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Delivered at the-Opeaiuuofztha
Democratic State Convention
at New Haven, Conn.
ASSISTANT ATTY. GENERAL
IS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Administration of President Wilson
‘ and the League of Nations An
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; Upheld in Strong
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New Haven, Sept. 15.——M r. (mairman.
Ladies and Gentlemen: It is always
a pleasant privilege to be assigned to
preside over a Democratic convention.
It is particularly so at this hour when
6 émancl ation of America II com-
plete and t to splendid worn nhogg or
our state may participate a de-
liberation. and counsel with us. The
l mocrat'igc “part? 1.1: THE 3nd; long
has agvm'amd the cnfranchisement of
women. We repeatedly have declared
In our platforms for this reform. Our
nominees have voiced the wishes of
the party. We rejoice in the con-
summation of the movement. If we
had had our resolves and wishes trans—
{tinted into law and if one in par-
ticuiar of our nominees had been elect-
ed the ninctccnth amendment would
long since have been adopted.
We invite the women of Connecticut
to Join with us. We extend this invi-
tation not because we favored suffrage
and our opponents by every means
within their power strove to impede its
progress. We welcome the new voters
not because we desire their assistance
for partisan success. “'6 invite and
welcome them because of the ideals
that we cherish and we feel that they
belong in a party of progressive ideas,
a party that has fulfilled its every
promisc, a party of achievement. We
ask them to come with us because we
feel that “‘c rt-prcscut their hopes and
aspirations and the hopes and aspira-
tions of mankind as does no other par-
ty. We wciComc them to our delibera-
tions, which are in the open. We re-
joice and feel it almost l’rovldcntia;
that, at this moment, when the great-
;si moral issue that has ever been pre-
sented to the American electorate is
at stake, the women of the nation have
been given the ballot. For the women i
,will be guided in their political prefer-
ences not by the party standards of
their fathers, not by the sordid and
selfish view of what is of immediate
benefit to ibcmsclves. not by any preju-
dices, but true to their maternal in—
Btincts will want to be of service to
their state, their country and the
world. 'i‘hcy will want to provide a
soft-r and better world. 'i‘hcy will stand
for the right. they will battle for thc
proservation of the home. They will
vote wi h the party that promises and
fulfills the idcals they cherish. \Ve ask
them to join with us l-ccause of the
record we have made. “'e know they
will study that record and we have
Implicit confidence in the result.
, State Housecieanlng Needed.
‘ In a national election the great fed-
eral issues necessarily overshadow any
state issue. Yet we ought to remem-
ber that Connecticut needs a house.—
cleaning. Our Republican friends have
emasculated the civil service law, pass-
ed in the administration of Governor
Baldwin, so that it is not alone with-
but teeth, but without either shadow
or substance. So much so, in fact,
~that one of the lh-pnbllcan commits-
aloncrs resigned liccallsc, while he was
a civil service commissioner, he could
not discover any civil service. Then
two years ago and four years ago we.
had handbills distributed broadcast
throughout the state announcing the,
terrible deficit that had been estab-
lished in the state treasury as a result
of four years of a Democratic gover-
nor. Of course the legislature was
Republican in both of its branches
during the first term of that governor
and Republican in one of its branches
in the second term, and all the money
spent was voted by this Republican
legislature. That did not make any
difference. The Democratic governor
was responsible. Now we have had
both Republican legislatures and lie-
publican executive oliciala in all de-
partments for the last six years: with
the result that the next legislature
will be obliged to increase the revenue
of the state and. I fear, with a state
Income tax in the event of Republican
success.
In 1912. in the administration of
Governor Baldwin, the state Collected
trom all sources $5,815,417.72. This
last year the state income was $15,-
m,167.85 and our deficit 34.234.688.81,
although in 1918 we had alumina of
over two and a half million dollars.
From this deficit should 5. mm
W97 Invested in (ha-Soldiers
a L -' " n. .
,why he was chosen and how he was
be cut to meet the lncOmé‘.
the water power privileges of the am
and the handing over «them to the
companies represented by the chair,-
.man of the Republican State Central
roommittee. Perish the thought that
he received any tavor because of his
ollciai connection with the Republican
party but in these days of conserva-
tion. at least Connecticut might have
received something in return. I take
it that the chairman was not as ten-
erous as the State.
Senator Brandegee'a Record.
This year we are to elect a United
States Senator. The Republicans have
renomlnated that stalwart disciple of
progress Frank B. Brandcgee. I wish
I had the time to so fully into his
record. He hopes {acre—election. It
the State wants a man who voted
against the child labor law, the eight
hour law, the Federal Reserve Act, not
to mention woman suffrage, and other
progressive measures, it can have him
by re—eiecting Senator Brande-gee. He
deserves one. word of commendatiofi.
