The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-01
Those Who Buy and Sell Government Are More Dangerous to Nation
 Than Foreign Foes


 The greatest enemies of great people foreign foes. They within the country foes sometimes deemed be friends foes who gnaw the heart of liberty tiny borers grind to dust the heart of gigantic Redwood tree; tearing down little by little the freedom the fathers built up in blood and sweat.
 There Hartman and his associates Nominally he giving large of money protect his railroad government perhaps to get better of his rivals Both motives shown in the correspond with MT Roosevelt which before the Congress sional committee Investigating campaign funds Actual ly he dealing in treason, treason deadly freedom than the feet of the marching armies of hostile nation.
 And thus as evidence abundantly shows, were other doing, who loomed big national life, men who touted by newspapers leading citizens. and even ideal citizens.
 They were traitors their country Sefshless made theso. To get advantage for themselves and their friends they traded bartered the her tage of the people, bought with price special rights the peoples government and-for tiny sun-destroyed not the naton--but the Republican party.
 The nation is young, it has health It survive not only such assault upon it's life, but It has the strength fo destroy whatever within if is hostile to the national life
 But every attack disease upon the frame tends to make it weaker tends make it lest able resist the in sidious sickness of corruption.
 It is not if the disease spot, and affected only the national life.
 What Hartman and his friends have been doing with national government smaller just greedy just conscenceess, just Taoroushave been doing states and cities and towns. There difference Il principle finally III the result between corruption of national government and corruption of local government. The former rests upon the latter Congress will not be unless thing is rotten in the states little will in the states unless MUCH is ill the ties of which the states composed.
 Correction begins at home In Bridgeport, it begins in Bridgeport. In Hartford, it begins in Hartford In Connecticut, it begins in Connecticut
 Bridgeport has the power to elect true at home to crush corruption at home with the penitenary if essary and Bridgeport has the power send the General Assembly.
 The General Assembly choose ill season two sen- ators who will the people, and five congressman who will have the peoples welfare heart by the electorate.
 The first thing that Connecticut needs is publicity She has had corruption than most states of her and less light upon her corruption Connecticut has elections but much investigation ruption
 An investigation is needed
 Who gives to campaign funds in Connecticut, and wha is done with them?
 What done with the great funds that candidates for governor spend?
 How the great obtained the railways and the railroads of Connecticut hold?
 These questions that press for answer at home.
 And the people must remember this It will be |, enough to elect president who will do their work enough to elect governor
 The power of the state and of the is not Il and the president it in CONGRESS and the LEGISLATURES of the states,
 It is not possible give attention to choice of honest capable president such Wood Wilson will be- but it is possible to give too little to the character of the Congress and the character of the General Assembly.
 Connecticut help the nation most by putting s down CORRUPTION AT HOME.