The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27

the price of bread permanently from that touched every mans fearful con- cern for the poor mans pocketbook.
 A dozen favorite sons were first put in nomination at the convention, and then Senator Killan, recounting the story of the breaking up of the Stock Exchange and of the capture of the railroads. the smashing of the trusts and the reduction of the price of bread. put up Kelvin's name for considera- ton. Pandemonium broke loose as per schedule. one of those carefully ar- ranged spontaneous outbursts so dear to American politics. and on its crest the nomination of Kelvin as candi- date for the high office of president of the United States. the youngest man ever to achieve that honor. became
 but a mere counting of long since ar. rnuGed for ballots. after which the convention much more calmly and ra
 tioually proceeded to nominate Rol. Ens.
 One-half of the public received those two names with gaSps of gratitude; the other half received them with snarls of scorn. and the campaign was on. Kelvin. refusing to make q mOunte- bank of himself. let his managers fight 1t out. for he was busy. Oui upon his vast stretches of Long Island waste there now sprang up q long succession of residence blocks. each surrounded with it's cement sidewalk. each con taining neat little cement houses mold. ed after the Edison idea. and each house set in q generous plot of ground. all were provided as If by magic. and the whole was made easily accessible by the new and wonderful tranSpOrta- tion system that Rollins had inaugural ed at the same time.
 As soon as the work had begun to as sume form it's magnitude could not es- cape the newspapers Their first twO questions were What Is this?' and "Who is dning it?'' To both of these queries kelvin's publicity bureau had a ready answer-light and air and clea nliness and life for The working man at cheaper price than he paid for darkness and poisoned atmosphere and dirt and death.
 Kelvin. appealed to. curtly pointed out that the scheme had been projected long before his name had been men, toned for the nomination and that it was merely one of Henry Breeds plans fur the use of his enormous wealth in am-!iOratjng the condition of mankind Nor did he deny that the undertaking was expected 10 pay a legitimate rate of interest upon the outlay. He was entirely practical. he stated. and the inference was that he would make an entirely practical president; also working president. for be was busy right up to .he time of election.
 As if arranged by Providence. chance to display his vigorous prat.ti- cality came just few days before election. One PeIlman. remembered as once forceful man of Wall street. then as has been." had suddenly blOssOmed into the limeiight as the real estate sensa ton of New York Working quietly. he had secured Op- ti0ns upon tenement house districts. block after block in extent. Now he announced the formation of monster terminal company which should take care of all the freight and. passenger transportation entering New York and the erection of huge structures cover ing blocks in extent. Immediately fol lowing this notices of eviction were served upon every miserable dweiler in the congested tenement districts that he had purchased Thousands upon thousands of families were ren. dered homeless. and every newspaper blazed with the wholesale oppression.
 Who then came to the rescue: Why. Kelvin. Kelvin the disburspr Of Breeds billions. Kelvin the annihilafOr of the Stock Exchange. Kelvin the breaker of trusts. Kelvin the rpducer of the price of bread. Kelvin the poor mans friend. Kelvin the candidate for pres ident of the United States! He would furnish them free transportation for themselves and their goods and chat tels. He would at once install each homeless family in a separate little home of it's own free of moving cost. and to avoid any suffering that might be attendant upon the confusion would stock each house with weeks prOyi- sions. Would summer and fall of canraign speeches have beaten that?
 Countless thousands of dazed and helpless families thrust suddenly home less into the streets attached them selves in pitiful home instinct each to distressful little pile of battered and