The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-07
National Democratic Chieftain Farley
 Places Connecticut In Victory Column
esses Absolute Conf. ce in Party's Success m November Elections

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 Ae heaFtlest applause of the night. g later sally referring t0 the "Iib. zsty ee ceIlophane league, brought Hueh Iaughter.
 nzis full speech follows:
 As my purpose tonight is to make . common.sense talk 1t iS Particularly gratifying that I ad- agees c Connecticut audience. Xnere are fewer isrns, I believe, in t11is State than in any of our siss zsEs1ood of commonwealths. You mFes Tundamentalists in your poe Ntical views. By that I mean that However the political tide runs, yOu remain true to your concep- Hons of the basic principles of 6eznocratic government-that Is Government founded on the shougtt that the welfare of the whole people must be the ruling impulse of our system. It was 50 sh the infancy of your great State, and it remains 50.
 I know 1t is customary on such Nccasions as this for Q speaker to Congratulate the people on their good fortune in having inc men 70 direct the affairs of the State. Let me depart little from that Procedure and congratulate Gov- HEnor Cross, Senators Lonergan and Afaloney and the rest of the 6fficiais you have chosen as your Nigh officers and representatives, @n having such Q level.headed Constituency to work for and to york with.
 Dual Allegiance
 Under our form of Government sou have Q dual allegience-to your country and to your State and my hat is of to you for your 2cyalty to both. The fine part of it is that there is no conflict in your twin allegiance. You have too much wisdom, experience and wit to believe either that the na- sionai Government has any Thought to give Connecticut the worst of it, or that Connecticut ae entitled to any advantage that would be to the detriment of na. ticnal well-being and prosperity. You are jealous of your rights and your natural advantages and those that have come through the slkili and industry of your citizens .--and properly so. You are equal- ly concerned that the National Government, which has to look out for the well-being of all the States, should do It's job.
 Oh, I know that in this period oe political excitement and activs aty you are being bombarded with hectic oratory from the spokesmen oE the minority party, telling you that the administration in Wash Aingson is bent on encroaching on states rights; that 1t is the Aend- ssh purpose of the President to <educe the United States to dic- &atorship; to junk the Constitu- ttcn and to have all business, and 1la fact all individuals goose-step 70 the music of regimental band. Our NelghbOr
 Well, you know the President of the United States. He was your next door neighbor, and was al- ways stepping across the border to yOur hospitable territory. Do you remember anything during his two terms as Governor of New York that suggested @ bent toward dic- 1atorship-or towards Socialism or Communicates he has been accused by those who seek to re- gain control of the government of all of these things2 A large num- Der of the people who live here are New Workers in business. Every morning and every evening the suburban trains are crowded with folks from my State going to and coming from their shops and offices. The roads are damned with automobiles carrying people bent on the same mission. Tn fact, many of the friends I have 1n New York city have their homes over here, and the way they boast of the beauties of your hills and valleys and beaches tells why they live in Connecticut.
 Have you heard any one of these complain that Franklin D. Roose- velt as governor hurt business in any way2 Indeed doubt if the whole history of my state shows more successful administrations than the two when Roosevelt was in Albany.
 Do you think that your neigh hor is Q different person, with different personality and a revo- 1ntionized character, because he was moved from Albany to Wash- fneton? Isn't 1t fact that 1t was because he had shown himself a great governor the people of the United States translated him from khe house on the Hudson to the house on the Potomac with the zaea that he was peculiarly fitted for the bigger posts2 And hasn't zze lived up to specifications and aone a job in Washington that the whole world admires - at least flae whole world except those peo- nae who want to get another Her. hert Hoover into the White House and to undo what he has done? Hy that I mean that our political ndversaries would have us return ao the same system that brought fIg into the gravest economic trou- kls we ever had. not that they wish to give up the profits they arr