The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-28
TAKE CHARTER TO LEGISLATURE

' TAKE CHARTER TO LEGISLATURE D OpUIAR GOVERNMENT does not work the way each in II dividual in the community thinks it should work. would be very government if it did democracy just does work and how aceraned as any other phenomenon, by observing the facts. I.
 When the measurement is made against similar special eecons held elsewhere New England the total vote the commission charter is large vote That many persons should have to the polls this question: energy and organization in the movement the commission plan to have other public movement with which Bridgeport dealt
 Every man in voting community ought to turn out and vote time there opportunity to do Hydrogen ought to unite sometimes the proportions water, to make something else, but they never do.
 The time is very remote when each and every community will infalbly upon each and every question presented for attention.
 ballot merely extension of the representative ys- tenn makes the tribunal larger fairer and harder amper the representative character ballot can be question:
 Women until recently have not voted at al Males do not vote until they have reached majority.
 In Bridgeport with respect to the charter all the people, minors and were represented by the voting males, who actually went to the polls to vote.
 The charter but which Bridgeport handed to by the The people got 1t by the will of perhaps half dozen men, whatever the delegates from city want as charter, the General Assembly usually gives.
 The present charter favored by "A in the council legislature passed it. and the people ratified it with ROOO votes. @
 The Commission plan charter ordered by 4ooo votes
 It is ratified by 6603 votes It charter ordered by the people, accepted by the Ieope There representa- tive authority behind it. authority actually representative of BdepOr than behind all the charters the city had since it became city.
 It alone that the charter had large affirmative There little negative vote. One vote inseyen against the charter six votes in seven were for it.
 Mayor Wilson holds office upon about the number votes the charter received but there against the on he should hold office than voted for him. majority of the people of Bridgeport and very large majority of those voting did not want him for mayor
 Tho charter has many votes Wilson had and only against it Here is Wilson with about the Der of votes the charter had and 5000 votes against him.
 This Is the way popular government works throughout of inc United States The decision is not settled by ideal means by practical is paralyzed the requirement that nobody shall be elected and that nothing shall be unless all the people vo unless somebody has a majority of all the people who do vote.
 Mayor Wilson elected he had than anybody else though thousands against than for him. would take another election and make lot of ble keep voting until somebody had a majority
 Go General Assembly with the charter Assembly to affirm it.
 Take this single argument:
 Vote for the charter 66O3.
 Vote against the charter 839
 Vote for Mayor Wilson 6,687.
 Vote against Mayor Wilson 9,02O
 Give Legislature choice. Ask it to put the charter mayor out Consistency requires the other