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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
Al Smith. RspubIiean!

Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smiths closing words last evening in the first of his series of anti-Roosevelt speeches to be delivered throughout the remainder of the campaign, If you want to restore America" etc. .. see Mir. Smiths exact words in complete text elsewhere in to- days Waterbury Democrat = ''vote for Governor Ali Landon", were to be ex- pected, in fact, anticipated by many political commentators including the author of one of the Democrats Wash inton columns no later than yesterday.
 As the Waterbury Democrat predicted last night, Al Smith was ready to. shoot the works for Landon and in no round about way did all of that and more. For not beating about the bush and sailing under true colors we at least have to give Al credit. He minced no words; threw accusation after accusation in his effort to pillory and cruelty the New Deal. We need listen no farther than his first speech to know where MT. Smith stands.
 But will all the apparent animosity and hatred for the New Deal as exhibited by the Mad" Warrior have any effect in swaying the Roosevelt voters? Some per- hapS, but we doubt if many. The Happy Warrior as the Mad" Warrior does not ring true There was an emptiness in Al Smiths old time oratory last night, even though at times he tried to scale the pinnacles of 1928. His one and only alibi that the New Deal was not the dem- ocratic party which democrats formerly knew and followed is not convincing enough to counteract that record" as he used to put it. Al Smith more than went the whole way last night. His flat footed endorsement of Governor Landon definitely put him beyond the pale of democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
Drama Deserts The Stage

Drama deserted the stage last evening and descended on the political arena. Scarcely had the evening meal dishes been stored away and families comfort ably ensconced in easy chairs when forth from their radios blared the announce ment that Frank Knox, republican can didate for vice-president, would deliver an address. Mr. Knox did so for much too long a period, because at the end Of his allotted time he had accomplished nothing constructive. As matter of fact his campaign to date has been purely destructive.
 Following him came the person on whom much of republican abuse today is being heaped. If we were to take the speakers of this party at their word we would see Roosevelt who for Machiavel- lian cunning could not be found; demon with horns protruding from his forehead; one of those grownups whose delight is to jump out from dark places and scare little boys and girls; a red of the reddeSt hue; man surrounded by ill advisers who takes their advice Tn preference to his own deep-founded convictions.
 But certainly listening to President Roosevelt last night, as 7O,OOO persons actually did in Pittsburgs baseball park no one could conjure up this picture. The President, as has always been his won't, spoke right out in vigorous terms. He did not cast out his friends, former and pres ent into exterior darkness, because they differ with him on principles and poli- cles No, far from it. His is different nnaitlcal mould. His exposition of the past three years was fair and accurate one. He did not ascribe wonders to his administration, but he did boast ot progress.
 A little later this progress was denied by Alfred E. Smith who said we were on "dead-end street called failure" That is hardly proved by the figures that can be culled from any daily newspaper any day in the week. MT. Smith did not, to our way of thinking, bring fresh or new view of President Franklin D. RooSe- welt other than that which he has ex- pressed before and which many other republican exhorterS have been flashing for the past few weeks. It was bit dis couraging to find Al Smith mouthing such stuff as he did. Forget 1t we can easily enough but forgiving him will be another thing.
 There was bright spot in last eve nings radio program of speeches. Too bad it had to be sandwiched in betwixt the "devil and the deep blue sea-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
French Democracy

Premier Blum's final surrender to the need of revealing the French franc, with the friendly cooperation of the United States government, followed closely after his spectacular radio speech to the world on democracy. That noble utterance, at a time when political freedom is on the defensive in so many countries. deserves to be known and remembered far beyond the reach of it's immediate audience. Here are few passages which American parents might well read to their children and teachers to their pupils, as illustrating the finest political principles of this confused age:
 sThe history of the last century has demonstrated that democratic regimes offer at least as much stability as govern mental systems founded on the omnipo- tence of one man, even though that omnipotence be explained by genius.
 Democracy is precisely the regime that permits society to progress in an orderly way, since it makes progress de- pend on more and more enlightened will.
 "Is it not by democracy that Britain has been able to control that almost ir- sensible adaptation of tradition and progress, which has permitted her to transform all her institutions while re- lnaining faithful to herself? Is it not by democracy that the United States has been able to bring about prodigious economic revival in few years, without compromising legal order for single minute, without going outside the frame work of the Constitution elaborated just after the War of Independence by Amer ican disciples of Montesquieu and Rousseau?
 sNO, democracy does not emerge con defnned by the long trial waged against t. It is Justified by proof as by reason. The debt that humanity has contracted toward 1t in l5O years is infinite France knows 1t, and France remains faithful to democracy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02

