The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-23

I today sent to the Bridgeport Post by Senator Donovan the Democratic can didate for Congress. It scorrects an error which, unintentionally, no doubt did the Democratic candidate an in-d justice
 The communication folIows
 South Norwalk, Conn.
 Oct 22. 1912. Editor Bridgeport Post:-
 Your issue of Oct. 21st contained a statement from MT. /S.s E. Vincent, Progressive candidate for Congress. Association from the statement attri- buted to me in one of my monday talks to the employees of one of the < Had MT. Vincent taken the trou- b1e to have called me by Telephone or written me personally to inform him self of the, exact nature I@ @ of the lan5 to convey, he would have found it unnecessary to publish the statement referred to.
 sTn reply to Mir. Vincent's state ment, I desire to state that was mis- quoted in the article he refers to in l connecting him with the net weight connected with the State Business !, Mems Association, and in every speech: l thus far made, have been very care fIIl not to mention him or refer toll him to his disadvantage.
 My attention was called to the ar
 
 of publication At the outset of my talk the very next day I stated my position in regard to MT. Vincent as well as the matter of being is nisqu1ta f,ta : next day did not see fit to notice this reference on my part of the speech'I in which I called attention to the mis- statement, and which [ did. state that.I [ : was associated in legislative matters with Senators Luther, Alsop, Butter 1 worth, Brinsmade and Herbert Knox c I1n UaT highest type of Republican Legislators, and that in all matters that came up in the, interest of the people and the welfare of their State, they were fn- variably found on the side of the peo- pie; therefore they being party asso- ciates now of Mr. Vincent, assumed that he was of this type of citizen and had no adverse word of criticism for him. -a
 '.As to the net weight bill, con slider it the most important one that came before the last session of. the General Assembly, not even excepting the Public. Utilities bill. did state mess Mems Association, supposedly organized to take an active interest in securing. good legislation ana the in this matter and that one of its df- rectors, Mir. Tooks of Manchester, Conn, notwithstanding there was no at the Committee hearings, appeared before the Committee and argued for poStponement on the ground Of uni formity and conforming to the stan dards adopted by other States
 'HThe bill in question did not con flict with any standards, regulate any prices nor injure sany honest mer- chant or manufacturer. It was sim ply a mandate to be honest. to tell the truth, by printing the net weight and the contents on the package so that the public might know what | they were buying and what value they l were getting for their money. The | Justice of the measure is quite ap- parent, the benefit in purchasing | great, the saving to those who sbuy 1 in small quantities large, at least to those who wished to take. the advan- | tage MT. Tooks' position before the Committee was the familiar one em- | p1oyed by all opponents of legislation who could not offer any other excuse for strangling 1egislation-that of | postponement and delay with the hope of side-tra cking, or killing it, and the indifference of the State Business appearance for delay gave the matter this completion It is a we'll quoted | motto that "who so is not for measure is against ft,'' and still in< eist that the Association cannot be held blameless in this matter.
 Hoping you will give this leeter thei same prominent space as that of MT. Vincent's, and thanking you for the priyiIege am, yours truly,
 JEREMIAH DONOVAN,
 Candidate for Congress-
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