The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-11

doubt the result at Chicago and no man today would be in doubt as to the result in November. Here Col. party and think nimseIf.''
 At this point Senator Mclean enter ed into a lengthy discussion of the various forces which have united un- der MT. Roosevelt in opposition to MT. Taft
 Speaking of the present Roosevelt program, Senator Mclean said:
 Let us now look at the covenant which the Colonel has entered into with his. people It contains some Rdgfls,,o RRigll,y good things that are in the cording to his statement, all the blanks in the Democratic platform that are fit for anything but the floor of much that is in MT. Debg platform and it contains everything else that you want, but 1t contains nothing that
 CT cannot. of course, detail it frf detail, tonight but I must call your attention 10 the five things which will elect him if he is elected-the iritia- tive, the referendum, the recall the minimum wage and the promise to. see that labor has a share in the
 Speaking Of the initiative and ref erendum. Senator Mclean said in part:
 
 objectionable, but if brought to bear upon concrete questions, it at once enervates the General Assembly and invites. it to shirk both duty and re- sponsfbility. The initiative has a eirn- liar effect, but to a much greater de- tive government and leads us directly bacaEward to the governntemtaI va gardeS that are unsound in principle and have always failed when tried
 4 f4f G1s7o f<a,- Afz,T.e .-,4 into an extended discussion Of Roose- veft's inconsistent attitude toward the referendum, initiative and recall. Con- Gnmng, he said:
 And. now we come to the blanks that our progressive friends borrow ed-I dos not like the word sto1e-from h9r. Debs-the minimum wage and a share in the tools. -.s-s-s.,
 Now T would ask the man whose intelligence is ten per cent of normal whether he would prefer to get what his services are really worth or what the government thinks they are worth Does he think fs~prosperity and that of his country, will thrive best on the worst that he and everybody else can do? Will human nature be changed When the government fixes the mini mum wage will not the. employer have every incentive to make it his maxi mum wages2 Congress, being pre- gTessive, in order to be reelected, will raise the minimum wage and the next Congress in order to perpetuate it's own power will again raise the mini mum wage. The result must be obvi- ous. The employer goes into insolv- ernment to condemn the plant and own it itself. Then everybody is working for the government. everybody has an interest in the tools he works with and the government will consist of a. million Or two officials non1ina ted by the direct poll of the people and elected by his friend the laborer-the man who does the work. The public officials, after a careful investigation will see to 1t that they are re-eIect- ed and this will necessitate constant raise in the governmental wage. It must be apparent that the mechanic necessitate a high price for his pro duct. The consumer will want low prices for what he must buy, the of ficiaE in charge will of course de- has the most votes. The politicians yViM seek for a, combination strong enough ito continue them in office Of course this means that a minority Of the people of the country are to be robbed for the benefit of. the ma jorfty."
 Senator Mclean here reviewed in an eloquent manner 52 years of Re he compared the records of the Re publican and Dem ocratic parties dur ing chat time. He also compared the prosperity of this country under high lana under tariff for revenue. In conclusion, after roundly attacking the third term ambitions of Theodore Roosevelt he said:
 Let every honest elector ask him. i self this question. If President Taft l had played politics instead of doing 1 his duty would he not have been re- nominated without opposition? Lett the answer come from the conscience l and President Taft will have more votes in 1912 than he had in 190s.''