The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-09
STATE CAMPAIGN IS
 OPENED BY FAIRBANKS
VICE PREsIDESTIALc CANDIDATE
 sPEAKsIN HARTFORD.

neeticut-TeIIs What the Party Has
 observation-disclosures to the Gold
 Standard and the Lack of Moral
 Courage of Democrats.
 Hartford. Sept. S.-The republican campaign in Connecticut was opened under favorable conditions at the Au- ditorium tonight, when Hon. Charles w. Fairbanks delivered an address in. which he dealt with the policies of the republican party during the last seven years. He came to this city direct from Camden, Me, this afternoon to be the guest of John T. Robinson, chairman Of the town committee, who also enter tained President Roosevelt on his visit to this city. At MT. Robinson's home .. number of prominent members of the party called on Mir. Fairbanks. It had been intended that he should attend the Charter Oak races, but his late arrival prevented this to the great disappoint- ment of an immense throng of people at the track. He was to have been in the box of former Governor Bulkeley and the stake race was delayed nearly an hour in expectation that MT. Fairbanks would come.
 The rally was proceeded by short reception at the Allyn house. The Au- ditorium was lavishly decorated with flags and over the platform were large portraits of the party candidates The audience was larger than the seating capacity of the hall
 MT. Robinson introduced former Gov- ernor Bulkeley as the presiding officer. After a few words of welcome he intro- duced MT. Fairbanks.
 Senator Fairbanks in opening made happy allusion to the city of Hartford iand to it's industries, saying that both name and products were household words throughout the republic. He said the state was recognized as pa triotic and conservative commonwealth and has always been counted upon whenever open enemies have assailed the country in the field or whenever in- sidious assaults have been made upon its credit He said there was no more important duty than to determine which { policies shall govern in the administta- tion of our national affairs Continu- ing, he said:
 Republican policies have never been 2 menace to the business interests of the country. Their triumph has never been awaited with serious apprehension. If republican policies are approved at the ballot box at the coming election, conn meree will not need to furl her sails and industry will not need to prepare to meet surprises which change of admins istratfon sometimes brings. What the country needs is not only sound policies but 1t requires that they should not be frequently changed.
 I Tn 1896 and 1900 Connecticut gave her cordial support to William Mckinley. Is there any one who regrets his vote of eight years ago or who would recall the ballot he cast four years ago ?A I do not believe there is one within the lia1- its of this venerable and historic corn- monwealth who is not proud of the fact that he gave his support to William Mckinley at a supreme crisis in our history and thereby preserved our indi- vidual credit and the national honor
 We have met and solved many great questions in the last seven years Some of them were little dreamed of in the great campaign of eight years ago. The ,itaiy has been consistent with the spirit If our institutions and according to the best traditions of the republic. The re- publican party has kept faith with Con- necticut and with the country. It has made the pledge of eight years ago the written law. It has established the gold standard, and it is proud of it. It will stand for it's maintenance against all-comers. We will not entrust the mighty business affairs of the republic to the control of party which lacks the moral courage to avoW it's conf1- dence in the virtue of the gold stand- ard. We will entrust that power to no party which is seriously divided upon this great and vital question.
 Does Connecticut wish the protective tariff system overthrown Does she be- llieve that the protective tariff is inin- Iical to her welfare? The democratic party assails protection, and if entrust- ed with power it must yield to rev. enue system. When it declares in favor of revising and reducing the tariff, we should deliberate and know what it means. We must make no mistake Iabout it. The overthrow of the Ding ley law means embarrassment to indus ltry in Connecticut and elsewhere. Under republican policies and repub- lican administrations our commerce has attained magnitude unequa1led in all l our history The question before us to decide is shall we reverse our politicies land overturn the administration under which so much has been accomplished? ] No party has accomplished more in a Hike period than the republican party has accomplished in the last seven years. I will not pause to enumerate q all it has done.
 During the last seven years the wage learners had more work and better wag- es than they enjoyed under democratic administrations. What we want is work for the American workingrnan and a wage scale that is better than that en- 5oyed in any other country upon this 1i f V