New Britain herald., 1924-09-13
GAMBOLS AT
 THIRD WARD OUTING
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--------- , &r lss and tho visitors stood around. en- joyed the fragrance and wlshed that the call for. dinner would bd bound cd. Appetites were sharped by an- ticlpatlon of what was coming on the menu, S5
 Earlier in the day a program of athletic events was held and husky athletes strove to capture prizes well worth winning.
 Although candidates on the state ticket furnished the main attraction in this three-ring political show. they had q rival in congressmas James T. Regg of Ohio, who was present to sound the national note in the campaign and make 1t harmon ize with the chords that swelled from the throats Of the Connecticut speakers. Congressman Begg ar- rived in New Britain this morning and was entertained at the Burritt hotel by President Isaac Black of the Third Ward club and other prominent residents
 ' Election of President Coolidge and a Republican congress, with John W. Davis running second and Robert La Toilette a poor third. was predicted this afternoon by Con- gressman James T. Begg of Ohio, who arrived here to deliver the principal address at the outing of the Third Ward Republican club at Lake Compounce today.
 ' The congressman. who represents the 18th Ohio district, which. prior to his election had been Democratic for 57 years, has returned after talk ing part in the recent Maine cam paign, and he complained of slight huskiness in his throat, but a long calendar of speaking engagements will not permit of his taking time off to rest.
 Congressman Begg met newspap- ermen in his room and discussed in- terestingly the political happenings of the day. ...
 The speaker had nothing but words Of praise for John w. Davis, the Democratic nominee for prea- dent. but he declared the Jefferson ians had created a condition that made success impossible by nom- mating Bryan as a running mate for Davis. Had they selected an- other man of Davis calibre, the party would get much further than is now possible, he believes.
 The third party cannot succeed because it is fundamentally wrong, Congressman Begg argued. He pointed out that minority rule in- variably brings oppression and the smaller the minority, the greater the oppression. Unlss the third party can crush either of the two ajor parties there is bound to be minor- fly rule, and this he felt was an ut- ter impossibility He places La Fol lette in a class with destruction ists."
 It is folly to call the present ad- a failure, the speaker asserted. and he argued at length the achievements of the administra ton, declaring that 1t had done all but the miraculous to furnish the very best type of government.
 When he was asked how he would treat the K. K. K. issue in his talk this afternoon, Begg replied: T fail to see where it is an issue and will disregard it. entirely"
 Accounting some of the events of the Maine campaign, he charged that the democrats based every ap- peal on prejudice. He remarked that it was queer that Senator Oscar Underwood, an Alabama Democrat. should find it necessary to run up to tell Maine Republicans how to preserve the union.
 Congressman Begg tells interest ing stories of the campaign that preceded his election to the house of representatives He spoke in railroad shop towns during the strike period when feeling ran so high that he was in constant danger of violence, but after a vigorous drive, succeeded in turning the dis trict over to the c. O. P. after more than a half century of democratic representation.
 Congressman Begg's talk this aft ernoon dealt with the foreign and policies of. both ma jor parties and he devoted time to a discussion of the tariff.