Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-09

State Treasurer c. Harold Gilpatric of Putnam will be renominated, and Sen ator Harvey P. BisseH of Ridgefeld was generally mentioned for comptroller.
 At late hour, while the Wilson men were confident, the delegates believed the struggle would be between Speaker Walsh and Commissioner Stoeckel
 The scene in the Hotel Garde lobby from the late afternoon until long after midnight reminded old time delegates of convention gatherings decade ago. Members of the present and past legis- laures were there by the score and a novice delegate was almost a rarity. Numerous conferences in headquarters of candidates and the uncertainty as to the final lineup, kept the crowd agitated and at the height of lively discussion. Mir. Chairman and Gentlemen:
 A good many things have happened since I have had the privilege and pleas ure of presiding over republican con- vention a good many things of import ance to the people of Connecticut and the rest of the world. Among the most important of these happenings is the fact that the democratic party has made a record. For the first time in it's long and hopeful career it has full possession of the government of the United States
 
 and participation in a great war. For six long years it had full and free op- portunity to prove it's skill in state craft at home and abroad, in peace and in war. IL has also had an opportunity to present this record to the American peo- | pie for their approval In 1918 when victory was in sight-when the American | forces though late in the field and poorly equipped. had struck terror to the heart of the enemy and nearly finished the mighty task they had in hand, their commander-in-chief appealed to his fel- low citizens to elect a democratic con gress in order that he might be able to i fully reveal and establish his plans and policies for the benefit of mankind. People Did Not Agree With Wilson | At home everything had been done by ! himself and his party that could be done | During the six years from 1912 to 1918 | democratic congress had put upon the statute books laws that would bring to the American people all the blessns | promised in the 1lth chapter of Isaiah | but there. were international problems confronting us in the solution of which republicans could not safely be trusted or consulted in Mir. Wilson's opinion | The American people however, did not agree with him, and in solemn referen- i dunn they elected a republican congress i Party platforms are ornamental and temporary; whereas party records are useful and permanent May I not note here that from 1880 to 1885 the republi- can party was in complete control ot the government of the United States g great war was fought and won; and
 republican congress was continued 1T power for more than quarter of a cen tury thereafter.
 Again in 1898 a lesser war was fought and won under republican leadership ant the republican party was continued 1T power for more than twelve years there after Of course, the democratic party
 insists with great fervor that the Amer
 ican people made a grave mistake wher
 they elected Abrahm Lincoln presiden
 Of the United States.
 But let me proceed with the record
 And by the record I do not mean tn
 columns and volumes of rhetorical bird lime" with which the numerous counse
 for the defence are trying to entagle tn
 brains of sympathetic jurymen. I meal
 the official record-the admitted fact upon which the great American jury bas
 ed it's verdict of guilty in 1918.
 It was fortunate that Mir. Wilso , was not a candidate for reelection i
 1918. In my opinion it was providen
 tial that he had two more years in whic f to plead his cause in this country an
 elsewhere and that at the end of thes 1 two years his own party deemed it ey . pedent to terminate his official career.
 People Familiar With Compromises r The people of Connecticut are familia . with the compromises with those .dea1 r 1 wh E1 the league itself contains-th n surrender os Shantung to Japan thc rt
 cogrition of England's title to Egypt s anl many other admitted injGs-ices Ali }, violations of the principle of seIf detern l. nation The people of Connecticut al l. familiar with the obligations contained d article 10 and what they would ha, L. meant to us had they been the law . Q the nations when he rescued Cuba fro l. the hand of her oppressor, and what the 1t would mean to ourselves and other n; l. tons in the future should similar di e tances arise.
 U l speak from personal knowledge wht
 l say that there were but very few den 7, ocratic senators who did not look wi U grave apprehension upon the leag, u as it was presented to them for their a T. vice and consent. In January last Nj T Bryan, the great protagonist of peace
 the man who as MT. Wilson's secreta1
 of state had successfully negotiated l
 less than twenty-five peace treaties b
 tween the United States and other n
 tions-warned his fellow democrats tn
 they had no right to ask the Americ; 4 people to assume the obligations contai - ed in article 10. This blast from trur ? pet of the real Joshua of democrat ia carried consternation into Jericho. " h democratic press of the county advis ? equalization on the best terms possib "a Even the Hartford Times" that fr IT quently dies with it's party but never su le renders saw valor E discretion and war n ed Mir. Wilson that he must not be f. ,e stiff-necked" that he must not object
 changes" in the league.
 st A few hours before the final vote W ,e recorded in the senate. Senator Hitc ,r cock. ranking democratic member of { n committee on foreign relations inform is Mir. Wilson that if he would accept t y treaty with the Lodge reservation e. enough democratic senators would vo