The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-18
BALDWIN NOMINATED FOR U. $. SENATE.

and aspirations of the fathers of our country. Our eyes have not be11eId the stiffened relies of a past nations glory nor have succeeding generations shuddered at the stripped sentinels of broken achievement and unfu1fi11ed promise. Rather has the ceaseIess turn of years brought us a country ntghtter, stronger, happier and more confident, and now facing a distress ed world with majestic boise, guided in the holy paths of peace and tran quf1ity by the kind hand of that great man, woodrow Wilson
 A, political organization is but house of cards unless 1t be the in- strument by which is fully executed the demands and wishes Of the govr erned When our party wandered upon defeated fields in the bIackness of despair. was it not Simeon E. Baldwin who redeemed it to the fields of usefuIlness3 Let there be no anxiety or doubt as to public opin- ion, because the great restduunn of public sentiment will place the seal Of approval upon this leader of men who has handled the affairs Of state along the theory of a public office being a public trust Why should we now desert this man ably equip ped to feel the pulse of the nation By his work in the public service of our state he has earned a. seat in the United States Senate and in hon. EnA self. Let the best Judgment and wis dom of this convention prevail and that can only be to give again our confidence to Simeon B. Baldwin. a high-rninded and worthy man, who will ably fill a seat in that august assemblage, the making Of which was in no small measure due to the sons of Connecticut.
 Thomas J. Spe1lany spoke for MT. Mahan and said that MT. Reilly had asked a question: which he would an swer and that was that the party is not in the wilderness and is not look ing for a Moses.
 It's leadership was not vested in a single man as Mr. Reilly would have us believe The future of the Demo- cratic party depends upon the uphold ing of Woodrow Wilson and it Is men of the type of MT. Ma.han that the party must look for.
 MT. Spellacy said that the success of Senators Ha.wleyE and P1att were due to their long service.
 How many times would Governor Baldwin. with his 76 years be re-eIect- ed We want man with heart as we'll as a head .
 When MT. SpeI1acy referred to the Hartford caucuses he was sjeered and he quickly sat down
 M. J. Connor, Of Enffe1d, spoke for MT. Mahan, saying the start Of the i 4-lo11&SlGIaI1c success 1u the state was In the rotten convention Of the Repub- licans in 191 O. He declared that the Democratic party is not invulnerable.
 We are not babies In convent ons,' , he said. 'eWe must know the pitfalls ahead. With B. E. Mahan we carry the party to victory z
 David E. Fitzgerald, of New Haven, spoke for MT. Baldwin in behalf of New Haven. This closed the second I ing speeches.
 William T Connor, of New London, moved that a ballot be taken Dele gates shouted. Roll call. MT. Fitz- gerald moved for roll call Some confusion resulted and MT. Connor said that it had been agreed with MT. | lF1tzgeraId and MT Wynne that te1lers should be chosen MT Fitzgerald Said that there was no agreement on a bal l lot He pressed his own motion, say ing the law requires is and a roll call was ordered