The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12

Hartford, Sept. 11.-Electrlfylng in it's effect upon the Democratic con vention, the keynote speech or Ma tional Committeeman Homer 5. Cum n1ings delivered in the Armory last night wrote a new page in the his
 tory of Connecticut democracy, for it
 recorded in the inspiring oratory of modern Memosthenes the latest achievements of the standard bearers
 of the party of Jefferson.
 As MT. Cucmings warmed to his
 subject, he aroused his hearers to great enthusiasm. Ringing cheers and
 prolonged applause punctuated the address. He pointed out with ire.
 Governor Woodrow Wilson, and of
 Governor Simeon F. Baldwin and
 linking their names with those of
 other Dem ocratic governors. Marshall
 of Indiana, and FHoss of Massachu- setts, he declared that the true spirit of progress is to be found in the party of Jefferson.
 MT. Cummings said:-
 Gentlemen of the Convention:
 It is a privilege to greet the united and harmonious Democracy of Connec- ticut upon the eve of a great Nation al victory The old regime is passing away. Cannon and Cannonism have already gone. Payne and Dalzell have departed. Aldrfch and Crane have disappeared. Ebenezer is upon the way, and after Noven1be next Taft will have passed into that poiit- ical oblivion which knows no referen- dunn and no recall; and with them and to keep them company in fhe outer darkness, there will be their erstwh1le friend and co-adJutor Emperor Afri- canus, the first and also the last. It is fitting and poetical1y just that even in political death true friends should not be parted.
 The problems that have pressed hard upon us are in a fair way to be settled. The unjust burdens that our people have so patiently borne are ners1lip between the dominant party and the privileged classes is about to be dissolved and the government is going back into the hands of the pee
 How the present situa ton develop ed, how. the evils grew and spread, we need not now stop to analyze or ex- plain. We have been explaining these things for years. The Democratic party has been protesting for years, entreating for years, and for years be- seeching the American people to give heed to what the Republican party was doing to this country and to it's institutions.
 To-day we need explain no longer, There are few so dull as not now to comprehend.
 It is common Knowledge that tar if schedules have, more and more, of
 
 ward those rich and powerful inter ests of this country which have shown their faith in the Republican party by nunifieent campaign contributions
 The tariff has become a system, not of protection to American. interests, but of favoritism to those who stand well with the party management. Be hind the buttress of such a system gigantic fortunes have been built up, trusts have grown and developed, the cost of living has increased more rap d t17a9 f I77nT hand of avarice has been busy in the pockets of the poor, a thousand collat- eral evils have sprung up, all branch es of the government have become in- fested with ingenious forms of corrup tion and graft and we find a great and intelligent people so disturbed about conditions that initiative and enter prise are checked and. discouraged, the ordinary business man dreads the tur- moil of recurring political campaign; while all over the land there is a grOw1ng Su11en and even dangerous discontent
 The unholy alliance between the ad- rninistration and the trusts has got syndicate must cease. The awaken ed patriotism of America demands it and that demand must be needed.
 Four years ago the Republican par ty rode into power upon the promise to purge itself and to revise the tar if schedules. After the election, con fdent of the duIlness of the people they proceeded to revise the schedules not downward, however, in the inter- est of the people. but upward in the interest Of the interests. No greater breach of faith has ever been com mitted in America than this breach of faith upon the part of the managers Of the Republican party. The result was that in 1910 the people elected Democratic House of Representati& es. This Democratic House has kept faith with the American people It revised the rules and abolished Cannonism. It proposed an amendment to the Fed eral Constitution providing for the election of United States senators by the publicity of campaign expendi- lures before as well as after election, and has fixed a limit upon the cleo tion expenses of United States sena- tors and Consressnen. It has passed a law establishing an eight hour day for workmen on all National public work. It forced the administration to abrogate the Russian treaty. It has saved millions of dollars in govern mental expenses and it has passed tariff schedules revising the tariff tax es downward in the interest of the consuming ma sses and with a view to reducing the high cost of living.
 The President vetoed these tariff bills. His first excuse was that he was waiting for the report of the Tariff Commission It is sad com no one ever thought it necessary to await the report. of a Tariff Commis- sion in order to revise the Tariff up- ward. Such a delay only becomes necessary when it is sought to revise the tariff downward in the interest Of the people. After the Tariff Board re- ported, the president was given anoth- er- -opportunity to sign these relief measures; but again he vetoed the bifIe this time without any excuse worthy of a moments consideration. his term of office with the good wishes of the entire country, at the end of four years, the Taft admin l .stratinn= presents the most pathetic