Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-31

I6W men. some may call ILLS Socldr
ism, but il it be then you can put me
down as one Of the most pronounced
socialists in the country" Great ap~
plauSe).
Commissioner Whiting Of the board
of public works made clever address.
He kept the crowds in roars of laugh
| ter while he was speaking, and when
he got through the small boy, and the
women folks especially, gave him q
splendid ovation. ''I thought" said
the commissioner, "when / saw the
platform, of reminding the COMMITTEES
of the need Of stove there this cold
night, but after little reflection con-
cluded to say nothing about it, think
ing that perhaps there wasn't pound
of coal in the Brooklyn district.
Naughter) But I'm pleased to note
that the people Of Brooklyn have solved
! the coal question and can manage to
keep warm without it. That Chinese
lantern there came near roasting me.
| was getting baked and told Mr. Gull
foile that if had to stay there much
longer I'd be dead and the committee
would get into trouble. CHEERS 1t
Is a. foolish thing for a politician to
take himself seriously and think that
Il his presence is necessary in the COM
munity. If every politician we have
III w aLSIOuIy SuOulU ul6 LO-ulyuL we ~
have as many more tomorrow clamor-
ing for their places But they don't
take themselves seriously. Why, some
Of the stump speakers you hear would
tell you more nonsense in five minutes
than you could believe in a thousand
years. l remember an old fellow who
used to go about selling razor strops
and making speeches, and after listen
ing to one of his harrangues l asked
him II he meant all that. and he
winked one eve and remarked, Jim
mie, l was talking tt men that don't
know as much as l do.," (Roars of
laughter).
Seriously, want to say that did
not come over here to make a speech.
but seeing that I'm here want to say
something. In these days almost ev-
I, eryth1ng one can mention is called
. platitude. 1t may be a platitude that
the Saviour died to save mankind. but
1t is no more a platitude that Christ
, died for man than that governments to
do Justice must be conducted upon the
principal of equal rights to all and spe-
/ cial favors for none. / remember when
was boy like one Of these little fell
lows here in front OF me. heard John
!. Bright say that monopolies are not
friendly to labor and that they never
can be because of their nature. | am
{ convinced that the interests of the
!, working people can best be served by
the supremacy of the democratic party.
/ and it is the duty OF everyone to work
, iii that direction and give US a change
! as soon as possible.
I'VE hear a good deal OF talk from
]; the republicans about quarreling in the
! democratic party, but they should look
: to home before calling attention to
WI IQf f1 ~.
!. !. bors. The republicans had a constitu-.
q tional convention not long ago and
2 they fought like dogs, and, worse than
that, they did nothing. Why the shock
;. cost the poor man who acted as chair
Z man his life. He died shortly after ID
!. was declared off. And Secretary
= Tnrasher never said a word while they
4 We're pummeling each other" (Cheers.y
Senator Kennedy was the last
! speaker. He spoke for nearly an hour
!, and was warmly applauded Senator
Kennedy reviewed the history of the
trusts and pointed out what they can
3 90 when they make up their minds.
= He cited as sample or how they can
.e spread desolation by the condition of
g Colchester of to-day compared with the
: time prior to the rubber trust. The
= trust shut UP the only factory In the
- place, drove the people out of the town
= 7. until finally it became almost a coun-
= terpart of the place graphically de-
8 scIibed by Goldsmith in his Deserted
Village" Z
= The meeting closed by giving three
= = cneers for all the candidates on the
rs state dt mocratic ticket.
= The remark Of Waterbury's republi-
q can candidate for senator. Mr. Tracy
: in his speech Wednesday night thst
ie he would spend no money for votes is
- = viewed with alarm" in some circles
II Il of his party.-Hartford Times.
H. r,,
"a The Economic league in New Ha-
- ven has indorsed Probate Judge
"a Cleaveland, the republican candidate.
- for reelection. The league. at its
r. meeting Wednesday night, voted to
ne address duplicate letters to Mr. Cham
in berlain and Mr. Cary, to the effect that
it. the league is free to support any can
n didate and asking them what they
". would do with the water contract
or when it came before them, as mat
20. ter of legislation. The letter declares
w that the contract is against the prin,
W ciple of municipal ownership.
Dis
he There Is the greatest activity among
re the republicans. Never in any for
to mer campaign have they worked SO
cs hard. Almost every republican law
ST yer in the city is engaged IN one form
We or another Of the campaign. The,
he appear to have abandoned their owr
lat business for the sake of their party
ser This indicates the greategt necessity
~; Of individual effort. and this Is said t
en- be tae real cause of SO much work
Re- Neither do they appear as confident a
az they generally do on these occasions
nss They do not seem to have time to Civ
- ~ the sstime of day. or exchange the us
we We ual situations. They are up to thei
10 eyes in work and they seem to b
! Il struggling to overcome some big Of
lan 'stacles' ernaps ~ - :.
Of apathy Wn1ch tney nave peen W.