The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-13

of the state. and a third and depraved class of men who became panders be- tween buyers and sellers of government -and who ultimately became organized into the lobby, a branch of the inyisf- ble government of Connecticut which recently became too powerful as to ac- quire the title of s"The Third House.
 And thus matters stood when Gov ernor Baldwin was called by the Dem ocratic party to be its candidate for governor.
 In this year you will remember the Republicans had nominated for gover- nor under the direction of the lobby. the cadet of 8, rich house Some of you may remember his expense ac- count. Others of you may recollect the manner of his nomination. in that convention in which the lobbyists, Roraback and King. were so conspic11- ous. The coYention which was presid- ed over by that MT, Hill who is now asking the people of Fairfield county to send him to congress.
 It looked as if there was to be an other campaign in Connecticut, in which the usual methods would move unrebuked. But in Governor Baldwin the state had gained a. courageous. far sighted man
 He perceived distinctly that little could be accomplished in Connecticut, unless something should first be done to check the corruption that threaten ed the state, and it was he who led the way, with a statement that his own campaign should be modestly conduct-s ed. without the improper use of money, and without the5Ese of great funds for any political purpose whatever. Thus his campaign was conducted under the slogan, 'Is. Connecticut for sale ?" and thus was struck the first strong blow, to correct the most dan gerous abuse which can aff1ict a. state.  lions in which Governor Baldwin has oecupied the executive chair, govern Fnent by corruption has not been de- stroyed, but it has received a mortal blow, and it is for us, in this election, to finish the task so well begun.
 It seems to me that before this task Is completed it will be necessary to eliminate from our government. from the holding of public office and from active participation in party govern who are in the business of procuring legislation for hire.
 We must give quietlis to what has been designated Fsorabaclisn,s which means government tss.e-.al1gh third house influences gT75is
 The gentleman who is the titular head of the Republican party admits and the Interstate Commerce Cont mission has shown, that he Is one Of those who assisted the New Haven
 
 t1cut, and that for this service he re- ceiyed a very large sum Of money
 Another gentleman, also prominent for years in the third house, has tes- Hfed under his oath he had s2oo, ,0oo of money of the New Haven. stock holders, with which he influenced leg islat1on so successfully that he ob- tained a unanimous vote of the gen eTal assembly, for a bill which his ern- ptoyers desired
 - ocratic administrations have brought into being in Connecticut and at w ash1ngton would not have been DOS sfbles without Governor BaIdwirss fight against corruption in this state. nor without President Wilson's over throw of the lobby in Washington
 The fruit of what has been done we have in the currency Legislation, in the parcel post, laws, and in the peace which rests upon our country for had the lobby continued to be harbored in Washington it is exceedingIy doubtful if the President could have prevented a war with Mexico at the behest of tn dollars which have been invested there.
 And in Connecticut we would surely. have lost the public utility law, the 1rnproyement in the corrupt practice act, and our worl5mens compensation flaw, which has had already so bene-
 
 iInproF enent of the relations between capital and labor.
 No state can prosper whose govern n1ent is controlled by purchase The third house is at the best an injury, and at the worst house of treason. The stockholders of the New Haven winfzed in the beginning at the evil which was committed by the mana gers Of their property, deening the evil done for their advantage. But ultimately their tolerance bred a. Fran Senstein by which many of them, iI1- cluding some il GOO innocent women, were stripped of their incomes. So also many we'll meaning men of property winked at like abuses, deem I ing them necessary to accomplish cer- tain ends, but they now face 8 system i In which no mans propety is safe from the expressions of some powerful per son, who through the agency Of bad laws may rob with irnpunity.
 Today am addressing men who toll for a living, who may regard them I selves as remote from the evils that aff1fct owners of railroad stock, or the holders of industrial investments, The fact is that the less a man has, the more he needs an honest government. Behind industrial panics is political and industrial dishonesty, Because thousands of railroad stockholders, here and in widely separated parts of the country, have been stripped or 1 their property. investors trernbIe. They l are afraid to trust anybody There fore business has languished. Tn the 9meantime the lobby and it's employers i has gone up and down the land, cry ing against the statesmen who like i Governor Baldwin and President Will l son have tried to check these evils Some of the persons are merely mis- l informed. But they are led by those who would lead the people into the wrong path. They ask the people to l believe that the policeman who arrests l a pickpocket is the cause of the pow l erty of the man whose pocked was picked. esa ] Referring to Senator Brandegee. MT.