The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-16
SPELLACY SCORES LEAGUE OPPONENTS,
 PRAISES WILSON

New Haven, Sept 1s.-The speech General Thomas J. Spellacy as tenn porary chairman of the Democratic state convention last night is as fol- lows:
 Text of MT. speIIacy's Speech.
 Mir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
 It is always a pleasant privilege to be assigned to preside over a Dem ocrauc convention.
 We invite the women of Connecti- cut to join with us. We extend this invitation not because we favored suffrage and our opponents by every means within their power strove to impede it's progress. We welcome the new voters not because we desire their assistance for. partisan success We invite and welcome them because of the ideals that we cherish and we feel that they belong in a. party of progressive ideas, a party that has Fulfilled its every promise, a party of achievement.
 In national election, the great federal issues necessarily overshadow any state issue. Yet we ought to re- member that Connecticut needs housekeeping. Our Republican friends have emascuLated the civil service law, passed in the admins tration of Governor Baldwin, so that 1t Is not alone without teeth but without either shadow or substance. So much so in fact that one of the Repubhcan commissioners resigned because. while he was civil servica commissioner. he could not discover any civil service. Then two years ago and four years ago we had hand bills distributed broadcast through out the state announcing the terrible deficit that had been established in the state treasury as a result of four years of a Democratic governor Of cours4 the legislature was Republi- can in both of it's branches during the first term of that governor and Republican in one of it's branches in the second term, and all the money spent was voted by this Republican legislature. That did not make any difference. The Democratic governor was responsible. Now we have had both Republican legislatures and Re- publican executive officials in all de- partments for the last six years with the result that the next legislature will be obliged to increase the rev. enue of the state and, I fear, with a state income tax in the event of Re publican success.
 In 1912, in the administration of Governor Baldwin, the state collect2 ed from all sources, $5,615, ,417.72. This last year the state income was $15,090,167.S5 and our deficit $4,- 284,6SS.81, although in 1918 we had million dollars From this deficit should be deducted $2,27S,S15.97 in- vested in the Soldiers Relief Fund. The increased taxes imposed during the past six years have been a bur- den to our business industries and to our people. Extravaganza has been unbridled. It is time to call halt We have enough of taxes. without increasing them. The outgo must be cut to meet the income.
 Just briefly I refer to the grab Of the water power privileges of the state and the handing over of them tod INry f1n chairman of the Republican State Central committee. Perish the thought that he received any favor because of his official connection these days of conservation, at least Connecticut might have received something in return take it that the chairman was not as generous as the state.
 Senator BrandcEee's Record.
 This year we are to elect a. United States Senator. The Republicans have renominated that stalwart dis gee. I wish had the time to go full ly into his record He hopes for re- election. If the state wants a. man who voted against the child labor law, the eight hour law, the federal suffrage, and other progressive measures, it can have him by re- electing Senator Brandegee- He de- serves one word of commendation- Unlike his fellow senator who is now the Republican nominee for the pres idency, he took a stand on the League of Nations He wasn't going to vote for it until Hades (only he used different word) froze over, and l guess he spoke the truth. nl He won t be in the Senate when the treaty is ratified He will be succeeded by a Democrat who will not want to post none the event so indefinitely.
 Our party has chosen its national standard bearers. They were not se- Iected or agreed upon in a smoke filled hotel room at 2:l1 a. m. Lney after the most careful consideration. The delegates assembled at San francisco balloted for days before agreeing upon a nominee for presl- dent That choice, when made: rep resented the united desire of the nernocratic party to select man ouaIified by experience and tempera- ment to he the president S or st .ne stats of Ohio. We found that the goyernor of that state had been three times chosen as chlef execu, five of that commonwealth lie hao nreviously been in Congress. He nad fPer, small beginnings established h.rase,f as a substantial and success, full man of business We scruoiilt1Su isI,, his record. We exaningI The nors We scrutinized. the closer we eSafn. m. ,rSa the more reason we founa TOT TOT the confidence that the people or ms own state had in him. ,s We veediena nGmihas for ed James M: Cox; or to 1t dwell 1S h1eu upon his s,s1ements me to Teena You know him. The meTican people know him; He d Wlt1 be the next President or the Ohi'eU Sta'es Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 ra wanted to select as our
 1lnee Thne for vice-president a man 1a-o or pp11esidential size. one Ws Wao ve4e ead unan asn onstrateo nI,r choice By acclama- . inous in ar,inated Franklin D. ton tions,t WE He. too, was selected be- ca%se of his demonstrated ;n the aplS:y navy You KhI~ the next vice-president of L Irnited States. ,,i,1 the hsye nominated men who VII