The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-27

 USING MONEY
Judge Baldwin Says Cash Has Been Used, According to Evi-
 dence He Has Received
PRESENT OF LARGE SUM
Gubernatorial Candidate Rakes Taft Over Goals for Not Publishing
 Report.

New Haven, the Democratic nominee for Governor, took exception to the power exerted by the President of the United States. pointing out the fact that the President had said that he would not make known the result of the work of the special tariff comm1s- sion until after election. Home rule and local self governIn ent he said were the bedrock principles of the Demo cratic party. The present tariff he also said was reSoons1ble TOT the pres ent high cost of living.
 At his Torrington' address he spoke of the use of money in Republican conventions this year, but was more specific in last nights address than previously. He said: 'I start also freely offered, and used at Republican conventions this year. Of this l am satisfied from evidence which has one instance what was styled a pres ent' of very large Sz1n1-what looks to me like a large sUn1-was offered to certain delegate to the recent Re publican convention at Hartford. if he would see his way clear to shift sup port from Governor Lake to MT. Good win. The offer was indignantly de- clined, but was repeated by another man. who made it more specific than did the first'' His address, in part, follows:
 E'avors Home Rule.
 We are fin favor Of large home rule. Local self government has always been the Fundamental doctrine of Denocra- cy. Local self-government in the States, as against all efforts to narrow the field of State action in order to extend the field of federal action; and local self-government in our munich tpa1ities as against all efforts to mar row their proper sphere of home rule. in order to extend the field of State in6erference with local concerns.
 E"1Ae normal and natural place, .theSefore, e every foreign born Amer .ican citizen 9 .a the Democratic par AAS7I%A frr- f17n1 f0 vote for this year ant every gear is the Democratic ticket. s@
 gro such men who are here tonight. would say: You have come here to escape imperialism, abso1utism, au- thority centered in one mans hand We have here an emperor, though he serves but four years He can pardon every crime against the United States. He can order and he can prohibit any ted States. He has thousands of sal aried offices to bestow, those, or at the solicitation of those, whom he de-
 efHe can, and does use this club of federal patronage to knock over all op- position to his policies. whatever they are. He sends troops and navies where he wills, and when he wills.
 He can give the people information of what concerns their interests, and he can withhold from them informa- tion of what concerns their interests, at his own uncomfortable discretion.
 ITO every man here I would say stand fast against any increase of that discretion.
 Takes Up Tariff.
 'Let me give you an instance that is fresh.
 this shameless Payne tariff law urg- ed by the president, appointed a tar ed in such things-not party men, but trained economists, to take up the problem from the scentific and non political standpoint. They were to report whether our tariff law was a good one or not, and how it could be innproved
 why doesn't this board of tariff experts tell us what they are doing; what they have found out; what they wool and iron, and lumber, and meats. and all the rest of the things we need for daily use? Why don't they report
 They have reported It was their duty to report to the President of the United States They have sent their report in, weeks ago. The Pres ident has seen it. Does he give us, the people, a chance to see it? No. He has said in public speech that he shall not make it public until af- ter the election.
 Why not? Is this not the peoples question? Yes. It is indeed. Those high prices, which we suffer, make it a burning question to every one, of But we are to be left to go blind Congress, without the aid of this inn partial expression of opinion from the tariff commission. 10 tell whether this present Congress kept it's pledges or broke it's pledge.
 Many of it's members are for re.etectfon. Y our Congressman in this district is one of them We want to know the real merit and demerits of that Payne bill. But the convincing reading a report from the tariff com mission would give, is kept back by Republican President until after the election
 PubTic 4eeds ReDort
 ssHe says, he must keep it back be- cause it might, if made public now, be discussed from a partisan stand point. and So tend to shake confidence in the method of getting facts through a tariff commission And are not all public questions to be discussed be- party naturally disposed to take party standpoint? That is the essence the excellence of our Americanf poli- tica1 system. .sWe Democrats are for turning on the election light. We are anxious for all the information we can get In state affairs, we can get it. In Federal affairs we often can't Hence the Democratic party is against these rapid extensions of Federal power, at the expense of TheGStates, which have : marked the last flew years of Re We don't want our Connecticut factories inspected and kept in order by men appointed at Washington coming here perhaps from California or Texas. but by men appointed at Hartford, known to us as our fellow citizens, responsible to us for their acts jealous of their self-government- Home rule; local self-government: these are the bedrock principles of the Democratic party.
 'It takes a dollar and half now to buy from the butcher what cost a dollar ten years ago. Sugar has gone up in the same proportion. They have put a duty of 65 per cent on raw sugar. So has clothing, hats, blankets The price of butter has dou- b1ed.
 ssE3ow did this come abouto It was a very simple matter. By putting the tariff duties so high to preclude ii 1s.&