Seems funny now that it's strengthened out that we've almost forgotten Dead Mans Curve, that tricky little section of the Naugatuck Valley road. How quickly we slip into new grooves, with no time to remember the old. The same way when Sherman Hill was strengthened and its precipitancy reduced, which was not so much strengthening and cutting down at that, but running the road over a new course We have many minor hairpin curves throughout the state which will have to remain as they are due to the topography hereabouts They are not conducive to fifty miles an hour driving but they add, immeaslreably, to the pie tureSquenesS of our state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02

October usually ushers in program of social, educational and cultural enter tainment in cities like our own. Even in campaign years we have time to consider these same, or should have. Here in our city we have no little entertainment of one sort or. another from October to June. Very shortly the Fine Arts Series sponsored by the Mattatuck Musical Arts Society opens it's 1936-37 season, then comes our well established Civic Art The atre. The various clubs of the city have their own presentations; the Mattatuck Historical Art Society hes quota of dis tinguished speakers as we'll as many fine exhibits of various kinds. And then added to all these and many other events of distinction are our regular moving picture theatres which keep reeling oft the latest in cinematic art. All told the season should not be dull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
Newspaper Honor

It is. a common impression that newspaper -men are a worthless
 lot. They drink, they keep bad , hours, they associate with sinners
 of divers kinds. But the most vi-I cious critic of the representatives of the journalistic calling will ad-
 init that every bona fide news paper man, whatever other faults he may have, always keeps faith with those who repose confidence
 in him. I have been mixed up with the inkpot for a good many
 years and have known all sorts
 of newspaper guys. I have never
 yet known one who betrayed g
 trust which was reposed in him, or violated . confidence given asl a confidence. It remained for the republican candidate for the pres-i idency of the United States to- outrage an unwritten law which the niangiest, scurviest jackal of the Fourth Estate regards asi something which at all hazards must be held inyiolable. The party of Lincoln may well blush for the presidential candidate it, offers to the people. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02

Looking ahead. The 1889 Worlds Fair has been in the works for some time now. We will perhaps pay more attention to the preparations for this one since it is so near our own vicinity. Already figures are set at 50,OO0,OOO attendance. It is expected that it will expand trade in New York. There are rumors that it will be the very largest and greatest ever held. Its preparation runs into big figures, with no less than 150,000 getting employment in some way or another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby


 Q. Why can't soldiers and sailors in the U. s. navy and army vote in presidential elections?
 A. They are not debarred from voting by specific laws, but as they seldom are able to establish g legal residence in one place long enough to be eligible under the general election laws, they seldom can vote. @. When steel ships sink do they go straight down or. are they car ried some distance from the place where they submerge?
 A. They generally settle almost directly below the place they sub merge, unless they encounter strong subocean currents.
 Q. Does the war department sell obsolete army rifles to civilians?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
Rank Failure

Of all the charges hurled against the President and the democratic Congress this is the deadliest. For every action MT. Roosevelt has taken to restore prosperity revive confidence, and alleviate human suffering there is a sound reason. But there can be no explanation of his failure to do right by the clans and mussels of the United States of America and the pearl button foundrieS of MuScatine, Iowa. If the election should be lost to the democratic ticket no one can be blamed but the Pres- ident and his supporters for the sins of commission and omission they have committed against de- fenseless bivalves. All other na- tional issues pale into insignif- icance when we consider MT. Roosevelt's shocking disregard of his oath of office by not kissing the clans of America a fond good> night and by failing to tuck into their beds the mussels of the Eastern and the Western sea- board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02
What Does He Want?

Unfortunately the press dis patches furnish no enlightenment on Gov. fLandon's "comprehen- sive program" for the preservation of national resources in general and the clam and rnussel fields in particular. Alfred is just as vague in this as he is in every other sug- gestion for the nations good that he wrings out of his sublime statesmanship. What are the pro- visions of the comprehensive program" he burped about? Does it mean woolen bootees for baby clans to protect them against chillblains? will it furnish ear laps to new born mussels, liniment for rheumatic and crutches for the aged ones? Does it meap the building of lying-in hospitals for eypectant mother clans? And betting parks for rl,lEsels when the urge for mating seizes them in the amorous Spring? Are the clam diggers of Guilford to be supplied with the latest thing in hoes at the federal expense? Will the mussel hunters wading the waters of the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Gulf of Mexico be given new hip boots out of the taxpay- CTS money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02

now, We kill the pigs and starve the
 SOW. <. call on the spirit of Lafayette To make those Frenchmen pay s the debt! Hot black coffee keeps the fight A-flicker far into the night. On cloakroom couches there re-
 pose The U. S. senate's "ayes" and
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 Las, And say you have seen the coun-
 try free, In a filibustering jamboree!
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