The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-20
BAL D WIN I AL-KS
 TO DEMOCRATS

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 Became Governor Reilly
 and Dunn Endorse Him for United States Senate
 Governor S. B. Baldwin,. speaking to tho Democrats of the 18th sena-. terial district yesterday, hit the nstl on the head and his talk was rece " ed with great satisfaction by the large Thomas F. Reilly and Comptroller Daniel Dunn of Wi1limantic also spoke and leach endorsed the candi-l dacy of Governor Baldwin for U. s. EsSenator amid cheers Among other things the governor said;
 have a right to claim some con- hection with the Twelfth Senatorial District; they say every man begins life in that Of his remote ancestors, and two of mine were among the original settlers of. Guilford.
 In history, Guilford and Branford are two Of Connecticnt's banner towns. At Branford the ten ministers met in 1701 to found Yale College. In Gull ford stands one Of the oldest houses 1 in the United States which is north of F1orida- GuiIford, too, was the home of one of the most art-sttrring poets e5 Connecticut made one mistake a good many years ago. It was when the majority Of her voters turned up in the Republican party. Connecticut belongs by her interests and situation ] in the Democratic party We have been trying with some measure of success, during the last four years to bring her back to her old moorfngs where she used to- be- in the o1d-fash- toned Democratic days.
 It did not seem in 19 0. when we
 made our first strong effort, as if it
 know what is going to happen in poli-
 ties.
 Tn 1908. Taft carried the state for lPresident by a plurality over Bryan of more than 44.e00, and LiI1ey was I elected governor by a plurality of l congressrnan was Republican. Butgin l I 910, when the party aske me to lead l the forIorn hope, things changed-the | Republican plurality for governor of I 5000 disappeared. and it was a Dem l ocratic plurality of over ST 00s and be- sides the fgovernor we elected one out of five congressmen; the General As lsembly remained strongly Republican 1 in both branches.
 Then, tvvc years later. in 1912. we climbed little higher had a I plurality for governor of more than l 1osO0o~ lover Judge StudIey and we car 1 ried every congr resssonal district. We I had rousing majority. too, in the i Eenatei but the House was still against
 us.
 Outlines Accomplishments lgs What have we accomplished now in
 these four years when we have been l partly in and partly out
 First+~Ne have passed good l strong corrupt practices act. No long CT is Connectjcut dtsgraced by money
 spent by candidates for offices be IIeve candidate for governor once spent over s10O, 90 oOA-sone say s2 2o0.- 90 d-and another nearly $7o, ,0oo. The
 man of moderate means had no Echance- All that is changed Instead of spending s1oo, 900 candidate for the highest office cannot, if he Should wish tos put in over perhaps $4.eeD, al I the outside. and that is too much but the world grows better by degrees t-not at a jump.
 Second have state civil ser vice law. and good commission un- der 1t, doing good work, to put good men in our minor positions and clerk ships, and keep them there
 l M T41irdwe have passed a. work men's compensation act. which treats ] the chances of accident to employees l in large concerns as. part Of the cost
 of the business That is working well itoo, and saving money that used to be
 wasted in litigation.
 FourthVFe have ratified an amend rnent to the Constitution of the United
 States to elect United States senators
 by popular vote This. we believe, .
 fatrer and straighter way than the old plan Of letting things go by the decision or the legislative caucus. Nc
 more will our General Assembly be elected of men. selected not for thei1
 ability and Integrity, and Knowledge <1fS af ff<x{ z f7 ,S lgood sense, but ecause they have fl Ipromisedsto vote for A and B for sen
 ator Of the United States. Under this
 new system there is less chance foi
 bargaining and log rolling. There is l a better chance to have our states rep. by their best men rather than thei1 1 most ski11ful politicians as has toe
 often been the case.
 Fffth-We have asked Congress tc ipropose another amendment to the Limited States Constitution for abolish presid ential electors, and so letting each state cast the number of votes 1t is entitled to by direct popular bal I lot for the man 1t wants.
 sfxthFve have put an end to leg, islative divorces. Only courts car I eraI Assem ply.
 I seyenth-we have put an end to is. suing stock interpretations for any,
 thing less than par. in cash or moneys | worth.
 There are plenty of other things we l have done. We have selected, for in. stance, in Comptroller Dunn, a mar
 who looks at every bill against the state as carefully as if 1t were one l against himself. Great abuses in little | things had sprung up in the long i course of Republican years at the C tnJ oaA 10 eli
 Iight-great light has dawned upor the state in all these ways. and many
 more that have not time to mention I I want this light to dawn on the I Twelfth Senatorial District this fall.
 want it to try the experiment for once
 of eiecting a Democratic senator fol 4 the Twelfth. You can do it. The mer
 in this room can do 1t. You can do i