Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-26
MRLBERT B. CARY.

The earnestness with which the dem- ocrats went into the preliminary work and the real duties of yesterdays con- vention shows that they are aroused this year, and united in a degree 1 which has not been witnessed for sev- era1 years. The work of the conven- tion was carried out quickly and ac- cording to the program laid down by the Cary managers. It was square and fair fight and the best man won, and now it is but fair to assume that the friends of Mayor Thayer. who made such a splendid fight for first place, will rally round the democratic standard and bring Connecticut back into the democratic column. It can be done by united effort and this is good year to do it. Melbert B. Cary, the gentleman placed at the head of the ticket, is too we'll known to require any extended notice at this time. His views on the questions of the day are also well known to everyone abreast of the times. He is one of the orig inal constitutional reformers, and be neves that representation should be by population and not by territory. In his book written several years ago we find on this subject the following:
 Under the present constitution the towns of Connecticut do not stand on par one with another in the legisla- T151s< x1zit ta4 Some towns have two representatives, while others with a much larger popu- lation have but one, showing that the present apportionment is arbitrary and not based upon any principle whatever. !, This being so, the plan to give the larger towns increased representation in accordance with their population, without taking from any town it's pres ent right to send one or two repreSen- tatives to the legislature, in no manner 1 detracts from the position power and dignity of any single town, and is in no true sense to be considered an at tack upon the general system whose best friends desire to maintain it in all it's pristine vigor and perfection, but who are opposed to having it made an excuse for sustaining and maintaining such travesty upon popular govern
 
 Connecticut has in the course of tho last seventy-five years become.
 The remedy is plain, and in full &C., cord with the political history and tra- ditions of the state, and in no way looks toward the abandonment of the idea of town representation. The true friends of that principle are only desir- ous that the system shall be brought back to it's starting point and made to accord with the views of the framers of the constitution of 1889. What they desire is that it shall be system based upon present conditions, upon reason and justice, in order that an outraged community may not at some future time, smarting under the abstrdity and wrgngfulness of the present system, arise in it's might and abolish it alto. egther.
 And again, in regard to working men's rights we find the following: The intelligent leaders of the differ ent labor organizations of the state are beginning to realize that under the present system it is impossible for them to secure their rightfu1 represen tation in the legislature, whereas, it the cities in which these organizations are found were given equal rights in LnE 1ldttOI Ol ICpLCDCGLAIlOA FFAk1 SAAN country towns, it would be entirely possible for them to send their own representatives to the legislature, and guard their interests and secure such ! legislation as they might be entitled to.
 During the last campaign the de- mand for a constitutional convention was endorsed by the various labor or ganizations in the state. They assert. ed that the workingman's vote should count for as much in Hartford as that of any other man in the state, and de nounced the system by which voters in the large cities are practically disfran' ! chised.
 Thus it will be seen that Melbert B. Cary is a progressive and up to date representative of the democratic party, and all it stands for. And it is to the democratic party the workingman must turn if he will shake off the shackles that now bind him. The rallying cry from now until election day should be ssCary and reform