Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-24
NORWICH DEMOCRATS HOLD RALLY
Good Sized Audience Heard Ex- Governor Thomas M Waller and Hon. Daniel P. Dunn Town Hall-Women Includ- ed Among Those Present-Wiliam H. Shields Presided

l CT days, when In the political rlnS, ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller thrill ed a good sized audience, including eight ladies, Monday night at the dem- ocratic rally held in the town hall. Daniel F. Dunn. mayor of Willimantic, l the democratic nominee for congress i from the Second congressional dis trict, was the other speaker.
 When William H. Shields, chairman 1 of the meeting, introduced ex-Governor Waller the hall rang with cheers and everyone stood up. In introducing Mayor Dunn. the first speaker. Chair l man Shields said: For the 1irst speak CT l will introduce Daniel P. Dunn, candidate for congress and a man | well known throughout the state; a man who has made a record as mayor of the city of Willin1antfc and as a democrat; a man who takes special l interest and great enterprise in pro-
 noting the laboring classes of the state.
 Chairman, ladies, gentlemen and fellow democrats: I desire at this time people of Norwich for their many kindnesses and courtesies towards me. can assure you that I appreciate
 everything. I remember well when I
 ran for the office of comptroller of the state of the work done by the citi- zens of Norwich and I would be in
 grate not to appreciate your works. Now friends, you have with you to- night man who in '76 was candidate from the third congressional district,
 now the second. I remmeber when
 with colored capes and caps we
 marched through New London and Windham counties, following the great
 patriot, the great old democrat. Gov
 ernor Waller. In those days it was the hurrah and the noise I do not
 propose to dwell very long about the
 issues of the campaign. 1 am sure that 1t does not require a lawyer collegebred man to fill the position of congressman from this district. It is
 man who is capable of choosing judgment, common sense and who finds out what his people want. It is man who will go out and work for his constituents.
 He does not need to be making speeches in the house but he should be a man who would go into the com
 mittee room and fight for the best in terests of his constituents. That as l your candidate, if I am elected, l am going to do. l shall find out and make it my business to know what l the people of my district want ir-
 respective of party. As, when elected, 1 l shall be a servant of the people. I will work for the workinsnan. You
 will know just where I stand on ev- | cry measure that comes up. When l it comes to the interests of the a.gri- ] culturists and other progressive leg 1 islation which may come up and | which. will be of benefit to my consti- ] tuents, you will find me working and l voting for such measures. I will ask ! why my friends voted against the ru- I ral credits system. a measure which puts the agriculturists and farmer in l a position where he can be independ- 1 ent, a measure which enables him to 1 go out and raise money on his farm and stock and get all the latest i'm plements. The people of the cities 1 arc beginning to realize more now the l help of farmers. The Eight Hour Law.
 We have the worbingmens con- pensation bill. I wonder how my friend stands on that bill. Why did | he dodge the eight hour law. a meas
 ure which surely kept this country 1 from starvation, @ measure in which President Wilson took action on the | side of the common people? And the i candidate for the republican party | says he would have insisted on arbi- tration. No, friends. that strike would have come, but we had the man of l the hour. a man who had the work l ingman at his heart.
 There has been more. progressive 1 legislation in the democratic admins 1 tration during the past three and a | half years than the other party has publican party has been making promises for the past Is years on what they would do. Show me one act passed that is for the interest of the progressive legislation accom- plished by the Wilson administration you find the following measures: Fed era1 reserve act, rural credit law, workingmen's compensation law. child | labor law, Clayton antitrust law. good | roads legislation, income tax, non
 partisan tariff commission.
 When the War is Over.
 Gentlemen, I say to you good times and prosperity have come to stay. When the war is over and when the l belligerent powers in Europe, which God only knows. they will want the products of this country just the same. And the same prosperity will con- tinue. We are a patriotic nation, a progressive nation and a nation at
 peace with the world. We have had | our sons on the border. but they are returning, some have already return ed safe, better for their experiences;
 better men and better soldiers for the country. They do not come back with the loss of an arm, leg, sight or crippled for life.. dependent on others.
 They are not like the boys of Europe
 and sound. Many a prayer has been sent up to heaven by mothers, fathers daughters and sisters of our boys to
 heaven for their safe return. They have returned and as ex-GoVernOr
 Glynn says. this policy may not have satisfied some. but it satisfied the
 mothers of the land. the fathers of the land, sons of the land, who will
 fight and die for our flag when honor draws the sword and when justice
 calls for the standard which they up-
 hold. Thousands of votes will be cast
 Nov. ' his way for the reason that he
 has kept us out of war. Now, my
 friends, I desire again to thank you
 for past courtesies and am pleased to
 see the large number here tonight
 This is a democratic year. We are on
 Nov. going to be on top and elect
 the entire democratic ticket You are
 going to send to congress from the
 second district, a man at your ser
 vice.
 Concluding Mayor Dunn's speech,
 Chairman Shields said: I will intro
 duce to you the democrat of demo-
 crats, ex-Governor Thomas M Waller.
 Governor Waller extended thanks for
 the cordiality shown in his greeting
 and he said it reminded him of the like courtesy he has so often re-
 ceived from the citizens and democracy
 of this city. As I presume there are friends of both parties here, said the speaker, I shall not be led into tefnpta- tion by saying anything that might