The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-30

 had in getting a grant off Seaside Park, tried to get a grant that would take in about all the loWlandS in that part of the harbor off Yellow Mill and exte nding around to JohnsoE's creek It was then that couple of news paper men of this city remembered the Seaside Park grant and they got peo- pie interested in getting the land back to the city. Henry Lee received the intelligence of the steal with shamed islature and had voted for the giving away of the .65 acres. He could do nothing else but lend his aid in get ting the land back to the city.
 Look up the columns of the stan dard and see who saved Seaside Park See if there was not rush of promi- nent citizens to Hartford to get the lowland back to the city. In 1907 after the act giving away the land was discovered Allan W. Paige was asked who introduced this measure to- steal this e5 acres of land. He said he did not know, although he was the chair man of the Judiciary committee of the Senate. az s.ssst-q,5 as
 .It was mot one man who saved this water front. to the city. It was a mum Der of 9mea and am glad that was one of them
 Our Republican friends have always said that the Democrats could not get together after a contest at the primarF ies. But I will say that there was never more harmonious party than ocratfc ticket. There was never any misunderstanding1b between MT. Gill and myself, while We engaged in pr1- mary contest, or before MT. Gill and Hare Standing shoulder to shoulder in this fight and it behooves the oppos1- ton to get busy and have some other kind of, ammunition than the state ment that there is not harmony in the Democratic. party. All that can say for myself is that I ought to be thank full that am on the ticket with men against whose public or private lives nothing can be said. They are men whose honesty and steadfastness or purpose is known to everyone They are all men who have seen service Tn the party-and by their integrity have won the esteem of their fellow citi-s Zens. Hs
 e.All of the candidates are worthy of your support, and a vote, for all Of them means that you desire to return all of the government into the hands
 Tax Collector John M. Donnelly made one of those pleasing little addresses. He said that he believed any man who had been city clerk for eight years ought to be pretty well equipped to was member ofe,the legislature with MT. Boucher and that the latter had been too modest in referring to the fight relativc,tc the saving of the low lands off Seaside Park He said, It was Mr. Boucher who led the fight to preserve the lcwland off Seaside park. !"
 He concludeo by a pleasing reference to all os the candidates on the ticket. As for the office of tax collector he said that he had endeavored to inn prove the methods of the. office. When he went into the office he found that if a bill was paid in June it was inn, possible to know whether it was ere dited until after October 1. Now he had arranged so that the books were posted every night He has also ar ranged a rapid system of receipting so that there were no waits of an hour CT two during the sessions when there was rush to pay tax-bills.
 Buckingham was the next speaker. Never before was such an ovation giv- en in this city to a candidate for of fee outside of the armory.
 He said il part:
 During my eight years in the office of city clerk I have not recognized Republican or Democrat in the execu- ton of the duties of the office. I have held the office during the administra- ton of two parties and no mayor can say that I have taken advantage of him because of my office. During the eight years I have been in office have been in contact with all of the city de- partments and I feel know something about the workings of each of them.
 Our friends. the opposition press. are greatly disturbed because I have not made any pledges nd they have just woke up to the fact that it is a violation of the corrupt practices act. I have' made no bargains, and no pledges. I, am the candidate of the entire Democratic party and it was not necessary for me to make any pledges to get this nomination. Every one knows this. but every night I read in the opposition papers that I am pledged to place various men in various offices. I appreciate their kind ness for they have undoubtedly named many good men.
 'The Democratic party is not party which stops progress.
 3I don't know why a young man should not want to see his home city of my election that nothing will be done whereby the people of the city will be ashamed to look back on my administration
 'I am not going to try to hit every corporation head that I see. but am going to assert that I am in the posi- ton to see that the laws for the cor porations are obeyed as well as the laws for the individuals.
 "The Democratic party and all of it's candidates are pledged in this cam paign to see that all it's duties and the obligatfons of the party platform are carried out.
 Look at our streets. What is the matter with the administration is the question that we here asked One of the troubles is that when the streets nave been torn up by corporations tn " have not been called upon to carry out their obligations to the city,
 The administration admits trat the roads are in bad shape. They say We can't help it. If they admit they then are at fault. We will guarantee It elected to place the streets in good condition and maintain them that way.
 We are pledged to provide the city With public wharf A city wharf would pay for itself in a short time I believe you gentlemen believe wi h me that the port of Bridgeport shoul5 have docks where vessels. coming in here can discharge passengers and cargoes will guarantee if elected that the necessary steps will be taken to con demnS land for city wharf.
 We are young men ready to work and we will work to that end where by every one of. the pledges of the Democratic platform will be carried out. I don't say that we will do it ir a day. month. or year. but we will go the limit to see that those pledges are carried out.
 Get the, platform andA study it.