The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-01
BURIED BY JOHN
 T. AND ATTY. GENERAL

| enjoyed and which some thought he ] had reGnquiShed.
 'I know that that individual is
 here tonight at great sacrifice to
 himself to his return to political ac-
 tivity is going to mean a great deal
 of sacrifice to him of energy and of
 health, and a very great hindrance in
 his large and extensive business oper-
 ations, but this is his child, this or
 ganiZation, and he is here to give it
 the same degree of success that it
 has enjoyed in the past. He is here
 to bring back those who possibly
 might have for the moment followed
 some of the false prophets. It means
 much to him. but it means much
 more to the city to have John T.
 King back here.
 For with him. with his inspiration.
 with his political sagacity-which is
 superior to any I have ever come in
 political brains of this or any other
 generation-with his return you will find the Republicans of Bridgeport
 carrying the election this fall by a | greater majority than ever before
 Without further ado I am going
 to ask you to join me in three cheers
 for John T. King the peerless Re-
 publican leader and the foremost cit i izen of Bridgeport"
 Wilson's Introduction of King. At the conclusion of the Mayors in- troductfon, Mr. King was received with enthusiasm, and his remarks were 1reQuenLly puncIuated by | plause. That he is still the undisputed | leaders of the Republicans of this part of the state would be the impression most impartial observers would gather from the reception accorded him. MT. Kings address in full follows:
 1 Kings Speech.
 'I am glad to De home. And at l that am not away as much as peo- pie think l am- am particularly glad to SC the Attorney General of the ' in TlrrI night. Breaking a, silence of four years, I want to make a statement that perhaps may have some bearing state of Connecticut.
 Compliments HeaIy
 Notwithstanding the laudable am- bftionS of the mayor of Bridgeport to be governor of Connecticut, Mr.HeaIy should have been governor before now Misunderstanding and not malice prevented the present attorney general from being governor of the state of Connecticut
 My reason for saving that he should have been governor is due to this, that he knows the business of the state of Connecticut better than any man who has been governor for self, comes of a stock that likes a brush once in a while. If he were not that courageous type of politician which is the exception in politics to day, if he had divested himself of his original nature, he would have been governor of the state of Connecticut. l say to you that the state of Con necticut has suffered by the fact that ne mas not been governor
 Future Course Undecided
 NOW to be frank with you I do | not knoW how much interest I am song 10 take in politics. I do not | friends of the city of Bridgeport
 ay honestly do not want political | acuVrly: But this is my home, and | no matter where business may o.~r1- | me, this is going to be my home If | Iortune should happen ever to smile upon me-eVen if crowns and jewels | oL kingdoms should come to me nothing would touch me so deenIv .s the confidence which has apnarentT, l been placed in me by some peon1e i1 | the city of Bridgeport I wouidn't if T n9mSn fni1a and wouldn't be grateful II tslleo 10 be responsive to that
 Race and Creed Distinctions
 some people in Bridgeport and some people throughout the state troI e +t .ne delusion that I want to con troI the state organization don't want to: l have done my utmost to make that clear. But, my friends, Amerses Arren the tim time comes in free-born mated against and abused because they have convictions and abused he cause they have vision, and ostrac;zed I because they choose to worship the way they were taught at Ihelr mothers knee, then it is time Tor all decent people to rise in their m iitsnt and smite that doctrine Don't IeI us beguile ourselves or fool our selves. That element does enter into connecticut politics.
 Speaks as Free Lance.
 have been a free-lance. r want nTsfnin nG ofhce and and can speak my mind this is Russia That is one noin+ bring home to you. If won are Americans living in America don't let that narrow, bitter doctrine gain a IoothoId that men should be discrirn- mated against because they bow the knee in reverence to the God of their m n0thers- It may be indiscreet to i IaIk about that, but I have got to be Now a situation has developed here in Bridgeport brought from without. I remember a few years 1so ago when Mayor Mitchell of New | \ ork was candidate for renon1ina- Llon- And unfortunately for him self he was defeated. running as a 1 Dernocrat, in the Republican pri- ( mar mary u-on A bright young newspaper leader of Tammany, and said: They have nominated Mr. Mitchell in town meeting, today MT. l out-of-town fellows there. Theodore | ] Roosevelt from Oyster Bay. Prof. | ] Taft from New Haven and lot of others
 Activities of Suburbanites. I
 That reminds me of the condi- lions existing here today We have { ! lot of gentlemen living in Fairfield | and Trumbull and Stratford who think they are going to run the city of Bridgeport. Some of them are Oemocrats. some are Republicans | some belong to the Chamber of Com -nerce, which has chosen to bring to tseh that class called our leading citizens. Y
 Tax Control Only Issue,
 My friends, there is one contest in the city of Bridgeport politically. and mere mas peen only one contest for | ten years politically in the city of 2 Bridgeport, and that Is the contest to t control the tax office. You people ] who nave your small equities in real s Or