The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-08
SMITH STRONG FOR
 DIRECT PRIMARIES
Addresses About 600 in Eagles
 Hall-Dr. Woods Hutchinson and E. M. RozeIle Also Speak

1 fEThe fundamental issue before the l voters of Connecticut today is that of 1 direct primaries declared Herbert | Knox Smith, Progressive candidate for
 Governor. at a Bull Moose rally in
 Eagles hall last night. ''I say that | direct primaries is the Fundamental is- sue before the voters of this and eV- | cry state today because that is the
 only way in which the voters them | selves can get back control of their ] own government. You voters in Con-
 necticut want all of these things that 1 are promised in the Progressive plat. form. To get them you first need | power and to get power you have got | to have direct primaries. Your Pro- gressive partya promises to work to- l governor the very first thing that l shall do, the very first proposition that will receive my attention; will be the matter of direct primaries. This is f1imSy campaign promise You have in the Progressive party men who are earnest and propose to do
 rect primaries is vital issue with them because only by direct primar- ies will the Progressive party accom- plish what it proposes to do--to turn the government of the people back in to the hands of the people them selves
 MT. Smith was addressing 500 peo- pie and when he came out so frankly and positively for direct primaries ant q promised that he would give that is sue his first attention if elected gov ernor of the state, there was much applause. Dr. Woods Hutchinson of Philadelphia, magazine writer and hy-
 gienist, and Edward M. Rozelle of Hartford, Progressive candidate for secretary of state. were the other speakers at the rally.
 There was a good deal of enthusia sn and the audience listened with intent
 to what the speakers had to say. An orchestra furnished music and there was singing
 Town Chairman George E. Melius presided He introduced pr. Hutchin- son as the first speaker. pr. Hutchin- son said that it was with some hesita- tion that he addressed an audience who ca me to hear a political talk be- cause doctors are as a rule modest set and also because they have hith- erto been relegated by public opinion activity is concerned.
 But now an new era has arrived; doctors are preaching and preachers are doctoring and it is alright for doc tors to take the platform. They've got back to their political rights and there is something for the doctors to conditions and ailments. There is certain amount of deodorizing and dis infecting, some amputating and surgi- cal work. And also the doctor now has something in the way of infor- nation, aside from scientific know1- edge, worth while talking to the pub lie about.
 The speaker in touching upon child labor declared that the child was the nations best resource, the best na- tional asset, the best crop. He told how Germany is ahead of all other na- tfons because it long ago realized the importance of conserving it's children. Germany's wonderful industrial pro- gress is largely due to it's care of the child. Then there is the issue of wage for women. the limitation of hours economic measures that deserve the serious thought of every one. He spoke of how fatigue used to be re- garded more or less as simply a stired- ness and exhaustion which was only temporary, but now physicians have come to look upon it as sign of self poison by the overwork of our bodies. The habits of industry are most dan gerous to all diseases unless the broad question of preserving ones working power is considered. Under the present industrial system in this country the nation is burning up the best resources it has.
 pr. Hutchinson declared that the Progressive campaign was in reality simply a fight against poverty. Pow erty is a disease and a preventa b1e disease. He told of how charitable eff forts on the part of the rich aren't going to cure the disease. We must show the rich that it isn't how much they give to the poor that counts as it is how much they take away from the poor, in child labor, long hours, low pay and forth.
  spirit is coming over the American people It is doing away with the in- tense class antagonism and letting in a new feeling of brotherliness and i5fndness- He said that the only one thing that now interferes with this new spirit is the courts; the laws and decisions, that come from the judi- ciary bench. pr. Hutchinson was bit ter in his arraignment of the judi ciary. He declared that it was 200 years behind the age and proud of it, seemingly. He showed how the courts were established to protect property rights and that's what they've been doing ever since. He contended that human rights are never considered in the courts of the country. As for him he believed that human rights should stand above property rights.
 He said that there are some courts are all wrong. He spoke of the tre- opposition to child labor laws and how courts repeatedly declared such laws as unconstitutional. He hours for women had been met with reverse decisions from the courts. One judge went so far as to hold that a woman was mans equal so far as la just as many hours as a man. EfSuch a judge as that is a disgrace to the community and should be bounded out Of the country said the speaker.
 to see 9 law passed that would pre- vent any lawyer from being elevated to the bench for ten years. We would not get quite so much good law but we Ia wyers. business men, doctors and men of other professions were ap- pointed to the bench He reviewed the Progressive blanks having to do with the Progressive party proposes to es~ tabliSh a supreme court in the hearts