The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-12
Some Of The Things Donovan Has Done
 In His First Term
Has Labored Early And Late For His Constituents And Consistently Stood By President
 Wilson

power generated t1ould be used for the benefit of the people and that all rights of control would remain with the people, in the hands of the gov ernment. While more has been said through the press of the tariff and currency measures, the general dam bill is of utmost importance. With Raymond Howard Stevens, of New Hampshire, a farmer-1awyer, Con- gressman Donovan kept after this measure until he was suited with it. It was in connection with this bill and it's reference to electric power rates colleagues facts about the municipal electric plant at South Norwalk and by his argument secured @ nixiKnum rate figure in the bill.
 The Norwalk congressman opposed the Hteracy test in the immigration bill and took the matter to President Wilson with the result that the meas ure is now pigeonhoIed in the Senate. Congressman Donovan's stand on this measure was that if t11er should be any test at all, it should be in the nature of a mental and physical test, rather than educational Supporting his claims as usual by facts, Con-. gressman Donovan produced a man who could not read or write, but whose strict discipline sent two sons through college and four more on their way to advanced education.
 The judges of the circuit court felt the Connecticut mans lash when he fought attempts to increase the num- Der of judges on the circuit court benches and Insisted that the, work could be done by less men than serv- ing. All of the judges are salaried and it made little difference how little or much any of them did, so long as they held g. commission. Whether alone or supported, Donovan has been after a. reduction of the number.
 e-Hr were taken from their duties as 1ec- turers to serve the country in their seats in Congress when the Under wood resolution providing for dock ing all members for being absent was passed.
 There can be no question that Con- gressman Donovan alone was respon- sfb1e for the enforcement of the law providing that members should be paid only when they served His fight against abSenteeisnd was started during the first months or his career and was carried to brilliant finish Incndentai to this fight for better at- tendance at the session, Congressman Donovan is given credit for defeating Hobson in favor of Leader Underwood for United States senatorship from Alabama because he produced the for mers record as a member of the House.
 < As a tarim amateur and Donovan was called that, he did exceptionally well. Not entirely through his efforts, but largely due to his argument and per sistance, and with the assistance of his colleagues from this state, he has kept S7 per cent of the manufactured products of Connecticut on the dutia- ble list The state of Iowa, repre- sented in the Senate by we'll known men as Kenyon and Cumnains and in the House by Kennedy, Haugen, Good, Prouty and others whose names are but little less known has only 40 per cent of it's products protected.
 The following are some of the measures which Congressman Dono- van has supported:
 Wilson's Mexican policy of watch full waiting: European war ener- gency laws; Underwood tariff act as passed with revisions for the protec- uon of Connecticut industries; Federal reserve act; Trade Commission bill; Clayton nti-Trust bill: Rayburn Se- curities bill; income tax; industrial employees arbitration act; good roads: General Dam bill; famendment of pure food laws extending its jurisdic- tion to meat inspection; rural credits; home school appropriations.
 Congressman Donovan never at- tempted to get the record for the number of bills which he introduced, but of thirty-dve measures presented by him, nineteen were enacted and there is chance for some of the re- naaining minority.