The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-30
Democratic Candidates, Read Your Platform, Know What Your Parry Pledges
 to the People

 Local organizations through which the express their will with respect to government.
 The Democratic party seeks this year, in the portan presidential election Lncons day. fran chses of the great American people
 The Democratic party to the people with request for votes upon the ground that Governor would much like to be president of the United States that salary would be fine thing for him and would enable his family to live in fine style.
 The party and it's great candidate say they should oe elected to power because in that way the people them selves will obtain greater benefits than they by ing anybody else.
 No party could possibly be conceived as coming be fore the best educated citizenship the claim it's lips Elect to office because WE WANT THE JOBS."
 The party making such claim would be consigned to defeat the instant the got to the people.
 The Democratic party in the nation has made it's claims to the people in the form of pledges embodied it's platform
 They are pledges which Governor Wilson, when he is elected will keep.
 Other pledges have been made in the Connecticut plat form, which Governor Baldwin every other Democrat will be in honor bound to keep and believe will keep
 The local Democratic party the Democrats of Bridge port have made platform which it the duty every candidate to keep, or do his best to keep.
 In large way, national, the state the city plat forms alike.
 The national platform the initiative endum direct primaries popular election of United States senators and wormen So does the state platform So does the Bridgeport platform
 But the several with the people nation it's states cities contain also promises be carried out only by of the national pos session of state government possession city ernment as the may be.
 Two promises contained in the local platform of especial importance.
 The relates to direct primaries means by which the voters of the party may direct the
 Already the city convention has raised committee amend the rules bring this reform Bridgeport
 It cannot be brought about entirely for all candidates of whatever kind throughout Connecticut without by the General Assembly.
 The party delegates to the city convention install direct primaries in Bridgeport for the nomination of icpa officers but they cannot install the system in the entire state.
 will therefore the duty the representatives and from Bridgeport labor diligently telIigently for direct primaries law.
 It will be the duty of every Democrat where chosen, to VOTE for such law
 A pledge in the city platform applies with peculiar force to Bridgeport.
 It is the pledge to bring about municipal ownership PUBIC UTILITIES in Bridgeport
 This pledge be KEPT in Bridgeport
 No statute is needed
 The law provides the submission to the people in due form of the proposition acquire build the utility that is needed.
 Nothing is needed but honest aldermen, who will ap- ply their oaths their acts and give the people what they demand-nunicpal ownership of public utilities
 Democrats, especially those to be elected should carefully their platform the certain knowledge that it is platform which business made by and for Democracy that means business,
 Any candidate who has accepted nomination has accepted it the platform which his party has made
 If reading this platform he finds he cannot scientiousy carry out it's povisions it is his DUTY TO RESIGN from his nomination and give it to better Democrat who afraid, ashamed, out Democratic promises.
 The Democrat who gets elected to office upon the par platform, and then betrays his party and the people, will be able look his neighbors in the face there after He will be in that deep disgrace which has attach cd tO fOr