Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-06
MAYOR THAYER DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR u. s. SENATE
Enters Contest for Seat of Hon. Nor
gan G. Buckley in Congress

Mayor Charles F. Thayer of this
city formally announces that he is a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate Tine announcement is contained
ia. .etter addressed to tEse democratic
stale central committee and made
public Tuesday The letter follows:
To the State Central Committee of
the democratic party in Connecti-
On this anniversary of American in
dependence, this open letter is written
20 indulge the writer's own spirit of
independence and to announce his
candidacy for The seat in the United
States senate now occupied by Hon
Morgan G. sBlIl4sciey.
Hon r. s Hinman, in a recent let
ter to the Norwich Bulletin, says:
There is no democrat in the field for
senator" / therefore step into this
vacant. space 10 i'll a long felt want
not that I have any particular desire
10 enter congress, but rather TO excite
your interest and the interest of dem
ocrats, insurgents, suffragettes and
lovers of our country generally.
How 1t Happened.
You see, it is this way. The writer
attended Hamilton day" at New Brit
ain and saw the bird man fly high.
He also saw many hiSh-fliers there,
governors ex-sovernorS and near gov
.srnors. senators and near-senators,
congressman and near congressman,
and Alexander HARRISON. And, after
studying the sta tesmen for half a Iay.
he conciudede that theSreat ones. after
all weHas men even sass You and /. He
even <fla&terea himself that if elected
to tfies Unite Estates senate he couFd
send out under frank. as many gar
den seeds consular reports and punk
speeches as any of them
Here was Bulkeley just out of the
republican machine shop, his exterior
as polished and shining the pro-
pelior blades of the aeropIanes but
O. ? q
der, and his spark plugs skipping. and
! tell you true, it is the dismal
swamp for Buckley.
The Mclean Airship.
Mclean the greatest spieler of the
bunch. was there also. He, TOO, ex1ljb
tied evidences of the machine shop.
hut the Reraback Vaccinations have
busted themselves with the working
parts rather. than the exterior of their
Tier- Gentleman George was serious.
look and visions of the capitol at
Washington rode the air he watch
ed Hamilton ride the kite
The RoFa back airShip is in fine
working order. but where will it land2
last consider the candidacy of the
undersigngids seriously and Mclean will
land high IN in the tree-tops with the
view of BuIkeley in the swamp as a
consolation prize
New Methods and New Men.
Inc time mas come Tor new methods
and new men 1t is more important
that the people make their own choice
than that a particular person go to
the senate We profess democracy
but what. a farce and what a disgrace
our selection of senators has become
Are we proud of our Lorimers?s Shall
Buckley or Mclean go to the senate
by the Lerimer route
What we need in Connecticut is
democracy and more democracy And
9 We
draw from the repu blicans to obtain
it All hail the insurgents A new
alignment is in progress and we should
netrciose our eyes to, the fact Over
here in Norwich democracy won not
the democratic party, and the repub-
1ican party suffered defeat not re
publicans. si
Why should we remain idle while
5Bulkeley and Mclean gumshoe the
state secretly, pleding candidates to
the legislature in their own interests :?
Let US get out into the open and drive
them into the open also.
Pledge Suggested.
The people- can elect their United
States senators by simple procedure
without shock to 'the. constitution. Let
every candidate for either branch of
the. legislature be -required>to pledge
himself openly in advance of the cleo
tion to vote for a certain Candidate
for the senate and whoever will not
pledge himself should be labeled For
Sale, and swatted accordingly by the
voters When the voters know for
whom the candidates will vote, the
power lies with them to effect an
election of United States senators by
the people This method will discour-l
age bribery and leave the statesmen
Of the Lorimer type at home. Think
of Legislator voting contrary to the
open pledge on the strength of which
he gained his election
Let us at once prepare for a race in.
the open With the democratic can
tiidates for the legislature in every
town pledged to the undersigned. and
the republican. candidates divided be-
tween Buckley and Mclean. we viii