The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-14
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THE HOUR AND THE MAN.
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 The nomination of Governor Bald win was a foregone conclusion. found ed in universal confidence and esteem. He was elected governor in 1910, the only Democrat on the state ticket to win, and with a Republican majority in the legislature He had during the campaign became known to many cit 1zens who had before supposed him to be something lofty and apart, highly respectable, but rather out of touch with ordinary human nature. They fourids instead, a man ready and will ing to talk about almost any subject they brought up, and to talk with real knowledge. 4 homely man Gin the best New England use of the word), direct, simple in his address and his habits, , and conspicuously distinguished by plain. common sense. Men learned during the campaign, and later, that his vision was clearer and his purpose stronger than those of any other can didate for that high office in many years There have been many good governors. Democrats and RepubIi- cans but none who so well com ed wide knowledge, sound judgment, and resolution to check as far as the inn perfect authority of the office allows the attacks of private interest on public interest. He made enemies among those whose plans he opposed, but he won respect and confidence throughout the state.
 How about the de1usion that he is a doctFinaire and a, TeactiOuary? It will be remembered that Colonel Roose- welt was quite loud and full of reitera- tion on this subject, but of course he must have been misquoted, for he as- euresaus-that. he Is always right, while the published statements attributed to him did not show much knowledge Of the facts The truth is that Governor Baldwin has been more genuinely and practically progressive than almost any of those who misunderstood him or were determined not to recognize what was perfectly well known.
 He is conservative. no doubt but conservative in the high type which insists that law is not to be ignored if it ceases at last to suit changed conditions but must be amended thougntfulIy and honestly so to meet the conditions as they are He proved this attitude when he found in a case in the supreme court that the fellow servant law must be Obeyed, but at the same time urged the modifi- cation of the law on the ground that in modern conditions 1t worked hard ship For that opinion, usually held to be sound and courageous, he receiv- a great many big and little men who lived in the belief that the constitu- ton should not count between friends
 But those who suffered from the wrong took note that none Of these others proposed any legal way to cor rect the eviI-which he did. Tn the same way when he became governor he devoted much of his inaugural mes sage to a practical and comprehen- sive scheme of legislation for the ses- sion It was not binding on the gen era1 assembly, so that in many partic- ulars it was doomed to failure, partly because it interfered with some priv iteges but partly because of a deter imitation to punish him for speaking out what they did not wish to hear He would have fared still worse if the Republican majority had not been re- duced by the election of 1910. It was stilI, however, strong enough to have it's own way in certain things. When final adjournment came Governor Baldwin had a larger and more de-