i
. Stationery Store, 16 So. Main St.
lmEDNESDAY, DEC. a, spa
Tun sour}; uonAok EVENING summer.
A mammonmm‘ on ‘
TABLE DAMASK.
25c _ soc —— 15c —— $1.00
NAPKINS .. . . .500 to as do:
TABLE CLOTH AN!) NAPKINS TO
MATCH .. ...... $2.58 to $5 a set.
arnmn SCARB . ..25c to $1.50
in itemstitt'hed and lace p
Bemsanco’ table covers and bureau
Linen Crash Tomlin;
£3...
.105, ( 12 1-2
Fund: 150.
a K“ Banks
Ilhackomo Hotel Block. Io. Norwllk.
CALANDERS
Friendship, Cheer, Sunshine,
Sunlit Road and Business Men's
Calendars
Prices, 25c, 35c, 50c
D 0 N. N E L L Y ' S
1915
Diaries now on Sale
.1,“
WM: r. BEERS
noon AND STATfOuERY evoke.
Norwalk and So. Norwalk, Conn.
.‘
New
Hotel Mahackemo
Arrangements may be
made for Dances. Balls and
mums all? .
nIsrlI vanes
, (The Fishing Galactic.)
Rhoda islslldr'l‘he welLknown 0y.
scer than of H. '& R. Atwood, of Pro-
vidence ,urc shipping large quainti-
ties of oysters daily. The cold W(\-
titer has boomed business, and al-
though the cempally was one of the
last to open up it is one of the first.
as (or as blames: goes. indications
are ‘thnt the season will be a very
successful one.
The Shellfish Commission of Rhode
island estimates that. during the last
year starfish made away with $2.10.-
000 worth of oysters. and an inter-
esting story is told to explain the
loss. The starfish have. not cultivated
a taste for oysters as some people do
for green olives and suddenly he
t-ome voracious. but they have had
increased opportunities for gratify
lug their appetite. Fishermen take out
millions of pounds of meuhaden. soup
and squcteague. which are the nut—
other affairs.
Popular price bill of fare for
Lunch and Dinner
‘ 5..._ .... ....____._ “w“-..C...
WEATHER FORECAST.
.. For Norwalk and incinity: Unsettled‘
weather. probably rain tonightn
'illIlrsday clearing and colder.
Cloudy and rainy weather with
considerable fog continues along the!
Atlantic cdo‘st and in the eastern por
area oli‘hlgh tiresome has nfcved slow
1y eastward during the lust twenty
four hours and is producing Nahuatl
at lower to‘filper-
flog; of .the Lake
M ions-this vi
clnity: Cloudy fundi“ unsettled weather.
with lighnfog and rain, followed byé
clearing dud colder on Thursday
WEATHER A YEAR AGO
‘ TODAY.
Temperature :
58. Clear.
or...
Mr. Andrew J. Much. of Newark.
N. J». is spending a few days with
Mrs..Fred Becker. 30 Lincoln ave-
nue. Second District.
“3&le Valley
Low 28""3'1" half-hundred mark.
Deputy Sheriff E. C. Glnty. of Dan
bury, was in South Norwulk today on
official business ~
.d
This is the last week for payments
pahy‘s Christmas fund. An effort will
1 .
tiotriof the fake region. The western} be made to have the checks mailed
month ’
T 1e regular meeting of the Women' s
3 Guild oi Trinity Episcopal Church
. was held last ov.enlnz Two new mom
berm-rare received and plans for 8 A continuation of good business is
playlet to be given the first part of
February were considered
l
1 The Billiken Club llbld a regular
lmeotiug last evening in their quir-
‘ tors on Washington street.
,organlzatlon is thriving wonderfully.
This new
the membership nearly touching the
There is a
probability of a basket- ball team he-
‘ lug formed by some of the members of
the club who are experts in this line
"Please have one cent ready for the
lspecial tax." is the Salutation which
\ir and Mrs. llarry Farrington, of is being given by “central" when out.
in the South Norwalk Trust Com-Q
ural foes of the starfish. and leave
“he latter to [take out the oysters.
