The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-30
Veness Tells Why He
 Leads An Attack on Town Chairman Cornell

The following statement was issued today by A. B. Veness, president of the insurgent Democratic movement in the Fifth District.
 "It is due to the public and 1t is necessary that at this time a frank statement should be made giving the reasons why, a very large percentage. the Democratic Party are opposed tn MT. Corne1Is singular and autocratic domination and direction of the Democratic Party.
 "1n January last upon the ce1ebra- ton of the Atwater Fall, the Demo- cratic Party had reached the glorious climax of brilliant victory. For several years the party had been broken asunder by many develop ments, by free silver as a. national issue and bitter contentious between local groups for control of the party as local issues.
 Hast November these differences all became sincerely and delightfully."- reconciled and Democrats of all shades of opinion joined enthusiastic- ally together to elect Fred Atwater mayor, and to re-establish Democ- racy as a real living purpose in Bridgeport While this very desfr- able object was very materially aided by the split in the Republican Party, through the vicious control and criln- mai eXtraVa gance of the King-Wilson Machine. it cod1d not have been se- cured if tae Democrat tic Party had not been united and presented good clean issues to the citizens. This unity of purposes and persons at tracted the independent voter.
 DeVoted Democrats were organiz- ed into special committee to run the campaign and secure victory. They gave ungrudgtnly of their time ioteI- hgence and means and conducted such a campaign as had never before been organized in Bridgeport.
 he ton Of all Democrats that this repre- sentative body of influential citizens snouId continue to exercise an influ- ence In the policies and destinies of .ne party. That they should be con ferred with, their intelligence and ey- per1ence utilized, their good influence secured to assist in developing the policies Of party and to help in the arise That they should be utilized co-operatively with the Democratic organ1zat1on,-the Executive ComD,it- tee and Dem ocratic Aldermen.
 Conferences and co-operation he tween party workers and party lead CTS were a necessary and good thing to secure victory and it is cartain1@5 a necessary and good thing to do mas been secured.
 everything was ripe and right for z a,,5go9 gooa man and big man as a Town Cha1rman to establish and noaintain Tor at least several years a, Great and Good Democratic Party.
 In this MT. Cornell has utterly IalIed- Immediately after victory he proceeds to ignore all individuals all groups and all representative elements III the party. To himself determine all issues, all policies all matters con. cerhing the party. He has not con Ierred with representative and inf1II- entlal Democrats, he has not con ferred with the Executive Commit tee, there has not been any lead for cooperation anywhere. Every effort | Deen towards the establishment of a
 Sersonal Machine, the building up of q One Man Power VI 1 Tt Is this policy of MT. Cornelrs l 1hat mas general ted so much dissa tis-
 tactlon in the Democratic ranks. I,
 tS tS, tnis personal autocratic domination l Ihat the large body of Democrats will
 not stand for and desire to end. When MT. Cornell talks abo1t Ang influence and King money he is l taiklng worse than piffle, he xnows surd. ''iu s'o' | When MT. Cornell says that there i is no dissatisfa ction with inc ToU,r | 4ha1rInan that it is not he that is he Ing attacked but that it is Mayor A. | water lie seeks to cover his owr
 crimes or omission and commission by the halo of the Mayor
 me Democratic Party in its en. urety as well as a very large numbe, or other citizens are heartily ana sin cerely with the mayor in tba eoof work he is doing. They want to he1T
 III that good work. They want +o n,er petuate both good work and a eoof harmonious cooperating DemocratiI Party. '' '-' | "A. E. VENESS." l