New Britain herald., 1918-03-29

SpccC;l OF Acceptance.
In accepting the nomination, DR..
Martin spoke as follows:
"GentlCmen:
"Your committee has told me that
You have seen fit TO nominate me u
the democratic nominee in the pres
cnt campaign.
Il thank YOU most sincerely for tho
trust and confidence YOU have placed
in me and | hope that ii will he real
lied in its fullest sense. As N0UH
leader | shall make it my duty 10 q"
nv uttermost to further the cause Of
the party and bring home a victory
at the polls. That is what YOU want
and that is what | want And this
year. which is the brightest that has
doomed on the dem ooratic horizon for
several years past. is one when every
member Of the democratic party
should and must work shoulder .
shoulder With the courage instillcd by
the victory which is before us. Fight
ing in the good old democratic way
honestly earnestly and COura geOuslN,
and to the bitter end--the result must
be-viCtOrN.
We believe most forcibly that il
remains right with ourselvcs-mem-
bers Of the demo party-vheth""
We shall have a democratic admins
tration or not.
The unsettled conditions existing
in the republican party and that par
tvs dissatisfaction to the cardi-
dates forcing themselves upon it, mako
this a time in which the rank and
file of the voting public must turn to
tho democratic party for relief.
"And why should not the 1ndepen-
dent voter of any and all parties turn
their eyes to the democratic party in
the hope Of good government which
will better their living conditions?
Has not the democratic party during
the last five years. under tho n1aeni-
ficent leadership of Woodrow Wilson,.
promulgated and enacted wise and
highly beneficial laws for the good Of
all American citizens? Has not this
great democratic party, with its great
leader brought about unsurpassed, al
most unbelievable prosperity, greater
than ever experienced before by the
people of the United States? Have
not Woodrow Wilson and the demo-
cratic party lived up to their prom
ises? Have they not championed the
peoples cause; have they not succeed
ed SO we'll that the results almost sur
pass human belief results. glor-
iOus in the prosperity they have pro
duced as compared to the conditions
which existed for 80 years under a
| republican regime.
For so years we longed for a Bet
ter governm ent-better and more
equitable laws which might give Yet
ter results and more osperity-hut
| never did we attain it till the great
revolution came. A revolution Of bal
! lots (not butlets) which placed Wood
Ma ~.
! in power. Since that day, gentlemen,
the ranks Of the democratic party are
! being reinforced by the acquisition Of
! thousands upon thousands of indie
| pendent voters throughout the width
and breadth of the land.
Shall We not expect, then, with
: such dissatisfa ction here in our own
| city that similar things shall be done
j in this bright year of 1918? Do YOU
! think the people of this city can be
! h%pnotized into believing that the last
! four years or the republican admins
! tratOn is such that they will be re-
turned to power? Do you think that
| the people can so easily forget the
| glazing blunders of the present ad
ministration? Has not this late ad-
ninistration been a perfect example of
ineficicncy: Can the people Of New
! Britain ever forget the const1-u cti on
| and present conditions of Lafayette,
| Myrtle and Stanley streets? VIII the
| taxpayer ever be able to digest with
| out nausea the town farm barn under
taking? Is it possible for the citizens
to ever witness again the Juvenile an
tics Of the administration on the sal
airy question? Can the poor and half
| frozen public forget the unwise ad-
vice given them on the coal question
Has it ever been the misfortune of e
community to experience so costly
and colossal a blunder as presents it.
self in the potato fzzie? This blum.
der alone is sufficient In itself to A1r,
| under an avalanche of votes the mar
who and the administration which
| perpetrated it.
| Ger ff1cient unto the day
time alone prevents me from speaking
| more along these vital points. 1t l.
rot eXaggerating to say that the citi
Zcns of New britain are weary from
such q laundering and stupid admin
istration which has become long sine,
& malodor in the nostrils of the tax
payer.
} eve have said that the administra
| ton has made many plumbers and W,
| also say that they failed to live Up =,
: the promises which they made to tn
| people. Some OF these promises a
YOU will remember, were: Reductio,
, of city taxes, telephone rates and fir
} , insurance. Did they accomplish thes
l ! things? No! Of course, not. The
3 | failed on every hand and no metho
. ! of Verba camoufage and expensiv
| advertising can make the people o
| New Britain forget or forgive tina
= | which they SO quickly forgot. TIL
Epeople of this city want a change ]
| government; the democratic party OF
4 fers them q platform whose plank
j are sound and whose promises will u
= J fulfilled. quiet, unostentatious, bus
mess administrator is our platform
f ! and our Watchword is economy an