The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-23
;. Dodge, Levi Jewett. Harrison Brain

Clinton-Henry c. Hull, Oliver B. Swain.
 Cromwell-carl F. Pierson, Willis L. Mosher.
 Durham William P. Camp, H. H. Newton.- E. N. Robinson. W A. Par sons.
 East Haddam-W. S. Comstock, c. T. Beebe, Allen Wiley, H. H. Mack.
 Essex-B. A. Rathbun, Edwin Pratt.
 ddlefeld-Charles I. Miller, Enoch T. Birdsey.
 Old saybrook-George ". Walker, Elton A. Dibble.
 Portland-Richard H Pascal, c. A. Ahlquist.
 saybrook-Thomas L. Parker, Charles l J. Callender, Frederick W. Dewitt, Sol- omon Molander.
 Westbrook-William I. Lewis, Rich ard Stannard.
 The chair appointed Frederick w. Orr of this city, T. W. Mcdowell of Middletown and George NJ. Clark of Haddam to escort MT. Sperry to the hall and when he arrived there he was greeted with a great outburst os ap- plause. In his address of acceptance he reviewed at some length the most inn portant work of the congress which closed it's first session last July. After mentioning several important measures adopted he spoke of the irrigation bill. This bill, MT. Sperry said, was in his opinion, one of the most beneficial measures passed by congress during the last session. This bill," he con- tinued, opens up for cultivation vast areas of land in the west, which are now barren wastes. Thanks to the gov ernment aid given under the provisions of this bill, large and prosperous farms will soon begin to spring up where now nothing grows. Think of the vast mar ket that this will open up to our east ern manufacturers. The reclamation and settlement of the arid lands of the west will in time enrich every portion of our country, and open up a new market, better and more profitable than any foreign market we can secure. Our people as a whole will share in the profit, for successful home making is but another name for the upbuilding of the nation, and as usual the republican party took the initiative"
 MT. Sperry devoted considerable portion of his remarks to the subject of the trusts, defining them and illustrat- ing their good and bad tendencies. In closing on this point he said:
 "The truth is not found in either eX- treme. Industrial combinations, like other human institutions, are partly good and partly bad. The remedy is not annihilation, but regulation and control. The process must not be one of destruction. but of separation of the good from the bad. President Roose- welt on his recent trip through the New England states suggested a way to control such combinations. His idea is to have general supervision or examination, somewhat similar to our system of examination of banks and insurance companies, and to com pei all trusts to give full publicity to their operations. Then if there are evils, it would soon become apparent and could be properly remedied. But while all our leading men are trying to devise a plan to control this subject, we must not forget that we have at present an antitrust law on our stat ute books, the Sherman law, which was passed by republican congress, and under which many suits against trusts have been brought and won by the gov ernment. Even now suits are pending under this law against certain trusts, and these suits will be determined soon. We can then tell whether our present laws are sufficient or not to regulate . | frnctc and 1atapY1oine 10 what should be done. I hope that be- fore another national election rolls around this problem will work itself out to a happy and satisfactory solu- tion."
 In closing MT. Sperry spoke of our present great national prosperity as due mainly to the protective tariff and bespoke the continued wise administra- tion of affairs by the republican party and the reelection of President Roose- welt in 1904.
 On motion of Samuel Well of this city Senator Platt was called on for few remarks. Three cheers were called fol MT. Sperry and Senator Platt and given with will.
 Senator Platt said he didn't know whether they wanted him to address them in hall or down at Morris Cove |, Both places" shouted several in the hall. MT. Platt warmly endorsed MT , Sperry and his renomination and spoke of MT. Sperry's labors in congress ant particularly of his work for Connecti- cut men and harbor improvement. Senator Platt likened Mr. Sperry tt a Woodbridge oak. Tough in fibre proof against all storms, firm through. out it all. ''The Woodbridge oak ha: gone but the congressman remains and so am going to name him to-day the sturdy Woodbridge oak" (Grea l applause.)
 Senator Platt called upon everybody . to do his utmost to effect the trium phant reelection of MT. Sperry. = MT. Sperry then invited the delegates and others to Morris Cove to dinner. . MIR. SPERRY'S CLAMBAKE.