Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-28

Baltimore. June 2S-Henry Wade Rogers, dean of Yale university laW school, delivered the speech before tne democratic national convention, carry this morning. nominating Gov. sim con E. Baldwin of Connecticut, 10 the presidency. MT Rogers said:
 Connecticut, for the second tune m it's history is urging upon the nallonai convention of the democratic party the nomination of Connectlcut man loI the presidency. Twoscore and Tour years ago, in 1868, Connecticut pro posed the name of the then democratic governor of the state but the conven- tion nominated the governor or New York, Horatio Seymour, who went down to defeat in the election Wnlch ensued. Connecticut now again asks that in the course of your delibera- lions YOU weigh well the merits ana availability of the man she advlses you to nominate. We have organized no bureaus, and we have sent 1orth no emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor in other states. He hlm | self has entered into no alliances, made no effort on his own behalf, but mas borne himself as did the elder states men of the republic, who thought the office was neither to be sought nor de- cllned.
 As Goes Connecticut So Goes Union.
 "Connecticut is of little territorial l consequence in the vast empire that spans this continent Connecticut l does not cast a large vote in the elec- toral college, but as Connecticut mas voted so has gone the union. Never but once since 1856 has the candidate for the presidency who has carried Connecticut failed to carry the country. That one exception was in 1SSS when that great democrat, Grover Cleveland, carried Connecticut, but lost the presl- dency. In 1876, Hayes lost Connectl- cut and another great democrat, Til- den. carried 1t. But that constituted no exception, for Tilden carried the country and Hayes was never elected president
 Baldwin a Progressive Democrat.
 Do you ask me whether my cam didate is a progressive democrat My reply is that he has voted twice for William Jennings Bryan for president;
 that he favors the election of United
 States senators by direct vote of the
 people; that he has advocated the ex-
 tension of municipal suffrage to wo-
 men. and such progressive Legislation
 as the workngmens compensation
 acts
 "The democrats of the United
 States want us to nominate man
 who believes that a revision of the
 tariff downward is essenhal-one whc
 knows that the Payne -Aldrich law if
 not the best, but the worst tarif law
 the country ever had; a masterpiect
 of injustice. inequality and false pre- tense, impoverishing the many to sub
 sidize the few and increasing the cost
 of living beyond the endurance of the
 people. Can Command Public Confidence. "Thev want to nominate man who while protecting the corporations 1T
 their just rights and legitimate irter-
 ests. will at the same time exercise
 all his constitutional power to contro , dangerous combinations of capita which threaten the prosperity of thu l American people.
 2 They want us to nominate maj
 who can command public conhdenc'
 in his good sense and in his ability
 to deal intelligently with the pronlem f of the government
 '"Phev want US to nominate a maj . who can bring the government back t g the ideals of Washington. Jefferson Q Jackson and Lincoln.
 Comes or FuTiIdU OIOSNs f "The man who has in full measur the splendid qualifications hay Q named is the present governor or Con n necticut No man in the party is hi = superior in conscience or in brain. o
 more in sympathy with the just as
 nirations ofsthe people Nominate hir @ and you cannot be defeated. Nominat o him and the men of business and tn $ sons of toll and the whole great demo f cratic host will make him presiden n Nominate him and your appeal to tn h intelligent judgment of the America
 people will not be In vain.
 We present him tO you as gres - man who represents all that Ia best l r inc intellectual and moral life of Ne' q England. and of the country. H h comes of Puritan stock. Tn his vein q flows the blood of Roger sherman.
 siRner of the Declaration of Indepen
 dence. as well az a signer of the Con
 stitution of the United States. whic '- he helped to frame,
 e Fame More Than National. e "The candidate Connecticut pro 70 poses is one of the eminent jurists
 our day. He has filled with great dii
 ton the office of chief justice of Cor
 necticut He has won renown at u bar and been the president of the An
 erican Bar association. His fame Q more than national. It is internations "a and he has been president of the II ternational Law association, and if such has presided in Europe over th
 body of eminent International lawye
 gathered from all countries. That al is man who has been interested q the highest things and eminent -o more than one field you may know .d the fact that he has been president n the American Social Science associi ,e ton and of the American Historic
 association. The oldest of America
 universities years ago conferred upt
 him it's highest honOrs and made hi doctor of laws. He is now the der O' oeratie governor of Connecticut al the only democratic governor our sta at has had in twenty years, He Is
 great scholar a great lawyer, a gre
 judge, a great democrat, and, abo ,z, all, a Christian gentleman.
 ,n Private Character Spotiess. ;k His private character is spetless. Il al public character is inVulnersbie. Noi in mate him and there can be no amm IL milton of ealumny that can be exple 'el ed. Nominate him and no shafts al "a. arrows caH be aimed at him or, if the e should be. they will not be able m pierce his breastplate. They will he lie broken and harmless at his feet. Vigorous in Body and Mind, o3 Do yeu ask whether our candida ,el is too advanced in years to render V; ns uable public service? We answer tl
 men many years hls junier cevet