The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-19

doctrines written down by ThOs. Jef- ferson, frst in the Declaration of Inde- pendence and then, twenty-five years later. in the platform of the Democratic Eparty. The best guarantee that this character of the Aerfcan people will be steadfastly maintained lies in the retaining of a Deocratic Congress to uphold the hands of President Will sons
 '.I feel very deeply the confidence which the Democratic party of Con necticut have shown In me during the past four years Twice they have nominated me for the highest office. in the gift Of the people and twice the people have put me in it. Two years ago you named me as the choice of this state and now you have put ] me in nomination for the Senate of the United States
 Cries of ou deserve it, too'' and and stWe'u see that you are elected, ,'' Jeanne from the delegates and for an- Iother minute the convention was in an uproar. The governor 5continued:' l T am well aware that there are those here and those elsewhere (sound Democrats, too) who have advocated l and would have preferred the choice lof another, but I am confident that now that the convention has spoken, l it will be felt that, we should all for lget the criticisms of nominating cam l paigns, and unite for the single and
 
 States in continued possession of the. ipowers which they have on the whole linus far handled so -vsu
 This opportunity to send a Demo icratic senator to Washington is the first that has come to the Democratic lparty in Connecticut for thirty-six Hong years. It is one that might cas-. lily be forfeited by party dissensions. The first condition of success is to drop them and let them pass from memory
 Tt is an opportunity to accomplish lsOmething of great importance to the I.whoIe Democratic party of the United States. Every vote in the Senate in the line Of maintaining our great Dem : iocratic policies, counts for something lThe Senate is a small body, with inl- lmense powers. No public assembly in the world is vested with greater iOur senators are makers of laws for lhalf a continent. They are an execu- tive council to pass upon nodnina- Etions to great office They are mak- CTS of treaties. They may be turned into court of. justice.
 j Tn our complex system of govern fment which divides so1ere:gnty be- tween the states and the United States, state. It is particularly the strong mold of the smaller states
 . 4 We, in Connecticut, belong to a Iif- tie group Of states, closely connected by ties of historic association, by mu- tual interests, by mutual aspirations. No six states in the Union are bound 1 together as closely as New EngIand
 AS things look now, the Democracy Iof Connecticut have an opportunity a real opportunity-to send to the Sen ate one who will represent the thought of the day, the aspirations or the day. : as we New England Democrats inter-
 pret that thought, and understand those aspirations.
 s'If the people of Connecticut ratiz fy the choice you have made Of me
 as such representative I can only say that I have tried to serve my ltice, so will do my best to serve
 them in the Senate of the United
 States
 The convention again devoted a few
 minutes to cheering wildly for tht
 governor as he concluded his speech
 The delegates remained standing a:
 he left the hall and the Three cheer.
 for Baldwin cry rang out continuous
 ly. The governor was plainly moved by the reception and bowed his thank. , to the delegates.
 Nominations for governor were ther taken ups and in a azshort time ther, were three names in the field. Prof Willard c. Fisher, Of NIfdd1etowpI wa.
 named by Senator Thomas J. SpeIlacy E of Hartford. and the nomination wa
 seconded by Representative Lynn W
 Wilson, of Bridgeport, and William , Bridgett, of Wallingford.
 Senator John F. McDonough, O | Naugatuck. nominated Lieut.. Gov : Lyman T. Tingier, of Rockville, sec onding speeches being made by Comp
 tro1Ier Daniel P. Dunn, of Wil1imanti Ls and Eli D. Weeks. of Ldtchfiefd- Judge William Schields, of Norwich placed in nomination the name 0 z Charles W. Comstock, of MontviIIe 7 the name being seconded by Mayo sl F c. Murphy and Senator Avery Q