The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
WARNING FROM
 coy. BALDWIN
URGES DEMOCRATS. AT DINNER IN. TAFT, TO AVOID PERILs OF
 TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE.
STATE LEADERS PRESENT
Speeches By Candidates And Discus sion of the Situation Mark the
 Occasion.

Dem ocrats who are candidates IIp- on the state ticket, candidates for E congress and members of the state 1 conlraittee. with Dean Henry Wade ! Rogers, president of the tSate Demo cratic club. met at the Hotel Taft in New Haven yesterday afternoon and sat down to luncheon together. After the luncheon State Chairman | Forster, of the committee, made 3 short address introducing Governor 1 Baldwin, who talked upon the danger l of cverconfidence. The governor was 1 followed by Lyman T. Tingier, the candl'ate for lieutenant governor, and l he by Dean Rogers. Congressman Tn omas l.. Reilly was the last of the speak CTS.
 After the speeches the Democratic state committee met and discussed the formation of state finance commit tee composed of one member from each county. Speakers were named who would be available for rallies in the various counties. :. Forster on Organization.
 State Chairman Forster, at the luncheon, said that organization was the one thing upon which he would should go so far that there would be a separate organization in each sena- toria1 district, headed by the member from that district.
 Governor Baldwin said that there was no reason why with the proper sort of work, not only the entire state I1CkGL ShOuId De elected, put IiI0 Democrats as a whole should elect. a majority of the senators and repre- sentatives.
 He referred to the many things which he had recommended in his m essa ge two years ago which would have been realized if the Demo were in control of the legislature He said that one thing that had been ac- complished during the present ad- nninistration was the passage of a corrupt practices act (which is almost too good"
 No Special Legislation.
 One thing, he declared, a Demo cratic legislature cooperating with a Democratic governor could do would be the denial of special legislation and the passage instead of general laws concerning all these subjects upon which special legislation is sought.
 the dangers of over-confidence. He declared that Democratic victory was in the air but he said that Demo mocrats should not be overcome by that. He said that a great deal of work must be done Before the victory was com pIete.
 Dean Rogers said that as president of the Democratic club he wanted to say that as yet the club had not done great deal in the campaign but it was prepared to do SO now. He said that there would be meeting of the club next week at which the plans of campaign would be mapped out.
 Mayor Lyman T. I1ng1er said that he believed in organization and be- lieved with Governor Baldwin, that there was danger of over-confdence. :.
 Reilly Caught It.
 Congressman Reilly said that he became enthusiastic oyer the prospects of Democratic victory within the past few weeks and that much of that en- thusiasm had been contracted by his association with Governor Baldwin. He pleaded for a clean sweep all along the line even to the election of five Dem ocratfc con gressInen.
 Candidates Confer.
 While the state committee was in session the five congressional candi- dates, Augustus Lonergan, Bryan E. Mahan Thomas L. Reilly, Jeremiah Donovan and William Kennedy, held 8 meeting at the state headquarters, where plans of the campaign were discussed.
 Those outside the state committee who were present at the luncheon were Governor Baldwin, Mayor Ly- man T. Tingier of Rockville, E. S. Roberts of North Canaan, Albert Phillips of Stamford and Mayor Dan ieI P. Dunn of Willimantic, can didates on the state ticket; Charles T. Coy1e of New Haven, Henry McManus of Hartford, Melbert B. Carey of Ridgefeld, William B. Perry, Jr., of Salisbury, William Belcher of New 1 London, John l.. Fisk of Middletown, l and Oscar o. Tanner of Willimantic, 1 for presidential electors 1 and the five candidates for congress. 1