:liow this business run he stopped is
snot indicated. hm war is declared on
5the. starfish. A wal chest of 330 000
was asked of the lust legislature l’m
la campaign against them and m-
fused and tho commission fuels now
1that the test 's losses are eloquent of
the need of Silth an appropriation.
iAl‘l existing law that will be inmked
provides a ponalh of fines and lIII— .
:prlsomneut for fishermen who lltl\
lug taught the starfish by mistake
PAGE FIVE
starch? food and. ‘ when eating
oysters. thus seafl'lng ‘ good meal at
a cost that compares favorably with
that when other meats are chosen.
Oysters have some special points of
advantage, among which are the fol
lowing——
"lat—The sea salts that they con-
|.ain are useful in regulating and
stimulating nutritional protesses.
"2nd ——They are the tenderest of
meats and easily? digested and suit-
able even for pglsons at sgdentary
habits.‘
“3rd. «an addition to being easily
safeguarded against accidental con-
tamination. there id no, oyster para~
site known that will ‘live innhehu-x
man system.
‘4th. *stlers are clean feeders:
they are pguctioally confined to a se-
lection of the beautiful little plant
known as diatoms I consider oysters
u valuable and Wholesome food’
Nine carioads of oysters were ship-
ped from Cambridge; last “ff-ER to
be used in "Shellfish Day." meter
packers on the eastern shore stated
that the week was the busiest of the
season
Thomas Bradshaw. of Crisfleld. and
legal also. were fined an aggregate of
$55 and costs last melt.
Samuel C fisvelle. of
wlites to the Baltimote Sun: ~r~
‘lf Governor Goldsborough‘ and
mm Howard listen to the Cox plau-
ms. they will make them think that
there is nothing on the Manokln‘: Riv.
Pl‘ lull luuhway iohbem The Cox
lpluntcrs are only raising this dia-
.tmbunce to make the Governor do:
'somelhing he don‘t Want to do. They
Hilrovl them back in the outer with
imulite aforythouuh t something must
the done. it is said or the State's rm—
enue will suffer
I \‘ew Yolk—flood oystering
looked for in Mccox tiny, and it is
said that the shellfish will he su-
‘ to those taken from Great
. pel‘lor
ESouthJZay Mocox tiny bus lutllv been
opened to the ocean and tilt incom-
lug titles are ghitlg the (IyrloI-s up
icxcellcnt flavor As this seems to he
an “edit” your. the prospect of got-
ldng well filled himlvos ht‘lt‘ is A
{source of much gratification lo lesi-
. lat-tits of this vicinity.
lllue l’oiniunstt-rs Inn) in fluid:
demand this week, shippers on tilt-lit
lfiouth lllly having lllf'nh in do in
illfltl
holiday trade. (‘ilpt- Jack till-tors, of
‘the Blue Point; 00.; William Ru-
dlpll. of the llluo Point, Kai-am
'(‘.,o and “titers. declared business to
be way good.
New Jersey «All along the line.
miller shippers report a Vt'l)’ brisk
business. both in shell und opened
out about the tenth of the present stock 00“.“?th comm“ with the
holiday rush have kept dealers on
the hustle In mauv of the
there
40“]er due to the uphill) Willi
which they shut in. Stock Was sum
clout to meet the wants of the trade
looked for (or some time to Culllt‘.
have had their share and that is all
they ask. They could have putout a
‘hcon any call for them.
George Y. Schock guys the business
at Bivahe has been oxceplionnlly
good during the. last two duys.
Maryland. ~8Wepson' Earle. of Bul-
timore. chief engineer of the. Marv
loud Shellfish Commission. recently
’ had the following to any concerning
the oyster: —-- ..
"Kile seafood
but little thought to the fact where
is lto beat the proplv and the Slate both. .
to fill order in limo for tho.
plants
was some slight delay in fillim:
The J: 8:. J. W. Ellsworth (30.. of
Report. any they have. no complaint
to make regarding business, as they
{grant Iltnny more oysters had them
lot" mg public glv es
the fish or shellfish come from other
lug houses to pieces: not a word of it
'tl‘uu There is no other planter on
islannkin river that has any trouble
‘mmpling them. 'l‘hcv are only infill;
‘ He knows he has never planted an
193 stt I lhere.
