The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-01

l a specialist in patent matters and later became a member of the firm
 of Chamberlain & Newman, patent att
 torneys, who have a large c1ientage
 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and other
 surrounding towns.
 MT: Newman has always resided in l the Twenty-f1rst Senatorial District 1 and has for long time resided at i 825 Laurel avenue in which neighbor- hood he has ddne much for the inn l ment of the property. In politics he has always been a staunch and pro- 1 gress1ve Democrat, though he has
 never held any political office other l than that of acting as district chair man of the Fifth district when Sen afor Archibald McNeil, ST., defeated his power. He was nominated and
 ran "a few years ago, for alderman in that Republican stronghold. the Fifsh District. and came within about one publican opponent. a record which has never since been reached by any other Democratic nominee.
 MT. Newman is also in closer touch with the National Democratic affairs of Washington than might be supposed
 by reason of his brother. Edwin A teeman from the District of Columbia
 and a personal friend of Woodrow
 Wilson, William Jennings Bryan and
 fore particularly interested at this
 time in the election Of Governor Will
 son to the Presidency of the United
 ocratic nominees for Congress. sent to
 Washington from Connecticut, so that
 the Democratic party may have d
 free hand to carry out the much-need-
 portant measures which are to come
 up. He sincerely believes that through
 the proposed Denocratic legisiation
 and thes dollar made to go farther
 than it now does.
 MT. Newman also sees room for inn provement in the general management
 of state affairs over the Republican
 methods of handling business at Hart ford, and among which may be men toned the mater of state road build ing where hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent and a great deal of which has been wasted.
 The street car situation through hout Connecticut is sadly in need of atten- tion along several lines, chiefly among which is improved service and cheaper throughout the United States are able to sell six tickets for 25 cents and make profit. MT Newman was a1- ways accustomed to buying six tick Washington, D. C., and these same | tickets entitled him to one or more | transfers over any and all lines in the | city. He also exercises the privilege l of buying 25 tickets for $100 when he | has occasion to go to his branch office Tn fWaLeTDury ana he naturally does | not see why the same privilege should | not be granted to Bridgeport and to | all Connecticut cities and towns.
 In advicatin this matter he feels that it will not only operate to the benefit of the public but likewise to the interest of the street railway com panies and that great many more people will then ride than now ride and the company will have the use of the money in advance of the riding and in many instances be paid for tickets which will never be presented These tickets should entitIe the holder pelled to hold on to a strap for a mile or two or possibly ride upon the back steps of a car on a rainy night as patrons have many a time had to do on the Brooklawn line
 It is not right that we should have to pay more for electric lights in Bridgeport than is charged in other New England towns, and think this as well as the street car matter should receive the attention of the Democrat lc party in Hartford this winter.
 It seems to be the will of the people that the personal tax should be abat- ed, and it is also evident that a new poor house is required, though we ought to be able to get along in this respect for the present with a lesser amount than has heretofore been ad- vocated.
 The Twenty-first Senatorial District Fourth and Fifth voting districts which are normally Republican, yet it s predicted by both Democrats and < that MT. Newman's chances for election are exceptionally good.