New Britain herald., 1916-09-20

2, Charles J. Dillon, Hartford; 8, Herman Koppleman, Hartford; 4, I.dmund A. Clune, Hartford; Q, Thos.
 Hewes, Pennington; 6, G. M. Landers,
 New Britain; r Michael J. Connor,
 Tnompsonville; 8, Thomas E. Cahill, New Haven, 9, E. P. Meara, New
 Haven; 10, James E. Neral, New
 Haven; II, M. Frank Hope, New Haven; 12, Hugh P. Prior, Walling- ford; IS, Owen Horan, Mer1den; IA, Arthur B. O'Keefe West Haven; Is,
 James A. Hynes Waterbury; It John
 F. Tobin, Waterbury; IT, William
 Palmer, Oxford; IS w. H. Farrell, New London; 19, Thomas Kelly, Nor wich; 20, John c. Gary, Bridgeport;
 21, Michael J. Clath, Bridgeport; 22, Patrick H. Ready, Bridgeport; 23, William F. Russell, "A, Lester O.
 Peck; 25, Hezekiah Elwood; 26, Han ford S. Weed; 27, John Walsh; 2S, Asa M. Ross; 29, John M. Bassett, Danielson; 30, not filled; 31, Edward s. Kokels, East Canaan; 31, John $. ACdis, New Milford; 33 Daniel J. McCauley, Middletown; 34, R. U. Tyler, Tylerville; 35, Michael D. O'Connell, Rockville.
 Mir. ReilIy's Speech.
 Gentlemen of the conventions:
 Permit me to express my sincerest appreciation of the high honor con- ferred upon me in selecting me as temporary chairman of this splendid ly representative convention of Con- necticut democrats.
 To be chosen chairman of any dem ocratic state convention has always been an honor but at this particular time in the history of our country and our party it is not only an honor but a distinct pleasure, because as democrats we have so many things to be pleased over as mem bers of that great constructive party and so many things to be proud of s Americans.
 There is an assumed. pleasure that people and parties som etimes indulge in to hide their real feeling; there is a false pride that goes before a fall. l Our pleasure is genuine and our pride is real. They are justified by a rec ord of accomplishme as a party 1 and a people that must challenge the 1 admiration of all fai. men-men who l look ahead and not behind; men who 1 live in the present and not in the past; men who are concerned in the welfare of all and not the welfare of | 3 select few
 The pride of party comes in the faithful keeping of every promise made regarding national legislation when four years ago we were asking he voters of the country for their favor. The pride of country is in he fact that though beset with prob ems of the greatest national and in ;ernational moment, situations so crit cal that a false or ill-considered step would mean war; conditions so acute that only the calmest and fairest Judgment could alleviate, our great nation is today at peace with the en- ire world and that peace has been with untarnished honor. No jingo, big or little. better party nan than patriot, has been able to ,werve Us from our clearly defined path of simple and equal justice, whether the situation with which we were dealing has to do with a weak and sadly distraught neighbor or a powerful world competitor
 Though the great majority of the people of this country when they wipe rom their eyes the dust of partisan l course followed was the wise one, and will also recognize the fact that were t not for superb direction and peer ess leadership this unassailable at ,itude could never have been pre- served in the face of fierce assaults from incredible quarters
 The United States is at peace with l the world today because providen- tio1I | guide it's destinies a man big and just and wise and strong enough to do l what he believed to be right and what he knew to be truly American. A man who could not be cajoled or bullied, who could not be f1attered or forced l When the historian of the future. free from the turmoil of the present l stress of war and near war, writes of | the part the United States played in home and foreign affairs of greatest import; when the roster of the men | instrumental in keeping a frenzied | world from going to complete de- struction is made up; when the names | of the great leaders of men are writ l ten; when the names of the m>vg. illus | trious presidents are spoken, no name | will stand higher on that TO ter, no 1 name will illunine the written page 1 more brightly and no name will be. l spoken With more fervid patriotism | than the name of that grea' Amer ! ican that great president-Wood l Wilson.
 War Prosperity.
 In a so-called keynote speech deliv l cred at the recent republican state ! convention in this city United States