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

The Democratic party is needed No party can serve Connecticut effectively in which a nomination is the equiv alent of an election. The welfare of the State is assured only when the party in power knows it may lose it's influence through intelligent criticism and opposition Connecticut has need ed that kind of criticism for many years and the Democratic party is in a position to offer it.
 The Democratic party of Connecticut. under the leadership of Judge Simeon E. Baldwin. is prepared to defy the agencies of political corruption to ask should not be served and why the spe- cial interests should remain the con cern of the General Assembly to the exclusion of the needs of the people. This means the return to the faith of the founders It is time Connecticut returned to that simple but ail-power- ful faith
 The Republican party in the nation, and in the State requires from this convention no extended comment. For is years it has had undisputed control of all branches of the government and has utterly failed to meet the problems of the hour It is party of large promise and small performance. Torn bv internal dissensiols- offering con flicting. cures which are worse than the disease they contrariIy set out to cure we have to offer (an& it should be enough to justify a change in political lea dership). 8 determined disposition to
  progressive. and sane policy.
 We accuse the Republican party Of a breach of faith to the nation in en- acting 8 tariff law but not such as it promised by which duties were to be measured by the difference in the cost of production but such as was best calculated to build up great fortunes for a favored few.
 We believe that an extension of the free list and a reduction in many of the rates professedly framed to secure A7o7ca5 fSsaEaT7 1-(N61 hut really granted as the price of political support would advance the prosperity of the mass of our people. without leading to~any injustice to invested ca T3ital or Any reduction in the wages of employees. We favor the ratification of the in come tax amendment to the constitu- tion.
 We declare for the popular election of United States Senators.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the creation of fifth Congressional district.
 The Democratic party of Connecti- cut reaffirms it's conviction. inherited from Jefferson and Madison, and con firrned by the experience of a. century that the prosperity of the country de- bends on maintaining-th just bal ances of power between the States and the United States.
 It views with apprehension the growing tendency of the Republican party to center power at Washington and SO to contract the sphere or local self government.
 The Connecticut, Democracy favors the creation of an effective public util- ities commission elected by the people which shall have supervision of all public service corporations. These corpora tions have not always dealt considerably with the State of Con necticut Because this is the lesson of history we demand that the terms of the joint partnership shall be so drawn that the public will at all times be assured of protection against the possible greed of the impersonal cor poration.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors the repeal of the present law limiting