New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-09-19
Col. Roosevelt Appeals for
Support of His Party
Trumbull, Bingham and
Weld Speak.

were charged against the last demo-
cratic national administration by
Nol. Theodore Roosevelt, speaker al
The annual barbecue of the Third
Ward Republican club at Lake Com
Dounce Saturday, and G. o. P. was
held up by the speaker as the or
-anization best fitted to govern for
he common good.
Col. Roosevelt painted word pic
ure Of the national capital wher
he democrats went out Of power
seven years ago and of today. He
compared tax conditions, govern
, ment payrolls, employment condi-
! tons and the national debt.
No Political Berths in State
! Preceding Col. Roosevelt on the
program was Governor John Fl
rrumbull who was presented by
Chairman Donald L. Bartlett as a
man who, in his opinion, typifes
Yankee shrewdness.'
There are no political berths In
Connecticut. according to Governor
Trumbull. The men who fill posi-
lions for the state of CONNECTICUT
are mt there sorelv nv virtuo nj
their ability to fill the job" he con-
tinued. Speaking of the new system
under which tho st,to ho.ra ~
finance and contro, was creatod he
said "The new svstar, docs mot coo-
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near iuture' Inc senator told OF
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meeting heV' H. r. Plhl' formerly OF
inns city
IN welcoming the guests Mayor
Gardner G. Weld called attention to
the fact that nj
in state and national politics had
their inspiration in the annual third
ward barbecue,
Chairman Donald Bartlett made
the announcement which many re-
ceivcd with surprise that had not
death interviewed the late Presi-
dent Harding would have been
speaker at one Of the third ward
outings, he having made that
promise.
Col. Roosevelt's Address
Col. Roosevelt spoke as follows.
1--WE Americans are hard headed
people When a. party or candidate
stands before us asking our support
we very rightly say, What are YOUR
qualifications? Tell US WHY we should
believe in YOU
after all, the country is the great
est business we have. We are all
shareholders and all on the board of
directors. Not only that. but if the
country is run badly, all of us suffer
sooner or later. We should there
fore be even more careful Of its af-
fairs than we are Of our private bus
inesses. The manager is the most
important element in a, business. The
political party in power in the ma
ton is the manager of the nations
business. We should select the man
ager of the nations business with
common sense and care. When Sc
lecting manager there are two
things we wish to know. We wish
to know what his record of per-
Torrance in the past is, and what his
plans for the future are.
stands before YOU, asking not only
to be returned to power but also
to be given an increasing majority
as a. vote of confidence in the work
it has done. We republicans ask
nothing more than that YOU study
the facts. We have no alibis and
no excuses. We are prepared to
stand or fall on the record. We are
prepared to tell YOU of our per-
formances in the past and our prom
ises for tho future We ask Won
TO Judge the sincerity of our prom
ises by the standard of our perform
anco.
when we came to Washington
seven years ago we found a govern
ment which had been under demo-
cratic control for eight wears. It
was comn1etelv disorganized. There
was no cooperation between the gov
ornamental dcnartments. There were
armies Of federal EMPLOYEES. Some
were busilv engaged in Duplicating
the work of others: some were doing
work for which there was absolutely
no need. still others were doing no
work at all but drawing their salar-