New Britain herald., 1916-10-19
MEX co AND 8~HOU> LAW
 MALONE'S CH!EF TOPICS New York SpcIhinder Make Fig Hit at Democratic Rally ct Lyceum-Canddaes on State Ticket
 Express Tn cir Views.

Before a good sized asse@lblage io the Lyceum last eyeri1y democratic orators strongly upheld tho prcscn. adm.nistration in tho time Of nation al crisis and brought forth strong ar guments to show why Woodrow Will son has earned the right to be re- turned to the White House and why the republican party has been prove unequal to tho task. One of tho speakers, F. F.. Duffy predicted that IT (. k. Hughes is elected it will be national calamity and will set hack the wheels of progress twenty-five years.
 Dudley Field Malone collector of the port Of New York, was the prir- cipal speaker of the evening and is believed to have won over number of votes for democracy by the able way in which he cham Dioned that party de dwelt particularly upon the eight hour law and the Mexican situation in each instance upholdng the presidents attitude A particu- Iarly refreshing feature of this rally was the absence of any mud -slinginy on the part of the speakers.
 Connecticut 2 Piyotal State.
 Democratic enthusiasm was well stimulated before the rally by a band concert in front of the Lyceum $hairman w. F. Mangan of the dem oCratic town committee called the meeting to order introduced E. W. Ielton as chairman for the evening" Mr. Pelton remarked that the votes CT Connecticut are very important to the country as this state is regarded as pivotal state and with one or two other pivotal states. often swings .the balance in an election. He then referred to the democratic strength In this state by recalling the fact that two of the last three governors were democrats and four years ago this state dropped into line and backed up the election of Woodrow Wilson. In talking of the administration of the chief executive, Mir. Pelton termed his record one of achievement He termed especially significant the state nlent of President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard that Wilson's administration has been a progressive one, more so fact than the last four republican aoministrations, and also called at tention to the statements of Thomas A. Edison. MT. Edison. he said. has publicly favored the return of Will son on the grounds Of what he has accomplished. \. F. E. Duffy, democratic candidate for secretary of state, was then in troduced az the first visiting speaker
 Plays Republican Party Out,
 MT. Duffy, it will be remembered, | was formerly a staunch republican |, and more lately an ardent progress sive and he made no attempt to hide ] these facts. Rather MT. Duffy used l them as strong arguments for the ! democratic party, showing how he i had been convinced of the alleged rottenness of the republican party. l "The thing vital importance in this fall election is to vote right" he 1 said, and we. the people. are the jury to whiuk this question is to be referred for nnal decision. I have l been republican. I voted twice for Benjamin Harrison. I voted twice for William Mckinley and I voted once for Theodore Roosevelt on the republican ticket and once for him on the progressive ticket. l, also voted sor William Howard Taft in 190S." He Ehen proceeded to elaborate upon the various steps that had resulted in his turning to the democratic ranks and obtaining the nomination for secre- tary of state which, he declared, was Y entirely unsolicited on his part and accepted only because he felt it to be his duty as well as that of every other citizen to mix in politics and do all he can for his country and his state.
 Hughes Election 9 Calamity.
 "I would call the election of Charles Evans Hughes a national calamity. Not because of any especial fault to be found with MT. Hughes, but be- cause of the sinister influence that is beck of his candidacy" MT. Duffy shouted. He then declared that in his opinion the election of MT. Hughes would turn back the wheels of pro- gressive legislation twenty-five years. He told of the intricate workings of the republican machine and termed the private greed and avarice of the \ Wall street interests the Invisible government" that threatens to be- come even greater than the real gov ernment of the United States itself. He told of listening to the pre-eleC- ton promises of William Howard Taft in 1908 and declared that Taft never redeemed a single pledge he heard him make and as far as he could learn never made any sincere attempt to do so. The result Of the last eIec- ton, in which Wilson was elected, showed that the people realized Tafts