The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-26
HITS AT DICIAIORS
Governor Says a Few Bosses
Should Not Be Allowed to
Run the State.
THROW OFF THE SLAVERY
Delegations Should Go TO Conventions
unplcdgcd and Not Serving Pri-
vatc Masters.

Hebron, Aug 25.--This was COVER
nors day OF the bi-centennla cele-
bration OF Hebron, and the scores of
visitors here from all over the state
heard Governor Woodruff deliver an
eloquent address on the ideals and du-
ties OF citizenship,
After some complimentary remarks
on Hebron's history and the sturdy
men who made II, the governor
! launched into his subject, In the old
days" he said, when Hebron was
started 200 years ago, your ancestors
laid the foundation upon which your
fortune Is built and YOU are the heirs
OF their falthfulness. Are we doing for
others what they did for us? Arc we
true to our citizenship. for there the
whole thing rests. The individual
must not only do right and be right,
hut the state must do right and be
right The citizen must be the COM
monwealth
THE will of the people must be the
law of the state This can only be
done by the united action and concur
renee of all people working In favor
OF the best that Is IN our home. our
community and our state. In one
word, we must be good citizens and
/ take an active personal interest In our
! public questions and In all public men
| We have been making money in
America very fast We are all en-
gagged In that struggle In our haste TO
| get hold Of the material things that
! bring comfort, have we not neglected
to give sufficient attention to the gov
eminent which Is, after all the bull
wark that protects us? Have we not
! often said. IN get what can while
can. and let the future take care OF
ltself?' What II our ancestors had
acted In that spirit.
My friends. we are In the future
before we know It. and by neglectlng
to prepare for what Is TO come we
en1anger our present safety. These
things that operate against one finally
| operate against all The people OF the
United States are very much exercised
on the subject of government II is
! fast dawning upon them that the gov
eminent does not belong 10 few men
! who claim 10 represent POLITICAL par
I ties--a small body of dictators who
have heretofore assumed the right to
nominate for Office any one they pleas
cd. regardless Of any consideration for
the masses of the people. Our states
have been too long dominated by
selfish interests and manipulating the
machinery OF government to suit
themselves. We will never have Just
laws until the people make them
until We have popular representation.
A few politicians controlling delegates
and debating the action of conventions
Is not popular government.
Popular government In the United
States begins whore the citizen takes
part In the primaries, where the dele
cations are chosen; and bears fruit
when the delegates go into convention
unpledged and with an unselfsh hon
esty Of purpose choose the best men
that their Judgment can agree upon.
1 so that the delegates stand before the
/ people free and unfettered, like men
and like Americans and not like slaves,
obedient to their private masters
Il say that popular government be-
| gins at the primary and ends at the
convention because after that, II Is too
| late. Yet, no matter what conven-
ton may do, we still have public opin-
Ion to reckon with and public opinion
| Is excited at this time, In the different
states OF the country II Is aroused
and excited 10 such a degree that no
man can hop. for election. no matter
to what party he belongs. unless he
inspires confidence among the people
This will he a critical year.
1.-THE government Of Connecticut es-
pecially concerns us and Is a serious
matter to us all. Our state should be
no plaything for politicians who serve
interests entirely selfish and antagonis-
tic to the commonwealth 1t is our
home, our hope our future, and all our
| happiness that depends upon the integ-
rity and common justice of our laws.
THE people Of Hebron are called up
on to exercise the patriotism of their
courageous ancestors today; not with
gun and sword but with the sturdy
fearlessness Of independent citizenship
standing In defense Of these liberties
that come down the years. through
peril and poverty and toi-back to the
honest manhood whose virtues you
celebrate TODAY"