The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-05

ought not to be done It is a time fol
 education and in my mind it will al
 come out right in the end. I cant joir them in their feeling of fear. I be-
 lieve that now is the time for the small
 towns of Connecticut to build an i'm
 pregnable fortress around their inde- l pendence. I believe that the people
 have at all times right to mend mani
 fest injustice in their law and that
 sooner or later they will exercise that
 right.
 | There are many reasons why I be-
 lieve that the small towns will suffer l from failing to do the little that ought
 to be done now. The time is fortunate. | The movement Is non partisan. This
 ought to secure convention free from
 attempts at party advantage. The
 small towns will absolutely control the convention. Of the 168 votes in the
 convention at least 140 could be counted | on to vote early, late and often against anything injuring the system of town | representation That convention would have no right to do anything inconsist- ent with the statute which makes 1t
 possible. So, as a citizen of town of 2,000 inhabitants and having as deep an interest in the prosperity of that town as anyone, it seems to me that
 now is the time for the towns of Con- necticut to face the issue and in pro-
 tecting themselves to do justice to the
 cities.
 That is my position. I have stated it
 time and again. It does not avail, my
 fellow citizens, to say that Connecticut
 has been well and economically gov
 erned under our present system. Con-
 necticut might have prospered if she
 had remained British colony. Indeed
 we might to-day, under federal consent set up little Kingdom and if we could get man like President Hadley to be king we should be sure of righteous laws tempered with mercy in their ex- ecution.
 If the form of government be a de- mocracy I must be fair to my neighbor when I am in power or he will be under no obligations to be fair to me when he is in power In America a minority with a just cause some day becomes q majority and that is the reason why I believe that now is the time for the towns to put their system of town representation on basis logical in it. self and one that can be defended by fair minded men. The friends of the reform may well claim that the irregu- larity in town representation was never anticipated or intended in 1918. But if this is not true, 1t Is true that con- stitutions, written constitutions are made to secure justice and equity to the living and it is right for the living | to keep their constitution right and i equitable.
 I want to say that If for any reason, I don't care what, If for any reason | this projected convention fails to get a of the votes of the people of | Connecticut on Monday next, the sys- tenn of town representation will be en- dangered rather than strengthened in the state of Connecticut
 The next speaker introduced was ex- Governor Waller. The ex-governor's speech was witty and frequently called forth laughter and applause from his audience. After pleasant opening re- marks he said: In this campaign which we are waging tonight we fol- ow the lead of his excellency the gov ernor. It seems that in such a cause with such leader, if you do your duty, we will come out of the camgaign vic- .orious. I come from a town that has .wo representatives and we don't want my more. so that isn't my trouble. But, f the town from which I come was represented in reference to population, IS some other towns are, We would lave no less than forty. If my town vas represented in the same ratio of population as New Haven is-I am shamed to tell you-my town would ave 25 of one man, and that man would have to be lame. Now can't you this question about repre- ( entation. This statement is an accu- , ate statement of the outrages and system of representation that ye insist ought to be changed and mich will be changed if we have the l onvention which will be held if you |. eople walk up Monday and vote early nd often. Now is there responsible man who ' couples your respect, with no ulteror r lotives, who can stand up and say that z lew Haven ought not to have, with $ 10S, GOO population, greater voice :. nd greater influence In the imposi- on of taxes of which your people pay , large a proportion and in making le laws which your people must obey go up for thirty days, than the town : 300 population? What man in New Il aven loyal to the city, loyal to the ate will plead any excuse against alking up Monday and voting against xa ton without representation. Is ere one here? (voice, Not here") M -ell, if he is here I don't want him to me over to New London We have tt all the queen fish there now that we ci ant. @ There has not been discovered in this al ntest any organized machine opera M on, unless it is actuated in this cir I'll