The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-03
GOVERNOR SHAW ADVOCATES
 SHIP SUBSIDY, BOASTS
 NEWSPAPERS, PLAYS PEOPLE

The Bridgeport club gave a ban quet, last night, which was regarded by those who attended it as a social and culinary success. It was also an oratorical success, although the speeches were in promotion of a sys- tenn of ship subsidies, matter upon which the American people have al ways looked with aversion.
 Indeed the banqueters, in an infor- nal way, put through resolution fla voring ship subsidies, unanimously, although, the "noes'' were not put
 The chief orator of the evening was Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, who was form erly secretary of the treasury, and once governor of Iowa.
 Mr. Shaw, as an after dinner speak CT. is distinctly a success. He has an excellent calm, and unimpassioned de- livery and he furnished an apprOpri- ate number of thrills.
 MT Shaw not only believes in ship subsidies. but he belongs to that poli- tical school which believes in rule by supermen: somebody who is wiser than the masses of his fellow men and will do for them the things that he believes ought to be done, regardless of what they think about it.
 Naturally, entertaining such opln- ions. Mr. Shaw furnished his listen CTS with some surprises and some lam guage to which New England ears are not much accustomed, although the New England electorate is as familiar as anybody could want them to be with public servants who do what they please and not what their constitu- ents desire them to do.
 Mr. Shaw explained that the ship subsidy bill, or rather two bills, now pending in congress, is not likely to be reported out, because congressman and senators are afraid to vote for it.
 And the reason that congressman and senators are afraid to vote for the bill and always have been, according to MT. Shaw, is. that the American people are opposed to it.
 The congressman are afraid to dis obey their constituents. And having got to this point the former secretary explained that in America we have newspaper government, and further stated that newspapers, like congress- men. are endeavoring to give their constituents what they want and not what they ought to have. In fact, said MT. Shaw, there are but four edi- tors in the United States, who say what they believe ought to be done, instead of what their readers wish to be done"
 MT Shaw named the editors, but as they are mostly unknown in this sec tion of the world, the names are per- rnitted to pass.
 Either the people of the Fourth Con- zressional district are so remarkably different from those of other sections of the country, that they favor the ship subsidy, or Congressman Hill himself is in the class of representa- tives extolled by MT. Shaw, who do what they think best, rather than what their constituents desire, for 70 ,+of i've o hn nf speaking was over, declared that he had always voted for ship subsidies, in whatever form they had been pre- sented. and that he will vote for the subsidies provided in the present bill if he is given the chance.
 This declaration of courageous per- formance and intention was receiv- ed with uproarious applause.
 Tn conclusion Congressman Hill ob- served that the ship subsidy bill will probably not get out of committee at this session, and that if, by any req son it does, 1t probably cannot pass.
 Mayor p. T. Buckingham presided at the banquet as toastmaster. He was introduced by Alderman William F. Primrose, president of the Bridge port club.
 Mayor Buckingham pleasantly in- troduced the speakers and performed all the duties of his difficult place with ease and certainty.
 Mir. Shaw said in part:
 'aThe contests of previous centuries have been for territory and these have been bloody. The contests of the twentieth century are not likely to be for territory but for markets. God grant that they be bloodless but they will be none the less intense
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