The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-31
THAYER PRESENTS CAUSE
LARGEAUDIENCE HEARS DEMO-
 CRATIC RALLK SPEAKERS,
FavOrs Jury Trial of Damage Suits, Labor Organizations in Politics and Employers Liability Acts--Charles Donahue Explains Vote Charged Against Him--other Speakers.

Against Him--Other speakers.
 A well filled hall and an audience in- terested and enthusiastic at times al- most to the deafening point marked the big democratic rally in Music Hall last evening as a genuine success.
 Dean Henry Wade Rogers, of the Yale Law school as presiding officer was introduced by the chairman of the town committee, Henry w. Sanford. bean Rogers epitomized the stand of the democratic party with the phrases Equal rights for all men and special privileges for none.' He rehearsed the special articles of the platform, jury trial In damage suits and declared it a platform which all Iefrersonlan demo- crats can stand on introducing Mr. Thayer he spoke of him as a man, not the creature of the bosses, and one who will not be accountable to the bosses. A man who wears no man S collar save his own.
 MT. Thayer said in resume: I do not come here to commit oratory. I am not a believer in eloquence, I am here rather on serious business. I speak On a cause, that of the people of the state of Connecticut vs. the Republican ma chine. The issue is shall the people rule themselves or be ruled by a hand fll of men called the republican ma chine. He drew the distinction be- tween the republican party and the machine, that people who made up the party in general are honest, but the machine is not honest, doesn't care tc do right and doesn't propose to if il can effect it's ends elsewise
 Speaking of the labor organizations activity in politics, he said: "Why should not the labor organizations en. l ter into politics7? Are not the people who belong to labor organizations in- terested in politics? Are they not in terested as to whether they shall be represented in the congress of the Uni. ] ted States ur whether a representative of the beef trust is there?
 I advised the labor men of Norwich to enter politics and advise You to dc so. Organized labor holds the balance of power Why don't you use it? You have power to make both parties bet. ter than they are to-day. Vote solidly together. That is the practical way tC enter politics. ] I advise you who are in labor organ. izations to vote for a representative ir the various blanks of the democratic congress whatever else you do,
 MT Thayer explained his attitude or platform. He spoke very strongly against capital punishment and sait that if he was elected governor ht would use all the influence of his office against that wrong.
 He declared emphatically his stand 1T favor of juries in damage cases, ant 1 also of his stand for the employers li ability act, against the fee system ant legislative appointment of county com missioners.
 Referring to his opponent, Colone Woodruff. he declared that he did no know him at all, but assumed him tt he A man of good character and goo( intentions. Nevertheless, he said, if am correctly informed, he is now run ming for office by permission of Colone Ullman. I am running by permission of all the people.
 Regarding Colonel Woodruff's deola ration that if elected he would mak an effort to be governor of all the peo ple and run the government on busi ness principles. he said there was to, l much business principle and no enough statesmanship.
 In closing he said that the people ar