Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-31
PROCRESSIVEs WON'T COMB BACK
Herbert Knox Smith Says This Suggestion From Republicans is Impertinence-Raly in Town Hall-Professor Fisher Spoke on State Issues-erbert R. Branche Tells Where He Stands as a Candidate for State Senator

In the rally held by the progressives I at the Town hall on Friday eyensns Herbert Knox Smith of Hartford, can didate for United States senator secuted any suggestion that the pro- gressives would accept any 1nvltatlon that the republicans would give tneHf to return to the repu ublican party, char scterizir,r such suggestion as the sublimest piece of .itnpertinence he had heard of. He told the gathering of between 1251 and t50, of whom about 20 were Wo- necticut is. Do we or do we not own the state Of sConnecticut. and are wei going to run 1t for. ourselves?. This had been the dominant issue oy the republican party bringing J. Henry Roraback before the people
 Criticised His Opponents In his address of nearly an hour MT. phase of the conservation fight over opponents for the senate, Senatcr Brandegee, the present incumbent, and the republican nominee, and Governor Baldwin, the democratic nominee. He had no use for Senator Brandegee, whom he styled as belonging to all s that stood for the Aldrich idea that government was only for the develop ment of big business. Of Governor Baldwin he said that this democratic QOHlu66 l6 liOW tO dAiu IL -AS oO J OAAko since he has had to do with the real things of life and he knows not of them now. The governor is a state s right democrat and will not use the federal power for the things that the federal government ifs meant to do, Mr. Knox said,
 Bandl Played Before the Rally MT. Smith was the first speaker at the rally which had been preceded by ! a short concert by Tubbs' band at the sWauregan House corner, from which fthey marched to the Town hall During sthe concert by the band there had been "a reception at the Wauregan House. { H. Allen introduced Zebulon R. Rob- sbins as chairman.
 ~ The speakers platform had been sdecorated with American flags by a scommittee of the ladies of the pro- ssgTessive party consisting of Mrs Her bert R. Branche. With the chairn1en and the speakers on the platform were seated H. J. Gibbs of Yantic and Her. 8n1an !. Alofsin.
 Chairman Robbins Fired Few Shots
 In his opening remarks Chairman Robbins said that he could go the chairman of the republican rally some better fur it was 50 years since he had presided at progressivev rally, while the. republican chairman said 1t had been IS years since he had presided at h republican rally. Chairman Rob- bins said he thought it no wonder that the republican party had grown dicta- ftorta1 and corrupt, for eveQ if they had been angels and in absolute power for Do many years they would have be- come such naughty angels that they swould have needed spankinf. He thought that General Grants estimate of Napoleon Bonaparte could be ap- piled to the republican party: He was a man who had done a great deal of good and great deal of harm.
 MT. Robbins rfdiculed the exp1ana- tior given by R. F. Freeman and Senator Branddegee at the republican rally that the democrats had slipped Into power through the detection of Kfhe progreSsiveS from the republican ranks saying that the democratic ascendency was acquired two years be- fore these two speakers had stated. t Candidate for Governor
 After MT. Smith had spoken, Chair man Robbins introduced Professor Willard c. sFihey of Nfddletown, the Progressive candidate flor governor, who was gretted with applause as he lose to speak.
 iSH Speaking upon the relation of the sReople to the two political machines, Professor Fisher said that. it was the burden of his campaign to show the people of Connecticut how they have Been wronged. robbed and variously Oppressed at every turn by this, that and the other special interest, working chimes of the republican and demo- cratic parties. Naturally, the great est amount of this injustice has bean done under the direction of the re- publican managers. since they have had the. longest period of control in the state.
 Bear These Gentlemen, tn Mind
 It is we'll within the truth to say that for years the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad has been evading state taxes to the amount o1 several hundred thousand dollars an nually, which it would have been pay ing if it had been taxed as other own ers of property. Whether democrats Of republicans have been in eontro at Hartford has made no difference Whatever MT. N. D. Robbins or his predecessors wished to have done il the tax law for railroads, just tha has been done. and no single Nhw giv. en4 the railroad by the republicans eve, means more loss to the state and nor unholy gain for the company thai chapter 2S3 of the acts of 1911; an, this act was passed when Simeon E Baldwin was governor and MT. Lymal '. Tingier was democratic leader il the house and Bryan F. Mahan demo cratic leader in the senate. Bear thes gentlemen in mind.
 This one act alone has been costin;
 the state at least $100,oe0 a year. an
 probably much more Let MT Bald
 win and Mir. Tingier answer for thei
 parts. Mir. Baldwin was the govern ,
 who signed the act. MT. Tingier is no
 shown in the record to have attempt
 ed to prevent it's passage
 < False Platform Pledges
 Professor Fisher devoted particula
 attention to the democratic rlatforr pledges, charging that these cannc
 be taken at face value as long as th
 control of the party remains unchang
 ed The people cannot trust democrat
 Under present leadership to keep faiti
 This is a serious charge; mean it
 be such. But see if cannot justif
 1t. Time would fail me to list all .
 the cases in which democratic official
 from the governor down to the mem
 ber of the lower house. have violate
 definite platform promises, once tf
 credulity of the voter had carried thel
 safely past election day. Take a fe
 illustrations of this breach of faith.
 Influence of the Governor
 Baldwin was notoriously again
 keeping faith on the workmen's con
 pensation law. and 3S- democrats
 the house voted for it and 37 again
 if
 The democratic platform also pron