The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-01
Col. Knox Comes To Town

All nature was in tune for last nlght'S republican rally at which Colonel Frank Knox, republican vice-presidentia cand1- date and newspaper publisher, was the guest of honor and principal speaker. It was a beautiful evening with the moon shedding soft glow over Hamilton Park. There was also bit of chill in the air, not for Colonel Knox, but simply due to the fact that autumn is now racing across New England in an effort to displace summer. The race of the seasons IS almost comparable to the race ot the republicans in this campaign.
 The visit here of Colonel Knox is prob ably but one of hundred similar ones that he will make all over the nation. Candi- date Ali Landon, seeking the presidency, is just as industrious in his campaigning. Everywhere republicans are dashing hither and thither trying to pass the word along that this is their year to howl. But somehow or other this mad scramble to cover every section of the nation in the ten weeks of campaigning is just bit ludicrous. It's not like the republican party to make such 8 display of hiStrionicS. .sr ',.
 Coming down to specific points we were a bit disappointed that Candidate Knox talked along the same vein last night that SO many gops. orators have adopted for their drive against the Roosevelt admin istratior. He evidently had been warned not to paint Waterbury as a great in dustrial center bowed down under the weight of New Deal woes. Perhaps Col onel Knox had been presented with the August report of our local Chamber Of Commerce, carried by all local papers August II and 12, in which it was shown that employment here in July was just 2,812 short of July, 1929 (peak) figures.
 The colonel might have credited that Co rugged individualism and sturdy New Englandism, all of which would spHobably- be true. The fact that Waterbury has weathered the depression as well as she has we do not claim to be the result of the democrats being in power here, Tn the state and in the nation. But we do point out that democrats inherited most of the faults and failings of previous re- publican administrations and did their utmost to correct the situation and to make it possible for every man and woman to be as happy and prosperous as his or her state in life would permit. These efforts are ridiculed and criticized as the fabrications of wild-eyed schemers. Yet republicans never have said what they would have done in 1882 had Herbert Hoover been continued in office.
 Some day we'd like to hear republican speaker, candidate, arise and tell how he would have rescued the United States from the doldrums into which the last republican president allowed it to plunge. Let him speak his piece on how he would have averted the crash of our banks Let him point out how he actually would have helped the farmers. Let him tell how he would have bolstered up business; how he would have endeavored to provide food, clothing, and jobs for men and women so discouraged by their search for jobs that death seemed the only solution.
 It is easy to complain about the methods of an administration that has achieved success, but experienced fail- ure, too, but it is far different to show how you would have done it had the job been yours to complete. There are glor- ious cries today about the Constitution and flag; restoring the United States to the people. Republicans from 1920 to 1882 never had much concern about giv- ing the country to the people. They were more concerned with giving it to Wall Street. Why the sudden change of heart?