The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-30
First District Democrats
In Rousing Rally
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as chairman of the evening. Mr.. Cliff
! ford said he cherished very highly the
| honor of presiding at the meeting and
he considered it a splendid indication
of Democratic success to see so many
voters gathered to welcome the can
! didates. "It must be inspiring to
] them,' he said, ''to go from one dis
trict to another, to meet thousands and
thousands of Democrats united, in d.
rect REPUTATION of the charge that
there is disaffection in their party" He
| then introduced Arnold Cargin, "the
first Democratic alderman to be elect
ed from the First district in many
years.
| Mr. Cargill spoke briefly, as fol-
lows: ''It gives me great pleasure to
meet you this evening. I shall not
attempt to go into a discussion of the,
city's affairs. wish to thank all You
citizens of the First district who are
so Loyalty supporting me. If elected,
shall endeavor to serve you to the
best of my ability. I shall be a loyal
supporter of our next mayor, Frederick
/ G. Mullins, whose great ability I re-
spect and whose friendship cher
/ ish."
The next speaker, J. Frederick
! Schenpp, candidate for tax collector,
spoke briefly in support of his running
mates on the ticket. He said he has
yet to hear word against Frederick
| c.. Mullins. He referred to George
| M. Coughlin as a young man who had
made good so far in life and predicted
! that he would make a good, courteous
and efficient city clerk. He spoke
of the records of William Thomas and
F. w. Hall sufficient guarantee of
| their candidates.. This is the first
| time 1 have ever come before the pub
been a loyal Democrat If am sue
cessfu1 I shall strive to SO conduct
the office of tax collector that the city
of Bridgeport will never regret hav-
ing placed me in Office"
/ There was a rousing reception for
! William Thomas, who, following his
usual custom, spoke very briefly in
urging the Democracy of the city to
poll its full voting strength
Chairman Clifford introduced George
NJ. Coughlin as a candidate able to
maintain the high standard of efficiency
in the office Of city clerk.
"On Tuesday next" said Mr.. Cough
lin, "the voters of this city will select
| officers TO administer their affairs for
the next two years. The Democratic
| party has selected as it's candidate
for mayor a man whose wide knowl-
edge of municipal affairs is gained
by long experience in the office Of
city clerk If the voters of this city
elect him, the city will be governed
as well ever in its history" He
i referred to the other candidates on
the ticket as men of merit. Speaking
| of his own candidacy he said: ct am
untried in public office. AS consider
| self praise praise I simply ask you
as, Democrats to support the whole
| Democratic ticket
Frederick w. Hall spoke of the sue
cesses of Democracy in the nation of
state and said it was. up to the Democ-
racy of Bridgeport to elect a mayor
and city officials.
| Former Democratic Town Chairman
William W. Bent said that such raj
! lies as that of last evening had dis
PEELED all doubt as to the outcome of
| the campaign. He dwelt upon what
| he termed to be the extravagances
| of the present administration. He
| spoke of Peter Whites $40, 600 contract
with the city and created mirth when
he spoke of the famous bills for Mr..
Whites washing, board and lodging.
LAS far see, the only re-
suit of Mr.. Whites visit is that the
taxpayers of Bridgeport are out $780,
OO0,'' he said.
He referred to what he character
lied s'the frantic efforts of the admin
fstration to rush through the perman-
ent pavement the city streets in
the last few weeks. Speaking of the
bonded debt of 10000, incurred for
this purpose, he went into the history
of the bonding measure. He said
that Mayor Wilson realized his ad-
ministration was "a failure, and that
as there were but few mouths be-
fore the administration ended, he rush
| ed to the General Assembly to get
through a bond measure of some kind
in order to build permanent paving,
so that he might, a day or SO before
election, point to this work and say
'tSee what the Republican admins
| tration has done"
But the Democratic members from
Bridgeport, Mr.. Bent continued. were
not in accord with the mayor wishes.
They believed that only 800, 900 should
! be spent this year and that the rest
should be spent next year and fur
Their that the paving and sewer COM
mission should supervise this expen-
diture.
But the mayor said No. We want
to put it into the hands of the Com
mon Council where I may have some
say as to how the work shall be done
But the wishes of the Democratic
members of the legislature prev allied
and the bill was passed as favored
by them. Then strange thing oc-
Cured. The bill which was presented
to the governor for signature was not
the one that our senators and repre-
sentatives raid they had passed, but
in the form it reached the governor
it was almost identical with the bill
. favored by Mayor Wilson The re-
suit has been that the bill signed by
} the governor gave the mayor the pow
er to spend the money in any way
he wished The paving and sewer COM
mission had nothing to say in the
matter
} Mr.. Bent closed his remarks with
an eloquent plea in behalf of Mr.. Car
gilFs candidacy.
In introducing Mr.. Mullins, Chair
man Clifford predicted that the East
Side would register the biggest Demo-
cratic ma Jority ever given to a can
didate. He called upon the West Side
of the river to make an equally good
showing. Mr.. Mullins was greeted
with cheers as he arose to speak.
: Mr.. Mullins said that he fully re-
allied the responsibility attached to a,
!. nomination for mayor. He said he
, realized from experience that the man
at the head of the ticket is "the tar
GET but 1 am willing to be the
target, to assume all responsibility