The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-31
BOLANDE'S OPPOSITION TO
 POPULAR LEGISLATION TOLD BY MIR. LYNN W. WILSON
Democratic Candidate For Representative After Enduring in. Silence Six Years of Abuse From The Post, Compares Posi- ton of BoIande Upon Public Questions With His Own

Lynn w. Wilson and John H. Me Murray, Democratic candidates for | representatives spoke to the employees of the American Graphophone Co, at noon today.
 Major McMurray devoted a, consider able portion Of his remarks to show ing the necessity that men elected to office shall keep party pledges to the people.
 He said that a party platform is a contract with the voters, under which the candidates of the party entrusted with the appropriate power, agreed to promote certain useful legislation, and are honor bound to do so. Major McMurray recommended the who, betrayed party and people by vio- lating platform promises. Lynn w. Wilson discussed the atti- tude of the Bridgeport Post and its own candidacy and that of Major Me Murray. He said:
 MT Bolande accuses me not only of my own acts. but of the policies of the newspaper with which I chance to have g. certain connection refer to The Farmer
 ssIn doing this MT. BoIande violates all the customs and usages of the craft with which he is affiliated, and since he does it he cannot feel indignant if I hold him responsible for the policies of the newspaper with which he is af- filiated, the more especially as I am but an employe with The Farmer representative of the owners of The Post.
 T may add that I am not ashamed of the policies of The Farmre, and that I am, as a newspaperman, asham- ed of the policies of MT. Bolande and The. Post
 sympathiz with any hope or desire of the plain people.
 When the Farmer gave aid to the machinists little while back. MT.
 .'He stood then, where he stands of the efforts of the producing mem bers of society to benefit them selves by cooperation into unions and trades societies.
 difference between my views and his, and his newspaper views and those of The Farmer appear.
 'I believe in unions, and am an ad- vocate of trade cooperation. The Farmer. although having nothing to do with that circumstance. is union union shop, and I hesitate to say, be- cause of the offensive form of the proper descriptive adjective, what, kind of a shop it is.
 q fought for free water for Bridge port and The Post against it.
 We have free water.
  influence of The Post was the other way McMurray headed the fight for free, cheaper gas. and Bolande didn't
 we have cheaper gas and we are going to have yet cheaper gas, in spite of MT. Bo1ande.
 MT. Bolande favored great bonded debt
 'I opposed great bonded debt. So did McMurray.
 We have no great bonded debt, and we won't have, and MT. Bolande may demand it until he loses the last letter of his name as mysteriously as he got it.
 .I fought for the referendum and Bolande fought against it. And we have had the referendum and we are going to keep on having it.
 "I fought for direct primaries, and MT. Bolande fought against direct pri- maries, until they became too popular, and now he favors them, and we are going to have them in Bridgeport, not because he favors them, but in spite of his opposition to them.
 T fight for municipaI ownership of water. gas and electric light and MT. Bolande fights against them.
 But we are going to have municipal ownership Of those things in spite of