The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-11
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- cal seIf-goVernment in the State to the end that counties, towns and cities and Doroughs may have the right to elect taeIr own officers and regulate all matters of purely local interest; and we also favor a conservative modern 1zing of the Sunday law.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors home rule for the cities of the State and to this end it advocated a uniform city charter policy dealing with funda- Inentals and leaving to each commun- 1ty the right to work out it's own po- lttical existence without legislative in terference. We demand the abolition of the pres ent undefensibIe method of electine county commissioners
 Ine connecticut Democracy favors the direct prima!F form of nomina- select their own servants. And H1e LaVor the Passing of a law requiring the publication before election of the ~ amounts contributed for campaign pur- poses together with the names of the The Connecticut Democracy favors an honest and effective. corrupt prac- ttces law, which shall stop the use of money as means Of advancing se1- fish men to office. and which shall say to every c1t1zen that his right to serve his fellows is a matter of char acter, not of debauching human he 1ngS. The emaSculation of the law bx, the Republican General Assembly was 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 the employees of all State institutions may be appointed on the merit sys- tenn.
 We call attention to the fact that now for many years the Republican party has used the lower courts of State, city. borough and town courts as part of their political machine for the payment of political debts. A more disgraceful use of the judiciary is not conceivable, and the Republican party has so used these courts for many years.
 We favor rational economy in the expenditures of public funds and the abolition of the direct State tax on
 we ask that the recommendation of the Hon. Rollin S. Woodruff that a single purchasing department be es- tablished for all institutions of the State be adopted. We believe that the present methods are uneconornical and open to the greatest abuses and permeated with petty patrona
 For years the sparty has demanded these reforms The restoration of the full right of trial by jury in negligence cases was the result of Democratic agi- tation. The Republican party has been averse to these changes and grants only what it can no longer with safety refuse The people of this State should entrust the enactment of these measures to their avowed friends rather than to their secret enemies
 Therefore we ask the people of Con- r. ecticut to elect the State ticket that we place in nomination, and so secure an administration of the affairs of State during the next two years which will put public interests before party interests, cut off unnecessary expenses and do equal and exact justice to every citizen.