The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28


 As to John M: Donnelly, man of nigh principles, and fine record in pSbllc office, they stood him upon 8 platTorm-the one I have told you about. In doing this they tied him nana and foot, put a gag in his mouth, silenced him as to the prom 1ses which the party had made with respect to municipal ownership and crippled him to his defeat
 MT. Donnelly seems to believe that l think his untimely taking off was accomplished by rough neck tactics in the ward rooms. on election day. I oo not know anything of that kind kind It's hard work to cut Demo crats by order on the voting ma chimes
 The method that was used was more effective.
 They hung about the neck of Don nelly platform of repudiation and dishonor
 His personal fidelity was not suf- hcfent to save the day. Ills good record counted in his favor, but not enough
 ''Donnelly was muzzled. Should he have said, T favor municipal owner ship his opponents would have. re- torted, your platform doesn't. It isn't what you say, John, but what your party says that will be the rule of Democratic conduct, and your plat form says municipal ownership ism practical now. It says practically what the Republican platform says.
 Nov, my friends, the bearing ol that matter is this There is a law of contract. Society rests upon 1t. Were. 1t not for the faith between man and man civilization would dis solve into chaos and the order of the insensate brutes.
 
 man he. expects you to keep it and you expect to do 1t.
 If private engagements are to be kept. how much more must party en- gements be kept?
 So. when the Walker Russell. lea dership, hung a platform of repudia- ton about Donnelly's neck they plac- ed millstone there which WAS bound to- sink the Democratic party, which was certain to build -upAa great third party vote. and which did do so.
 Change your leadership, my friends, destroy the double machine, get rid of the collusion between Republican and Democratic leaders, or you will say, A plague upon both your houses, we will vote for somebody else, we will build new parties if need be.
 Fellow Democrats, true Democratic harmony consists now in bringing the Democracy in Bridgeport into line
 
 Mfr Wilson continued claiming that there were Further evidences of col lusior in the fact that MT. Walker had the assistance in his election of the Republican workers of his district, that upon reaching the Common Council he received promotion from the Republican mayor, and that, dur. ing his service in the Council it had been difficult to distinguish him from a Republican leader.
 MT. Wilson referred to MT. Walkers s attitude upon Mayor Wilson's bonding plan, saying, T will draw two pictures for your consideration
 First the picture of Alderman Walker hastening to vote to put a plan for millions of dollars of bonding upto the citizenship at the request of Mayor Wilson
 What hasse to do sol What eager ness to get 1t done do not object. It was right to do it. The matter should be to the people congratu- late Mayor Wilson upon his oonver- sion to the referendum. conversion to which I have Assisted him in various ways.
 But my friends. the Democratic plaA3orm ~hich was destroyed by the efforts of Mesers. Russell and Walker contained a plank for municipal owM- ership. A Democratic mayor, by mes sage and precept. attempted to make that promise good.
 Mayor Buckingham recommended and City Attorney Cullinan prepared a resolution to put the question to the People-to have referendum. just as