Unlike his fellow Senator who is now
the Republican nominee for the. Presl-
dgpg', he took a stand on the length:
of Nations. He wasn} going to vote
for it until Hades (only he used a
diiYercnt word) froze over. and-I guess
he spoke the truth. lie won't be in
the Senate when the treaty is rati-
fied. He will he succeeded by a Denm-
crat who will not want to postpone
the event so indefinitely. '
Our party has chosen its national
standard bearers. They were not se-
lected or agreed upon in a smoke-
fllled hotel room at 2.11 n. in. They
were nominated in open convention
after the. most careful consideration.
The delegates assembled at San Fran-
ing upon a nominee for President.
That choice, when made, represented
the united desire of the Democratic
party to select a man qualified by ex-
I’rcsidcnt of tho [Suited States. “'0
went to the grcat State of Ohio. “'c
found that the Governor of that Stntc
executive of that ctmmtuuwcalth.
hull prmluttsly bccn in (‘oligi't-ss.
had froth small beginnings t-stublishcti
himself as a substantial and successful
man of business.
rccord. We cxamincd closely into his
qualifications. The more we scrutiniz-
ed, the closcr we cxnmincd, the more
reason we found for the confidence
that the people of his own State had
in him. We nominated James M, Cox.
It is needless for me to rehearse or
to dwell upon his achievements. You
know him. The Amcricnn people know
him. lic will bc the ncxt President
of the United Stall-s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Then we wanted to select as ottr
nominee for vii-c president a man of
presidential size, one who had demon-
strated his illness. We were unanimous.
in our choice. lly ncciatnation \vt-
nominated Franklin D. llmwcvcit. llc.
low was: scioctml bccausc of his
«lcmonstrnlcd ability. You know his
will be ihc
the United
record in the navy. Ilo
next vice president of
States.
We have nominated men who will
stand upon our platform and who will
redeem thclr plctlgcs. They have not
tried to dodge any issue or to climb
any fcncc. 'i‘ln-y stand upon the rec-
ord of the. party in its past perform-
ances and the promises of the party as
to its future, muniuct. 'i'llcy are for
America and Americans nhd do not
cater to any hybrids, hyphcuatcs. hedg-
ers, or hell—roaring mongrel crew of
maiconlcnts. And the Democratic
party stands with thcm, and so will
hundreds of thousands of patriotic old
lino licpubllcnns not blinded by parli-
sanship and who know that this is no-
time for unthinking loyalty to old and
outworn party crecds and nfiliiations.
And so will hundreds of thousands of
the independent voters of America,
who care little what party succeeds
but care much what principles triumph.
And the llcpublican party has nomi-
nated Warren G, Harding. You ‘kntnv
chosen. The Chicago convention was
dominated by the senatorial cabal.
They were there to rule. cvcn if they
had to ruin. No one could be trusted
except one of themselves, and front
that narrow choice, no one but a su-
preme reactionary. A man who could
be controlled was wanted. A nominee
was desired who, if elected, would be
amenable to reason. The bosses had
their way and Lodge, Penrose. and
Smoot came out victorious. They had
convinced themselves that whoever
they chose would be elected, and they
yearned for a President who would be
of them and with them and for them.
And from their standpoint they have
made no mistake. Their error con-
sisted in the conceit of believing that
the American people would sustain
their views.
Counter Harding's Record.
It in “cult to speak of Harding's
”card. . Remnant has none. What
there is is of n-negative nature He
lent? rand. Therm-ed taxes im-
been a brain to a.‘ ind-n;
Alaskan, unbridled. n 3 auto .eall
'W‘Weh'ownu-iw
duflns the nut Ii! nar- hnveiuenate or the United sues... He
Hines- " has
has served nearly «‘dx wean 1w fire"
int-dull! that ammo awed":
not“ Into has answered only 659
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out increasing them. The o‘IUoFIIuatlmi-d. Penman, Smear. land
Just brieii‘iy I refer to the?” It‘Ipecchca have been Ram. 41'
clsco, bailoted for days before agree-l
pcrience and temperament to be the'
had bccn ihrcc timt-s chosen as chief
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“'c scrutlnlzcd his,
‘haVe been ‘his guiding stars.“
ilogical, inconsistent. The bills that
he introduced numbeudeaiy 184~ln
the whole six years, and of these, 12::
were lot-alumd 12 were of. public or
semi-public importance. 0! , the“
twelve, five were for changing of the
names of steamers. I enthralled—that
this rebaptiam at the yes-alas.“ the
United States is a hobby with" him.
