Putnam patriot., 1928-10-11

ical glass of beer was stressed by George II. Cohen, United States Dis trict Attorney of Hartford. Mir Cohen and Tax Commissioner William +. Blodgett, the other speaker on the pro- gram. also emphasized that the most ! important issue Co the residents of | Connecticut in this national campaign is the protective tariff They spoke al the Republican banquet, Tuesday evening
 Both Mir. Cohen and Mir. Blodgett brushed aside the questions of prohibi- tion and religion as having no place in the issues of the campaign except as they have been injected into the public discussion by the opposition Democrat ic party. A protective tariff, such as the Republican party has always stood for, Is the Gibralter of the manufac- turing industries of this state, and the Democrats are not to be trusted even though they admittedly recognize that some form of protection Is necessary to the industries of the country and propose "mongrel" doctrine which they call competitive tariff"
 Both speakers predicted that Wind ham county will remain strongly Re- publican, but urged those within their hearing to work unceasingly to that end. especially in getting out the vote on election day.
 Capacity Attendance
 The banquet Monday evening was sponsored by the Putnam Unit of the Windham County Republican Club The dining room at the Putnam Inn was taxed to capacity and there was a small overflow in a private dining room nearby. In all 125 representa- tive Republicans. representing nearly every town in Windham county, sat down to most excellent meal pre- pared under the supervision of Land lord E. C. Rogers.
 The dining room was profusely dec orated with American flags and pie lures of Herbert Hoover. Empty beer steins. used for decorative purposes, were allowed to remain upon the side walls and looked down upon the gath ering, doubtful if their active service will ever again be required. The slo- gan of Mir. Cohen might well have been turned about had he noticed the time worn display-the empty beer mugs vs. the full dinner pail.
 The head table was decorated with cut flowers and greens. Here were seated beside the sneakers of the eve ming. Mrs. Mary F.. Moves of Willi- mantle. president of the Windham County Club; Mrs. Charles Gates. Wil- limantic. viee-chairman Miss Anna Levitt, Putnam, secretary; Miss Ellen Darbie, Danlelson. treasurer; Mrs. Villa Rich, vice-chairman of the coun- ty organization and president of the Putnam unit, and John Donahue of the state tax department.
 As the hour was growing late when the final course was served. the post prandial exercises were immediately begun. Mrs. Rich introduced the duced the speakers.
 Regrets From Miss Byrne
 John Donahue. of the tax depart ment. spoke briefly and passed on to the audience the regrets of Miss Kath- erine Byrne of Putnam at being un- able to be present. Miss Byrne, vice chairman of the Republican state cen iTNi tOIlFliLtttt NhfNf was detained in Hartford by an important meeting connected with the campaign.
 Mir. Cohen was next introduced. He predicted that the town of Putnam and all of Windham county would re- main. as always in the Republican col umn, and urged an untiring effort to roll up large majority.
 Mir. Cohen charged that the Demo crats were trying to confuse the issues by injecting prohibition and religion into the campaign when they have no place there. He then pointed out the time that would of necessity elapse. seven to fifteen years, before it would be possible to change the constitution, and the fact that the president has nothing to do with such proposed changes, which originate in the con- gress. (Which had you rather have. v asked Mir. Cohen. ''the full dinner pail or the mythical glass of beerF He brushed aside the religious issue, pointing Co the statement of Mir Hoov- CT that he wanted no votes because Of | the religious belief of any candidate. ! The attorney then entered discus i sion of the protective tariff as the most l important issue in the camnaign Co | the people of Connecticut. He illus trated its working by pointing out the greater cost to manufacture a sewing machine under the high wages paid American workmen and the better working conditions as against China, where wages were few cents a day. i Assuming that the Chinese made ma chine cost SEQ and the American ma chine ss0, tt became apparent that ! America can not compete with China, ] or any other country where living con- ditions are far below the American standard. That without a protective tariff American industries must fail or else lower the wage scale with its corresponding poor conditions for the working man,
 He said that the Democratic party, always a free trade party. had come Co see that some sort of @ protective tariff is necessary to preserve Ameri- can industries. "Thcy are offering some new kind of animal. some mon grel called a competitive tariff He said he was at a loss to know what this thing called competitive tariff is, but he was sure that it meant the lower ing of the tariff. a tariff favored by ' the Republican party. Tn elasing Mir Cohen again referred to the paramount issue for the state of Connecticut as the full dinner pail or the mythical glass of beer