The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-28
JUDGE SIMEON K. BALDWIN

without the necessity of court inter vention
 MT Wilson. who has just returned from very complete tour and canvass of Litehfeld county was the bearer Of most welcome tidings to the as semblage, for he found that Litch- held county. ordinarily strongly Re publican, has already felt the Demo- cratic tidal wave which is sweeping g the State. He received assurance af- Her assurance from men usually counted as Republicans that they in tend to vote the entire Democratic ticket at the approaching election Conspicuous in the audience were several well known Republicans of Bridgeport, numbered among the prominent men of the party, who lis tened to the speeches and joined openly and loudly in the applause. showing in no guarded terms what l their vote will be at the approaching g ] election.
 ssataing reference to the corrupt use fof money at elections swas Inade by Attorney Talcott H. Russell of New Haven, candidate for Attorney General, who demonstrated the fact that the last Republican Legislature had completely emasculated the cor rupt practices act, doubtless in antic- ipation of the methods to be used in and the senatorial combat that is now raging.
 1 Ringing cheers greeted the intro. duction of Police Chief William Voll- IleF or NOFWalk, Democratic candl- date for sheriff of Fairfield county. 1 He made a short speech and modest speech, and the enthusiasm with which his appearance was greeted was ample testimony of the esteem | in which he is held by the voters. | The final speech of the evening was made by Attorney Edward F. Hallen, candidate for judge of probate in the district of Bridgeport. Despite the l lateness of the hour and the fact that Judge Baldwin, the principal speaker, I hra6 remained intact through MT. Hal1en's speech, which was one of the most inspiring of the evening and replete 1 telling hits for which MT. Halien is noted.
 Spicing his talk with many witty anecdotes and meaty epigrams, MT. Hal1en gave a demonstration of the reasons for the high cost of living l that was a revelation to many in 1 the audience. His speech commanded I was continually interrupted with waves of applause, endorsing his wig orous denunciation of the robber trusts and sthe freebooters who have long overridden the United States 1 Senate
 The great rally was brought to a close with three more vigorous cheers for Judge Baldwin, Mayor Buckingham again acting as leader of the demon l stration. The band played it's final l number and the big audience slowly filed from the stage and body of the | theatre, convinced of the truth of the 1 Democratic principles and the worth Of the Democratic candidates for of
 All about town after the rally, en- comiums were heard for the enter 1 pr1s1ng and efficient manner in which
 the local Democratic committee, head
 ed by Town Chairman w. w. Bent. had managed the affair and frequent prophecies were heard concerning the
 extent of the Democratic wave which
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 Among the prominent Democrats
 who assisted in the informal reception
 to Judge Baldwin and Attorney Rus
 sell at The StratfieId before the pa
 rade were Town Chairman Bent, May
 or Buckingham. City Attorney Thomas M. Cull1nan and Archibald McNe1 Jr-,
 and these gentlemen acted as an es-
 cort to the guests of honor during the | parade.
 Judge Baldwin was greatly pleased
 with the size and enthusiasm of the
 audience which greeted his first ap- pearance of the campaign in Bridge
 port. He was touched at the testt-
 greeted him on every hand and ex-
 pressed his deepest thanks to the cit
 izens of Bridgeport for their kindly
 In closing great credit for the sue 1 cess of the parade must be given to
 Grand Marshal Lawrence J. Gill,
 whose enthusiasm inspired all near
 him, and whose ability to organize
 and lead men made the procession
 the .creditable and orderly affair that l it was.
 It required but a word from Town
 Chairman William w Bent calling
 the meeting to order to set the gath
 ering wild with enthusiasm. We have selected as the chairman of the
 meeting tonight man who last fall
 defeated his Republican opponent by over 5000 majority Mayor Edward T
 finally subsided and Mayor Bucking- 1 Fare spoke as follows:
 ''T sincerely appreciate the honor to-
 night of presiding at this gathering