter tn breath of scandal has never been Ut tered and whose record the demOcrac7 of the state. and of this town especial ly. takes a special pride in, cannot b elected even if he gets plurality o the votes of the people. He mus il not be declared governor of Connect cut, unless we succeed in sendin enough senators and representative to Hartford to stand back of him i case the election should go into tn house. And this brings me to the in portance of our senators and reDreSeI tatives. The vote you cast for senf tor may be the one that will decid who shall be governor, instead of th one you gave direct for governor. No if you vote for Kennedy and your tw re >esentatives, they can be depend ed ul to vote for Samnel l.. Bronso in case ~e contest should be decide in Hartfort% tGreat applauseD
 ''The republicans are busy washin the dirt off Geors@ P. Mclean, cand date for governor. h t dirt placed II on him by anything democra have said of him. but dir, Neaped u on him by the republicans th~ aSelv' before he received the nominatiOh-ld Il of his staunch supporters, sam E, senden, who has spoken for him in tn town. is on record with the stateme that George P. Mclean should not thought of in connection with the go ernorship because his personal chara ter and the character of his associat unfitted him for it. Now after $ these accusations they want the pu lie to believe that MT Mclean is ju the kind of man the peep want and they are rushing throus the state stultifying themselves f the sake of party regularity. Do v think they will succeed in getting ,.< telligent people to believe them! as Mir Fessenden and others said, few weeks ago, George P. Mclean personal character and the charact of his associates unfitted him for t high office of governor of Connecticl how can they honestly come befo the electors of the commonwealth al proclaim that he is all right now? Tn did all this dirt throwing themselv before the democrats said a word. al now they are around endeayoring
 wash it off.
 'sHow can men elected to public I sitions by such methods as this be lied upon to discharge the duties
 their office in an honest. impart manner? We want the judiciary Ike Cor ,0f, xyh