The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-19

The Democratic party is needed No party can serve Connecticut effec- lively in which a nomination is the equivalent of an election. The well fare of the State is assured only when the party in power knows it may lose It's influence through intelligent crit lcism and opposition ConnecrccuI cII has needed-tha kind of criticism TOT many years and the Democratic party Is in position to offer it.
 The Democratic party of Connect1- cut, under the leadership of Judge Simeon B. Baldwin, is prepared to zdefy the agencies of political corrup- ton, to ask why the. good Of the greatest number should not De. served and why the special interests should remain the concern of the General Assembly to the exclusion Of me needs of the. people This means the return to the faith of the founders. It is time Connecticut returned to that simple but powerful faith.
 The Republican party in the nation, and in the State, requires from th1s convention no extended comment. For 16 years it has had undisputed con- troI of all branches of the government and has utterly failed to meet the problems of the hour It is party of large promise and small perform Rnce Torn by internal dissensions, offering conflicting cures which are worse than the disease they contrar1ly set out to cure we have to offer (and 1t should be enough to Jusufy change in political leadership, a de- termined disposition to bring the gov ernment back to 8 safe, progressive We accuse the Republican party of a breach of faith to the nation in en- acting a tariff law, but not such as IL promised, by which duties were to be measured by the difference in the cost of production, but such as was pest calculated to build up great fortunes for a favored few.
 We believe that an extension of the free list and a reduction in many or the rates professedly framed to se- cure protection to American produc- CTS hut really granted as the price of political support, would advance the prosperity of the mass of our people, without leading to any injustice to invested capital, or any reduction in the wages of employees
 We favor the ratification of the in come tax amendment to the constltu- ton.
 we declare for the popular election of United States Senators.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the creation of fifth Congressional
 The Democratic party of Connecti- cut reah1rms it's conviction, inherited from Jefferson and Madison, and con hrmed by the experience of century tIsat the prosperity of the country de- bends on maintaining the just pal nnces of power between the States and
 It views with apprehension the growing tendency of the Republican party to center power at Washington, and SO to contract the sphere of local f-government
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the creation of an effective public utilities commission elected by the people which shall have supervision Of all public service corporations These corporations have not always dealt considerably with the State or Connecticut. Because this is the les aor of history. we demand that the terms of the joint. partnership shall be so drawn that the public will at all times be assured of protection arainst the possibIe greed of the inn personal corporation.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors