The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-29
SENATOR DBPEW SPEAKS.
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 fortunate, and the improvement of the condition of the laboring man or Wo- men.
 In modern times the legislative bodies ! of civilized nations are generally diyi- ded into two great parties; a liberal party and a conservative party. In the United States the democratic party generally performs the role of con l seTyatiye party. The republican is the progressive, liberal party Of the United ! States, The approval or condemnation \ of the party in control of state or na- tional government should depend upon the record it makes while in control of the legislative department of that gov 1 ernment. The republican party came into existence as a national party in the | Fremont campaign of 1856. Since that time there have been thirty-eight legis- latures elected in Connect icut. Three Of them have been democratic in both branches; three have been divided, and thirty-two have been controlled by the republicans in both branches. Practi- cally the state has been governed by the republican party since 1856.
 The record of the republican party by it's legislative action in Connecticut shows constant progress, liberality, wise l government improvement and reform. ] Forty-five years ago the state expend- ed $500, 900 or S400,000, and practically all | of 1t was raised by a direct annual tax upon the property of the citizens of 1 Connecticut collected through and by the town governments. For a dozen years, in consequence of republican leg islation, there has been no tax upon the
 homesteads of the farmers and laboring f men to supply the state with revenue. | Over three million dollars are now
 raised annually by tax on corpora 1 tions and inheritances, and the revenue raised in this manner has been sufficient
 to pay all the expenses of the state gov ernment, and to provide for the gradual payment of the civil war debt.
 The old geographies used to state | that Connecticut was celebrated for it's 1 common schools. That was because of
 our school fund and our district system. | When the republican party came into power in Connecticut there was no law i compelling the towns or districts to maintain free schools. In many of the | districts the schools were kept open as
 long as the income from the school fund 1 held out, and frequently that was less i than half the year. If the schools were 1 kept open longer than that, 1t was gen. erally the practice to charge a small tu- 1 ition fee. The republican party has
 made great improvements in the man.
 agement of the education of the chil-
 dren of the state. The state now ap-
 propriates, under republican legisla- | tion, in addition to the income of the
 school fund, annually over $400,000 for the support of schools. Every town
 must maintain free public schools for at 1 least thirty-six weeks in each year, and | full instruction must be given in all l that is necessary to make good, cul- I tured citizens of the boys and girls of
 our state. The towns are authorized to 1 provide text books and supplies of all kinds for all children who need such
 assistance. The sanitary condition of
 school-houses must be maintained. High schools and evening schools are
 provided for. :".. 1 Prior to 1860 the insane and the blind
 were poor, and the children of the poor
 were sent to the poor houses of the sev-
 eral towns and were cared for only as ! paupers. Nearly forty years ago a re-
 publican legislature provided, at Mid
 dletown, magnificent asylum for the care of the insane of the state. Within
 the last ten years the state has made l liberal provisions for the education and
 support of the blind. Twenty years ago
 republican legislature provided first
 class County Homes for dependent and
 neglected children between the ages of
 four and eighteen who are there educa-
 ted and we'll cared for.
 1 Republican legislatures have provi-
 ded a Bureau of Labor Statistics to look 1 after and promote the material social, | intellectual and moral prosperity of la 1 boring men and women. Within the
 last thirty years republican legislatures
 have provided that no minors under
 sixteen years of age, and no women. shall be employed in laboring in any
 manufacturing establishment more
 than ten hours day; that eight hours
 of labor performed in any one day
 shall be lawful days work, unless
 otherwise agreed; that no child under
 fourteen years of age shall be employed
 in any mechanical or mercantile estab ! lishment. There is not time for me to go into details, but an examination of
 our statute books will show that for
 nearly forty years the republican party has been constantly providing for the | improvement, care support and educa-
 tion of the laboring men, women and
 children of our state.
 Factorizing laws, so-called. have been
 materially amended in the interests of
 the workingmen. Forty years ago all
 of the wages due a workingman, ex-
 cept ten dollars, could be taken by the
 factorizing process to pay any of his
 debts Republican legislatures have raised this exemption to fifty dollars,
 and within ten years all money due
 from fraternal organizations of any character has been made exempt from
 the factorizing process. Under the lib-
 eral Voluntary Association Act, passed
 few years ago. labor unions can be or ganized without capital. and can secure
 thereby official recognition under which they can make contracts and appear in courts. When the republican party
 came into existence and power it found