Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-18

didate ought to be pleased to give was what Prof. Willard c. Fisher of Mid dletown called the address he gave m the town hall on Monday night be- fore an audience of 100 men to whom he explained the things he stood for in seeking to secure from the democrats the nomination for governor. In q concise way he laid stress on half a dozen particular points as he spoke for over an hour and half.
 Professor Fisher came here at the invitation of the Central Labor union to speak upon the topic Labog's Inter- est in the 1914 Campaign.
 President William Fitzgerald of the union called the meeting to order about S.15 o'clock, shortly after Professor Fisher had been escorted from an ante room to the platform by the president and members of the committee of ar engagements. which included Walter 1T. Spalding, Rudolph Krohn and Tracy R. Burdick. Secretary Francis Clish of the c. l.. U. and Florence J. Delaney also occupied seats on the platform. In opening the meeting and intro ducing Professor Fisher, President fitzgerald said he was glad to see such an intelligent and appreciative audience in the hall to hear Professor Fisher, whom the Central Labor union had brought here. He said he felt t an honor to be able to introduce Pro- lessor Fisher to a Norwich audience 1 Professor Fisher spoke in part as follows:
 Encouraged by Norwich Invitation. 1t would be unfair alike to you ant so me should l not tell you of my nlgn appreciation of the invitation | winch brought me here and of the vel come which you have given me. IT 1 lnls our struggle for the peoples rights l the enemy is becoming daily more l nefce and more bitterly determined I hi -ix-s1s | mat a great fight is on. No one thins
 mas cone more to cheer and encourag gt | me tran the unexpected notice O.
 your invitation which I received upoI
 returning home to Middletown a weel
 ago last Thursday. I had just had ex perlence of the hesitation, the timidty O l sohe whose early and unSought pledg es of support han encouraged me t.
 enter the fight. The message iron Norwich was indeed heartening
 hxe my purpose beyond changing vowed that afternoon, as I VOW now i never to leave the fight, whatever ma,
 self
 And so I am here frankly and open
 iy as candidate for the democrati nomination for governor. Remembe
 mat am not seeking the office chief
 With 1t, nor at all for any antici
 pated pleasure in facing it's very diff fcu1t duties. There are very gray
 problsms of public policy which mus
 be faced by the next governor of Con
 necticut. Not for many year hay
 there been so many serious problem
 to be solved by our state government
 In regard to all these I have ideas o
 my own. I believe that the voters O Connecticut would approve and sup
 port me, could they but know jus
 what I would undertake to do fo
 them. But perhaps they would not.
 Gum Shoe" Campaigns.
 Perhaps other candidates have con
 v1ctions and purposes more to tn
 peoples liking. Certainly all candi
 dates must have some clear conyic
 tlons and some definite purposes; els
 they would not presume to stand fo
 the headship af the state. And non ! should wish to conceal from the peo , pie his purposes as they affect tn peoples interests and welfare. So have tried to bring other candidate , for governor before you like this. Bu | they will have none of it. They pre-
 fer to do their canvassing less open
 ly.
 Everywhere I go there are report
 Of gum shoe" campaigns for their mil
 lionaire and for that corporation lot
 by1st. But the days when a man politics can gain by concealment, know
 concealment. and when an honest ma ; in politics can lose by openness hay
 pretty much passed away
 ? Compensation Act Changes.
 Professor Fisher passed on to spea '' of the workmen's compensation act r | 1913, which with all it's imperfection he said, is the most beneficial piet ! of legislation Connecticut has see within full century of time
 marks a good beginning in a gre, | nnlinU of cnoio1 iY,cf l-;Io 1i,, :. among those suffering through indu. . trial accidents five times as much 2 was distributed before, under ant - quated systems of so-called emplo!
 CTS liability. But the compensate
 law must be improved. It never sui ' ed me altogether; and even the bri > period since its enactment has give |. us experience, in Connecticut as we S as in other states, to warrant chanl
 es. I had to draft it's general prov
 sions under definite requirements al 5, prohibitions from the legislative ocn mittee which had the bill in charge 5 Upon one change I feel peculiar . bound to insist. It was not the pu B pose or understanding to make the a
 apply to small employers. to these CT
 ploying merely casual labor or emplo . ing less than five persons regularl
 Never mind now about the underlyil :, reasons for excluding these small CT 3 | ployers. There is something to 2 said on both sides. But the obligatio . of simple good faith are inexorah a binding upon all honest men. Aft r the bill had been printed, and ju = before it was to come into the sena a for passage, I saw that certa change of phrase at one point mig ,,, be necessary to make the exclusi
 of. small employers unmistakably SUI ,+ At once I sent to the four chairmt d of the judiciary and labor in sena 70 and house, an appropriate trif1i e amendment. It was judged not ne essary; and it was not adopted
 even proposed.
 IS Personal Tax Unbusinesslike. T. Labor has. hold, a clear intert st in the promp abolition of the persor l. tax of $2. It is most unbusines
 like tax, costing ten times as mu