The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-09
HILL ADMITTED BOSS CONTROL, SHEPARD AYERS Progressive Candidate For Con- qress Attacks G. o. F.
 Nominee. NORWALK MAN ASKED
 FOR S2O,O00 FUND Charges Ex-Congressman With Trying To Steal Bull Moose {
 Endorsement.

That B. J. Hill, of Norwalk, Repub-. 1ican nominee for Congress is ''coTn- pletely under the domination of the Republican bosses; that MT. Hill says these "bOsses,' cheated him out of the United States senatorial nomination; that MT Hill tried by intrigue to win a Progressive endorsement for his can didacy; that MT. Hill has acknowledg- ed he was called upon by E'the bosses" to contrfhz1te $20,0o0 for one elercon campai gn-these were few of tr>s hot shots poured out by George F. Shep- ard, of Bs theL Progressive nominee for congress, at a meeting here of the Progressi@e club last evening.
 MT. Shepard's attack on former Com gressnaan Hin's record and the dis closure by him of statements credited to Hill caused a sensation at the meet ing. MT. Shepard's presence was un- expected and when it became known that he was to deliver an address. the scheduled nominating convention was hastily adjourned
 After an introduction in which he related the reasons why the Progress i've party was formed, and the circurn- MT. Shepard went after former Congressman Hill
 Every Progressive,'' he said, should know that. the Progressive party Is broad enough to nominate men from the Democratic party just as freely
 
 such men measure up to the high standard of true progressfves. Mr- Hill refused when the Pro- gressives gave him an opportunity, to so declare. He is completely under 1 the domination Of the Republican state that at an unauthorized meeting on Saturday afternoon. August 22. of I five Republicans and five Progressives, one of the Republican bosses. who was anxious for MT. Hill to secure the i Progressive support, said that Mir Hfll should have made g. statement and l that he would do it in the Bridgeport lpaper on Monday morning. and tte I boss ordered, wishy, Washy statement appeared as scheduled in the Monday morning paper.
 MT. Hill acknowledged, before me and others, that he was victim o1 the Republican bosses, and that he l was defeated for the U. S. Senate against the wish of the people, by g party boss. He also voluntarily told me that he was called upon to con 1 tribute $20, 600 as campaign funds al one election. Mr Hill stands in witr that kind of g. party, keeps his mouth closed when he knows of such in tqufties, says no one could pry him out of the Republican party with g crow bar.
 These statements I have heard directly from Mir. Hfn.
 Yet knowing all this Mir Hill evI. l dent1y has not the moral courage tc help the people and the state freee themselves from crooked po1itica, bosses
 MT. Independent Republican vot- CT and Fellow Progressives, does not MT. Hi1l represent a boss nnis-ruIec i party and does he not eat out of the hand of the Republican bosses, as much or as little as may please them
 want to call your attention tc the recent example of local RepubIi- can boss manipulation against the in terests of the people.
 | S'tAn examination of the recent cleo ton for county sheriff shows that the q Republican bosses and their followers were lined up with the liquor interest and defeated Wrn. P. Bailey, the mar who was supported by the better ele- ment in the Republican party. Tha1 Republican element that is growing away from part1sanfsm and into inde. pendent patriotism that will sooner or later lead them into the ranks o1 Progressives and into the Progressive fight for clean politics and good gov. ernment.''