The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-27

pion, a product of the Bridgeport High School made two rousing speeches in East Bridgeport last night in which he appealed to the young men of the city to stand back of the candidacy of Edward T. Buckingham. MT. Por- ter, who is the champion high jumper of the world and a member of the Olympic team which won the worlds championships, is a keen observer of municipal affairs and it is with great for Buckingham. MT. Porter has mind attuned to the great movements now afoot in this country, and return ing recently from a visit to many of the most progressive cities in Europe and this country he spots things those who have been in a, runt here for years cannot see. MT. Porter loves Bridge port, the city of his birth, and he Is ably qualified to discuss the question What is the Matter With Bridge port?'' His remarks at St. Joseph's and Lavery's halls last evening fol- Friends. Fellow Citizens of Bridge
 port:
 I am not here tonight because I am Ia politician but because I am inter ested in Bridgeport. I was born in Bridgeport, brought up in Bridgeport, and believe in Bridgeport. I have faith in her future, her possibilities, and want to see her destinies en- trusted to those who will labor with might and main to guide her aright.~
 It has been my good fortune, fellow citizens. to travel more than the or dinary man, and certainly, I may be allowed to say, than most citizens of Bridgeport. I have been all over these United States, the Dominion, of Can- adaa and parts of Europe. Therefore, when I say that there is a lot of work to be done here in our city to bring her around to where she belongs, you may be inclined to grant that I at least ought to have some authority for what say. Things are all out of whack here. Yet I am not one that simply condemns Bridgeport because I perceive she is behind the times, and straightway boards the next train for healthier parts, there to labor in peace I am pleased to point out some plain truths Of the situation and then to take off my coat and, so long as am in your midst, to work with my own might and main to. bring about a bet torment, for I have only the highest good of the city and you, her people, at heart.
 Fellow citizens. it is an honor for me to be here tonight and to say a word in behalf of the favorite son whom you have seen fit to place in nomination for the high honor of Mayor of this com monwealth He is going to be sI1c- cessful, too, there is no doubt, for he is the man of the hour, the one ap- pointed of the times to take the helm.
 Fellow citizens, I am for Edward T. Buckingham as Mayor of the city of Bridgeport because I believe in him. believe he is the man for the place. I believe in him because have known him almost all my life and have aI- ways found him honorable, upright, square, a worker and a fighter. He is no mollycoddle Most men of his type allow others to mix up in what they pronounce a dirty mess at it's best. the great game of politics. But, friends, if the game were played by all as fair and as hard as Ed. Buckingham plays it, it would be far cleaner, and very many of the abuses that exist today would never have come into existence. If our government is not all that it should be, if our city suffers, if our progress is arrested, if the government is in the hands of the unfit and un- trustworthy, then it is the fault of those who continually hold aloof. Ed. Buckingham, fellow citizens, is, I re- peat, one who might have but did not, be It said to his lasting glory, hold aloof. He has dug right in always like the good fighter he is. And I be- port, self-respecting citizens of Bridge port. He has mine and am not afraid to say so.
 My first recollection of Ed. Bucking- ham was an athlete. You may re- member that Eddy was tennis cham pion of the city for many years, and that he held down the pitchers box in