‘ovel sime oysters have been in ex-
latent
lm a public oyster ground. We will
neither trifle with the State law or
itioulnol‘.
:Jwith the Shepherd hill. George A.
(Box and his llnlhvr ' ‘ have
Stlfllll‘ll about "3 lilr res of our best
oyster ground that we had to catch
his ovi-ltcls on. The gmlmd that no
will John W. (‘llslicld and Thomas
Horton In \acutc from Shelton and
ill-on? 30 yenla ago: ‘ .
_ Powell A“ llrmdcutul. of
\‘u. ' ftl'P orushlm: mstur shells
'a small scale. .
Armstrong firptt. is Hampton. Va.
will erect a mu oyster packing
house at muffler. 'u.. to handle their
growing trade ln“ fiestas" mslors.
There are only “'0 packing houses
operating at Oyster. Va The lack of
shtickcrs is the cause.
port a f. (refit Mr
son. Home had (I better business than
others. One rm re ports W'bom bus
Incas in its history on Mondav
Oymor Buy. .' Y. w’l‘he oyster bus-
trier-Is has been very brisk during the
last three weeks. Stock being in At
(audition. Experienced oystarmen any
that never before have they found so
many starfish as at this time. Thous-
tnds of bushels limo ulrendy‘ been to-
ke‘h and still they are being caught in
large numbers.
'f'wc oyster thlcms were. caught
with the goods on them last Sunday
night. The accused had oysters in the
bout when caught The trial homes off
today.
South Vol-walk. Conn. —~A Hail to
the office of the civil engineers of
the Andrew Radol OISIeI Co.’ a plant
at this place shows the system in
0)‘ slur.
on
of Boston re-
A Practical
Christmas ”' Gift
The ‘lwantu‘ Gas Iron,
complete with tube
and stand
$3. 50
Dmid Turner. of Baltimore, accused;
of having taken oysters of less than‘
love-mess. '
sat (Waterman haw shot their shtick- ‘
He thinks he. will heat
.the tongers in spite of all we can do. .
It l‘llH been .i public oyster ground-
zllul so long us we live it will,
we the perfectly satisfied
6 Militias? “son-t
Pleasant street. East \‘orwalk, are re- of town telephone calls ale requested
mmlng today to the city’s house on- and when the toll payment amounts
Water street. second district. ito 15 cents or more. When payment
—-——-——-— 1is made for the message thé‘ operator
The Men's Club, of Trinity church adds: “Put the penny in the 25c slot,
at a meeting last evening. decided to please " This is for pay stations
postpone its turkey supper until after! only, the regular house and business
the holidays. deciding that the project- _ telephone lessees will find the amount
than the water somewhere. I' have
often bud persons ask me if oysters
grew on marine trees. Then. again.
what an oyster cuts is seldom given
a thought We might say that the
oyster sleeps in a poorly bed from
10 to 100 feet below the surface of
the waters The oyster did not al-
ways ll\e thew Flom the time the
vogue in keeping track of the corn.
pally s oyster beds. Each boot and
each branch is furnished with a set
of maps showing the grounds. while
the main ofllce has complete data
concerning every lpt owned by tho
rompanv. E‘ach one is numbered. All
grounds. buovcd or stoked. is marked
with a buoy flag, giving the corner
or side lines. so that a captain has
ed affair was too near Christmas.
‘ H. V. Carr is figuring on plans to
renovate the Maurace Vogel house on
~ North Main street into an up-to-date
' store When this work is finished Mr,
fl Vogel will move from his present
{of the special tan added to their bills.
u.-
; —BANNER HOME-MADE ‘BAKERY.
When unexpected company comes.
let. us help you out by supplying the
best bread and cake you can buy. 5
Monroe street. just a step from South
tsryB'ranch L. O. 0. 11.. together with
tomorrow evening in the new Moose
quarters in the Bayes Block. ,Main street.
