New Britain herald., 1919-03-19

the Hotel Bcloin last evening
Naming was pleasantly spent anC
mo republicans fraternized. The
WINNER speeches were made BY
mr. of the House James T
of greenwich; Representative
Sim d. Rudd, Of Salisbury, and
AZ George A. Quigley. Council
NfJ. Glstave Johnson presided as
master. Seated at the speakers
k with the men already mentioned
M Alderman II. p. Richards, Sen
f@George w. Klett and Representa-
&s Edward Hall and Richard
Eert. ~ T..
80 Walsh First Speaker.
aBpcaker Walsh was the first spea ker
the evening and he said the ocoa-
ton was his first visit to New Brit
al: IIe told of a brother and two
HistRrs graduating from the local
HsSoralal school and for that reason
Me thought he could feel moro at
Yhome in the city.
He spoke of the trust which New
Britain has at the state capitol in
Hartford. 1T is the "Klett, Hall and
Covert Trust and is most effective.
according to the speaker He said
that anything that was wanted had
to be ohta ined- from New Britain.
even q seat had to be got by ap-
plying to Dick Covert, of New Brit
aim he said. and if he liked you
it might be q good seat
Contin uing, he said: Your senator
is at the head Of the judiciary COM
mittee and is practically the boss of
the state. If you want a bill passed
it is necessary to be good friends with
klett. and then if you want any
money for hospitals, etc, you have
to go to New Britain and the person
OF Hall to get the money That is
why T say New Britain has a 'trus:'
at the CAPITOL
Continuing along those lines he
praised the work of the local men in
! Hartford and the interest they TAX
in state matters. He spoke Of I. w. w.
! work and the period of reconstruction
and said that if we do not feel it in
! this city now he is sure we will later.
. He spoke of his town-Cire nwich-
! which has appropriated 100000 for
! highways this year to employ return
! ing soldiers and sailors, and a like
! amount for new schools for the same
purpose and to hire the mechanical
! mon who went out to fight. He told
! of raising the taxes in order to secure
! he money. He closed his speech by
asking that he be allowed to como
! here in the next campaign and max @
3 red-hot campaign speech.
Rudd Next on Program.
Tho second speaker was Repre-
; sentative Rudd, Of Salisbury. He
/ spoke along purely political lines and
: took for his subject the protective
: tariff He introduced the tariff ques-
ton in a very uncommon manner by
i speaking Of New Britain's growth as
! a commercial center He mentioned
: the fact that when the state was first
founded agriculture was the only oc-
] cupation. He spoke OF James North,
! Of this city. who had the courage to
{ branch off from the regular path and
! start manufacturing. fe also men
I toned the fact that New Britain and
! Salisbury. although practically unac-
/ qua inted, were really close together
! for the former manufa CtureS its
| products from the ore and raw ma
! terial taken from the mines in the
latter town. He spoke of the growth
! of this city after manufacturing was
: started, telling Of the first corporation
! in 1907, and of the big boom which
! started about 1890. He said:
New Britain is known not only in
the state, the New England States,
| but it is also known throughout the
! world for its production OF hardware.
Defends High Tariff.
He then launched into q defense of
tho republican high protective tariff,
asking what it was that insured the
safety Of manufacturing in this city.
40, FL
that all articles Of luxury be bought
. from her and not manufa ctured here.
! He said:
"The protective tariff is by no
means dead If it had ever been dead
We would hardly be on the map. -Four
years ago we were in a very bad
condition. Many did not realize it,
hut the manufacturers did. The
, Underwood tariff was showing itself
very we'll at that time and would have
done it more so. The skin of the
democratic party was saved by tho
war. The protective tariff issue is far
from dead and it will be an issue in
the next campaign; in fact, I think
! it will 'be one of the big issues in the
plank Of the republican party.
I'VE are in q delicate situation ma
tionally at the present time. Novice
! am in politics and l would not
! venture to say anything upon the
| Lea que of Nations, federal control of
| railroads or other big questions.
| There are at the present time the al
ready increasing labor troubles
! There is also Bolshevism. We hardly
know where We will get off. But now
We nave men who will do something
! The last congress has been got rid of
t that congress which did SO much
! big work because it was thrust upon
it, but which seems to have left as
! much undone as it accomplished. The
| incoming congress has q repub lican
! majority and with tho incoming Of il