The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-01

Another matter, MT. Goodwin is
 crying out against the 5000 limit ir accident cases. The Democratic party has also placed a plank in the plat ! form against this measure; but it was only seven short years ago that the Republican Legislature readopted that statute and although they made changes in other parts of it, they still retained that part which provided that
 the limit on a mans life in case of accident should be not more than $5,- OOO Are they sincere in this meas ure?
 Again, although MT. Goodwin and MT. Chandler are speaking in favor of the Workfngmen's compensation act nevertheless their platform contains absolutely nothing concerning such a
 measure, and if they fail to pass such
 measure at the coming session of the
 Legislature and they were asked to account for their actions they could
 very readily say, Why, there is noth-
 ing in our platform which said any
 thing about WOrkingnan's compen-
 sation act; the same as they did when
 they were asked for an accounting concerning the present tariff bill, after
 having promised revision of the tariff
 and the, people demanded a revision
 downward, MT. Aldrich said, Why
 gentlemen, there is nothing in our
 platform which provides for a down
 ward revision of the tariff.
 So, gentlemen, it is your duty at
 this time to support the entire Demo
 cratic ticket, and let us carry through
 those reforms which the Republican
 party has so long promised, but which
 they have refused to enact"
 The speech of Charles H. Arm strong was brief and to the point. He was given an enthusiastic recep-
 ton.
 Mr. Armstrong declared in no uncer-
 tain terms for a public utilities bill, saying that the bill should be strength
 ened to include both railroads, and the
 smaller class of public services. MT.
 Armstrong indicated in conservative
 language his close adherence to the proposals for the good of the people, made in the Democratic platform. His remarks were greeted with much ap- plause.
 Joshua Meltzer, candidate for rep resentative was farmly received He made rnasterful address as follows
 You will have to concede, gentle men, that it requires a good deal of courage to come to you on such a cold night, in such cold room to talk to you on the issues of this cam paign, and expect you to sit still in this cold storage place and listen pa tiently to our presentation of the Democratic side in this campa ign, but we. the candidates of the Demo- cratic party are stout of heart and full of hope in this election not only tice and right on our side but because of the evident demoralization of the forces of the Republican party, which augurS well for the success of the Democratic ticket.
 "It gave me indeed great pleasure to hear the last two speakers who are employees of MT. Armstrong, who MT. Armstrong, the nominee for the 23rd Senatorial district, as an em-, ployer.. Evidently there are some employers yet, who employ CON- TENTED LABOR just like MT. Dix of New York, the Democratic nominee for Governor, and if there were more such employers, who employ CON TENTED LABOR no Employers Lia- bility Act would be necessary, but un- fortunately such employers are a rarity and because under the present industrial system no personal rela- ton exists between employer and em@ ployee and the only knowledge an em- ployer has of his employee is his num- Der, and if the said number is injur- ed, killed Or thrown out of employ ment, no sympathy is awakened in the breast of the employer, because there were no personal relations be- tween them, therefore Working mems Compensation Act is impera- lively necessary to ameliOrate the present conditions, and the Democra- tic Party promises to pass such leg isIation and others of like importance.
 .It is true the Republicans promise to enact some such remedial leg1sla- tion as the Democrats advocate, not all of it but some part of it, but can you trust it? Is not the promise about tariff revision good 1llustra- tion how the Republicans keep their promises to the public? Are not their performances and nOn-performances In this State when they betrayed the interests of the people to special ln- terests', sufficient warranty not to trust them any more? We all agree that the Ten Commandments are the basic principles of society, and still these are some who observe them faithfully, while others, though pro- fessing to believe in them, are con- stant violators of them
 Has any one got any respect or faith in such hypocrites? And can you by analogy have any faith in the you are known not by your profes- sion. and the soft voice of Jacob as- sumed by the Republicans on this oc- casion for purpose will not hide the hands of Esau.. nor will the lambs skim donned by the Republicans for the occasion make @ lamb out of 1t, the "Cloven foot can be always seen.
 <~'But if there are measures in which the Republican party try to initiate the Democratic party and embodied them in their platform on all other remedial and necessary legislation the platfoEm as well as the spellbinders are silent as the Republican party does not believe in direct primaries an effective Cor rupt Practices Act. Initiative and Ref erendum, ratification of the Income Tax Amendment, etc, nor does the party care to discuss the tariff. though it is agreed by all that the source of the present high prices is the tariff, and all the evil follow ing from and through it. Industrial and trusts of all kinds are the evils resulting from high tar if, and so strong has the tendency to centralization developed that certain we'll known ''strenuous gen.