The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-21

f1e voted against LI1G D1ll to eS- 1
 tablish the Children's Bureau, which
 has done splendid work for the well
 fare of the children:
 He expressed doubt whether Con-
 at which children should enter mines
 and factories, and when his name
 was called on the vote he was not
 present, but he was paired No.
 The~ leading Republican newspa-
 per in this state is the Hartford Cou-
 rant. A few years ago the Hartford Courant supported the later Ebene- ger Hill against MT. Brandegee, and said:
 ''The reason for electing Frank B. Brandegee to the Senate is that he
 wants to sit there, and the reason
 for electing Ebenezer J. Hill is the
 people of the State want him to sit
 there." Two days later the Hartford
 Courant said:
 We find MT. Brandegee with a. rec
 ord of seven years at Washington, Senate and practically nothing to
 show for all this but an alliance with the reactionary clement The same
 Frank B. Brandegee whom the Hart
 for Courant accused ~of being reac- tionary then is reactionary today.
 In his speech at the Arena, Gov. Cox spoke as follows:
 Governor Cox spoke as follows: "The forthcoming campaign carries with it an especial significance in that it comes at a time when the eyes of the world are upon America for lead ership. The decision made will regis tions of the earth, either as a helpful factor in leadership, or as a nation which is willing simply to take it's place in the ranks.
 Not Partisan Campaign
 'I am not making a partisan cam ton you will agree with me that in every crisis that has arisen in this country, the independent thought of the country rose above and engulfed i the great western country and I found out there that men and women are thinking solely of the honor of the country; that their thought is that of patriots and not that of partisans. Let us dedicate our thought to this consid is our duty as Americans? And let us ask ourselves whether we should not strip ourselves | of every consideration, as the soldier 1 boys did in the face of their great | duty-every consideration except our 1 duty as Americans, because while the , partisan spirit has run high through out the years, we are in the last I analysis Americans first, and in that spirit I desire to counsel with you. | Visits Your Front Porch.
 "In the early part of this campaign mad de up my mind to go before the people and visit as many communities I as it would be humanly possible for | me 10 so QO. SenSeQ, as 1 thought, I the spirit of the institutions of a, free government. I realized that the sov- 1 ereign power was with the people and | I decided that would go to them. I would have held myself a trespasser on the proprieties of the hour and the spirit of our institutions if I had remained at home and asked you peo- | pie to journey there and sit upon my | front porch for the purpose of ascer- taining what my mental attitude might be on questions that are vital. Reactionary Republicans in Control. 'I think I can with full propriety 1 cal parties whether we can't agree in this-that the leadership of the Re publican party has been assumed by 1 the same old crowd that Roosevelt ran out of the trenches in 1912? I ask whether it is not also true that | this crowd-the members of the Sem atoria1 oligarchy-did not write the Republican platform, and whether it i did not nominate the candidate for | the Presidency? I ask you in all seriousness, because I have no con- ] troversy with the rank and file of the Republican party; My contest this Senatorial oligarchy. which formed and has maintained until this hour the most reprehensible conspiracy; against the civilization of the world that this planet has ever witnessed. r Republicans Suppressing Facts. 'I ask you what response would have come from the great soul Of Abraham Lincoln had he been con-, fronted with the issue this year. I ask you what he would have said not only with respect to the conspiracy against the civilization of the world, but the conspiracy which has been formed by the reactionary influences supplemented by the purse and power of Big Business in America to prevent the facts and evidence from gong to 1 the jury this fall. Is it not a sign1h- irc hat in the RenubllCan campaign book you do not find pup lished the text of the League of Ma tions? Is it not true that the men and women of America want the of the covenant. They want to know it's basic principles. They want to know it's form. They want to know whether it does or does not trespass upon our sovereign rights. They want to know whether or not under it our boys can be sent overseas Tn short they want to know whether II does or does not establish a new order in the affairs of the world and whether it is or is not true that the objections that have been registered against the League of Nations are political and captious and mlsch1ev- ouS. Progressive Versus Reactionary Gov ernment.
 ."The chairman of the meeting in his very generous and gracious speech referred to me as a Progressive. am proud to be Progressive. I am proud to feel that I recognize the difference between the progressive ana the reactionary in government. Tho progressive believes and realizes that government is thing of, by and for humanity and that humanity is an aim and aspiration and spirit and l thing of flesh and blood, of nope ana soul, and that if we are to keep the confidence of the great mass Of our l people in our government, govern, l ment must continue to be responsive 1 to the heartbeats, the heartaches ana 1 the needs and desires of the great | mass of our huma nifty.
 | "Radical:sm will always follow a. re- actionary administration, and l make
 | to you this prediction-that four wears of reactionary government at
 1 washington under the control of the l Senatorial o1igarchy will bring to you