He at no time in his senatorial career,
serving in a period of tremendous im-
portance to the world has suggested
'one bill lot- the uncut new
domestic conditions. or one measure
for the benefit of humanity. No
other senator serving the nmeduigth
of time has dim no Little col)-
prehcnsion for present day problems.
A perusal of his votes in the senate
will show that he has been consistent-
ly against labor, that, he has been
lopposed to self determination whenever
that issue appeared, that he was op-
posed to the disarmament at the na-
tions. not in favor of the confirm»
tion of Louis Brandeis as a Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, that
he favored secret diplomacy by op-
posi SP9 consideration of treaties
except in executive session, that he
has been against every measure or
conservatimT, that he was both for
and against prohibition and for and
against woman suiTrnge. He has been
a pure politician and never a states-
man.
The Republican organization. just
at the moment, seems to he very so-
iicltous about Ireland. In Chicago
they refused to place one Word in
their platform cither in favor or
against rccognitiou of the Irish Re-
public. or one word of sympathy for
the lrlsb people. Harding voted no
on the (lorry resolution in the mate
_on March 18, 1920. That resolution
lexpresscd Words of sympathy for the
‘ Irish people, for a government 0‘ their
; own cimice. Two days later in a letter
latidrcsscd to Frank r. Walsh, uni-ding
said, “i have a \cry great sympathetic
feeling for the movement to brim:
. about the independence of lrelnnd and
:the establishmcnt of lrish nationality.
{which is the national aspiration of
cvery libcrty loving peoplc." (in June
:19, front Harding's otticc came the
gunnuum-cmr-nt that he had no recol-
ilccilnli of inning “riltt-n such (1 lot-
ltcr, am! a search of his oilicc tilt-s
failcd to disclose the record of such a
lclter. 'i‘hcrcupon Mr. Walsh gave out
the h-ttcr, uuvl Harding's secretary
'ganc out a statement suing. "Tilt-re
was no hedging. and no attempt to
l'llt'fli about it. The letter is undoubt-
cdiy authentic.”
Recorda of Candidate.-
xow Harding had the right, it he
chose. to vote against expressing an,
sympathy for the Irish people. The
Iicpublican party had the right, if it
pleas-mi, to refuse to make any decla-
ration iu lhcir platform upon the sub-
Jcct. But I do not bellcve that the
doubic dealing upon this subject by
both the candidate and his party will
hootlwink many people and the votes
that the) cxpcct because of their pre-
tensions will, in my opinion, fail to
arrivc. (‘erlainly no one can approve
of Harding's course in voting one way
and privately \vriiln: another. and
then dcnylug tho lcttcr, and when it
was prodUced hiding behind his secre-
iary.
Contrast the statement of Governor
Cox. "l mu in favor of applying the
principle of mirth-termination in
Japan. in China. in Turkey, in Persia,
in lreiand and everywhere else."
I would like to go further into de-
tail of the record or lack of record of
Mr. lint-ding. but time does not per-
mit. Just now he is tranquilly sitting
on his front porch waiting for the
American pcople to come to him. He
loves that front porch. I almost be.
llcvo that he will change the meaning
of G. 0. P. from Grand Old Party to
(lraml Old Porch.
i wish he would tell the American
people. what there has been wrong in
the legislation of the Democratic (‘nn-
gresscs preceding the present Repub-
lican Congress, What measures: would
be repealed. The country is well
awnrc of the constructive and remedial
legislation that has been placed upon
the statute books by a Demoeratic ad-
ministration. ,
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One year he burns many tons of coal and the next abouts third less. One year
he has a heating system, the. other a m One-Pipe HEATER. One
year his house is heated in spots. The next his house is heated completely,
healthfully, economically, easily, by the modern mthod of scientific circula-
tion of humid air throughout the house. It will coat you nothing to enjoy a
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One-Pipe HEATER.
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'Made in NEW ENGLAND and GUARANTEED
COMMENTS ON H. C. L.
35%..
'An old and tried idea perfected and New England—Made it
you“ One-pipe furnaces are now successfully heating farm
houses, so exposed that any other system of heating would
be hopeless.
It is this perfected heating efficiency that has made it pos-
siblc {or Barrow COMPANY to positively GUARANm
every installment. or take it out at their expense. if your
house is uncomfortable in cold weather, talk with out Once
Pipe HEATING expert and within .1 wcck you can be ready,
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you get it. Order early for sure delivery.
woe—g ...mvaw.o~.. . 31:.qu -a...‘ .. d ‘
Sterling Furniture Co.,
127-131 Washington Street
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are these:
The saddest words of tongue or pen HEADS GETS TWENTY YEARS.;
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Will things me down Scot. 16?:
HIGH SCHOOL NOTE-C.
