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 form. They have a platform that
 platform is not everything. It is something that is got up before elec- ton and forgotten soon afterward. They say in their platform that they are going to reform the public works
 department; they are going to revo-
 they are going to do things to the charities department. In the street departm ent they are going to have a shake up and get rid of some of the old men. Is the city going to be- come like number of the local fac tory homogeneous who notice when a man gets to be 45 years of age, that his hair is little gray, and say that they have to let him go because he is getting old? There are plenty
 of gray haired men in the street de- partrn ent who are still competent of earning their money.
 "I was told today by MT. John T. King that if I mentioned the name of MT. DeVer H. Warner in this cam paign that they were going to com King is the man who while a mem Der of the board of charities made a motion that the amount of money paid to families of the outside poor be limited to $4 a week, and it was
 Frank. Scaack, a Democratic member Ol LIlC OOdIO WllO SciIQ lAdI 9O WdS little enough for family and finally
 succeeded in defea ting MT. Kings at- tempt to reduce the already small amount allowed to the suffering peo- pie who in their old age have to ask the city to help them keep body and soul together. MT. King is the man who is making platforms for the Re- publican candidates to run upon. l say to you gentlemen that instead of a platform to run on the Democratic
 party is giving you candidates for public office who are running on their records.
 )s .'I stand before you tonight as the regular Democratic nominee. I stand
 on my record. I hold in my hand a circular gotten out by a party which claims to be party of the people,
 and it says on it that a vote for Don- nelly is a. vote for Dr. Warner. ''Not more than two months ago
 Mr. McLevy, the candidate of this party, was in my office and he said
 to me, John, if you run for Tax Col lectOr, run on your record. They haven't anything on you!' Now I am charged with being
 backed by MT. Warner. When by Warner?
 ''When I worked for the 5 hours a week bill for women and children em- ployed. in factories, was I backed by Warner?
 "When I helped pass the eight hour bill for railroad telegraphers, was I
 backed by Warner?
 When I introduced the bill to put vestibules on the trolley cars, was
 Warner back of me?
 q say that the party who circu1at- ed that circular lied, and they know they lied.
 5 ,L~ a
 get into power?
 "I say to you voters. pay no atten-
 tion to what you hear between now
 and next Tuesday. I stand before
 you the most unpledged man that ever
 run for the office of Mayor in the
 city of Bridgeport. know through
 my experience in the office of tax
 rents are high. I assure you that I
 will appear before every session of the Board of Apportionment and do my
 utmost to keep the taxes down. One little thing that I intend to do IS to have the assessors keep their office open during the month of May from g o'clock in the morning until o'clock at night in order that working peo- pie having business with the office will be able to visit it without losing time away from their regular employ ment.
 ticket. Don't pay any attention to the newspapers. Don't let them change the sentiment between now and next Tuesday assure you If I am elected that I will be working May or, putting in all of my time for the interest of the city"
 City Clerk Boucher said in part: eve have a duel enemy in this cam paign. We have the Republicans, who have been in control for forty years at Hartford and who have done nothing, and we have another party that is doing nothing but making ex- travagant and impracticable promises.
 .'Now, gentlemen, there must be some remedy for this industrial con- dition. The Democratic party is the party of the people, and men have been put on the ticket who will seek out a solution of the evils. They are all men who have been tried and found true, and you will not forget them at the polls on election day.
 At the head of your city govern ment you must have a man with force of character. You have such a man in John M. Donneuy. Keep your faith in him. Also keep your faith in the known caiiore of Garry Pad