—-WlIen everything is dark and‘ .BADLY INJURED av A FALL.
you’ve lost all you bad. start a hospital’ Harry Payne, a mason in the employ
like Farmer Bibbins, at Beers'. Don-:Of Contractor Thomas Robbins. sus-
nelly's, Trish-am & Hyatt's and John tamed painful inluries on Monday.
0, Carr's. 'whon he fell from a scaffolding from
_ _fwhich he was doing repair work to a
in special orders issued from‘ the chimney on 3. 1101150 13an 00111110
office of the adjutant- -general of the Beach. Dr. Walter Hitchcock was call_
Connecticut natiOnal gullrd the appli- Ed to attend the injured man and he
cation of Captain Harry (3 Ward of! found that he had suffered severe
Company F. Second infantry to b 3 re. contusions and a sprained arm. Mr.
tired is approved and he has been re'Payne was removed to his home in
~ moved from active service and put up-:. Belden avenue, where he is now con-
(m the retired list. I filled.
“I l M l ' '
‘ Today the following permits were FIRE LOSSES ADJUSTED-
issued by bull ding inspector Clarence Adjustment and payment of insur-
I, Finch: To Harry Rider of Eastlaucea recently made in the office of J.
'M. Layton & Co. Inc.. insurance
avenue, to shingle the sides of his
‘j residence. cost $800. To St. John & agents. have been the payment to El‘
Keys‘er to erect a $2, 000 six-room cut-
jmer E. Case of loss on house. fumi-
tage on Summitt and Golden Elihu”e and mat to W ‘R' Thompson.
, streets for Albert M. Pohlman. 1°" on housohold furniture, to F0"
« . ’ est. a. Case. loss on boat. and to Fred
erlck Sprowor. for damage to dwell-
lng; all located at Row’ayton. Conn.
To William Podmore, for loss on small
store building, on Benton street. aim
to Mr. Livecchl. occupsnt of Mr. Pod-
more's building. loin on store contents
and furniture and fixtures. and to Paa-
duels Moreno. for small damage to
buildini. corner Bunion I‘ll-eel and
Oak inane; also. to John DoNfcllole.
smell loos mouthfuls and furniture. at
The members of Company A, Mill
“cancers of the lodge. will work the
degree on a large class of candidates
_ Home. South Main street. Much ho
pol-tent business will be transacted
and it is hoped that o largo attendance
will in Mount. On Friday evening,
the ”solar misting of (loamy A
ulnbswdu mammotmmcs
female (which lays from 10000. 000
the egg and it becomes a little swim—
ming oyster. it rcmoinsnear the sur-
face of the water: then the shell
forms as the oyster takes up the
lime from the water. until the 'wolght
of the shell carries lit to the bot-
tom or causes it to come in contact
with some smooth surface. (shells.
glass bottles. tile. etc). and the-re
it remains flacd until the fennel or
drodger scrapes it from its bed or
home to be sold in the oyster packer
and then on to the consumer.
‘ln order for the main to live
and grow it must eat. and as it has
no means of locomotion. then its
food must be brought to it. All salt
fwater contains diatoms. and those
minute food organisms feed on little
plants washed down by the rains in-
to the streams which empty into the
has power to open and close its
mouth from a sixteenth to an eighth
of an inch which permits the Water
to pass through its gills and deposit
the small diatoms which m car-
ried by tiny feeders into its month.
“My attention has been Several
times called to newspaper clippings
stating that ovaters were of little
food value and did not deserve n
place on the list with other commo-
ditles Investigations generally prove
the sources of such statements are
from mliat companies, as it is against
their interest for th'e public to be
satisfied with seafoods. We would
prefer having the public judge. for
itself after quoting statements from
eminent bioloelsts on the subject.
"Dr. Julius Nelson. professor of
biology. Rumors College. New Bruits.
wick. ‘N. J., and biblogist of New Jer-
sey S ate Agricultural Callus Ex:
perime‘xt tStntlon. naval-7,
"Oval rs are a Irpod food. Craters
come nearer in compo-titan to cow‘s
milk Ihanu do most other meats. as
are would in good degree. ovum
My. latte? mall- or the mall
b ' . ‘ minim to the
ll oilfield do
hr and!” u.
to 60, 000, 000 eggs it your) throws ofl‘
hens. rivers and sounds The oyster
all lilo four kinds of nutrients hooded ‘
no trouble in finding the around he
is sent to work on. .
