The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-28
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

the repeal of the present law limiting the recovery in death cases to $5,000 Or any other arbitrary sum.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the enactment of a workingmen's com pensation law for injuries We favor the re-esta blishment of To- car sef-governnaent in the State to the end that counties. towns and cities and noroughs may have the right to elect their own officers and regulate all matters of purely local interest; and we also favor 8. conservative modern 1zIng of the Sunday law.
 The Connecticut Democracy favOrs nome rule for the cities of the State. and to this end it advocated uniform city charter policy dealing with funda- nentals and leaving to each commur- ity the right to work out it's own po- litfca1 existence without legislative in- terference.
 We demand the abolition of the pres enr undefensible method of elecUng county commissioners.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the direct primary form of nomina- tions, in order that the people may select their own servants. And we IaVor the passing of a law requiring the the o,I,lta publication before election of the poses. together with the names of the contributors.
 The Connecticut Democracy favers an honest and effective corrupt prac- ttces law, which shall stop the use of money as means of advancing sell fish men to office, and which shall
  serve his fellows is a matter of char acter, not of debauching human be- ings. The en1ascu1ation of the law by 1 the Republican General Assembly was 1 a wicked abuse of political power and undertaken that contests for political offices might proceed without restric- tions.
 We believe in the establishment of a civil service law for the State, that l the employees of all State institutions may be appointed on the merit s5rs- I
 We call attention to the fact that now for many years the Republican State, city, borough and town courts l as part of their political machine for
 the payment of political debts; 1 more disgracefu1 use of the Judiciary l is not conceivable. and the Republican 1 party has so used these courts for many years. ts-sv expenditures of public funds and the 1 abolition of the direct State tax on we ask that the recommendation of 1 the Hon. RoIIin s. Woodruff that single purchasing department be es-
 tablished for all institutions of the the present methods are unecononaieaIl
 and open to the greatest abuses and
 permeated with betty patronage.
 these reforms The restoration of the
 full right of trial by jury in negligence cases was the result of Democratic ag:- | LStlIOn Lhe E1epuDI4Cdn party Has DCSit
 averse to these changes and grants l only what it cAl no longer with safety
 refuse. The people of this State
 should entrust the enactment of these
 measures to their avowed friends l rather than to their secret enemies. 1 Therefore we ask the people of Con-
 necticut to elect the State ticket that
 we place in nomination, and so secure l an administration of the affairs Of State during the next two years which 1 will put public interests before party interests. cut off unnecessary expenses and do equal and exact justice to 1 every citizen.