Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-26
ARGUMENTS FOR THE DEMOCRATS
Made in Rally Town HalSecretary Refeld of Depart ment of Commerce Answers Charge That Party is En- emy to Busness-Governor Baldwin Critcises Brande- gee-Consressman Mahan Tells of His Hopes for the Norwich to Worcester Canal.

Secretary of Commerce Redfeld, Mir.
 Tingier came down to home suD-
 tects, declaring that having received
 the unsought nomination for governor he was going to strive to and believed
 he should be elected. The conflict IS two great principles.
 The lieutenant governor enumerated various measures put through by the democrats in the last two years and said that if they had done nothing else than to reform the highway de- partment, they would be entitled to continuance in the state offices. The platform now contained plank
 for the direct primary. the initiative and referendum, the election of county commissioners by the people. and to abolish the lobby. The democratic senate of the past legislature had shown that it meant to keep the plat
 form promises, and now he pleaded | that the governor be given the sup port of democratic senators and rep ! resentatives through the coming cleo | tion.
 Before he concluded, Lieutenant Governor Tingier commended what President Wilson had done with Mex | ico, making it so that the United States of all the great nations of the
 world is the only one not at war. The
 new currency law. the Underwood | tariff bill, and other measures passed I
 ly and the speaker declared that never l before has our president been so great | @ man in the eyes of the nations of
 the earth as he is today.
 Secretary of State Phillips.
 The next speaker introduced by l Chairman Tanning was Secretary of I State Albert Phillips of Stamford, who | showed that he had discovered the
 presence of the three ladies who were
 in the audience for he addressed the
 rally as Ladies and gentlemen" II What the dominant issue is, said Mir. destruction of the republican party,
 but of a lobby controlled by the lead- II CTS of the party. and J. Henry Rora-
 back as king of the lobby is the one issue of the campaign. He s:s-l that MT. Roraback was in the class of un- T desirable lobbyists, dominating votes from an easy chair in the corridor.
 MT. Phillips apologized for his husky
 voice which he said had become some
 what frayed in the campaign but it
 seemed to give him no trouble as he
 went on with his vigorous speech. He quoted the testimony of Charles S.
 Mellen to the effect that the New
 Haven road had paid Mir. Roraback
 S5,060 ill two years to represent them : before the legislature.
 , The democrats had been charged with extravagance: said the secretary of state, yet they had stopped the } practice of carrying off the fur..iture } from the capitol as souvenirs, had placed over S7So, ,00l in banks where it l drew interest, had comptroller who had turned into the state over $7GG l in fees that had previously been pock- eted by his predecessors in office. had stopped the. expenditure for souvenir
 books of the legislature and had effect : ed other economies.
 } He also spoke of the previous ad- ministration of tile automobile depart ' ment. where he said they had clean 5 up week an6 found leteters weeks old 8 with money orders and unanswered
 communications in them.
 Governor and Congressman Arrive. The speaker was in the midst of 2 criticism of IT. s. Senator Frank B o Brandegee and the various measures 2 he had voted for, when Governor Bald. 2 win and Congressman Mahan were . seen coming the hall. escorted b! : Mayor Murphy. The men at the rally . rose and cheered and MT. Phillips ? brought his speech to an end with . word or two more.
 Called Them a Magnificent Team. e Chairman Tanning pleasantly intro e duced Governor Baldwin. calling atten V ton to the magnificent team he am = the congressman made, and the gov .- ernor spoke in appreciation of the co II operation that he had received fror l. MT. Mahan since the democratic stat f convention when both were candidate n for the nomination for U s. senator Is The governor said at the opening O
 his 45 minute address, which began a
 s.45 o'clock that the independent re
 publican voter was a factor this yea e and if they give him the same vot l. as they did before, the democrats ca, n win. l. It is a great thing that the peopl g can vote directly for senator and e is no surprise that Senator Brandege y voted against this measure. But tha 1t vote does not represent the sentimen = of the state. The governor saffirme ,f that the sunrise day was coming fo l. the democratic party which was doin d good service for the country. Nor e than anything else the democrati o party stands for leaving the bElk c y legal matters to be settled by the stat l. Home rule is the soul of America; = politics.
 " Governor Baldwin said that he wa e willing to believe that the Underwoo Is tariff bill may have borne hardly upo tt some industries. such as the Louisian l. sugar manufacturers and some man
 | ufacturers in New England, but
 should not be tinkered with for a yea e or two. for this was inevitable in tn 9 | renodeling of the tariff. Yet demo - cratic legislators are the more Gkef = to make any such changes as may IF necessary.
 Ir The policy of President Wilso " towards Mexico was commended b n the governor on the point that Presi a dent Wilson had announced that tn - United States would never engage i d (Continued on Page Seven.) .