A (ford index is kept of every map
that goes out dav and date and the
place. All books of maps are lettered
for the. bout. with the name of the
boat on it ornthe branch office. All
books are looseleat and any changes
mode can easily be substituted For
system and complete detail for the
captains the svstem is A \“o. 1
The oyster business has been rush.
lug during the last month.
PAllflllIBE iF ALL WERE
(Continued from First . Page.)
pied by many women’who added their
lapplause to that With which the
speakers were greeted.
oofimitte through its chairman. J.
of resolutions as a mark of apprecia-
tion of his work as ‘a party leader
' The Freedom of the City.
Mayor Wilson was the toustmastor.
and extended the freedom of the city
to the several hundred republicans
join in ”the occasion. ‘Jn referring to
Mr. King-the mayor said that he do—
served the dfimer, adding in part that
if-any one had the welfare of the
community at heart and sought to
sol-ye the. community before he served
his party, that man Was the guest of
* the evening.
Mr. King in his response said: “J
preclsta this ocean That is all I
can say of myself. But I do not want
to forget Alexander “autumn. the
chairman. or the dumber: of the
town committee. or Dir. Boom. Who
earl-led the idol“!!! M"
"Our gunner-elect. in here tonight
.1 believe fit-Ii it!» did not flour.
BLEMI l8 llllllllllcll
Mr. King received from the town"
Alexander H. Robinson. a framed not
who had come from other towns to‘
would not be .hlll’llagfilf I did not all-'-
Wurlmruotnt
MW!
GUARANTEED.
You Can Save Money by Ordering Your .
Floral Decorations and Funeral Designs
FROM
HEADQUARTERS FOR GUT FLOWERS OF ALL KlHDS.
South Norwalk Flower C0,,
. No. 2 South Main Street Telephone 364
Do Your Christmas
Packed than attractive
: Holly- Colored Box
I
5 ThéUllited Electric
Light 85 Water Co.j
LATEST MODERN
DANCES taught pri-
vntcly and in class.
Private lessons, 7-35
Each pupil has pri-
vate room with ins-
tructor. .\°o one to cri-
ticize your mistakes.
Written guarantees to teach all dan-
nas In certain number lesson. if you
full we keep teaching you until you
learn without additional charge.
POLLEY’S
stallion» St. . Opp. B. 11. Station
TELEPHONE (31413-2.
as clean as his the state of Connec-
ticut would he a .paradlse. The deep
blush of shame would come to the
check of every true citizen of this
state if they knew the tricks and lies
which have been done and spoken to
injure him and his character. 1 en-
lured politics with ML Roruback and
i will he with 'him to the end. if
the time eIor comes when l have to
ride over the bodies of my friends I
hope 1 will be licked.‘.
The Most Honest Type
"There in a conviction in certain
sections of the community that a poll-
tician is a crook. Why that stupidity
in believing that politics are corrupt!
I have come to the conclusion that
tho awmgo politician is the most
honest type of citizen you have in
this country.
"We will be able to censure, to
criticise when we come to the altal
with clean hands I hate seen men
who charged me with doing tricks In
the legislature when they themselves
had accepted large retainers to pro-
tect private interests which through
selfishness and greed were trying to
defraud the people. Who killed the
bill which provided that girls and
young woman who were just matur-
ing should have It seat behind a coun-
ter when there was’ no work to do?
Who killed your compensation bill for
years? It was not tli'e lobbyist. It
was those who put selfish interests
show. the public Welfare.
“1 had the pleasure tonight of
meeting for the first time your goV-
ernor-elcct Mr. Holcomb. No mat.
tor‘ what people may snv‘allout a
machine candidate. I am a machine
man and 1 met Mr. Holcomb for thé
first time tonight.
