Republican farmer., 1918-06-28
MERRITT CHOSEN
 UNANIMOUSLY BY
 REP. CONVENTION
Between 40 and 50 Dele gates Met At Noon at
 The Stratield.
NO OTHER NAME
 WAS CONSIDERED
Robert Whitaker of Stan ford Made Fine Nomi-
 hating Speech.

Delegates to the Republican Con- gressional convention met this noon at The StratfieId for the purpose of nominating a representative man for | Congress from the Fourth Congress sional district. There were between 40 and 50 delegates present and the sentiment of each and every one was unanimously in favor of the renom- ination of Schuyler Merritt of Stam- ford as the candidate for the office. MT. Merritt is now a member of Con gress, having been elected to fill out the unexpired term of Hon. E. J. Hill.
 MT. Merritt's name was placed be- fore the convtntion by Robert Whit taker of Stamford. MT. Merritt in ac- cepting spoke as follows:
 It is unnecessary for me to say to you gentlemen how glad I am to meet you again.
 So many matters of worldwide i'm portance have happened since I met | you in this same place in October last ,>~that it is hard to believe that only eight months have gone by. As think 1 said to you at the time when received your flattering nomination last fall, I accepted it with some mis- giving, but promised to perform the duties of the office faithfully and with such ability as I had.
 i I said at that time that I knew that you and my constituents in gen eral would expect me to perform the duties of the office in a broad and patriotic way, and above all things to do whatever I could do to helI on the successful conduct of the war I believe I can say truthful1y that have been faithful in the performance of those duties, and I certainly have done whatever I could to further al war measures.
 My experience in Congress has beer extremely interesting and pleasant. think that no man can become a mem. Der of the House without having hi: opinion of the body raised. It i: rather easy and rather fashionable tc make fun of Congress and in way to slur it's members and it's work.
 It is none the less true that, in gen eral, the Congress is made up of abl' men and patriotic men, who perform ! a tremendous amount of work witl j the sole idea of doing the best the! can for their country and for thei constituents. That is true of men ol both sides of the aisle. And tn, l House is also an eminently fair body
 The Speaker and all the members in
 tend that everybody shall have fai
 chance. The days of spread-eagle or
 atory have gone, and the man wht
 gets attention in the House when h.
 speaks is the man who has some defi
 mite information or some valuable sug
 gestion to give in the solution of ques
 tions under consideration. So far a E the Republicans are concerned,
 know that they have acted in an en
 tirely non-partisan spirit. This ha
 been publicly testified to by MI
 Kitchin, the leader of the majority
 and by Speaker Clark. MT. Kitchil
 has said that in no case with regar
 to any war measure has partisanshi
 been injected, and that there has nev
 CT been the slightest attempt to della
 or filibuster. In fact, the unanimit
 and speed with which war measure 0 have been put through this Congres . is a great tribute to it's patriotism an 6 its business capacity. But, while a t N the Republican party, as a party, ha not done useful and constructive worl . not only in connection wiah war meas t ures, but other measures that hay 5 come before Congress.
 It is true that a great many mat $ ters which have come forward final : as Administration measures hay
 been due to criticisms and speeche y which have been made by Republica $ members both of the Senate an h House.
 g It cannot be overlooked that tn r. great manufacturing regions, many n the great farming regions, and eel ,- tainly the great taxpaying regions If the country, are normally and strons r. ly Republican, and the suggestions an Ie advice and criticism of Republican le both in the Senate and in the Hous .o on measures affecting those Stat, S are of the highest value not only l. their own constituents, but to u d country at large. Because it is e ,- sential that all great revenue and f
 nancial measures should be frame ,r not with the idea of punishing ar
 section of the country or treating ~ unfairly, but of producing the be - results in the way of revenue and 'A the same time doing the least iniu1 III to general business.
 Importance of Fourth District, as And I cannot let this opportuni ,g pass without expressing to you, gel
 tlemen, and through you to the di
 trict, my satisfaction and pride
 representing the Fourth Congression
 district of Connecticut.
 r I doubt if there is any district l the whole United States which h.
 more whole-heartedly and united
 and unselfishly supported the w rs than this district It is beyond que ny ton that without it's facilities al ol abilities the production of war m ny nitions would have been serious - concerned, have had innumerab n letters and many calls from my co stituents, and among them there h be scarcely been one which could in al
 way be calle>s selfish. There h
 been a sincere desire to serve t s. country, and to give a mans be ke brains and his resources in that SC go vice without tkSaSht of personal a
 vantage.
 l have scarcely had request ma ew to me which I Eas not glad to he ,e3 along so fa- e my ability and oppc
 | tunities pexAieted. and as to yC