New Britain herald., 1916-10-31


 ings and report later upon the results
 Thus a great and terrible strike was
 averted, strike, which the speaker
 declared would not only have par
 alyZed all the industries of the cOun-
 try but would within one weel. have
 brought hunger and famine to the big cities. And MT. Roosevelt in criti-
 cisirE5 the presidents action in a speech in which he used MT. Hughcs' i namc once and his own 167 times told
 how ne settled the great anthracite coal strike in 1903. MT. Palmer said he lived in the great anthracite re- Gion5 and l1neW from personal ob- SCrVatlon the terrible hunger and suf- f@rsnS that resulted when t1.~ atriI.e i Taste q all summer and into the winter | and was ended only when the big Dao- i pie on Fifth avenue began to fear that 1 their mansions were to be cold. The ! sheriff was the busiest man in the i LackaWanna valley that year when 1 Mr Roosevelt settled the coal strike. The eight hour day is coming and i is coming because it is right and you men who work for wages should hail with delight the day that Woodrow Wilson had the courage to strike the blow for it and against the great strike, for it is the beginning of the universal movement for an eight hour day. concluded the speaker
 Cheers for DonneEiy.
 When Chairman Hart introduced Attorney James r. Doanellv of New ! 1o2k as d former New Britain boy and graduate Of the local High school, the audience gave the native sun a round of applause. Mir. Don- reilly was reminded Of former demo- cratic gatherings in Tanna's old ar nlOry on East Main street and to him it seemed queer twist of fate that should have brought him back to New Britain to talk politics and have in his audience a man to whom in former days he had listened to at the armory rallies. Turning to the na- tional campaign, MT. Donnelly re- ferred to the futile attempts the re- Dubhcans are making in their effort to assail the democratic administration. One of the first things said against the dem ocratic administration by Mr. l Hughes when he was called from the suprenle court bench was to atta ok their handling of the civil service rules by giving Battery Dan Finn and one or two other democrats jobs in the federal service. That was about the higgest thing the republican can- 6'date could assail when he started and he has not progressed much farther in all his speeches.
 Speaking of the state and local can Gidates, Mr. Donnelly urged support 1 for Homer s. Cummings, candidate for senator Augustine Lonergan, ! candidate for congress and George M l T anders, candidato for senator in this
 
 trjfilto to Mr.. Landcrs, recalling that i he served four years as mayor of New i I2rit ain, later as senator at Hartford ] end that nt all tiroes he has labored l to serve New Britain and her inter- l eets whenever he found the occasion l
 Governor Walsh.
 Although there was a long delay be- fore the arrival of ex-Governor Walsh, 1 the audience showed it's keen interest by remaining and when the former Massa achuSettS executive reached the theater rendered him a great ovation. Mr. Walsh, although evidently tired from his previous speech in Hartford, Nas delighted with the reception he received here and in less than a minute was amusing the audience with series of funny stories. Be- coming serious the speaker turned and pointing to the flag draped over the speakers table quickly had his audience cheering at his patriotic uttcrances.
 To show what kind of men are lead ing the republican party today, the speaker referred to the progressive split of four years ago when four million republicans set themselves apart because they could no longer tolerate conditions. In Massa chusetts, when he was governor, the self same conditions ruled with a republican legislature conducting affairs. There he found that the public service com mission which regulates the price of gas and electricity was controlled and had been controlled for thirty years by representatives of the gas and cleo tr1c corporations. It was the same 1r other departm ents wherc special privilege was interested. Always the corporations controlled the boards and commissions. There was an appointment to be made. The republican corporation owners did not ask him, the demo- cratic governor, to name a republican to fill the vacancy, but they did ask him to name a corporation democrat, whom they declared was his friend end had worked for his election and when, instead, he appointed a strong, fearless, disinterested man, they con ccmned him for being weak It was this same system of corporation con- 1 trol all through the country that caused the progressives to split four years ago and today when the repub 1 licans are presumed to be reunited once more we find the same old bosses controlling affairs.