The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-12
Keynoter

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 of raising the price paid to the farmer for milk. It has caused much dissatisfaction among the farmers"
 He asserted that "cracked down methods' of the board have result ed tn failure to provide a satisfac- tory outlet for all concerned with a resultant cost of $s00,000 to less N enterprising interests.
 He defended the republican "pay as you go systern,' which, he said, lets the state with cash surplus at Che time the democratic admin istration went into power.
 Brain Trust Assailed
 He assailed the New Deal as having it's origin in "brainstorms" and an utter failure and a reckless disregard for the spending of the peoples money.
 what is nedeed, he said. ''is more business in government and less government in business"
 Tt is inevitable" he said, "that in t1fe coming campaign national issues will overshadow the state issles to an extent hitherto un- prSredented ir non-presidentiai yc0Ss IuC PidA lT4tA ID, VS are in the midst of an indisious, creeping revolution
 The national administration. he asserted, is practicing radical in novtaions'' which necessarily must have harmful effect upon the country.
 If you criticize, you are hard boiled reactionary, tory. a canhi- bal, you are one who wants to re- vert to. the reign of tooth and claw, you are q traitor to your country, and much more of the same kind.' s
 The choice ahead. he declared. depends upon the sentiment of the voting populace.
 The people who were not given the opportunity to pass upon these radical policies before their adop- tion, must pass upon them now" Tn part the keynoter's formal address was as follows:
 We have come together from all parts of our fair and beloved state to select candidates for the highest offices wihtin it's gift. to take our bearings in the present crisis and make clear our stand.
 Let us pause for 2 moment to point with pardonable pride. to the fact that here in Connecticut was established for the first time in history a free representative gov ernment. and that our state, unifi- fluenced by the wave of populism that swept over the country some years ago, still cherishes the re- publican model of representative government which our fathers es- tablished. That form of govern menf, the final fruit of centuries of struggle for freedom, will suc- ceed just so long as the individual citizens are ready and willing to perform the services that are re- quired of them for its success. We pledge ourselves with full devotion to. it's maintenance.
 We, in Connecticut, also believe in q bi-party government. and Tn party responsibility - two things which have proved to be no incon- siderable. factors in preserving that model. We shall, therefore, in the coming campaign. seek the support of the citizens of Connecticut, not alone because of the fitness for of flee of the candidates here to be chosen, but also because of our party's record and principles. And so 1t Is meant at this time to call to mind some of the outstanding facts in that record. and to state the Fundamental principles of govern ment whose enduring value has been proved through long years of experience to which we republicans of Connecticut give unswerving al- legiance, and to note the trends Tn current democratic policies which threaten their abandonment.
 Pay As You Go Policy
 Twenty years ago. the republican party coming into complete control of all branches of the government a control which 1t held for 16 con- secutive years. adopted a pay-as- you-gc policy, and set about to pay it's debts. which at that time amounted to over 16.000.000. lt then passed a law limiting the bor- rowing power of the cities to 5 per cent of the assessed valuation of their property. No state has g comparable record for sound fis nancing. The debt was wiped out. and we found ourselves in July. f931, in the middle of the depres- sion. not only free from debt, but with An accumulated surplus of $7.35,246.49 in the treasury. This enabled the state, without either borrowing or increasing taxes, to enter upon an extensive construc- tiorf program which provided addi- tiof1al facilities lin its humane inr stitutipns, and at the same time
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