Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-04
REPUBLICAN RALLY
AT WILLlMANTiC
Charles A. Goodwin and Other Candi :
dates Present-lntoresting Addresses.
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(SD0Ct4 TO Iue bulIeTlI.)
Willimantic Nov AT the republic
can rally in the Loomer Opera house
, Thursday evening everything went off
smoothly, and practically as scheduled.
Wheeler's American band rendered a
concert in front of the theater from
$50 until a little after O'Clock, when
the speakers and the vice presidents
who were to sit upon the platform ar
rived and entered the theater. The
band played a few selections as the
audience were taking their places, from
the stage, and then Judge William A.
Arnold, chairman of the meeting. arose
and in a few we'll worded remarks
introduced Charles A. Goodwin ''the
Text governor of Connecticut" as the
first speaker. Mr.. Goodwin was receiv-
ed with a glad hand. He said: 1t is
always a pleasure to come to Will
mantle and to Wndham. and | feel my
cup of joy overlooking as / see before
me the mayor of Willimantic. He de-
liVered about the same speech which
he has been giving throughout the
campaign, touching upon the four prin-
cipal parts of the republican platform.
and outlining them briefly. He was
wildly applauded at the conclusion of
his speech.
Alphonse Chagnon then addressed the
chairman and the audience, an in
French made a brief speech. introduc-
ing DR.. Clement Frechette of Leomin-
ster, Mass, as the next speaker. There
was goodly number of French people
/ in the hall, and DIR FTechette's remarks
in French We're keenly attended. He
commenced by thanking the committee
for the kind invitation to speak in
WillImantic and told of the pleasure il
gave him. He next defined the posi-
ton which the French Canadians have
attained in this country. and partic-
Ularly in the states of Connecticut and
Massachusetts. and prophesied for
them still greater prominence. A cas-
ual al1uSion to the candidacy of Ray
mond Jodoin of Baltic, a compatriot,
as opposed to the present Congress
man Edwin w Higgins of Norwich
was made, with the remark that Mr..
Jodoin belongs to the wrong party,
otherwise he would be elected. He then
discussed the tariff briefly and retold
the success of the great republican
party from the time of Lincoln down
to the present.
He continued: Therefore let us con-
tinue the republicans in power by
electing Mr.. Goodwin governor, and
all the rest of the ticket. DR.. FIRE.
Ghetto was listened to very attentively
and he was accorded a good measure
of applause on his conclusion.
Judge Arnold next introduced Con-
gresham E. w. Higgins of Norwich
as the third speaker, and he was re-
ceived with hearty applause. Mr.. Hig-
gins discussed the tariff and Judge
A'telNt
said the way to solve all problems is
to put Mr.. Goodwin in the governors
chair.
Judge Arnold introduced the next
speaker. John Fl. Light. as the present
and future attorney general. Mr. Light
said in part:
[ will not be unmindful of the late
ness Of the hour. and will only gather
up a few threads and pronounce the
benediction. He commenced by trac-
ing the regime of the republican par
" from It's inception to the present
time. He was witty and howery
throughout He told how Judge Bald
win grew tired of the republican par
ty in 1884, when he became a mug
wunp. and STYLED him as a conserva-
tive He admitted that it was a good
thing that we have had the two par
ties. the progressive and the conservs-
tive elements, and We have thereby at
tanned the golden mean. He provoked a
laugh when he said: When a demo-
GRAFT calls Il man a consecutive. he is
usually very conservative. and that is
what Mayor Fisher said of Judge Bald
win. He then read a portion of what
the mayor professor said upon the
platform i'll Middletown Wednesday
night. Mr.. Light attributed the non
success of the democratic party to its
over conservatism. He took a shot at
Judge Baldwin by saying that he had
sidestepped practically all the state is
sues and had been expounding nation
al ones in the present campaign. The
witty speaker provoked another laugh
when he told the story of a colored
couple, the man asking Elizabeth where
she was going, her reply being that
she had been where she was going
which, he said. was ike the democrat
ic party. 1t has been where it is go
ing. The next point was the great
advancement that New England has
made in the past decade along indus
trial lines, under a protective tariff. IN
concluding ne said that the conscien-
nous voter would make no mistake
next Tuesday in voting for Mr.. oCTod-
win for governor. together with the
entire republican ticket. He was round
l. aDplauded