"The republicans have great rc-
sponsibllitles in the next legislature.
if the Judiciary committee. which is
the all important committee, should
serve one week and then shut up shop
it 'tvould be a great scr\'ice to the
state. Taxation Imd ”appropriation
are the two most important matters
before the session. If the republican
party In the legislature should con—
fine iheil efforts to finance and ap-
proptiations. do this work quickly
and then go home the people would
set down on their knees and offer
thanks. .The first thing to baritone is
to correct the state's financesx'by ar-
ranging for the budget system. The
republican leader also should go to
the finance committee and demand to
revision of the taxation system. Let
the policy to he look after e\'ery dol-
lar coming in and to get the worth of
every dollar going. out Then the re-
publlhan party will do a great service
' to the state"
Tried to Block Machine.
Judge Holcomb in his response said
in part: “If I was the candidate of a
machine'xl tell you candidly I did
all I could to block ~tho machine. I
had other plans than to be governor.
I was proud. however. to he the can-
didate and am proud to be governor-
eleet. This is an inspiring gathering
politics, and I say that this a great
tribute- to John King nnd a tribute
like this means that he cannot be a
very bad politician. I am glad to be
here tonight." .
" It is true I never new John Kinlf‘
before tonight. In two years more
than another occasion of this kind
hméld l feel certain that every olec~
' tor fill Fail-field country will be here
so a republican. when I Mud no
alumnae: n in I noticed that
Shopping Early
lhis is the time of the year
that' Miss Shopper” takes advan—
tage of fine stocks allfl largest
assortmcnts. "Miss Shoppci" can
do her shopping in about one-
fhird the time now than she can
two weeks hence.
We Have Full Stocks of
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“000: "
WOW"
Suits, Coats, Dresses. Skirts, Furs, Waists,
Underwear, Girdles, Hosiery, Bags, Gloves
TraVeIing Cases and Manicure Sets ‘ ‘
Neckwear ‘ Handkerchiefs
l Remember We Give and]:
Green Trading Stamps.
M. Moltasch & Son
120 Washington 8L. South Norwalk.
PAWNBROKERS‘ SALE
The subscriber hereby often; and proposes to sell all the. “utterly "
puwuud with him as represented by the following tickets: No. 0559 -
0563. 6567, 0581, 0582. 6594, 6598, 6803, 6609, 6616, 6811. “23: A
«an. 863:. “I. 6646, 0648. d953, .6654, 6602. 6668, 6668. 0875.
M77. 0878. 0084, M88. 6689. Gil”.- 670890106, 8107. 5708, O7" is-
tluoll mmfli'dyhlhyfiyll, g2. 13. 'M. 10,”: 18,“Itl,‘20,"lll. 22; 23,’ :35, '»
so. 21, a , 29. 30,19”. South Non-walk. Conn" I)eo..",.191-l. '
g . JOSEPH ROSENFIELD
~10 Water St.
MONEY. LOANED ON ARTICLES OF \‘ALl‘E.
l’uvnhmkt‘r
was whv I was elected. When 1 was
nominated I was a judge. i felt I
could not take part in the campaign
or make speeches. It was not because
I wore a “cold storage halo‘ but be-
cause I believe that it nus not my
place to take part as a judge of the
court " l
the people of Connecticut on what
had happened. "The blaln storms
hllvc subsided." he said “and have
progressed to a condition of sanity. It
takes ten minutes to elect a demo-
cratic administration but it takes
Your years to get rid of it. The derby.
