Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-22
WERE SHOUTING HOT AIR.
Kenealy and Hing. Republican Spellbinders Should Look up Irish History. or Else Talk About
 Fessendens Big Commission

i down cellar during the night time. The hall was crowded.
 Benjamin Grist. chief engineer of the Scovill Manufacturing Go, presided and he filled the bill in fine shape. The Hon Michael Kenealy of Stamford was the first speaker. He was given splendid ovation. Like all the other republican spellbinders he claimed everything for the republican party and hoped nobody would think of dis turbfng existing conditions He re- ferred to the ruinous effects of ab- sentee landlordism, free trade and other vicious legislation in Ireland which finally reduced the country to
 the position it occupies to-day. MT Kenealy praised the republican candi- dates, notably President Roosevelt and the Hon George l.. Lilley. His remarks from stsrt to finish were re- ceived with aJ enthusiasm which showed that the audience was in happy frame of mind and easily enter. tained.
 The Hon William A. King of Willi-
 mantle, attorney general of Connecti- cut, went over the ground covered by
 MT Kenealy. He laid particular stress on what free trade did in Ireland. He talked of the time when the green isle
 had its S,000,O00 inhabitants and prosperous manufacturing concerns.
 To-day, he said, the population of Ire
 land is only 3,000,OO0 and the mills on the Liffey and the Blackwater. that employed thousands of hands have
 since closed their doors. This was
 due to lack of thrift and brains among
 the people. The, speaker then referred to the eloquence of Burke, Shiel and O'Connell and said that the map of
 Europe was almost made by the hero ism of Irish soldiers. Free trade ruin
 ed the country and to-day the Irish people are scattered all over the world.
 MT King told several good funny
 stories and kept the audience thor oughly interested.
 James ]. Quinn of Hartford, con- vert from democracy, was the last speaker. He had just emerged from
 democratic darkness and hoped the
 audience would excuse him for any
 breaks he might make. He had no apologies to offer for Joining the re- publican ranks. Grant, Sherman and
 Logan were democrats in their young
 CT days but went over to the repub- lican party, and why not James J. Quinn, the speakers remarks almost suggested
 During the meeting Chairman Grist
 called for three cheers for Roosevelt
 and they were given with a ven- geance.
 The republicans of Hartford met in 1 in Mission hall last evening for their town caucus and nominated foc their. senators Everett J. Lake in the first district, Patrick McGovern in the sec l ond, and Frank A. Hagarty in the third. Walter A. Clark was made the
 choice for first representative and Hmor A. Smith tor second. The only real friction occurred in the second senatorial district, where a lively oppo- sition developed against the motion to
 make the choice of MT McGovern l unanimous
 l . Attorney General King, who spoke here last night for the republicans. is a star joker, but 1t is question if he didn't carry his funny business too far 1 to suit the Hon Michael Kenealy, if | the Stamford man isn't blessed with l thicker skin than most folks. Mir King was short of ammunition and fell back on his wit to hold the audience. On one occasion he indulged in a fight of oratory which almost rfva1led the best effort of Bourke Cochran or Chauncey Depew and closed by looking across the stage at MT Kenealy and exclafm- l Ing, '"Let all stand pat, Mike!' Of
 course it made a big laugh, and that
 was the end in view.