Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-25
PROGRESSIVE RALLY.
Candidates for Office Heard in Kill ingIy HaIl-State and National ls- sues.
Danielson, Oct. 24.-


 The progressive party in Killingly showed what real campaign rally ought to be and what it used to be Thursday night when Herbert Knox Smith and Frank s. Butterworth, re- spectively- the party's candidate for governor and lieutenant governor, and c. Warren Davis of Norwich. candi- date for congress in the Second dis trict, were the speakers at big rally held in the town hall. The introduce tory was street parade in which an old fashioned drum corps of nearly dozen pieces, of East Killingly. St. James band of Danielson and num- Der of schoolchildren carrying official bandanas. marched through lane of red fire to the hall.
 The meeting opened with the singing of Rally Round the Flag, by A. F. Burns. The opening announcements were by Gordon A. Johnstone. Will jam B. Reach was chairman of the meeting, and the first speaker, review ing the causes leading up to the for nation of the party and the achieve ments of its leader, Theodore Roose- welt MT. Butterworth followed MT. KeRch. He declared the progressive party to be the party of the people and it's keynote that men, women and children are the greatest Assets in American life. and that property is second. This party is not like the re- publican party which during two and four years makes promises to do cer- tain things in the peoples interests only to forget them. The republican because 1t is in the control of a few men who will not allow the promises to be executed The dominating in- fluence in the Connecticut legislature Is the New Haven road and other big corporations and no legislation in- imical to their interests can be passed. Wilson, he said comes to every state in the union and yet no one can say where he stands on any plank in his platform.
 0rouehy on Newspapers.
 c. Warren Davis seemed to have @ grouch on relative to the press of the state in as far as it's endeavor to show the bull moose strength in Connecti- cut is declining is concerned. He re- called the meeting at Norwich this week and also at New London. The New York Sun is pretty good paper, said MT. Davis. It used to run a line something like this: If you see it in other papers, MT. Davis named, in- cluding the Norwich Bulletin, Mir. Da- wis said, You may be sure if you see 1t there it is not true The daily press must get out of the bad habit of mis- representing things or we will have to get along with fewer of them. They had their uses. but sometimes they are mischievous. They need regulat- ing" All of which indicates Mir Da- wis intention to tell the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth O no foul -lx Hartford Courant for its estimates of progressive strength in Connecticut Considering the present congressman Mir. Davis declared his belief that Mir Higgins would now be a candidate fol reelection if he had been more insist ent in favor of parcels post. MT. Da. wis believed Mir. Higgins had been 1T too close touch with the Brandeget and Comstock machines. He believed Mir. King. the present nominee, to bt gentleman. Relative to Mayor Ma. han, Mir. Davis Said, I don't think il will be possible for you to support him for any public office and feel yel had selected well. He has been in
 legislature twice, l think, and on rail. road legislation has been against tn, railroad men.
 Day of Campaigning.
 Herbert Knox Smith was the las speaker. after campaigning in town in this section. He said the part! stands for the rights of men, womel and children. He reviewed the Chi cago convention. believing the nomina. tion was stolen from Theodore Roose welt He also pointed out that if ever, state enacts primary law before tn next election that delegates to it vii have no power to offset the rulings o the reactionary committee in powe until after the convention is organ 1zed. You have got to have a man il Washington who is a fighter; nothin but grim determined fighter will d for the job. Any one else but a fighte will get licked and you will be tn loser. If you elected no more than 3 state senators you will have worke revolution in state politics. You ca take over the government of your stat and should not miss the chance,
 The meeting closed with three rous ing tcheers for Mir. Knox,