The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-02

government of showing the sturdy and
 patriotic self-sacrihcng traits of our
 forefathers again to all in our United
 States And the obligation Is more
 yours than another's for you have tra-
 ditions, heritage and example older
 than others in this land, About PTS
 Years ago, or in l637, Connecticut was
 first settled by your forefathers Com
 Ing some eighty or ninety miles from
 Massachusetts, travelling through
 painless forests, full of danger and
 hardshlps, your ancestors and their
 wives and children, carrying their | household stores and driving their | cattle, struggled on and on for weeks
 in ths hazardous journey for tho pur- pose of founding a home assured by a government respecting life and lib. erty
 First they founded one in Hartford,
 and then In New Haven a year or two afterwards Their ministers. especi- ally if they were men of mettle were leaders, and their laws were as nearly
 as possible the teachings of the Bible, Their government was strong and
 harsh and often needlessly suppressIve Iof innocent pleasures but 1t was meant for the general good and for that each individual made sacrifices living amidst these traditions. having l from these early days contributed by ConnectIcut's sons and daughters to
 the sturdy upbulding of the empire of
 tho west, it Is now your opportunity and duty, when you can no longer send your sons as empire builders, to inhu- once uy precept and example, and by
 showing the devotion to principle and patriotism, that were the characters-
 ties of your forefathers If there arc
 evils in our government, let us show l the way to cure them, our example ] will be mighty in It's effect And let us remember that the best way to infu- 1 ence Is through a party, for govern ment Is by party If leaders have be- come petty rulers, or if men use the or
 ganizaton for their private ends an- tasonlstlc 10 the people or the partys | welfare, stand against them There Is
 no more despicsble creature than he
 who, in the pay of the state, Is a trait
 or Co good faith and works against her
 Tor hire. Hardly less to be dcsplsed g
 he who making use of the loyalty of an
 orE1l ization 10 its leader establishes himself thereby boss whose first con sideration in all questions must be bls 1 own perpetuation and wln deals in of-
 iees for that purpose rather than the
 best public service. We all know the difference between a leader and A boss | Isnd between an organization and | machine 1 machine Is what runs tha organization and Is generally retoenly. ! ca as a bad thing, vhlle an organlza-
 :ion Is just as widely considered a good
 and necessary thing But lest YOU
 waste time in blaming wholly so
 called boss or machine. remember that
 the fault primarily lies back of them
 and al the door of many citizens.
 The republican rarty has governed
 well for many years It's record ls an 1 npen one and unbiased citizens must ] n justice say that it has shown via ! dom and uprlghtncss T. has made or. ! TOTS, but it has the honesty and fear lessnesH 10 attack and uDroot avfi ip ehees when II finds them, whether Withln l's organization or without. and [ ! serves confidence and earnest suppnrf And now IS the time to give vetr ai
 tentlon to these things for the mini nt lhe nation Is turning from the busl ness ot maHlng money to the problems ot soNernmcnt Tn such direction ever and always have DIT mInds haan | turned by the greatost president .tnrs
 Abraham Lincoln -Th aodora Roosevelt patriot in awakening Una nations con. science and ia fighting and lonsen;nv ne hold upon our life pf those who placed money and power above all else HIS pioneer work will we hone ha 1 followed by that of William II Taft who Is so highly endowed with tho ca nocltL 10 guide this country through
 me dlhiculties Of tho Immediate fu- turo As President Rooserelt md repunllcan congress backed hv a strong nubil opinion have brought about thS enaclment Of many laws for aur general welfare, such as the interstate con. merce law amended SO as tn make It a 1 new law 10 better remedy fha cordi 1 tions which now exist: the empfovers l liohiuty law, tho safety appliance law
 the law limiting the working hours of ! iallWoN employees, the meat Inspection | law, anti-rehate laws. laws improyinr ! the census bureau and consular ssr. l Vice, child labor laws, laws requiring ! tho reclamation Of arid lands. the pra ! SrrNaInn pf forests ihe conservation 1 ot our national resources, the creation VI il'F IHl 'HN or commerce ma l1huf tN | acquire information which win hermit | 'n" government 70 better supervise ths , corporations doing an nierqtate com. ! meine busil esS etc, so, we believe, will l William H Taft 1T elattnl president | carry the policies and intent eyldenced ] by tbosu laws and otherwise by the | present administration to a more nor l Feet conclusion So llso, wc bpIievn 1 VIII Mir Taft simplify and accelerate l tho procedure of our courts that more | than hplting justice may be donc. l md 10 rich and poor alike, for nothing | Is so Important as justice; and on ar. | count of the uncertain meaning nnd multiplicity Of our lave. and hy reason l of our methods of procedure justice | is moi only often tardv but in the ! cases In which wealthy litlRtut lS
 concerned. it frequently does not nr. l rive at all To bring. tbnuf such l change relative 10 our laws alone ius- | tt"s every effort In MT Tafta favor
 That he may be aided In carrying ont 1 his policies by a republican congress. that he may receive tho greatest ald trict that we may he worthilv and wqel represented in congress we are | here to-day II Ia a good New Eng | land custom to return 10 coneress ngain | gaining by service and experience un- | usual knowledge ne may contribute
 beyond others to the duties of gov | ernmt ui
 " it A nrlNlege to present for nomIn-
 alton the name of the Hon Nehemiah | ?. SpertN whose long association with | the republican party dates back to tho l time of Lincoln, Wbo being tried
 through many years achieved some time ago tho signal honor of q nomin-
 alton and election at yonr hands 10 | thc national congress ana Is again for 1 ihc sixth lime to receive this expres-
 slOn of devotion which hs career has
 earned for him, Ills Is . record of tnu GnV 1tt tylt n Ia !, 1t3
 vice. to hjs district and to inc nation.
 a record clean and clear from all sIurs | Advancing age finds him with added | dignity. experience and wisdom tu
 bring tU the government ronnsels. and I we well know that we may rely on ] ! -n LnLa IL Lu LAn IALlLlLn nnaL | lEn.-..