The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
Unparalled Enthusiasm Reigns As Democrats
 Greet Cummings
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(Continued from Page One) subscribed a like amount. Right then and there for a period of ten minutes MT. U4ashar took t9e sale of bonds out of the hands of William P. Kirk, and said: Now let's see how much sport ing blood there is in my friend Frank Miller of the City National Bank. He said he would match my subscription. I'm listening"
 And Mir, Lashar listened--he list ened while MT Nillers face smiled brightly and he rose slowly to his feet amid the cheers and stamping of feet. TEle president of the City Ma tional bank said:
 ''I accept the challenge. Put me down for S1OO,O0O."
 When 1t was realized that MT. Miller had doubled MT. Lashars subscrtp- tio, pandemonium broke loose, and when a few minutes later he an- nounced another subscription of S100,O0O for the City National baTf1, 1t looked as if some of the women present were going to hug him. But Mrs. Miller was on hand and her ap- pearance forestalled any such at- tempt.
 The head of the American Chain Co. was not to be outdone. He de- parted lTOIl buying or SGlLlll5 4@AD0L y bonds for the moment and announced that there was 8 string attached to his bond purchase. There has been lot of talk about a municipal ice plant" said MT. Lashar. You and l and a lot of others can afford to pay so cents a hundred for ice and if the Republicans don't want to do as the people bid them and build that ice plant, there is little remedy But there are the babies to think of. They must have ice. So I want S25,- 900 of that subscription to be put aside as an ice fund for the babies" For fully five minutes Mir. Lashar had to pause as he was cheered to the echo. It was an unlocked for an nouncement and took everyone by surprise.
 Continuing MT. Iashar said: 'I want to say right here that I trust the newspapers. The heads of them and the rePortars have done noble work. I am going to put this fund in charge of the press I name Lynn W. Wilson of the Bridgeport Times as one of the committee, and he can name the man from another paper" MT. Wilson then named George c. Waldo, ,Jr., of the Bridgeport Post. Before he finished Mir. Lashar pre-
 
 But the sale of Liberty Bonds was not over. The West Side bank through William P. Kirk subscribed $50 coo, Homer S. Cummings sub scribed S1gOOO Charles Sanford sub scribed S25, 900, and so on down the list until O total of $5O3, 600 was reached.
 Playing Republican Ieadars for their efforts to hamper President  made by Republican National Chair man Will H. Hays, Homer s. Cum mings delivered d masterfuI address
 Alderman John A Cornell, presi. dent of the SeQuoyah society, deliver. ed an address of welcome introduc- ing Hugh J. Lavery town chairman of the Democratic party as the toast master. MT. Lavery in a short ad- dress then introduced Mir. Cunmlg. who was followed in tsrn by United States District Attorney John F Crosby, and Don Seitz of Cos Cob business manager of the New Yorl World.
 Mir seitz delivered an address or Jeffersonian Democracy, rapping Democrats of Greenwich for selling themselves out and declaring thu double machine was the shame of thr ICD4AAOCA eAlAS EeA y III 4 all A4GlN COuAAIy y His talk bOrdered op a lecture, ant came straight from the shoulder an' will long be remembered by ever! Democrat present.
 He said the Greenwich machine was capable of nominating and en dorsing Jim Walsh IS member O the legislature and he appealed u Chairman Cummings to deliver tn county from such practices. He saiC that unless one were on the alert tn polls would be closed at Greenwich eeThey seem to think down there tha the elections have properly bee taken care of when the town commit tee votes" said MT. Seitz. The speak CTS constructive criticism of tn Democratic party in Fairfield count was taken in good stead by all. an he was heartily applauded when h concluded his address by ren1ndin f1is hearers that he was Jefferso Democrat.
 United States District Attorne Crosby thrilled his hearers with hi optimism for the success of the Dem ocratSc party in Fairfield cfEInt! telling them of the wonderful succes scored here in the last campaign wlle the Republican majority was greatl reduced He also sa3d Bolshevis1 must be combatted to the utmost, an paid his respects to the ladies prei ent-
 Congratulations for the success the dinner were showered upon Il committee of arrangements for tf 1nasterful handling of the details the affair. These men who so abl put across the first dinner of tt Sequoya society were Lawrence Gallagher, chairman; William D. Ht gan, treasurer: William P. Orr, Fran J. Hearn and Frederick Hilsinger.
 The complete addresses delivere by MT. Cummings and MT. Crosby wi be found or page 4.
 Tna Roaners will opppse the ia