Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-11

HAN6ut Baldwin was the principal speaker at a democratic rally tonight, the salient feature of which was a savage attack upon Highway Commissioner MacDon- aid. The governor also gave fulsome praise to the last national house of representatives.
 Democrats for Economy.
 Gov. Simeon D, Baldwin said. in part:
 If a democratic president and con- Rress is elected, you may be pretty sure of more economy in our national expenditures ." The democracy, from the time of Thomas Jefferson down, has always been the party of economy. The last democratic house of representatives saved the country millions which would have been spent by a republican house. Over $100,000 was saved. to begin with, by cutting out unnecessary policemen and per- quisites at the capitol Twelve mill lion dollars, for instance, was saved by cutting out one battleship, $500,000 by cutting out the tariff board.
 Tariff Board Scheme Wrong.
 "The fact is, that the whole scheme of the tariff board was wrong. They were agents of the president. They  gress. They should have reported to congress. Then the public would have known what their conclusions were. They reported only to the president and he pocketed their final report in 1910, until after election, because he raid that if he had published it be- fore election the voters might not have read 1t impartially.
 This kind of guardianship of the people on the part of the president, the democratic party does not believe in. 1t believes in publicity as principle of public policy. It believes in turn ing on the electric light, especially in dark corners. It believes in this in state and nation alike
 Macdonald Has Wasted Money"
 We have not always had enough of that in state affairs. Let me give you an instance. We have an officer with 6 $5.00o salary, called highway commissioner. He does what in other Gtates is done by an officer called a highway engineer. We. don't call ours sn engineer and we don't because he tB not one. Highway Commissioner MacDonald has had competent train- tng and experience as political man. ager, but not as an engineer. For want of 1t, he has wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars of the state mon- ey."
 Governor Baldwin alluded to the progressive party as follows:
 Few Democrats Join Progressives.
 "I have been about the state quite D little this fall and find the same story everywhere. The Roosevelt par ty Is almost entirely made up of those who have heretofore been republicans, Why do not more democrats join them? It is because the democratic party has always been the party of progress-the party of the people. Ii has been doing all that is worth doins of what the progressive platform con- tains. Democrats do not need to change their party lines. They are all right as they are In my inaugural address I recommended sev- eral things that the progressive par- ty have copied into their new plat form and some of them were carried through by the democratic members of the assembly, aided by some of the better sort of the republican members
 Got Help from Brinsmade.
 T did not get much help from Sen. htor Woodruff of Orange. but I di, get some from other republican sen, ators and representatives-men lik, Senator Brinsmade of Washington who has now gone over to the Roose Welt camp. because he could not stant the tone of the republican party an, longer.
 T do not wonder why men Hk SEinsmade have grown to feel it in Sotefable that the councils of the re publican party should be ruled by me, like J. Henry Roraback and Rober c. Eaton.
 T do not hold any party responsibl For the character of all its member, but l do hold any party responsibl for the character of it's chosen man hgers and leaders
 Democrats Believe in Progress.
 The people this year are with tn democracy of the United States The believe that progress in tn right direction-can be more safel counted on from party that ha stood for progress year after yea and achieved progress, whenever attained power, than from any person ally conducted party, the momentar growth of disappointed ambition. ( any stand-pat party which has lon mad power, and has steadily gor backward instead of forward.
 We ought not to be over confiden We ought not to stop helping our pal ty. each one of us to strengthen tt advance.
 But if we democrats are true ourselves, true to our best tradition true to our great leader, we will an snail sweep him into the White hous next November"