The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-02

and equal. It is a party of glorious history. It has lately conne into pow
 CT in our state and in the nation after ousting from public places the mem sbers of the latest and strongest an tagonist, the Republican party. In the short time the Democratic party has been in power it has made his tory No be broad of.
 with Democratic control Of the state under Gov Baldwin, whom you first elected in 1910, we have placed 8 cDzEuIH practices act on the statute books. We hRve made an equal divt- Sion of the Congressional diS4rtcts in 4s14s state which did not before ex- l ist. We have taken the highway de- par4nssnf out of politics and placed l tt under ef1tptsHE management We hare stopped thB waste there and the man wxs placed fn charge Of that de- paTfmea1t. instead Of trying to build ID pssrsnna1 political machine, has enme about his buziness for the in tereBt of the state.
 .sae is now using $1.00os0O0 which l the Democratic legislature gave to re- pair the oidS highways entirely neg lectsd by his predecessor We have placed a workmenss compensation act on fhe statute books. The Repulbl- cans wouldn't vote for it when 1t was first introduced. but our Secretary of I State Phillips and our Comptroller Dunn, then members of the legtsla- I tflae, voted for 1t and [ voted for it, l but we lost the bill because the Re l pubHcans had majority in that ses- ston- Bs1t when the Democrats, got l a majority in the Senate in the last session, the Democratic Senate passed l the bill and the Republican House dared not oppo6e it.
 .AThe Democratic party ip Connec- l ticut gave you the 54 hour bill for l women and children, the bill regulat- I ing savings banks and ratified the iconstituaona amen dmeut fort the election of United States Senators by the people. We have carried ont all
 our promises to you. In this election
 we have the best platform of any
 party seeking your votes and we
 promise to do these other things if
 you continue us in power.
 We promise direct primaries act,
 the initiative and the referendI dIIn,
 more comprehensive home rule for cities and towns, so that great com I munities like Bridgeport, whose cit
 izens know what they need best may make laws to. control their municipal
 affairs without asking the represen- Il tatives from the small towns We
 want to see the county commission
 CTS elected by the people We want judges of minor courts appointed by
 the governor of the state and not by
 the legislature as at present. We promise to repeal the personal tax 1 law, which is an unnecessary hardship
 and a burden on the working man We promise to improve the work
 mems compensation act. The Dem- 1 ocrats obtained the present law but
 they want better one. We promise to abolish the lobby,
 All these things are promised in our party platform We have kept faith with you before and we promise
 now that if we are returned to pow CT we will keep faith again and car ry out all of our platform pledges" } HOMER S CUMMINGS National Committeeman Homer s
 Cummings was in his usual good form
 and the applause which followed hii
 introduction was supplemented witk music by the Coast Artillery corps band The states attorney of Fair; deId county was as usual witty, inter, : esting and convincing.
 tsI am informed said States At 3 torney Cummings "tI1ak my friend John T. King has been going Gbou 2 offering prizes to anyone who coulC [ come forward and prove anything or 3 him. In a laudab1e attempt to vii { that prize I am informed that m. : friend the Attorney General John H
 Light finds himself sued for $50, : 900, for the damage done the po1Itiea l reputation of MT. King. We'll. il l passing, I just want to say let ther, t be more Light and We shall the1 I do no wrong
 I sT see here on the platform tonigh George T. Kelly who is your candi l date for Senator. have known hin ? for many years. He has been faith c ful and ttreless worker in the inter
 est of our party. He has given year 6 of faithful service in public office fo : the public good If you send Georg, g q. Kelly to the Senate you may b. t assured you will have a. representa-