Mr. Holcomb spoke of the election ‘03::icthteheggmge thfiatazilrlf :J‘fi:
3f Senator Brandegee. saying" "I“ lungels If the issue of protection was '
t 2:32:53}: (fin :210'?°:n;° $93823: submitted to .I secret ballot. not one
:mol‘l in ten in Connecticut would vote
crat until 1888. but 1 had 10 leave :ror it. Men get the hahit of voting
that PM“ on account of "3 attitude the democmtic ticket very much like
toward the till-m I have seen “‘9“ a leper takes a drink. think ing it
recurring spells 01’ “WWW“ depres- will be his lost. This election was hu—
sion and I attribute them ‘0 the de- portallt, vital. and reassuring that the
mocratlc policy on “‘9 tariff. But ”'9 people of Connecticut. and the rust
election wlll‘not bring ”mummy of the country are cominl: to, their
Not until we control the congress senses." ”
will that come. bl" the election “in Mr. McLean then devoted his a'f-J
so a long way towards remorlngfim' tcntion to national questions criti—
fldenve- cizing the democratic legislation ain
Tilly-c Days Old in Politics. t,:u-lff' banking and industrial regula-'
“For the past few years I have Ilion. Of the president's Mexican pol
been listening fb what others have :icy he said: "Th president's poll-t7
said. I only retired from the bench ’tock from Moxie. the best, she had
lost Friday; I am three days old in and time her the wmsi sill: L..4.'.
politics. I used to know the. game the financial policy he 51th that the-
and probably some of the points will president looked upon Mr. McAdon
come back to me. it is up to the re- as a second Alexander Hamilton of
i
to' a man who has been ten years in T
Clio-gamma“
publican party to make good."We
must have an economical govern-
ment. I am not an admirer of the
saying 'to the victor belong the
spoils.‘ So far as my action goes it
will not be confined to that narrow
basis. I will have the welfare of the
to conserve that.”
Senator. McLean said he was not on
the firing line this year. He thought
it was an opportune time to be up
againsivthe democratic party. Judging
. from Senator Brand'egee's experience.
"Two yehrs‘ago.” said the senator.
"I heard. prophets soy the republican
party was dead. It is true there is a
dead party in the morgue. but it is
not the republican. The epitaph will
read. ‘Hic Jacet the Bull Moose. “age
two years.’ The autopsy will he in
Chicago tomoridw. The verdict will
be ‘so soon was I done for what was
I begun for?‘ "
euator McLean then humorously
referred to what was in store for the
new governor andysaid he hoped if
would be a warm day when he climbs
Capitol hill to tell the legislature
shot it should and what it will not
0 .. ,
He said the governor would boys to
go to San Francisco where the Foot‘
Guards Would-guard him «shin-t nt~
tacks from tho (thinned-lo willareal-
its what a. western governor had said
about the covet-now life. motif was
two years of“ Hall to the Chief. and
Hell for..hfm thereof of his life."
Referring to Mr. Ill-undone. the
senator fluid that he we": in luck. If
‘M fell of! a church steeple it‘ would
he the stay when the deacon: were
mu the outfits. something would
hill!!- ‘0 “It mm but BMCOr
him than
people of the. state in mind and try
finance and that he would bring a.
new day “Let us hope so ' said Mr.
lMcLean. ‘The gloom of the present
lls three shades darker than that hour
in which DaIenport called tel candles
and rapiers Let us hope that the '
candles of common sénse will he; ligh-
ted and burn until the yoliorv and -
sulphurous hour passes away” ,-
The concluding speakers were Sen— ‘, _
ator Brandegee, Congressman Hill
and MI. Roraback who spoke in a.
congratulatory strain and MEdicted
republitau victories in the state and
nation in 1916. Mr. Hill said that for.
the first time in our national history
the country entered today upon the
British stamp tax system. It was that
system. he said, which led the Cof-
miles to make their Declaration-o!
Independence "After licking stamps f
for two years; 'he said. "the people
will he readv to sign a new Declam- "
lieu of Independence from the New
Freedom. "
Members of the Norwalk- party'
gathered to attend the dinner were:
Congressman E. J. Hill. Senator Hit-l '
hart E. Bishop. Representatives C.
F. Tristram and Cramer C. Hege-
man. State Committeeman Edmund ’
n Crowe. Judge Joseph R. Taylor."
George H. Vosburgh. William Miller. ‘ ”
Edward ll. Doullenu, I'm-dual “,1”
sherron. Fdward J. Finherty, Bam-
ual C. lreland Charles A. Walter,
Samuel Lynn. Chill-loll ll. Dflworfh.
Nelson w. Benedict. Loo Davis. John
mine. lrvlug .fiylnnon. Joseph A.
Curler and Edward J. Titania.
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