The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-12
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 shoold properly describe his attitude fnttnse surprise he discovered in the
 tnibie these words Thou shalt not
 steaIi'' With the zeal of a convert
 and with the enthusiasm of discov- erer he has been proela1ming this doc-
 urine ever since.
 But, why was the discovery not
 made earlier? We modestly suggest
 that we have been familiar with that
 passage in the scriptures for some
 time and while he was hoononbil1s
 with Hartman and Aldricn and Quay and Penrose and the whole coarse crew Of privilege seekers and priv11- ege granters, our party was seeking to have the government administered in behalf of the people. His conyer- sien to political morality comes too late. am inclined to believe that
 we shall better understand his pres ent activity by a closer study of the Bull Moose, when found in the State of Nature.
 It is said by a well known author ity that "a noticeable characteristic
 of the Bull Moose is his inordinate and unchangeable. self1shness. Wheth- CT roaming the woods in solitude, or tearing up the earth, or coming head long to the call, he is thinking, first. last and all the time, of the safety of his own skin and the fullness of his own stomach
 With Ch1S picture we'll 1lAcd HI tuS mind one can understand the Roose- ve1tian attitude toward the negro
 He wants it distinctly understood ly consistent. He is unhes1tatlngly and unqualifiedly for the colored man to the last drop of his blood-when- ever it will not cost him vote. When it will, he is frankly against him as man to man, shoulder to shoulder, brother to brother, and pursuant to the obvious dictates of the square deal" In the language of Senator Sutherland, "He gave his hand to the ceIored brother from the North and the South.''
 Thus, my friends, you can see again the striking resemblance to Abraham Iincolni
 If we had to decide between the Re publican party and this offshoot of the Republican party, 1t would re- solve itself into a choice between and incura ble responsibility the other-and that would be a sad alter ma tive indeed. The progressive move
 nent as a protest has nerit-as a con, structive party it is a joke The Re publican Darty as a relic is sublime as political force it is anachron- ism.
 The Democratic party, however, of fers the rational way to relief It has won the right to claim the support Of thes.American people It is fairly en-
 
 the affairs of this government. - MT. Roosevelt tells us that the old parties are worn out, that they are trotten husks'' and that the only hope of relief is at his hands. In view of his record, in view of his many years of acquaintance in the policies which splendid record of the Democratic par ty so far as it has had any opportun- ity to make record such dec!ara- tion is the supreme reach Of eHron- tery and impotence.
 . Until the election of the Democratic House in 1910 the Democratic party had part in the control of the af- fairs of this government for eighteen years. During all this period the Re- publican party administered the af- fairs of our country and during this period the evils which are now com mcnly acknowledged have sprung up. z Upon what theory of logic or justice can existing conditions be chargeable to the Democratic party? On the policies which were being carried out by the dominant party and we have pointed to the inevitable result which would follow the enforcement of such policies Wherever we have had an opportunity to take part in the ad- of government, State or The Democratic Congress Of 1910 has made a record of efficiency unexcelled in IegisIa tive affairs.
 Democratic success has not only pro- duced the great House of Represents tives under the leadership of that old lion of Democracy. Champ Clark and that brilliant son of Democracy. Os- ear Underwood, but it has yielded de- sirable results in many of the states of the union. New York has been given clean administration and Sen | ator Depew the harlequin of graft, has been obliged to yield his place to that able and respected citizen, Senator | James A. O'Gorman.
 Maine has had the benefit of a, ster- ing old fashioned, economical Demo | cratic administration under Governor PIaisted. popular administra tion than that siv- en under the leadership of Governor F'oss. |
 In Ohio, Governor Harmon has dem onstrated the value of Democratic l 
 In our own State of Connecticut the | Democracy has placed in the l thief executives chair, a man of in reputation, of great intel | actual capacity, and of sterling per ;onal character, Governor Simeon E. 
 The State of Indiana has been i lea nsed and the whole country knows what has been accomplished under the administration of Governor Marshall; md last, but not least, the State of New Jersey has been upIifted, re- leemed and set free.
 Never has commonwealth in | America had greater need of d brave. 1a triotic leader, than New Jersey; and 1 1ever has the record Of State in two | years shown so great an accomplish nent in the way of Iegislation in be- lalf of justice, as New Jersey under he administration of Governor Nil- on.
 There was passed through the Legis- ature of that State a Carrupt Prac- ices Act designed to put stop to he improper use of money in cfec- fons Workingrnan's Conlpensa on Act a Law for the regulation of ran- pads, Pub1ic$. Utilities bill, proyid ng for State Commission witk rew- r to fix rates and to make physical -aluation of properties a basis flor the fairness and justice 1