The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
TOD MUCH PROSPERITY
 AND POLITICAL HYSTERlA
 BEAT TAFT SAYS MILLER
Those Who Didn't Win Tell Presby- terians Why The Other Fellows
 Did.

The Mems League of the Peoples Presbyterian church know how it all happened now. They were told last night at a meeting when representa- tives of the five political parties ap- peared and gave talks on .sEchoes of Election John A. sSpafford presided. George H. Spash spoke first, in behalf of the Socialists. He expressed no surprise that the Socialist vote was smaller in this city this year than it was last year. This was due he thought, to. the fact that last years the great discontent. with the Demo cratic and $RepubHcan parties. The Progressives gave an avenue of es- cape for this great discontent this the nation was much larger, however. and MT Spash spoke much about the big advances made. He didn't believe the new party will last
 Former Mayor Edward Taylor Buck ingham gave a very interesting talk about the Democratic victory. He be the country at large. Woodrow Will son is the type of a man to bring about an intelligent administration of the country's affairs and with the solid backing of his party he will be able to do it. The Democratic party has been selected to be the instrument of the remedying of present conditions The voters of today want progressive legislation as is indicated by the conn bined vote of the Democrats, Progress sives,s and Socialists.
 district, told why the Republicans were defeated He considered that the country was swamped by a wave of hysteria, political hysteria- He thought it ridiculous that a party with the record that the Republican party has had in the past, and the record of President Taft. should 1p get 1 only ing in the record of the 4party or the President to warrant that small show ing Only political hysteria caused such a result. He believes that man likes a change; that he cannot stand a diet of quail on toast for a week without becoming. tired of it. Too much prosjerity had rbeen troubling the people of the country
 Attorney Charles s. Hamilton of New Haven spoke for the Progress sives. He made a good address He thought that there hadn't been time enough before election to bring before the voters just what the Progressive party stood for. People had become possessed with the idea that the new party was very radical and that most of the ideas were new. This was a false idea and people hadn't become educated sufficiently to appreciate the new party. That is one reason why the party didn't win a victory so far as putting men into office was con- cerned. A victory was won by the Progressives,- a moral victory. which stands for more than a material vic tory would have stood for, this year.
 Theodore T. Phillips spoke for the Prohibitionists. He said that people are urged not to throw their votes away on the Prohibitionfst party. He asked if those who had voted the Pro gressiVe Republican or Socialist ticket, if they considered that they had thrown their votes away, because they didn't elect their candidates. He pointed out that a gain of 4 per cent. had been made in this city at the last election and 65 per cent. had been gained all over the nation. He up- held the referendum as a, success even though there was only 1, 500 votes the bonding question at the last cleo ton.