Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-14
MELBERT B. CARY's BOOK
Republican Editors Get Hot Shot
 Straight from Shoulder.

Straight from Shoulder.
 h his speech in New Haven Friday night, Candidate for Governor Mel bert E. Cary, in answer to charges of the republican editors concerning pas sages in his book, had the following to say:
 Another charge which is frequently made against me is that I have slan- dered the state which now desire shall honor me by an election as gov ernor. A few days after my nomina- tion one of the leading republican pa pers in New Haven stated in glaring headlines: sCandidate Cary says popular government in Connecticut is a sham. Says it's a despotis1n pure and simple.'' h the Good Book we read that the suffering Job said at Q time when he wished to get even with his enemies: 'Oh, that mine adversary had written 9 book" Sew eral years ago I wrote a book on the Connecticut constitution. In default of other objections that could be raised to my candidacy, my opponents have scanned with care every page of that publication, and have extracted from it certain sentences and have
 
 which it is necessary to understand in order to get 9 fair and intelligent understanding of my condition, and have endeavored to arouse feeling against me by thus misEepresenting my real views, and my motives. h the preface of my book say:
 "A condition of affairs has arisen which is causing many to declare that the people no longer rule in Connecticut; that the equality of man before the law is a myth; that we have drifted far away from the prin- ciples laid down by our forefathers in the constitution of 1889, and that the constitutional condition existing in the state tends more toward political corruption than i'll any state in the union."
 In this connection, I am pleased to say that the managers of the demo cratic campaign have decided to issue a campaign document containing ex- tracts from this book in order that the people of the state may know exactly what did say.
 On page 63 say: "Of all tie states Ill the union not one is more notorious Tor civic and political corruption than Connecticut, and that but two or three can be said to equal it in this respect A statement so serious as this must be shown to be true by the best kind of proof, by undisputed facts, and by the evidence of Witnes- ses or all parties, and all professions, Who are Tree from any suspicion of personaI, partisan or interested mo- tlves. This we will proceed to do"
 Tn support of this position I quote rom the Hon B. s. Day, ex-chairman or the republican state committee. and now one of the office holders of the party and also from some extracts rom some of the leading republican papers n tne state. Also from state ments made by Professor McCook of Trinity college. wherein he says: | Careful Investigation shows that an average of over 15 per cent of the vol CTS of Connecticut can be purchased y ALSO by correspondence between Pro- lessor McCook and ex-Governor Wal l Ter, and also by a series of resolutions adopted by the general conference of the Connecticut Congregational church That IS the basis of the charge that l nave slandered my state, and the home of my forefathers, and I am + SS W1fl0nf another word of explanation. tha da- cision whether this charge is fa;r whether it is honest, and entitled tn l any consideration.
 Every man of affairs in this sfatp knows that these charges are true. Every politician in this state. and ev- cry one Who has had business in the state house at Washington knows that ! nave not told of half of the corrup- Iloh ana bribery that takes place there at every session of the legislature.
 1T It pc wrong for a surgeon to tell his patient that he is afflicted with q cancer that IS slowly bringing corrup- llon, decay and death, and that the only way is to admit the fact and then apply the knife deep and fearlessly, then l did wrong. I NOW, my friends, this attack upon me may be the boomerang of this campaign, for in my book I said: This is not a party question and should not be considered such, but it I is 9 question of right and justice,' I wrote that book, not as party man, not as a democrat, but as a loving son of Con1ecticnt, Read it through from beginning to end, and you will see that it is distinctly temperate in tone and non-partisan in character. Now, my position is changed, and in reply to this charge want to have you understand that am not on the defensive, but that I propose to force the fighting on this issue.
 Instead of being non-partisan writer upep subject of the deepest interest to every weiI-wisher of the state, am now in the position of leader of the party, and I propose to go a step further, and to charge the Responsibility for this state of affairs, for all this corruption and evil in the state of Connecticut, to the managers of the republican party in the state who have benefited by this condition for the last 20 years.