The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-22

for both of these measures than fhera were Democrats voting for them
 In connection with the draft, yCu also, perhaps, are aware that the Democratic chairman of the Military Committee and the Democratic leader and the Democratic Speaker were all opposed to it, and that the President had to call on the senior Republican on the committee, MT. Kahn of California, to manage the bill in it's passage through the House.
 And it has been true since have been in Congress that in many of the great military measures which the President has desired, the heavy work in the House in advocating and putting through the measures has been done by this Republican, MT- Kahn.
 Politics Adjourned?
 The President has said that in this crisis politics should be adjourned, and I agree with him, but in order to adjourn in the case of politics, it is necessary that both parties should agree. You can judge for yourself by some recent events in connection with the Senatorial election in Wisconsin, when MT. Lenroot was elected, whether the Democrats then thought that politics should be adjourned. You will recollect that, in the Wiscon- sin election, the Democrats nominated a Federal officeholder, who resigned his position in Washington and went out to make race for the Senate. The President interfered personally in that case, and wrote a letter intt- mating that MT. Lenroot had not stood the acid test of patriotism. The voters did not agree with the .Presi- dent.
 And what shall we say as to ad- journed politics, in view of the Presi- dents recent nomination of MT. Ford through the Democrats in Michigan. If this is not politics of rather rank variety, I do not know what it is. Even so ardent a supporter of the President as the New York Evening Post says: We confess to an utter in- ability to understand why MT. Wilson desires his election, unless it is to have a Senator from Michigan who can be counted on to vote as told.''
 But, whether politics is adjourned or not, I am convinced, as a patriotic American, that the Republican min- ority in Congress should be there in its present full strength, and my be- lief is that, if the Republicans could control Congress, the result would be an assistance and not a hindrance to the prosecution of this war to a suc- cessful conclusion.
 Connecticut in the War
 As to the war itself, I need not speak. This district and this State have already a proud record. Many of Connecticut's sons have already given their lives for the freedom ot the world. One of our Connecticut regiments, the 102nd, has already achieved the high honor of being cit. ed for bravery as a regiment. Our great war Governor stands out in the first rank as a showing what a real American Executive should dc in this crisis. The State of Connec- ticut and this district have met al, demands on them, and more than al | as to men and money and persona sacrifice, and am sure that the Statt will continue this good record unti l the objects of the war are attained an( we welcome home our victorious sol. diers and sailors.
 I am grateful to have had, in Con gress, some part in this great work and I accept your nomination witt the pledge that, until the Kaiser ii beaten and our flag with the flags o our allies waves triumphant, so ia as my vote on any war question i concerned, politics IS adjourned.