Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-24

Not Fools Paradise.
 And 1t is not fools paradise, either, as the 100 per cent. candidate, as he n1odestly calls himself, says it is. And it is only the fools that can be frightened into thinking sc. Re- member the predictions of the stand patters four years ago that the coun- try would go to ruin in every possible and horrible way if the democratic party should manage to get into power. You know the proud record of our party. Let me give you few proofs of our prosperity in the commercial. industrial and social humane progress of our country in the last three and a half years under the democratic rule The figures are authentic government tai figures.
 I will show you how rich we are and will show you how poor we are. At the close of lhe last scandpatter's administration they left behind, idle and empt.< freight cars, aggregating 426, 900, crowding the side-tracks of the railroads of the country. While today every freight car and scheech- ing locomotive in this land of ours is busy Under the republican rule. our factories never turned out more than while in the last fiscal year our fac tories turned out thirty billions. Un- der the best republican rule employees rceived three billions of dollars and in the last fiscal year they received five billions.
 The country's Wealth Today.
 When the stand patters in 1912, were turned out of the house, the senate and the white house, the aggregate wealth of this country was one hun dred and eighty-seven billions, while today our wealth is two hundred and twenty eight billions. an increase of forty one billions or 21 per cent. In fact our country is the wealthiest and richest country on Gods foot-stoo1. Wealthier than England. France and Germany combined; ten times wealth fer than artistic Italy: four times than France. And besides we have among us one of the richest men in the his tory of the world. have taken you up to the mountains and permitted you to look over our wealth. The con- tentment depends upon the natural, fair and just diffusion of it's wealth. It Is the cozy cottage that beautifies the landscape, not the castles of the rich Rich as we are. beyond any dreams, let us consider whether in the past under the republican rule we have been as good to ourselves or to one another as we ought to have been. It was only few years ago across the ocean that a radical evolution and re- form in laws began. on for social justice. We were slow in the past in lo1hIIIS uD IuS SOCidl progressive WOIk, but when America gets started it will be the best on earth The social evolution in Germany protected the people in many ways. What have we done? My friend before me has told of the progressive legislation ac- complished and I will go him one bet ter There has been more progress sive legislation passed during the past three and half years than since the beginning.
 Many Widows Left PenniIess. President Straus at the National convention of educators of this coun- try in an address stated in figures of eloquence that in every 100 men that die in America, assuming they are married, only three leave an estate valued at over S10.000; fifteen leave an estate between $2.000 to $3.000 and the rest leave between nothing and $2,- 09O. So there are only eighteen widows and their children comfortably taken care of While in thirty-f1ve cases out of the hundred widows were left pen niless and destitute. Make the fig ures 100. 900 then you have got 350.- 060 left penniIess. The democratic doctrine of taking care of the most needed is the incest religious doctrine exemplified in the passage in the Bible, the parable Of the one lost sheep.
 Gov Waller recited an incident which occurred in congress when Judge Prouty expressed his views on the income tax.
 The Income Inheritance Tax. Continuing Governor Waller said: We passed an income inheritance tax which took the tax burden off the poor people and put it on the shoul- ders of the rich. where it ought to have been placed years ago, and where it would have been in Grover CIeveland'ss day if the party had been united as it is today and had follow then, as it wisely follows it's eqdaIly courageous, but more persuasive, presidential leader now
 We have reduced the tariff on things use On exports for the last year were two million dollars more. which is more than ever before. Our i'm ports were less on account of the war. And when this war ends we will con- tinue as strong as we have been It years before they will be able to of fer their goods in exchange for ours as freely as they have done in the past.
 But now. my friends. though you may think It's a Long Way to Tip perary, I have finally reached it. For the first time in the judicial history of our country. an associate judge of the supreme court, the highest court with the greatest judicial power of any court in the world. has been se- duced by political managers to fling off his official robes and be- come a candidate for partisan po1iti- cal honors. Now whatever may be the result of his venture in politics, the influence of his action cannot help having an unfortunate and depreca- tory influence on the exalted opinion of the people of the country. of their supreme court.
 Tribute to Local Press.
 Ex-Governor Waller related the re- publican's views on the removing of Ambassador Herrick and the charge against the president of having turn ed out of office a worthy competent republican for an ignorant, incompe- tent democratic horse doctor. Here
 Governor Waller paid a tribute to the local papers which he considered the squarest and fairest any commit nity could desire and he said that The Bulletin was the only paper that he has seen that did not print the charge against the appointed ambassador. The governor referred to Hughes side stepping Of present day questions and concluded by reviewing the presidents career. his efforts, his trials, contests,