The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-02

July IT. 1907. showing that he advo-
 cated fair labor laws for women and
 children, a short work day law for
 rialroad telegraphers and train dis
 Legislature as Senator. He was a
 leader of the fight for the s-hour law
 He said as Mayor he would establish office hours and keep them. 'I, be- lieve it is the duty of the Mayor to
 attend every meeting of the Board of Apportionment," said he, taking up the thread of the speech of accept ance of the nomination delivered at the convention. 'If elected, [ shall endeavor to keep down the tax rate. I shall be present at the meetings of
 the Board of Apportionment to curb Candidate Donnelly received gener-
 ous applause.
 Senator Archibald McNeil spoke as follows:
 'It is a pleasure for me to address the electors of the Twenty-second Sem
 atorial district, as this is the first op- portunity I have had since the Legis- lature has adjourned to give any ac- counting of my services as Senator to the electorate of my district therefore I feel I may be pardoned for stray ing momentarily from the municipal campaign in order to say few words concerning the work of the last Gen eral Assembly.
 "In the opinion of many, the Work ingmen's Compensation act which fail- ed of passage in the General Assem- ply was of more interest to the work ing people of Connecticut than any other one measure presented to the General Assembly, and I feel that my constituents of this Senatorial district
 were more interested and anxious for "a mas Qo nf a riy,o 1,C compensation act than any other one measure confronting the Legislature. Therefore, I desire to say a word about this measure and to endeavor to
 make plain to you just who was re- sponsible for the defeat of the bill. It is unnecessary for me to go into the details of just what this bill pro- vided for, but to simply tell you that the bill as reported by the Judiciary committee, while not all that could be desired, was a great improvement over anything that had ever gone be- fore. Were the bill a law now the effect of its humane and just provis- ions would be perceived in many
 home where poverty has followed the removal of the bread winner, and where the dependents of injured work CTS are sore put to it to keep the wolf from the door. It was my own strong hope and desire that more modern 0us my further desire that the bill that | was reported should become a law. "When this bill appeared before the Senate much time was consumed in
 the advocacy of it's passage as well as many arguments in opposition.
 But what you as electors are most in: | terested in is. Which Senators voted for the bill and which Senators voted against it?
 'I say to you, my friends, that every i single Democratic Senator in the Sen-
 ate at the time that bill came before
 us unhesitatingly voted for the bill | "As is we'll known, the measure the House where Republican represen- l tatives from the small towns in over whelming numbers voted solidly against the measure. The defeat of : the measure rests entirely upon the
 shoulders of the Republican party.
 They were in a large majority in both
 branches and could have passed this bill without the help of one single Democratic vote had they so desired. I The Republican machine and the lead-
 CTS of the Republican party of this l State and this city were lined up in , opposition to the Workingmen's Com pensation act and believe that work 1 ingmen should know to whom they are l indebted for the defeat of the measure
 they most desired.
 eff time permitted I could review l the work of the Legislature and could
 prove to you by facts and records that 1 practically every progressive measure
 introduced into the General Assembly | of nineteen hundred and eleven was
 defeated by Republican votes. It is | true that some Republicans favored some progressive measures such as the ! direct primaries which was advocated l by Senator Judson, but had the Re-
 publican leaders willed it, every pro- gressive measure introduced would l have passed as they had complete ! control of both branches of the as-
 sembly.
 ''The attempt to repeal the personal ! tax law, the rejection of the ten foot
 center proposition, the referendum on the Bridgeport bond measures, all re-
 ceived my support and vote as well as
 that of the other Democratic Senators, ] and such progressive legislation as did squeeze through was mainly favored 1 by Democrats.
 .'Now a word for the excellent mu-
 nicipal ticket.
 My good friend, Senator Donnelly, needs no word of praise or introduc- | tion from me. His record as Alder
 man and Senator is known to you all
 and could not be excelled. The rec 1 ords will show that as Senator he fa- vored every measure desired by his H. l.