The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-10
fspeoial to The Farmer.l

which was reported by the resolutions .comrnittee Of the Republican State s convention, was receivedi even oy the most hidsbound machine deiegates with the apprehension of it's unusually reactionary nature
 The Repu ubIican machine, led py Roraback. is to rest its campaign on the old tariff cry, and the pltaform leads off with a declaration, that there is no work any more and that tne tarim Is responsible
 The Democratic congress is declareo to be .'avowedly hostile, to New Eng land and the Democratic congress- men are denounced.
 The platform des not contain q single concession to the Republicans who re reckless devotion to privileged lnrer-s
 Not a. Progressive plank of any kind appears No reference is made to the footing of New Haven fhere IS no pledge for direct primaries, none for direct taxation
 Tn its whole history the railroad ma chine of Connecticut has never had a platform more to it's liking
 The document merits the desc rfpt1o on pf political funk, and Is hardly worth reading. except as a matter of curios- itv for those who desire ocular denn- onstra ton Of the quality of RoraDack leadership in this state
 
 eftizens of this state the Honorable Frank B. Brandegeesas cur candidate for United States Senator. and the Honorable Marcus H. Holconnb as our candidate for governor, and heartily s commend them and their colleagues on the state ticket to the electors of this comlnonwealth for their sur frage.'s
 .aThe Republicans of connecticut be- Iieve that the people of this state ana i- -7 ~vrerlRss fHf @ incornpetent management of public affairs that has cfaracterized the pres. eflt Democratic administration 4 Con- gress avowedly hostile to New Eng land. has put on the stature books 2 fariff law which has already closed the doors of many of our factories, shortened the running time of many others and thrown thousands of indus trious work1nen out of employment, while the abundant promises of the T5egrnoccrattc party to lower the cost of living have utterly failed of fur dlnent-
 We heartily endorse and renew our allegiance to the tinne-trled Rep ublican policy kos protection which has been the foundation Of our past national prosperity, and depIore and denounce the crude and impracticable Demo cratic tarfn tinkerdng just passed by the present Congress. In view or the present situation abroad the Demo cratic policy Of ssbuying in the cheap est markets, would have left us with no markets to buy iu and with no means of producing for ourselves
 ssWe believe in a protective tariff subject to revision from time to time by schedules on the recommenda ation Of a perman ent no partisan board of experts.
 we condemn the course Of our i've Dernocratdc congressrr1en who how ever vociferous agaipst the legislation injurious to iConnecticut industries, have neekly bowed to the dictates of their party caucuses and have per sistently voted against the welfare of the state.
 fslative power by the Democratic na- tionaI executive, believing it to be an iIafractfon of the federal constitution and dangerous to the mlaint tenance Of the three great divisions of govern 11lent provided by that instrument Ev- erv- citizen who wishes to maintain the <funda1nental of our government and our industrial independe ence should vote this fall for a candidate for Con- gress who will stand by the interests ty caucus dictation-
 We cordially endorse the course of our two United Estates Senators and can on the people of the state to show appreciation of their invaluable ser vices by re-electing Senator Frank B. Brandegee by an overwhelming ma jority.
 ssThe humane and intelligent state of Connecticut has large normal and inevitable expenses in the maintenAnce of its many charitable and educational institutions and in the conduct of the various branches of it's government.
 we recommend legislation reQuir- ing the state board of control to pre- pare a budget of public revenue and expenditure for the guidance of the legislature to the end that the ex- Ienses of the state shall not exceed lis income.
 We believe the business affairs of the state can be more efficiently con- dncted by having the accounts of the state so systernatized that hereafter there will be a uniform standard of accounting in all state instittuions. And we also recommend legislation which will initiate a. central purchas- ing agency for all materials used in such inshitutions Our agricultural I interests are capable of much further [ ldev4lopnent and deserve all the en- them, and we recommend that the money Of the school fund be loaned to our own farmers wherever 1t can safely be done.
 lions of purely local concern should Es left to the determine ton of thea communities directly affected rather than to that of the general assembly, and we favor the extension Of home TI1Ie for cities with a provision, how ever that their bonded indebtedness shail be restricted to some conservative percentage of the grand lists
 we approve the action of previous AegssIatures- in making appropriations for good roads and urge the import saIlce of keeping them in thorough re- bsir. thus facilitating the transfer of farm products to the cities and towns 16I7d we favor the enactment Of laws 4shich will insure effective cooperation 5eoween the towns and the highway commissioners office. We heartily en- dorse the course of previous Republi- can administrations in providing for the investigation of tuberculosis in