Putnam patriot., 1928-09-20


 bv John II. Trumbull as governor of Connecticut, and to the special quail ficafions which made Frederic c. Wal cott the best available candidate for United States senator. He spoke with warm admiration of the record of senator Mclean, and expressed great regret that Senator Mclean had come to the conclusion to conclude his pub lie service with the present session of congress.
 From Senator Moses
 Governor Trumbull then made the announcement that Senator Moses could not be present, and read the tel gram from the yice-chairman of the Hoover and Curtis Advisory Commit tee.
 Will Irwin
 After Mrs. Knight had been intro 1 duced to the audience and said a few words, Will Irwin, author of "The Life of Herbert Hoover" began the Jutline of an intimate picture of the 1 Republican candidate for president that held the audience closely. The author has known Mir. Hoover thirty four years and was in college with him. "I am here to witness that which 1 do know he said. Twice during his talk he alluded to Mrs. IT, win, who sat close at hand. Mfrs. Ir- win, s.Inez Haines," is also writer and author. He told of the great re- sponability thrust upon the shoulders of Mr. Hoover when he was sought to administed in Europe. To keep on with his profession meant large for tune. Mir. Hoover paced the floor all night. The next morning at the breakfast table Mir. Hoover, using one of his rare cuss words, when asked what his decision was, said: Let the fortune go to he'll
 From Great Open Spaces
 Mr. Irwin said he could claim no connection with Windham County. "I came from the great west" he said, "The great open spaces, where men are men and the bootleg liquor is aw .ui." lie did say that he married an eastern girl, and turned toward his author-writer wife beside him on the platform.
 MT. Irwin said in part:
 My job is to speak not of princi- ples or issues, but of our candidate for the presidency, Herbert Hoover. Like the apostle, 1 speak not lightly, but of the things that have seen and hat | do know. For 1 first met Her pert Hoover thirty-four years ago this month, and have followed him ever .,ince through his days as n worldrov 1 ng engineer, his great relief jobs in Europe and the United States. his r t.s h.. safst of Commerce; through every stage of 1he career which l consider the most romantic of the twentieth century.
 We know the chief" as a most warm and human and likeabie and even humorous personality. If some casual and superficial observers do not zee this, that IS due to his Quaker an- cestry and training and strange but attractive quality of boyish shyness. 1 have just enough Quaker background myself Co understand that breed. The Quaker doctrine implies an inner hfen When they are most moved, they tend to centre down"--to go into And Hoover Is q Quaker both by blood and training.
 Backed Him off the Boards
 One of the highlights of his career occurred in January 1917 when Lloyd George, yielding to the military party in Great Britain, ordered the commission for relief in Belgium to cease it's activities and let the Bel gians take their chance with starva- ton. Lloyd -George is supposed to be the most eloquent and persuasive man in Europe. But in an hours converse
 tk k.s hnlf people present, Hoover simply backed nim off the boards and transferred him from an enemy to an adherent of the He speaks when the spir- it moves him. And when it moves him 1t moves him nightly.
 Among those very fine Americans who have staifed his great relief jobs and his great work in the Department Of Commerce. have known but two who did not become Hoover partisans for life. In the last analysis the fact that he is the nominee of the Republi- can part. is due to this element. The factor which gave punch and pep to the campaign for the nomination was the energy and devotion of a great body of able men and women who were not usually in politics but who, having worked under Hoover, took on their coats and plunged into the campaign.
 Great Pronunciation
 was privileged to witness his mo- ment of great renunciation--when un- known Co himself he stepped over from a most successful business career into the higher statesmanship, when he abandoned the opportunity of becom- ing one of the richest men in the world in order to carry without re- muneration the incredible, unbeliev- able burden of preventing starvation in Belgium. Do all of you know, l wonder. that clear through the war Hoover accepted not a single cent for salary and paid his own expenses? Do you know that between 1914 when he took on Belgium and 1923 when he finished the relief of Russia he saved at least twenty-five million lives2 Do you know that Hoover is responsible for the fact that all Central Europe Is not bringing up a stunted, deformed