The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-16
Democrat C Convention Delegates Thrilled By
 Magnificent Address
Member of Presidents Cabinet, Former National Democratic Committeeman, COnnectiCufs "FavOr-
 ite Son. Stimulates High Pitch of Enthusiasm

tions or be willing to adopt the measures of relief that existing conditions demand? It would De Q vain and futile hope, indeed.
 When the history of this era is written, in the cool and con- templative days of later period far removed from the alimosities and misunderstanding of the present time, President Roosevelt will be more and more clearly re yealed not only as friend Of hue man Justice and social progress, but as the protector and defender of our accredited form of oov- ernment, which, by his genius, ne has vindicated.
 Future Promising
 The dawning future is aglow with promise. The gross income of our farming groups has inc creased, approximately, three bil- lion dollars a year since 1882, ana more than thirty million of our people, in the agricultural areas instead of living under the con- stant fear of eviction and penury, have developed a power to buy that has stimulated activity iii every nook and corner ot our country.
 Statistics recently compiled br the Federal Reserve Bank of NeS.l York disclose that 900 corpora tions, consisting of 700 Industrial. l40 Railroads and 60 Utilities /, made @ net profit of $l42,0OO,OOO in 1882. These same companies In 1885, made Q net profit of $l,- 56800O, ,00O, being more than Q ten fold increase. One great au- tomobile company in 1882 made Q profit of $l65 5000; in 1885 1t in- creased It's profit one thousand fold to a total amount of &i67,- 100000. A summary by the Na- tional City Bank of the profits ok 2.OlO companies showed earnings for the year 1885 of $2,54i ,000,0 ,0OO, an increase of 49 per cent over those for 1884, which in turn had been far better than 1883 and 1882. This year the statistics are still more encouraging. Everywhere, on every hand, in every line of activ- ity, there is Q constantly improv- ing situation.
 Faith Restored
 Those who were tongue-tied m the great crisis and found their voices only when tho danger passed are in no position to crit- icize either the policies, the, pur- poses, or the achievements Of the administration; and those, who have no better program to offer should learn the grace of silence. President Roosevelt has done more than restore material prosperity. He has restored the faith of our people. We stand upon his great record.
 Every President who has guided this nation through 8 troubled hour has been denounced as 6 de- stroyer of the Constitution, as Q usurper, as a dictator, and as an enemy of honest wealth. Turn back the pages of your history for 6 moment and read this charac- teristic attack upon our first President:
 "The American nation has been debauched by Washing ton. . The President has violated the Constitution"
 So virulent were the assaults made upon him that, in Q moment or exasperation, Washington said he would rather be in his grave than in the Presidency.
 Tn 1862, 0 leading northern newspaper published the follow ing statement about Lincoln:
 We saw the Executive power grasp in one hand the sword and the purse of the nation and in the other the Legislative and the judicial authority, and hold them in relentless grip to the complete annihilation of our constitutional rights. We saw trade disordered, Govern ment finances ruined, and enor- nous debt piled incalcuMbly high, intolerable taxes We saw the superb Constitution, under which our country has grown great and respected, torn in shredS."
 Lincoln Attacked
 Such were the assaults made upon President Lincoln when he was striving to preserve the Gov. ernment itself in the dreadful hours of the Civil War. And now, in many influential quarters. siril- liar attacks are being made upon President Roosevelt who has car- ried the Government, the Consti- tuition, and the people safely through the peril and misery of an unparalleled depression to a new and happier day.
 For all practical purposes the election is over now. The vast majority of our people devoutly believe that the President IS striving to the utmost of his abil- ity to make this a better country in which to live. Never before has the average citizen felt more confident that those in charge Of the Administration have deep concern for his welfare and that the Government is his friend.
 say to you that the people do we'll to love the President. By an unerring instinct they recognize his faith in them, his passion for justice, his espousal of the cause of the exploited, and his devotion to our institutions. They under stand full well the attacks that have been made upon him. They are not disconnected because he n unpopular with the beneielaries of the abuses to which he has put an end. and they love him for the enemies he has made. No noifl- inee of reaction, no candidake to deal in platituSes, 10 sterile n.