New Britain herald., 1915-08-20
PETTY EXPERIENCES
 DEFEATED REILLY
Postmaster Troup Of New Haven Declares at Democratic Outing

Philip Troup took occasion at 'lio
 third annua1 outinr of the Democratic
 association of the Twelfth Sehft'o 1"i
 District, to tell the 7o or so ulliG | the various causes cOntflpIll16 'o defeat of ex-Congressman Thomas L.
 Reilly in the last congressloliai ole l tion. MT. Reilly was present. anu l was enthusiastically cheercd, "'e1l
 Postmaster Troup declared ne Was 1 only taking a two years
 1 Said Postmaster TrOup:
 ] ..yvti1o if is an unWritten law that ! nostmasters ought not to actlEclv 1 cneage in politics, neVertneless leel i if is my duty to say something Ill pe- i half of the president of the United i States consider this Twelfth Sen- ! atorial District association of demo-
 crats to be the livest organization in l the state and I want to say, if we
 had had similar organizations in this congressional district With half as much life two years ago, Tom Reilly would not be on a two years vaca- tion now. Of course everybody was to blame for the defeat of MT. Reilly in the late election. I certainly never felt political defeat so keenly as that one. It made me sick. We were all sure Tom Reilly was going to win,--he was as cOck-sure as we were that he was to be elected, and so we didn't get out and hustle. We were overconfident. But had we or ganizations similar to yours through out the district, there wouldn't have been the slightest doubt about his reelection. Petty differences mill tated against him. I want to tell you if never got an office to which I aspired, if I was never fortunate enough to be among those placed n political offices I don't think it would have any effect upon my loyalty to my party and if it did, I don't think l. would feel a worthy member of that party.
 Stands For Bigger Principles.
 ''The democratic party stands for a bigger principle than all the patron age of city, town, or state put to- gether. It is the duty of democrats to stand by the great principles of the democratic party, that are being put into play and practice by Wood- row Wilson's administration, so much so that our political opponents have been silenced by the record.
 For thirty years republicans in control tried Intellectually to put through a currency system. It re- mained for the administration of Woodrow Wilson to achieve where they have failed so that today, when the currency systems of the geat na- tions of the world have been strained to the breaking point, the one, and only one that stands re-eminent is that of the United States and the United States is the bank of the world.
 Refers To Tariff Question.
 Then there is the tariff question. We dem ocrats have been told for years and years that the finest thing that could happen to this country would be a tariff wall so high that no foreign-made goods could come l here and compete with those produced l by American labor. The European 1 war has raised the highest tariff wall this country has ever known We | have no competition from abroad at all, and yet our republican friends are now shouting: See what your demo- cratic administration has done!' But the measure that the democrats have put through and are seeking to put through have silenced the republi- cans to such an extent that now, 8 year from a national election, they don't know who they are going to nominate and there is a strong senti- ment in the party to indOrse WoOd- row Wilson for another term.
 This is a great achievement for Woodrow Wilson and the democratic party, one not to be lightly con- sldered but it must not make us over l confident. We must get behind the administration, that stands for peace
 rather than war in this international conflict. Woodrow Wilson is mar
 ried peace and in keeping this country out of war, he should have the backing of every patriotic citizen l regardless of his party affiliations" MT. Reiily's Address.
 II wish that the chairman of the l state central committee and the vice
 chairman of the national democratic committee were here, for they would
 see an object lesson in this meeting
 of the democratic association from the
 Twelfth senatorial district, and I l would like to see the democrats in the | other districts of the state follow
 your example, and it doesn't take any ! stretch of imagination to enable us 1 to realize what a great benefit to the 1 dem Ocratic party would result from
 35 such associations as this. I am a | believer in organiza tions, and I believe
 it is the duty of the national chair
 man to see to it that these organiza-
 ions are perfected. If we had 5 organ
 izations like that of the Twelfth sen-
 atorial district, the dem ocratic party
 of the state would be much better off.
 T am pleased to say that the pros- pect of the democratic party is much better today than it was six months
 ago. I am frank to say that it was