The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
Bridgeport Pleased
With F. D. Roosevelt

An expectant crowd began to gather
In and around The Stratfield early
Saturday afternoon. By o'clock the
walks were 80 well filled that it was
with some difficulty that passers by
got through and some of the waiting
platoon of police opened a lane for
them to walk in. The lobby was filed
with prominent Bridgeport Demo-
Gratis. Upstairs in the sun parlor were
more prominent Democrats of both
sexes. Newsboys wrigg1ed around
trying to dispose of their stock and
there was a soft hum of conversation.
Earlier in the day there had been
Republican convention to nominate a
candidate for congressman from this
district. Perfectly safe delegates had
nominated Congressman Merritt of
Stamford to be candidate to succeed
himself and as the Republican wheel
horses from the country towns, wear
ing a. picture of Merritt on the lapel of
their crowds, filtered out through the
crowd they seemed surprised to find
that, contrary to all they had heard,
there were so many real genuine Dem
ocrats in the city.
From the time the Coast Artillery
band played for a few minutes. AS
the delay lenegthened the crowd in
creased until there were several thou
sand people lined up on the sides of
the street to get a glimpse of the
Dem ocratic candidate for vice presi-
dent
SUDDEN clearing OIL the STREET ny
the traffic officers caused the words
He is coming" to be passed along and
the lines frightened but in a moment
the clang of a bell as an ambulance
rushing past going to the help of
some unfortunate showed the crowd
its r2istake-
Soon after three an . automobile
bearing the candidate, who had been
delayed en- route from Hartford, drove
up to the curb A man. tall, well
hns ann in
with a tanned and pleasant face and
giving a general impression of ability,
stepped briskly to the walk and shook
hands with Postmaster Charles f.
Greene and passed on into the lobby
of the hotel with him and other mem
bers of the reception committee who
crowded around.
Quickly passing from the lobby to
the sun parlor he was introduced
around and then came down and was
escorted to the car of Senator Clark
which was in waiting. He was joined
in the car by Judge Robert Marks of
Ohio, who is campaigning with him,
+. E Atwater, and the chairman of
the Democratic Town Committee,
John A Cornell
With the Coast Artillery Band and
a. platoon of police preceding the auto
in which was the candidate a long
line OF automobiles formed and pa
raded down Main street to State
street, west on State to Park avenue,
and down Park avenue to Seaside
Park
On arriving at a point opposite the
band stand the police opened a lane
through the crowd and Mr.. Roose-
welt and his party made their way
to it
Chairman Cornell introduced as the
first speaker, Judge Robert Marks of
Ohio, "A friend of Gov. Cox. Judge
Marks told of his acquaintance with
1t Deyine Of the End Div, whom he
had known in Fra nr'e when they were
both wounded and in the same hos
pita1, paid him tribute and said he
hoped Bridgeport would elect him as
its next Judge of Probate.
He next sketched the early life of
81 his friend, Gov. Cox. telling of the way
he got his start in life and finally be-
came a power in Ohio public life. He
referred to the fight to rid Ohio of its
political bosses whom he named as
Standard Oil Joe" Foraker, Mark
Hanna, George b. Cox and Senator
Harding. He told how Foraker came
TO be known as STANDARD Oil Joe"
because it was discovered that he had
taken $4,000 from the Standard Oil