The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-15
E. J. HILL TARGET FOR SHEPARD AT
 LOCO. co. RALLY Bull Moose Candidate At tacks Record of Republi- can Choice for Congress SAYS NoRWALK MAN
 IS TOOL OF BOSSES Predicts Ultimate Crurnbl- ing of G. o. P. Because
 of Machines Work


 George IF. Shepard. of Bethel, Pro- greasive candidate for Congress in this district. continued on the trail of E. J. tEfI1, of Norwallk, the Republican nominee, at monday rally at the Lo- comobiIe company factory today. MT Shepard made Hills record his target and delivered a scathing araignnent of his activities in behalf of 'tbig in- terests. 's
 After reviewing the formation and work Of the party, Mir Shepard said:
 fHMr. Hill cannot serve any body for he cannot be elected under Republican rule, for boss rule and big business interests would strangIe those things which would serve the people best it did the tariff commission, 1909-1912.
 My Independent friends, you can be served by increasing the number of Progressive Independent men in 1egis- lative responsibilities. It is your bal ance of power that will determine whether Democratic or progressive policies will be advanced.
 Many marvel at the wonderful en- thusiasm and determination of our party. They do not yet understand how we are united by a great humanf- tartan purpose rather than cons1dera- tions of temporary expediency They do not fully realize that we feel indt- viduaI responsibility in this great edu- cational campaign.
 '"The Republican leaders are del1d- ing them and. trying to delude the country by insisting that the tariff ;s the only issue in which the people are interested.
 ssThe tariff will be of little avail if people are reduced to servitude to the fndustriAI and money power; If great railroad fnanciers are permitted to despoi1 the widow and orphan. There is wrong and robbery in high places and who shall say that it is not high time that a. Progressive party should inscribe upon it's banners a. humani- tarian, social industrial and financial program and carry it to success2 The issues of the day are summed up in the square deal which is not only a moral obligation, but unquestionably is g, true economic policy.
 ''The election of 1912 gave the death blow to the Republican party, just as the election of 1856 gave the death blow to the old Whig party.
 Since 1910 and during a Republican administration the Republican party I ing evidence of chastisement at the hands of the independent voters3 and 1 in the coming campaign they cannot possibly elect more than two-thirds of their present number
 "In the next congress it is confident I to exceed eighty out of four hundred and thirty-f1ve members of the house. That would mean practically the an- initiation of the Republican party.
 ''The Republican party stands before | the country as a. party of lost oppor- tunity. The great issues of banking and currency reform and trust control legislation have been lost to it for \ ever.
 "lt does not require a very keen ob- I sGg- II- -.I,A over the country. to see that the Pro- gressive party will be the only sub- stantiaI party of oposition to the Dem- ocracy in 1916 We not only indulge the hope, but we confidently expect that every true Progressive will put his shoulder to the wheel, build up | 9 strong Progressive congress, and in f1916 place at the head of this govern ment our great humanitarian leader, Theodore Roosevelt.
 My independent Republican friends: live believe you will come to realize that the only way to secure honest government, the overthrow of the crooked bosses and crooked business i iso to join with us, for it is impossible for true Progressiyes to return to the Republican party, when conditions are as Attorney General J. H. Light, for l nerly of that party recently declared; i; That the party bosses are stronger in the saddle today than ever before. That the boss ruled conditions and dictatfon at the last Republican con- vention in New Haven was a disgrace l to the Republican party Men, such las Judge Light, who cannot be used by the bosses, were there side tracked and the slate of the bosses was put through.
 "The Progressive party stands for social industrial, business and gov ernmental betterment.
 "A mighty protest both local and I national went up in 1912 and will be 1 overwhelming in 1916. Do you not see the expression all over the coun- try of what is bound to come? My friends, I ask you to join in this movement NOW IN THIS election. You can, thereby, bring a quicker end to the chaotic condition that MUST CONTINUE TO PREVAIL until the best thinking men complete the re- alignment under the progressive prin- cfples and banner.
 ''It is certain that MT. E. J. Hill tcannot be elected, and as you hold the balance of power, you are to de- termine whether the Democratic or the Progressive candidate is to serve the people of the United States in the next congress.
 1 ''It is a serious matter and worthy of your most careful consideration. ask you to push the Progressive pro- gram all along the line, and in 191f we will take control of the govern