Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-27
HOUSING REPUBLICAN RALLY
Senator Brandegee Tells How Connecticut Democratic Leg isators Hands Tied by Southern Leaders in Con- gress-Richard P. Freeman Answers Criticisms of His Opponent Congressman Mahan = Arthur H. Brewer Presides at His First Political Rally in Is Years a

best protect and defend your business interests, the one who you think would vote as you yourself would vote, were you personally present and entitled to vote.
 Will be With Republicans.
 In this connection I am glad that I appear here as the Republican can didate for Congress because if elected, it will be my privilege to meet and confer with Republican colleagues, majority of whom will be from the business and commercial communities of the North, and will be called upon to advocate and support Republican measures formulated by representa- tives chosen from states whose bust ness interests are similar to this of ours. On the other hand, my Demo- ocratic opponent, if elected will be called upon to caucus with his demo- cratic colleagues, a majority of whom will be chosen from the states of the South, and he will be compelled to support and vote for measures pre- pared by representatives from states whose business interests are not sim liar to ours, or else become a bolter or resign his position, and history informs us that few bolt, and none resign.
 Had to Follow Southern Lead. In theory any representative would want to do all he could for his people
 
 this: When the Underwood Tariff Bill had been prepared by the Demo- cratic members of the Committee on Ways and Means, every single one of our Connecticut Congressmen knew that it would injure and cripple many | Connecticut industries, each one of l them protested against it. and yet when the bill was presented to the House, MT. Reilly and MT. Mahan, MT Kennedy, MT. Donovan and MT. Lou | Nl~,, South was in the saddle and these
 gentlemen had to do as they were | told. I notice in his political adver-
 tisement that my Democratic oppon- ent secured favorable mention of an I appropriation of $320,000 for our Thames river, but when his Southern colleagues and the government engi neers got through with that $20,000- 0000 pork barrel bill, the Thames riv- CT got $5,000 which l submit is quite
 a drop from $320,090. The states of | the South took over half of the twenty
 millions, the State of Texas alone a million and half. The Peedee river in South Carolina received S10,000, and l the Santee. Wanatee and Congaree
 rivers in the same state. s3o,000.
 | There was much talk when our strenuous Colonel discovered the River of Doubt in Brazil but he wasn't in it with these Southern Congressmen
 who have put the Peedee and the San tee on the map with government
 money. This is a government of par ties. and is for you to say which party is in your opinion better fitted
 to carry on the affairs of the govern ment,-which party will most benefit you, and wour family and your busi-
 ness interest. No Apologies for Being Republican, II My Democratic opponent in his paid advertisement charges me with desert
 ing the Democratic party. The word desert" has a. sinister meaning which ] I will now ignore. Whether or no ] } have any regrets for once having been , a Democrat, I certainly have no apol-
 ogy to make for being now a Repub-
 lican. For I would not stand on this ], stage tonight, MT. Democrat and MT. ), Progressive and ask you to leave your party and support the Republican par ty unless I honestly believed that if was duty that you owed to your self and your state and your Country. | In his paid advertisement he states II have E,elS no office and made no public, rec1cd. If this were true, 1t is ] quite possible that ip tnis respect have some aESTaEt1Es over the honor Il able gentleman.
 ! Take. into account the years he has been in office, according to his own statement, together with the fact that he was defeated for State Secretary. and for Judge of Probate, and twice flor Mayor of New London, and the conclusion is irresistible that he must have been a very persistent office seek CT.
 1 We'll. my friends, I have been at- tending to my business in the City of New London, practicing law, but it Is
 a source of pride to me. and think it must be to my friends and support CTS that l. have never held two offices 1 at the same time. regularly drawing the salaries of each and wilfully me- | glecting the duties of both.
 | His Opponents Record.
 I This paid advertisement states that his record in the National House has won him the admiration of his con- Stituents. Be that as it may, the Daily Congressional Record discloses l that he was there once in great while
 and answered a few roll calls and l mighty few at that. One would have
 little trouble in surpassing that record. | In his paid advertisement he refers to labor record made by him thirty two years ago, yet the Brotherhood of
 Railroad Trainmen claim that he has
 a more recent record. They assert that they have his promise in writing that he vote yes for the Full Crew bill in 1911, and the record shows that
 he voted no when the bill was defeat
 ed by a majority of one. He states | that l ann approaching fifty years of age and almost hints that I am an old
 man. Well, my friends, I may say
 this, that the first important office my | opponent ever held was as Mayor of
 the City of New London in 1903, and | he was an older man then than am
 now, 50 5,su sec that there may be | some chance for me if given an oppor- | tunity now.
 | National Issues.
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