Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-30

The progressives brought their vice presidential candidate, Governor Hi- ram Johnson of California, here Tues day night for their rally at the Davis theater, and filled the house to the roof with the crowd that was on hand to hear the running mate of Theodore Roosevelt on the national ticket
 Governor Johnson made Norwich his last stopping place in a tour of New England, and his voice showed the ef- fects of his continuous speaking tour, but, even though husky, was distinctly heard in his remarkable and eloquent presentation of the claims of his par ty. Sentence after sentence, with nev- CT a pause or moments hesitation to choose a word, flowed from his lips, and his speech was generally looked upon as one of the greatest political addresses ever heard in the city.
 Westerly Delegation Arrived.
 The meeting at the theater began at a little after S.45 o'clock, having been delayed a little from the announced hour of S.30 by waiting for a delega- ton of forty that came here from Westerly on special trolley car. They filed into the theater with a Roosevelt flag at their head.
 Chairman Edson F. Gallaudet then opened the meeing, the theater at that time being full, with the exception of some of the boxes.
 Admission was by ticket, with spe- cial tickets for the stage. and later the doors were thrown open for all who wished to come in and stand up.
 Tubbs' band played at the Wauregan House corner before the rally, and the theater orchestra filled in the time there while the crowd was waiting for the meeting to begin.
 Edward NJ. RozeIIe Speaks.
 At the laboring mans candidate, Ed ward M. Rozelle of Hartford, the pro- gressive candidate for secretary of state was introduced by Chairman Gallaudet as the first speaker.
 Mr. Rozelle said he was in the strug- gle for better conditions and referred to his apprenticeship in three differ ent towns and seven different chops. He is a cigarmaker, and proved an earnest speaker. He raised a burst of applause when he declared that the mantle of Abraham Lincoln is to fall upon Theodore Roosevelt, who is to carry with him into the White House that great fighter from the Pacific coast. Hiram Johnson. MT. Rozelle went on to speak of thousands of small girls working in Detroit in cigar fac tories and hidden away when the in- spectors came around. He asked if society, under these conditions, had not a duty to do to protect the future motherhood of the nation. His party, he said, proposed to take every child out of the factories and preserve the greatest asset society has, the children of America.
 A Minimum Wage.
 The speaker took up the minimum wage question and said that the pro- gressives proposed to establish liv- ing wage as a minimum, and If it takes $S or $9 week for a girl or woman left to support herself that was to be the minimum wage. He spoke against night work for women in factories or industries and discuss ed other blanks in the platform, in cluding one days rest in seven, a pro- tective tariff whose operation should be shown in the pay envelopes of the workers.
 On the tariff, he instanced the Am erican Woolen company and conditions in Lawrence, as kind of industry that is not entitled to protection until 1t will put into the envelope of the worker the difference to which the worker is honestly entitled under the advantage given by the protective tar if regulations.
 MT. Roszelle said he had been a worker before the legislature for bet ter conditions in his trade, but he had been defeated, and had been given promises enough, which had not been fulfilled, and he now proposed to join the progressives and lead with him workingmen from both the old par ties.
 The speaker rapped Senator Bryan F. Mahan, the democraticl candidate for congress from this district, for his statement that people took no inter est in party platforms or pledges, and then touched upon the suffrage plank in the progressives platform. He ad- vocated this for the reason that wo- men should be given the chance to protect their children from the evils that surround them.
 Governor Johnson Arrives.
 For a minute MT. Roszelle was in- corrupted at this point while Governor Johnson of California arrived, and the band played Hail to the Chief as the governor came out on to the platform and the audience rose to greet him Governor Johnson had come from New London by automobile.
 MT. Rosselle closed his remarks in moment and gave way to Chair man Gallaudet, who introduced John W. Alsop, who in turn made the brief est sort of introduction for Governor Johnson, presenting his as the fight 1 ing governor of a free state. Governor Johnson was given a greet 1 ing that lasted for minute, with cheers and applause, and waving o1 l bandanas from the stage.
 | Governor Johnson assured his hear CTS that he came to New England witt considerable trepidation, but he hat found the people all the same; he haC been kindly greeted and he predicted that Connecticut was going to do as {