The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-22

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 town. has renewed his effort to shov
 the unwisdom of nominating Judge
 E. Baldwin for Governor on the Dem
 ocratfc ticket. His letter was printed
 in Saturday evenings New Haven Un | ion. Mayor Fisher thinks he has beer l abused and says his letter has beer | misconstrued. After a long preamblt on thefrightS of criticism he gets dowI to business as follows:
 Let the warm friends of Judge Bald
 wins candidacy turn their attention | from me to my statements. Even the | most incapable and unworthy of meI I may sometimes, perhaps, be in tht right. But let the statements be taker | as they are fairly to be interpreted not as they have been misconstrued by refutation. Many voters disapprovt Judge Baldwin, not simply for his sanctioning an increase of salary fol
 himself and his colleag gues. but for his
 doing so in the face of the censtitu. tional provision. Neither the Genera shall have power to increase the compensation of any public officer or employe to take effect during the continuance in office of any person whose salary might be increased there. By. .'' (Art. xxiv. Adopted fsJ been good law and good morals; bu, the untreined mind of the common man. and of some others. cannot up- derstapd 1t. So. too. the question ie not whether Judge Baldwin made a just decision in the case. Hoxie vs Railroad Company but the very diff fereat Qnestion whether the working man voter, organized or unorganized. does or does not feel resentment when the courts declare unconstitutiopl a law for his relief from unjust bur- deas
 IT Judge Baldwin is. in any, sense. a popular candidate. itssnould be easy to adduce evidence of the fact. But that has not been done; and it will not be done. There is no enthusiasm for him and none can be stirred up. The sorts of people among whom his candidacy Is most favored are shown impressively by the newspaper comments upon my letter. Let interested Democrats note what papers. have been most mortified and have berated and scolded most sharply. Here are the Republican pa- pers whose work for Judge Baldwin s nomination is alone weighty evidence self-styied Democratic papers. whose crude eighteenth century philosophy makes them condemn the abuses of the tariff. but which in no other matters can be found on the peoples side. and whish can never be counted upon to support Democratic candidates except those Of the ultra ra-conservative type.
 It is by such Democrats if Demo- cra&s they are, that Judge Baldwin, s candidacy has been promoted: and neither they nor the4r candidates will avow themseives In favor of such people of Connecticut wish They hope to catch the tide of rising indignation against Republican extravaganza and misrule and thus to sweep in to power with a Fpseudo- Democracy which will retard rather than promote large re- lief From the political and social evils of our time. So there Is Fan lincessant which. under like auspices. will match the beneficent work or the present Railroad Commission. There is an occaSional reference to the removal of the $6000 limit of damages for fatal injuries: and there is an occasional law of employers liability. But these are not all that the people wish. They wish an equitable employers liability. or far better still for all. woflxingmen's s compensation. They wish an end of the wastefui expenditure of the public money and wish an end of the State tax on general property. They wish the ratification of the income tax amendment Of the federal constitution They wish the lobby busted. or. at the least, registered and tagged. They wish a release of municipalities from the tyranny of the State Legislature and a restoration of our historic local vative nodernizing of the Sunday law. They wish the abolition of the useless and expensive commissions. They wish reform of the caucus and elec- tion laws. All this and more they wish; and all this and more they ought through the influence of Judge Bald win, or with the consent of those who are urging his nomination.
 am against the nomination of Judge Baldwin because I take with entire se- riousness the words which MT. Com for which the Democratic State Central committee voted approval on July 2S. We must name candidates who are known to be capable. strong. incor- ruptfble, fearless, energetic, in touch with the life of the people. and in- spired with genuine zeal for the common good'', who twill be fearless and tire4ess in maintaining the cause of the people at every point whore 1t has been neglected and betrayed" I have never doubted that Judge Bald win is charming gentleman with many admirable traits. But does any, body, MT. Comstock. for instance. sup pose that the judge has all the auali- ties specified by him and his commit tee? Some of them. probably: many of them. possibly. But all of them? And, if MT. Comstock and his commit tee did mean quite as much as they said about the qualifications needed in the chief candidate. what assurance can the voter feel that they meant quite all they said about other things :? about the determination to end extrav- agance, right wrongs and so on. and so on?
 assert the right. such as every man has, to advocate my views by every fair means. And I am just as firmly set as if I had used the intemperate language of my critics: But I shall work with no trace of i'll will toward those who differ from me: and, if Judge Baldwin is nominated. I shall support him. For I should hope rather better from him than from any Republican. But there are many radical Democrats who will not vote for him at all. And the socialists are hopeful