The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-02-21
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genial man of easy manner, and man
who will make friends wherever he
goes. He spoke of the work OF the
state association and the duties. as
we'll as the pleasures, incumbent on
the president. In speaking of the
association, he said it was composed
of about $500 business men scattered
all over this state, and associated in
"a different associations. With the
cooperation and systematic work OF
this body of men, the influence OF
the association as a unit representing
this large membership is rapidly be-
coming a power in both business and
political activities throughout the
state Charles F. Thayer, mayor of
| Norwich, the second speaker intro
duced, is we'll knwon here in town.
Hs is the probable next democratic
candidate for governor. Mr.. Thayer
gave very interesting address, and
held the undivided attention until the
close. He took for the thought of
his discourse the motto on the menu
card, "He whose business is attend
ing to his own business has few COM
petitors - The business of business
man is of wider scope than merely
earning a living and little more.
The old motto of every body's busi-
ness being nobody's business" was too
much followed. Every body's bust
ness should be everybody's business.
Everybody should be attending to ev-
cry body's business. In no field of
labor is the neglect of every ybody s
business by everybody, except few
bosses or leaders, followed more than
in the field of politics. The general
feeling prevailing, that of not having
time to attend to politics, or the feel
ing that in order to enter the political
realm one must throw aside all stand
ing of respect or principle and he dis
graced by the association, was the re-
suit of the fact that everybody was
neglecting every body's business. 1t
was high time that the business man
cease to be too busy with his own
business and neglecting the public
business, and not to leave it to a few
men in some of our recently noted
centers to strike for better condition.
Politics is business, and is the sci
ence of good government. Business
men should have time to attend to
and secure good government. and it
they do not it is a record of disgrace
He spoke of the tendency in these
later days for the people to concen-
trate in the Cities With the neglect
of every body to attend to every body s
business it gives the unscrupulous
political manipulation great oppor-
tunity for evil. He spoke of the con-
ditions politically in the state, saying
that if the conditions in the cities
were first made right the needed re-
forms in the state would soon follow,
and ere long we would have gov
ernment of the people and by the peo-
pie. and not by the boss. The last
speaker of the evening, Attorney Gen
eral William A. King of Willimantic,
was received with hearty applause.
AS Mr.. King said he knew the first
name of nearly every man at the ia
bles, he was glad to return to his old
home people, and the manner in
which he was received gave him great
terest and pride in the ability and
success Of her favored son. Mr. King
is an orator, an actor and diploma
tist, and his speech gave fine exhibits
of his abilities. He spoke of the
glorious part Connecticut had played
in the history of the country, from
,he days of the original thirteen states
to the present day; of the rich treas
ure she had contributed in brain and
physical force for the upbuild OF
the nation. If the sharp Connecticut
Yankee had the skill to manufacture
wooden nutmegs, he had the business
ability to sell them. He spoke of the
posi- bilities before Connecticut in the
future, and that it lies in the hands
| of the business men and the working
men of the state. He heartily en-
dorsed Mayor Thayer's views in rela-
tion to the interest which the busi-
ness men should take in politics. Re-
ferring to the memories of his years
spent here in Stafford, he spoke with
much feeling of the tender thoughts
it awoke in his mind, that it was not
an evidence of effeminacy, but of the
true home love evidenced by many a
great man for his home associations.
He spoke of several noted men, who,
in their advancing years, turned with
tender feeling to the hills and asso-
Citations of their old home.