The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ADOPTED BY CONVENTION

therefore declare ourselves in favor cf reasonable economy in the adminis- tratiOn of the city affairs, and while absolutely needed improvements must be made to keep abreast of the times, care must be taken not to increase the already very heavy burdens of the taxpayers, especially the small tax payer, and therefore we advocate thas all imperatively needed permanent public improvements be met by boHd issues of long period, that poster1sr may pay it's share of the benef1tseJt will derive from the Improvements, that a just equa ltSation of taxation be made, and that every beneficiary who reaps the benefits of our large povu- lation be made to pay his or its tusr share of taxation.
 9. Democracy has no apologies e make for it's stewardship, whenev6r the people trusted them with full con- trol
 Witness their conduct in congress when they fought for the peopKs interests, but have been thwarted by~a republican president. In the stale legislature, though in the minoriG. the democratic party has done valfanr service in the interests of the peop6* having succeeded in passing seveG good laws and preventing the passaXe of a number of bad laws, and it faiIed in those cases where the republican leaders combined with the lobby to z defeat the will of the people. We point with pride to the fine recoEds our democratic senators and represex tatives made in the recent legislatuE that it elicited commendation frmn thoughtful men all over the state. CSr democratic governor requires no prafYe from us He has done his duty rS well that thoughtful republicans claim a share in him. Nor does dernocrTy need to apologize for the denocra9kc administration.
 We point with pride to the honest. efficient and able manner. the differ ent democratic office holders coz~ ducted their respective offices.
 Favor Audit System.
 10. We declare ourselves in favsr of an audit system for all depart ments, and we; point to the fact tnzE the administration has already rec commended the audit system nnontas ago, and it was to be adopted as seeE as the necessary charter amendme Rs were made by the legislature.
 II. We are in favor of and a3- vocate the use of the public school for presidential, state, city, and a1 primary elections, also for caucuses, the public schools as social cente& where our people can meet to d<e- cuss the problems of the day, c81 meet for lectures, concerts and a1S such work that enters into the daJiy life and pleasure of our people.
 Street Improvements.
 13 We declare ourselves in faser of equal distribution of street iru- provements in all districts where t1ey pay their just share of taxation.
 IA. We declare ourselves in faTnf of liberal support for public schOg and we regret that the repub1ioeN party found 1t necessary, for politf51 purposes, to attack. by implicatfzn. our public school system, declaring that it requires reconstruction
 We declare that our school system compares favorably with any in NaW England, and that those at the hexd of our educational departmen 4Ee competent and we'll qualified for tf1sr positions.
 Is. We are in favor of any system which will be saving to the city zn its purchase of supplies. but we K~ lieve that a board of supplies, as a1- vocated by the republican party, VIII only create several new offices 4gf the faithful, without an adequate X~ turn in the saving from the new sE tenn.