The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-03
NORMAN TALCOTT
PRAISES WILSON
Greenwich Editor Tells Why
Bridgeport Man Should
Be Sent to Congress.

all the Otner voters OF the FOurtn
Congressional district of this state
shall have an opportunity once more
to vote for Lynn w. Wilson of Bridge
port for the important office of Rep
resentative in Congress Like most
other people whose minds are neces-
sarily absorbed in the question Of the
Great War had forgotten that there
was any such election to be held and
almost that any such thing as poll
ties existed.
You see, most of US, with our eyes
focused outside of this country, are
prone to forget internal affairs. And
this is an extremely unfortunate fact,
for it Is In times like these that the
forces of reaction are most busily at
work. and t"The War serves as a
cloak under which takes place much
lapsing back into old conditions, much
abandoning Of well-earned ground.
In spite Of our interest in interna-
tional questions, our home problems
really need more careful attention to-
day than ever before. On these
grounds alone Mr.. Wilson deserves
election. For no man in Connecticut
is better 'versed in economic condi-
tons. both in the country at large and
locally in the state, than he. Few
AuCl AdNS SHOWN u DTOdQGT anu Keen
er economic vision, and certainly no
man has shown a more determined
desire to stand fearlessly by what he
believes. A clear and forceful writer,
and in my opinion his editorials in
The Bridgeport Farmer during the
past ten years would furnish material
for one Of the finest of the most In
structive and interesting works on
progressive economies and politics
that ever saw the light Of day.
His interest has always been with
the toiling masses Of humanity, his
heart has always been with the aims
and yearnings of the people for a bet
ter. and kinder day. a day when
the light OF reason and generosity
shall prevail, when greed and cruelty
shall no longer dominate. and when
want and the fear of want shall no
longer Turk spectorlike and menace
ingly behind three-fourths of human
ity.
Lynn w. Wilson stood as the firm
supporter of progressive ideas, when
the adherents Of these ideas were few
He expounded them in his paper and
he talked them at meetings and con-
vent1ons. When he was asked he ran
on political tickets against powerful
OPpOAClIos w H6A CA6 was u61SaCcO
and was laughed at by his enemies he
only smiled. He was satisfied in the
knowledge that he had done his duty
and in his mistaken belief that SOON
or or later the ideas which he stood
for would triumph.
No man who has known Mr.. Wilson
personally during his year of work
and conflict can withhold the admira-
ton which every real man feels for
another who is honest, fearless, intel
Hgent, broad and generous, who is un-
flinching in matters of principle, yet
tolerant and kindly In matters of OPP
tnton. And no man who sees the
trend Of the timea can doubt that
most OF the things which Mr.. Wilson
upholds and has upheld will shortly
be realities, For he Ia no wild-eyed
radical. no dreamer, but just a clear
minded thinker who has been able to
see farther ahead than the hide-bound
conservatives who have been his op-
ponents in this state.
He is a New Highlander, through
and through, though born in the mid
die west, for his family settled in this
state nearly three hundred years ago,
and he himself has spent his life here.
He Is typical of the very best that is
- 49, OAA %AAAA0A AGeSA 6tOGA--tl1I part
OF it which has neither become ultra
conservative through wealth nor de-
generated through evil economic sur
surroundings. He has been close to
the firing line Of New England in
dnstry and he knows it's needs-the
needs both Of the manufacturer and
the employe. He is inspired by no I'M
reasoning hatred of capital" yet he
knows the wants, the aspirations and
the, just due of labor,
AS representative of the human
and economic life Of New England he
may be regarded with confidence by
the voter But personally have been
thinking OF him in relation to this
huge International struggle which
takes up SO much of our minds, I feel
that we need men like Mr.. Wilson in
the councils of our nation today, And
the thousands of thinking men and
women whose eyes are fixed upon
tnat DAY which is coming sooner or
iater-the day when the peace terms
shall be settled upen-feel the need
Of having men like him in Congress.
For those men and women are not
concerned so much with the thought
OF military victories. with economic
expansion, as they are with the per-
manent establishment of a worldwide
cono1t1on where humanity can live
and grow, free from the deadenina
pail OF ever imminent war.
We want men in Congress Whe will
insist upon such a settlement as will |
forever free the world from war ana
hatred, not the result of a mere bag
cling over boundary lines and trade
lights. We want ment of broad hu-
nan understanding and noble aspira-
ion to be on the job and represent
Us, not the small but powerful eie- |
nent which looks forward to a day
when Washington shall combine the |
greed for commercial empire that has
been England's fault, and the lust for
military power that has been Ger |
nany's curse.
Mr. Wilson. as take it, is capable /
II considering this world struggle not
'nly from the point Of view of an up-
holder of American ideals but from |
hat of a lover and servant Of human
ty. He is not hater of the German
ace, nor lingo. He does not yearn
or revenge uron any nation nor to
'unfsh any nation, yet he realizes the
tern necessity Of obliterating military
lutocracy as represented by the Ger.
nan ruling class today. AS + under
tand him. no one will be firmer in
Idhering to the task OF overthrowine
a To