The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17
IN CONGRESS RACE BY SOLICITATION
 IS SENATOR PECK
Movement For Bedding Mans Candidacy Started
 at Spring Convention.

the writer had yesterday with former Senator L. o. Peck, who is fast re- gaining his health. the latter con- | field for the congressional nomina-
 ton this fall. His candidacy, he said,
 was the outcome of representations
 made to him by influential Democrats Of the district whom he met while attending the state convention in New Haven last May. They told him that
 owing to the animosities which MT. Donovan had created against himself
 through postoffice and other appoint
 ments he was instrumental in having
 made the ex-congressman's nomina-
 tion was doubtful and his election, in the event of his being the candidate,
 also doubtful. For this reason they
 were casting about for another can- didate of greater ability and then preference was for MT. Peck if he would consent to enter the contest. Convinced that the opposition to MT. Donovan was really formidable and that existing conditions in general had
 been correctly portrayed, the consent asked for was given. Among those who solicited it were well known Democrats of Bridgeport, Norwalk, Danbury and other towns of the coun-
 ty and since the convention many others have called upon him in fur therance of the movement thus be- gun Personally. MT. Peck has so far done nothing towards advancing his campaign and could not, had he
 been so inclined on account of the dis ability caused by his severe illness. When asked by the writer for an opinion as to his chances of success in the convention he said it was too early to make an estimate but that his friends considered them as at least equal to those of MT. Donovan and Mr. Phillips, the other candidates.
 Mr. Peck has served two terms in the Connecticut legislature, one as representative from Bedding and the other as senator from the 24th dis trict, The qualities he showed from the beginning caused prominent mem- bers of his party to regard him as fit for congress and to predict that in due time he would be advanced to that preferment.
 Two years ago he was talked of in connection with the gubernatorial nomination and that for lieutenant governor would probably have gone to him had he been willing to ac- cept.
 Bedding, Aug. 17-With net pro- ceeds of about $500 the annual fair of the Episcipal church, held in the Sanford school gym last Friday after noon and evening, was surely finan- cial success and not less so in all its
 details including the Old Folks concert or ''Singin' Skule." The sale of fancy articles and the concert brought in about $100 each, the other $1OO coming from various minor fea- lures. A crowded audience enjoyed the concert which in the matter of costuming was the genuine article, the ladies appearing in headgear and f1ounced and belaced gowns originally worn by the great-grandmothers Of the present generation, while the men wore antique swallow-tails and soar ing collars with voluminous white chokers. Miss Myrtle Beck did ad- mirably as singing school directress, and Rev. MT. Cunningham was no less happy as the conductor. The selec- tions included "Iome Again" Sound the Loud Timbrel," "John Browns Body,' Hast Rose of Summer" and Yankee Doodle" The chorus work throughout was in volume and ball. ance eminently satisfactory, and Q duet by Mrs. Charles Day and daugh- ter; a solo by Miss Murphy, and the Quaker's wooing duet by MT. Rasa- nan and Miss Archer were heartily applauded. A dance followed the con- cert.
 An improved financial system for the town was the topic discussed by the Mems club at their regular monthly meeting last evening. D. 8. Sanford described the method in use in Brookline, Mass. This community, a district with 25,000 population, en- closed within the boundary lines of Boston, is an anomoly by reason of the fact that it remains town with a township form of government It probably could not have continued so, MT. Sanford said, without an ad- ministration of its public business ac- cording to modern municipal methods. At the annual town meeting for the election of local officers the modera- tor appointed a financial committee of 30. This committee, divided into sub-committees, subsequently, gave hearings to the boards representing schools, roads, and other departments and made therefrom a report which was printed and placed in the hands of the voters before the holding of the adjourned meeting which fixed 1 the tax rate and the appropriations. | Consequently the voters were enabled to act with a full Knowledge of the towns conditions and needs. In this state, Milton, Trumbull and some | other towns, had adopted the essen- tial features of the same plan. B. A. | Pinkney spoke about this towns l bookkeeping methods. He said that | although somewhat improved of late, | further improvement was possible | Ex-Selectman Barnes and others con- tributed to the discussion, and the l sentiment generally expressed being | in favor of local adoption of plan | for we'll considered financial estimates | as a guide for the towns business meetings in the future.
 Should the town continue free of | infantilep aralysis in the meantime it | is probable that the public schools | will reopen on Sept. 5, although this l depends on the decision reached by | the school committee at the next | meeting. Members say that they now | see no reason for a delay. There | may, of course, be a change in condi- tions The quarantine against chil- | dren from Orange, N. Y., who were | visiting Mrs. Henry Sanford in Pleas hoc