The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-24

smoker at Roodner's hall, Norwalk, last night, when an augmented list of 1 well known local and state speakers, 1 headed by Secretary of State Albert ] T sPhillips, ex-Nnayor B. T. fBucking-
 ham of Bridgeport and others gave
 the workers and voters of the party I a real insight into the character and
 records of the candidates on both tick cts. Such local speakers as Sheriff l William VoIlmer, Senator Hanford s. l Weed and Judge John Keough ex- pressed tEe confidence that the entire
 Democratic ticket will be elected. Cigars, light refreshments and re-
 newaI of party friendship followed the speakers who had been introduced by Bernard J. Reynolds, chairman of the l meeting.
 Secretary of State Albert Phillips
 was the first to take the floor and in l an eloquent manner launched directly into the issues of the campaign With a voice that showed the strain of the constant speaking he had undergone
 he said that he had contemplated talk ing few nights off, but that the par ty call and needs prevented him from lsdoing so Upon the general feeling of
 business towards the Woodrow Wilson the Naugatuck valley manufacturers showed that they were heartily in sympathy with the administration. Spea king of Congressman Jeremiah Donovan whose presence had been ex- pected at the meeting and upon the
 mention Of whose name Iusty cheers were forthcoming, he detailed the fight that this representative of the people
 had had at Washington to make the
 congressmen of the nation earn their
 salaries. Mentioning fornaeY Congress- man Ebenezer Hiu as "Ebenezer The
 Great. which brought a laugh from all present, he asked what that rep
 resentatfve of the people would be do-
 ing at this time, with election such g
 short distance away, were he in ldr. Donovan's place. Asking if Hil1 would stick to his job at Washington as an
 example of a man who not only made
 laws for others but practiced what he preached, he, was greeted with cries cs
 t.cSo! No!'' from all sections of the audience.
 Drawing from his auditors acquies- cence to the axiom that when an ena4 ploye Of any industry had served his
 employers we'll he should be retained
 Or advanced in position, he showed that with such service as Donovan has rendered his constituents in a short time if for no other reason than that
 he had forced, the public representa- tives to do their duty to the nation.
 he should be returned to Congress.
 Continuing in his denunciation of the tariff principles which Ebenezer
 Hill still is determined to promulgate with ex-S Speaker Cannon, and other |ssstandpatterst, Secretary Phillips said:
 ssThis man of figures GFI4D and theo- ires, who wants to give the working man "a fair chance and fair play and who advocates a protective tariff, dem
 onstrated to the people of this city
 what the effects of a protective tarim could do. For years he was vice-pres- idefn and director of the Norwalk Mills Company. a woolen concern.
 That company was protected by the highest tarifc and yet that company never during the past few years ern-. ployed it's full number of men nor did 1t ever work full number of hours The NorwaIk Mills Company pract<- caIly went into the hands of a receiver and it is out Of business today. That
 was MT Hills Norwalk Mli1ls Com pany protected by the highest tariff possible
 fsE. J. Hill was the victim of his
 own theory on tariff for the tariff was so high that it gave the woelen trust
 an opportunity to do away with its
 competitors. He was put out of bus
 mess by the monopoly that became
 monopoly because of protective tariff in America z
 Speaking on other state ticket mat
 ters Secretary Phillips charged that Senator Brandegee secured his sup port directly from J. Henry Rora- back upon an agreement that the lat ter would not De passed TOT CIatF-
 man of the state central committee, and that no Republican could deny the assertion.
 Throughout the entire ticket he compared the men the Democratic ticket whose records were absolutely clean with those Of their opponents most of whom were shown to be con- nected with lobbying interests. Referring to the candidacy Of Cliff ford B. Wilson for lieutenant gover-H f administration which he averred, ne- cesgitated the Bridgeport mayor jour- neying to Hartford and asking a six
 months extension of time in which l to pay their indebtedness and which had to be granted by a democratic
 treasurer. On paving matters he I said: "He (WiIsonl let out a contract I without any bids for competition and when it was discovered by the press 1 the scandal was so great that a judge of the superior court granted an in junction and that injunction has nev- i CT been dissolved. Now ask you I if this is the man you want to preside I over the Senate?'
 Touching but lightly upon the rec ord of his opponent for secretary of
 state, he simply stated that he cha1- 1 lenged any Republican paper in the state to print the acts and deeds of
 his opponent in the course of his life 1 time
 i Concluding the address he said that
 a party. is to be judged by it's leaders. l Taking J H. Roraback as an example
 he asked ssWho is he Do not take | my word, but take that of Charles s. | MelIen, before the United States | Commerce Commission. He said J. 1 Henry Roraback received every year I $5,000 to represent the interests of I the road As a lawyer? NoI J. H. Roraback never goes before a com
 mittee. He does not use any argu- 1 ments. The only thing that he does l is to stand out in thee .orridors of | the capitol and use the power of his political leadership and pull the strings that tell legislators how they l shall vote That is what he did. However, MeI1en went a little fur