The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-22
BALDWIN FOR
 THE CONSTITUTION
An Appealing Address of SpIen- did Work by the Demo-
 cratic Nominee
An Arraignment of the Repub- lican Party as Present Man aged That Appeals to Men of Patriotism - Thoughtful Dis course

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 Hartford, Oct. 22.-Judge Simeon Baldwin was greeted by an immense audience when he spoke at Hartford Thursday evening. At the request o1 many independent Republicans we give the text of his able adress below:
 There was an ovation for the Demo- cratic standard bearer, the audience rising as they app1auded. in tribute to him, Mayor Smith called for three cheers for the nominees and they were given. The band played 'FWe Won't 90 Home Until Morning and Judge Baldwin then addressed the meeting, speaking as follows:
 l always have a home feeling in Aartford. Here my mother was born and bred, and my grandfather lived a long life. Here, while myself in active practice at the bar, my business of- ten called me, and here, of late, sev- eral months in the year, on my daily walks before court. I have become familiar with the new city, surrounding the old, with its splendid fringe of parks and pleasure grounds. Here have often e spoken before public audiences; has truly said, not for eighteen years on matters of political character.
 The last time I made a political speech in Hartford was at Demo- cratic rally in the Cleveland campaign of 1892 There have been many changes in the world since then-rnany changes in the currents of human thought. But there are certain principles un- derlying our system of government which these currents may run by, but which they can never wash away or impair. Some of these I am going to ask you to consider sober1y with me tonight. I shall not dwell on side issues Let me on this occasion con fine myself to the vital questions which this political nnaiUn brought before the people of Connec- ticut I say vital; and vital they are little State
 Some of us may have been hoping agalnst hope for many years. that the people would get their binders that the Republican party had outliv- ed it's time, had fallen into bad hands and bad ways. The time has come this fall The binders are off | feel like the old maid who at last became engaged Talking over the coming wedding. with her lover he snd fna tne mu7iG Ma should 3 be- she said, "I like one of our grand old hymn tunes better. Let's have the one that goes with that sweet hymn beginning
 ''This is the day I long have sought And mourned because-I found it not,''
 
 We have to elect Connecticut Con- gressmen and those who in turn will choose a Connecticut Senator. What politics should these men stand for when they go to Washington? What does the good Of Connecticut demand that they should stand for? Let us are certain local measures that our people generally want adopted, and which ought to be adopted. Both par ties favor these. Both parties, in their Ia f fr71 fEy- 01lity law, a public utilities commits sion law, a repeal of the statutory limit of $5,OO0 as damage for neg1f- There are other local measures favor ed by one party and not by the other; such as stiffening the corrupt prac- ices act, which the Democratic plat form asks for, and increasing the veto power, which the Re- publican platform asks for.
 I have no time tonight to talk about any of these minor things. | want to ask you to go down to the | tions of our Government and 1 zee what they are, and what they | mean to us-to us of Connecticut. DO | Government on the Earth is that of | he United States? It is. It has | been changed less since it was framed | n 17s9 than any other human Govern 1 nent in civilized lands. England has l 'evolutionized her Government, by | ,entering power in the House of Com | nOnS ana 010Cl41AS hOI 61OuSe OI 1OIn- mons by general suffrage. France | las changed her Government from a 1 to a Republic, a Republic | Q an Empire, an Empire to a Mon Empire back again to Republic; l Germany has changed hers from 8 oose confederation of Independent mated by one of them. Italy has ris- m from cluster of discordant sov- .reignties to a United Kingdom. Por-
 ID Russia, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Japan, have introduced parliamentary
 Tn just one spot on earth, the same ;ystem has been preserved. What is t? It must have some great merit, ,r 1t would not have lasted so long. t has. It rests on distribution # power between State and Nation, which makes each a check upon the 'ther; and on an authority vested In he courts of justice to see to 1t that trictly maintained. No other country las these two fea lures of Govern nent. No other country could, be- ause they have peculiar h1storlcaI
 When the constitution of the Unit d States was formed, the states had ach q separate existence and history; md each was an 1ndepenoeht soVef- ign. A basis was thus afforded for n easy adjustment of political pow r. The Legislature of the United n one every state is equally repre- ented. It is a House Of Anbassa- ors from the several States. It must consent to every appointment to igh office; to every forelgn treaty n the other house, representation goes y population It was a Connecticut tatesnan who devised the plan. It ecured forever equality to Connect- ut with New York or Pehnsylvania r Ohio or Illinois in the Senate of the Tnited States. But over against It oons up the great figure Of the Fes- undred thousand appointments to or ce; with his cabinet, removable at his