The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-03
LET HILL TAKE OWN MEDICINE
 SAYS WILSON Let Him Support His Family on $3 a Day and Find Out if tbe Price of Living Has Gone up Would Rather be Government Owned Railroad Than Rail- road Owned Congress-
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@AouicSSiiS the voters or the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts at the Democratic rally last evening at Eagles Hall, Lynn W. Wilson, can didate for Congressman from the Fourth Congressional district said:
 believe that in this campaign it mas come home to us all that this business Of government is serious business, and that government touches us seriously and is intimately concern ed with the material we'll being Of the individual. Most men are trying to solve some of our problems Demo crats and Republicans, Socialists and Prohib1tfonists, We are all trying to decide what is best for the country, and though we may differ with each other I believe that we are all con sc1enttous in pursuing the course we have decided upon.
 But to this statement I wish to make one exception. I believe that MT. Goodwin, and his friends of whom We have heard so much, are not talk Ing this election seriously, or treating you and me as if we were serious men
 They have now reduced their cam paign to an attack upon Judge Bald win. They have reduced their attack upon Judge Baldwin to an assertion that once, many years ago, he advis- ed an audience of workingmen to save
 
 ies. l don't know whether Judge Bald win actually gave that advice or not If he did, and he was talking to work 1ngmen l am sure that he said noth- ing that he should not have said, in- asmuch as he is a gentleman. They also formerly accused Judge Baldwin of advising men, in the same speech not to marry unless $100 had been saved. don't know that it was such bad advise, if he said 1t. ] shouldn't feel justified in voting against Judge Baldwin even if he did say it. If times keep on growing worse it will be very difficult to SUD- port family and rear children at all even if the happy pair have $1O0 to
 "But seriously my friends, when MT Goodwin, aspiring for the highest of- flee in the State, is willing to hang his campaign upon such an issue it is taxing credulity to ask men to be- Heve that he takes himself seriously or us.
 "He practically disregards Employ ers' Liability, Workman's Compensa- tfon, State Tax, Income Tax, Corrupt Practices Act, Direct Election of Uni- ted States Senators and Direct Pri- maries, all grave questions, and he asks us to decide the most important election we have held in 20 years up- Oi HIS SIdtSLlclfl IildI JuUSe bdlQWl once advised some men, whom he talked to, to save money before pur- chasing luxuries.
 MT. goodwin and his friends are deliciously irresponsible. They are like little wanton boys at play, afloat upon sea of folly"
 MT. Wilson, after considering cer- tain State issues. again spoke briefly upon the attitude of MT. Goodwin and Mr. Chandler upon direct primar- ies.
 He reinforced his former statement by saying that he had been inform ed by competent authority that when the direct primaries plank was intro duced by Harbor Master Morris, of ton, that MT. Chandler, sat only two rows away, and made no effort what ever to assist Morris, either before or after Chairman Kenealy had moved that the direct primaries plank be laid upon the table.
 "In concluding his remarks Mir. Will son referred to a recent speech by Congressman Hill, saying 'T have seen in the Courant a report of a speech by Congressman Hill, in which MT. Hill, referring to pamphlet of mine, makes it appear that in this pamphlet I declare for government ownership of railroads. You gentlemen have the
 
 will find no illusion to government ownership of railroads in it.
 "Why MT. Hill should desire to mis- represent what I did say I do not know, but I do know that as between ownership Of tie government by the railroads, and ownership of the rail- roads by the government, am op- posed to the former. And I say to Congressman Hill that if the time comes when I am compelled to choose between being a government owned railroad and a railroad owned repre- sentative in Congress, that I will be the railroad"
 Incidentally" continued Mr. Will son, 'let me refer to MT. Hills claim that the Payne-Aldrich bill has not increased the cost of living. Let me call your attention to the proof he of fers in support of that claim. You will find in his speech before the State convention at Hartford, where they stuffed the ballot box, that he & Maine railroad dining car service. and claims that the cost of living had not gone up because the cost of food on that railroad had not increased. We'll my friends, took the trouble to send for some of those cards and I have them here.
 'I note upon this card that little
  hand, can be had for $1.10 and that a nice bit of bacon and eggs can be had for the miserable pittance of 60 cents, while other things are in pro- portion. I was curious enough to try one of these meals and I found that for about twice what the ordinary man earns one could buy a square meal, If he made it breakfast. As to the wines, MT. Hill said they had gone up. think he said that the Payne bill was not to blame for that. But I can't discuss this question in- teIligently because I don't know what he took, whether it was champagne at 8 a pint, or whiskey at 25 cents a drink. In fact don't know whether he took anything.
 'eBut one thing I did find out and that is that although the price of food in parlor cars has not been in- creased the portions in many in- stances have decreased.
 Ut Is evident that MT. Hill doesn't know much about this cost of living business They probably feed him pretty we'll down there in Washing ton He stops at the New Willard sometimes. It is a fine place. I walked by it once. when I was in Washington. I suppose MT. Hill is SO we'll fed there that he doesn't mind if his steak is small, if he pays only $1.10 for it.
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