Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-23

Haven, who is the democratic candidate for governor, and Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford, candidate for United States senator, were the principal speakers at a . party rally in this city Saturday night
 that filled the town hall to it's seating
 capacity. Mrs. Josepha whitney of New
 Haven had a place on the programme with the candidates. speaking particu- larly to the women.
 Preceding the enthusiastic rally there was a band concert from to $50 by Tubbs' band at the Wauregan corner and
 at $50 the band led the way to the town
 hall with members of the Young Mems democratic club and the party leaders 1 parading with them
 Mayor Milo R. Waters was chairman
 of the rally, introducing Mrs. Whitney as 1 the first speaker. She was given warm welcome and proceeded to speak briefly l of some of the things of interest to wo- | men in. the campaign. She charged that the republican state platform had failed l the women and children. She congrat- ulated the Norwich democratic women l upon the club they had formed and wish l ed it success and she declared that she was in favor of old age pension and Of 1 taking the tax off of gasoline. She urged 1 her audience to work for the best candi- l dates and the best principles and to i'm ] prove the old state of Connecticut by tsk- l ing part in it.
 Candidate Fitzgerald Speaks Mayor Fitzgerald was introduced by 1 Mayor Waters and arose to speak amid a 1 thunder of applause. He said he sensed
 a feeling of victory in the air for the
 democratic party. He went on to speak
 of J. Henry Roraback and the Connee-
 ticut Light and Power Co. worth over ! $20, 0,090,o0o, to which he said valuable ] rights had been given away, going for the personal aggrandizement of MT. Ror- | aback.
 MT. Fitzgerald read an extract from the republican state platform, which re- ferred to the accumulated mess" that
 had been left by the democrats in the
 eight years up to March 4, 1921, and he l went on to quote figures to show that exports increased at an amazing rate from 1913 to 1920, when they were 12 billion 500 million and the United States
 was in the golden period of it's history, At
 the same time the wealth of the nation grew from 1s5 billion to 300 billion
 while he said that in the first IT months
 of republican control of the government | and the showing of a reduction in the ma tional debt had been made by charging
 balances and salvaging war material.
 Attacking the record of the last con gross and reading numerous newspaper criticisms of it. MT. Fitzgerald said il
 was charged with being the worst con gross we have ever had. He spoke oi
 President Harding's veto of the soldier
 bill and criticised him sharply for sign ing the tariff bill that would put burden
 of billions on the people. He claimed the republicans were inconsistent when Pres ident Harding vetoed the soldier bonus but three billions dollars worth of ship are sold for 250 million and the purchas , CTS arc given 75 million for ten years tt operate them tax free.
 :. Speaking of the state of Connecticut ;; MT. Fitzgerald said that the republicans [ had declared for pay as you go policy f but he charged that for the three year f up to July 1, 1922 the expenditures hat
 exceeded the income by six million dol l lars. The legislature of 1921 taxed ev erything it could, the small bushes
 man, gasoline, all adding to the higl
 cost of living I'd stop that, said MT : Fitzgerald, and get something out of MT . Rorabacks twenty million Connection Ha s would, if elected governor, see that tn :. state took care of the mentally defcien s children and he would do what he coul. d to decrease the taxation
 nI Will Ask Questions
 The speaker declared that he propose n to ask Senator Mclean and other repub $ lican candidates lot of questions an U he gave them warning to be prepared He predicted that J. Henry Rorabac Il will not let the republican candidates an swer for fear of disclosures that vii wreck the party worse than the demo
 crats hope to wreck it.
 Senatorial Candidate Speaks
 Mayor Waters introduced Mir. Spellac 6 as fighter and the candidate for U S \ senator opened his speech by chargin , that the republicans had changed thei : minds about this being a no-speakin . campaign and that they were bringing i their heavy artillery for the campaign e MT. SpeAacy said that there were man l things he might talk about, including tn l Volstead law and some others, but h } would speak on the tariff The demo e cratic candidates are not free trader. : They believe in a tariff that will equaliz
 the cost of foreign-made articles with tn c cost in this country. He denounced tn l 1 Fordney-McCumber tariff as a robbe @ tariff and an aid to prohteering. d Under the republican adninistratio C = the last Is months, said Mir. Spel q lacy, there had been five million out L | employment, more bank failures an
 more business failures than ever befor r If a republican tariff were essential t
 prosperity, he wanted to ask why