The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-23
CUMMINGS GETS LITTLE RESPITE
 FROM CAMPAIGN
Has Quiet Day in Hartford,
 Then Starts Out Again on Speaking Tour.

Hartford, Oct. 23-Hgmer s. Cum.
 mings enjoyed yesterday his first day
 of rest since he began his whirlwind
 tour of the state October 9. Since
 that date MT. Cummings has delivered 65 speeches out of the 73 scheduled.
 Saturday night he addressed g. big
 meeting in Winsted. Rather than
 make the long trip to Stamford and
 back to Enfield this morning he de- cided to stay over Sunday here at the Heublein, where Mrs. Cummings joined
 him. She covered today's schedule in Hartford county with the Cummings' party.
 Last week was a very trying one from @ physical point of view because he had to cover so much ground He
 valley no end of times and feels as if
 he knew every curve in the road. We'd l nesday he wSnt from Derby to Ox-
 ford, Southbury, Woodbury, Middle 1 bury down to Devon and back to Waterbury travelling from a.. m. un- til midnight. But the exercise is do-
 ing him good. He has a better color
 than ever before and is gaining in weight.
 Most of the week was spent in
 Litchfeld and upper New Haven coun- ty. In spite of Tuesdays wind and Thursdays rain only four meetings were missed during the week. At Watertown MT. Cummings was late about g. half hour because of faulty arrangement of the schedule. It was a noon factory meeting and the work
 CTS had to return to the factory. At Thomaston the noon meeting at the Seth Thomas factory was impossible
 because of the rain, and yet at the next stop, Terryville, there was a great
 meeting of employees from the Eagle Lock shop. MT. Cummings stood just
 inside a little barn near the shop and hundreds of men stood out in the rain for 20 minutes and applauded Wilson, peace and prosperity,
 At Litchfield the local committee called the meeting off on account of the weather and because MT. Cum mings was scheduled to talk in Tor rington that night and those who wanted to hear him could make the Journey over the hill. At Middlebury the weather was fine but the audience was lacking. One loyal Democrat was there.
 Wilson and peace-that's the line of talk My. Cummings finds pleases the people whether the crowds gather about the factory gates or about the village store. They all like that. In Bridgeport and Waterbury thousands of people burst into spontaneous ap- plause at the close of MT. Cummings peroration on peace. In Waterbury they not only applauded 1n the usual manner but they shouted their ap- provaJ.
 In West Cornwall MT. Cummings old friend, l.. J. Nickerson, as staunch a Republican as any that grows in Litchf1eld's lovely hills, greeted the senatorial candidate. To show what g. good sport he was Mr. Nickerson pinned a Cummings button his coat lapel. .
 At Salisbury, Donald T. Warner, an-' other of Litchfield's sturdy Republi- cans, gave MT. Cummings word of welcome. In fact, in this old rock ribbed Republican spot friends of MT. Cummings sprouted up like young plants after rain. At Canaan, MT. Cummings spoke to large crowd as close to the office of J. Henry Rora- back as possible. An ardent Repub- lican who knew how to blow bugle summoned the crowd. This is the time a Republican did actually and literally blow MT. Cummings horn iu this campaign.
 Furthermore this bugler, following his footing conf1ded in a friend that so long as he had blown horn for the Democrats he might as we'll "see the thing through to the finish this year." He and MT. Roraback have had some differences of opinion which resulted in. the bugler's Republican ardor cool ing somewhat.
 The meeting in Winsted Saturday night was a great success and was marred only by the lack of Poland water in the Winchester Hotel where the Cummings party put up for the afternoon. MT. Cummings is a great water drinker and will, at moments notice, champion the efficacy of good water as natures best tonic. But the water varies in character in the differ ent towns and to prevent disturbances due to the change of the water MT. Cummings drinks Poland water when he can get it and grieves sorely when he can't be provided with it.
 Everywhere MT. Cummings is greet ed by good sized audiences of men and women who never fail to grow enthu- siastic as MT. Cummings talks Wilson and peace. The ';frosts" at Cum agination of his enemies.