The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-18

Hart1Ords sept 1l.--xAp pSnOe0 - SAA<s text of the address delivered last even ing by Senator Lester O. Peck. as tenn porary chairman in calling to order the Democratic State convention: sGentlernen of the Convention:
 One time Bismarck said of Clad stone that his love forscountry handi- capped his statesnnansh1p So with that in view shall not neediessIy incur an other liability I shall take but Little of your important time this evening. ] was much amused in the reports pufb- 1ished in the papers Of Senator Bran degeels speech as chairman of the Re- publican State convention. He layed great stress on the fact that VVoedroW Wilson is minority president of the United States.
 Gentlernen. he did 1t with the be- lief that most Of his Republican friends who were listening to him did not know that Abraham Lincoln was minority president So we nave IT. 1ustrious history repeating itself. And 1t may be that Senator BEandegee did not know it. unless he wished to fur ther fool all of the people who might read hfs speech
 can find no reference from the senator of the reznissness of the last Republican legislature. which shall speak of later
 e. o. P Seeks Messiah, ssenator Brandegee cries for the zcoxaing Of Messiah, in the shape of a dead Mckinley. to restore their lost virtues He thus intin ates that there Is no one alive to lead them from their vyiIderness He waves the forgotten .hloody shirt of the perhdious south Alas, his destituiton! shall not take uo any defence Of his absurd and childish charges against the aTJtional A duaf1l on We stand by that as par lied in pride
 
 our contrast I has had many op- oortunities under zond derfu1 advan- tages for the correction Of Ills and evils that oppressed the people Fl ignored them And now they weep and beseech for another chances statine fi1af fflev will be different # afforded another trlaIs providing they can hn6 man of NdcKin1eSss type.
 HisnalIy feel the honqr that has been conferred on me as the temper ary chairman of this Dem aocratiq 2 State esonvenfion Reposing in me, as 1t does the obportunity of addressing you. my colleagues on the eve of our cam palgn Tor the need and necessity Q, Our best undertakings for the com mon veal Of this splendid State o1 Connecticut
 recognize many here of aequaint. ances Of the years gone by. I should be inspired to q. height of mastery to night f6y the Intelligence and wisdom represented here by you, gentlemen.
 There were some that used to b here that can no 1ongr come. and miss them sadly. Their delightfnl per sonality and delicious companionsfhl shall never be forgotten-
 Their patriotism, their sense o duty and inescapable eyes in the de lection of political wrongs has wovea spirit Of ya.tcf lfnlTlsss within us, tna is a part of their living breath, wflle, to us. We shall take that heritage an 20 on courageous1y and u11fa II ering1y s.It seems hardly necessary for m to enter into a long review of the re cent past. Tn 1910 the Democratic par ty elected a Governor, simeon p. Bald win.
 Democratic Achievements.
 .SBut that was not all of it's achieve nent at the time. The Democrat party elected some 45 additional mem ibers Of the Legislature which indi cated great reversal of political opin ion. And political opinion is a-bov all Public Opinion. There was also gain Of State Senators. Yet at ths season the Senate and House wer so overTh 1rningIy Republican that " could nothing but protest for Iegis 1ation that was needed. But out of ou protests there came soznethi ng- Tn mi gl1ty ear the attentive ear was lis terIfrSsF. zlfld public opinion was bedn formulated, and it's birth in great nun ber1 ere to be born at the n ext Stat eIecIIoli in 191z- It was nation wide and our oppor 2 ents were speeches. in their undil sgufsed astonishment-
 At the last State election. 1912, V reelected our Governor the Hol Simeon B. Baldwin. and again repea. ing the successes of the previous eIes ton and gaining a. greater number { the Legislature members The sam thing occurred in the Senate, but eve more so; as we had for the first tin in 25 years or more, a majority seven Democrats in the upper legfi Iative branch. We missed a ma5or1t of about i've in the House.
 T Shall not dwell on the legisls ton that was enacted to any gre: extent There were a number of bi1 that passed that Democratic Senaa which were killed in the Repu bltca House. Among them the Direct Pr naries Bill; the Election of the Coul ty Commissioners; the Election Judges by the Towns and Cities ft their local courts.
 Defeated by Repub1icans
 ssEach ana every one of these pull lie needs might be spoken of in a. wa past your patience this evening. TT juggling in the. Judiciary Commftts on the city court judgeship appoin znents were appalling. It created ent less waste Of time. It entailed bi terness. lost friendships. and the bas terinG which was unproducttve of hal 1nony. And where harmony prevai
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