Our own Homer Cummings, in the
greatest speech ever made to a politi-
cal convention, recited the achieve.
mcnts of the party. No man can im-
prove. upon that secch.
(Mr. Spoilacy thcn quoted from the
speech of Chairman Cummings on the
achievements of the administration).
It is a record that justifies the. claim
of the party to the confidence of the
Antcricnn pcople.
During the war a Democratic Ad-
ministration handlod more than forty
billion dollars. The Republicans are in
the control of both branches ot‘the
present Congress. They have appoint-
ed over ninety investigating commit-
tees, endeavoring to see it some scan-
dal could not be disclosed. Yet the
finger of scorn does not point to one
Democratic oilicial in all America.
Again allow me to quote mm Mr.
Cummings:
“Boy-,1 Get the lat-may."
"If Republican leaders are not able
to rejoice with us in this American
tflomph, they should sine the me;
to remain silent. for it does not lie in
the mouths of those who conducted
at. SpanisnAmu-tm we: to indulge
in the luxury of criticism. What was
there lnthlswartocompunwitathe
mold ilk-ted «manila-dither“:-
nied shoe controversy or 1898? What
was there in this war to compare to
embaimed in! “a! of the
lab-American Wart Despite all
ran an: be; He has followed
”mammogram the old _‘
What Editorial
- Bay at it. i
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The High Cost of Living still con-
tinues to hold a nine in big headlines
as well as in the nova and editorial
lcolumns of the daily papers. The} N-
Ioral-y Digest "Topics of the Day is
.ahowlng on the motion-picture screen
numerous weii~worded edit‘or‘i'El com-
ments on this phase of our living. kw
iected {rem the press of the world.
The following paragraphs “hit the
nail on the headf':
More old-fashioned American sweat
wfii mean less Bolshevism and an ear-
ly funeral for Mr. High Cost of Living.
~Baltlmore American.
Some of the cost tags are still
ashamed to look an honest consumer
in the face—Toledo Blade.
Wanted—Something that will sharp.
on American wits so they will cut the
cost; of living-Minneapolis Tribune. .
The high cost of this] is not mob”
to slump very much wtn me at
those who are momma. land in the
puttontiary.-—indianabolls Star.
When‘will it atop? Theprice or a,
safety deposit has has mxone nth.
we'vegot lens to put in 'an an it}
Mm “TOWt there—New York
trains - ‘ ,
The [high cost of living" must be
merited. and we are in favor o: sand-l
in! to the penitentiary every prolteer,
lin the land- He is on a par with;
thltm “(I ”new '9 EV.-
locum.
g errand.”
about the High Cost of Living. Both
kinda of writing: have been well rc-
ceived bv motion-picture patrons whrn
Show on the screen in The Literary
Digest “Topica of.thc Day." This
time we are touching on the lizhter
vein and present the following "smilej
stuff": -l
Since my wife started 10 fight the
high cost of livt she peels potatoes
with my safety
State.
Hair-cuts will soon cost so much
that they will be performed by aural ,‘
and called operations—New 7"
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York World. _
We should worry about mils
patches on our pants: advancin
prices have 1m natal-rm to the ,
wall anyways—Brooklyn I)”. l
Evm‘tbo column are doing it—“Lit. ,
tie girl-l. will you run to the corner
for me? Here is three cents for the
three cents any more. we not ante-
hill—Omvflle (s. c.) Plea—t." _
Eva Mam have adv-nail 3
parent. ‘lt'cnomehoya. My?”
coating and coins-43m »
it?
The a} of miracles i-I't over. A
producer can take 01.80-0113 oil-half
and auto worth of leather and
a .820 aha ideas. can
nix—New Orleans' 7'
«we don't do errands nor «'
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Writers 0' Ammca “ganf‘ 3:3!”‘3 (.l )‘Bu subjects Ranrl T. Meldfl Oi La Grange. “L. :was hpld ycsicrdny ai"'vp‘u\ll til i, or
Elven ‘i‘c mos! "Tali" :‘A'tos the Dartmouth College junior who‘ll, and matters ot ll]l[llil3.tl.il‘ '
;"“"° '9‘“ “‘1'“°“"":_’j",:éw ”fling“ shot and. killed Henry fl'Maroucy m taken up,
'hr‘mK'm‘“ the com: 13 h Medium, Mass, a‘ teilow studcnt, of, ---_.
both smhus and humorous pamsran I ter a drinking bout in a college (101' g The Athlctr Angm-ion it.
mitory last
manslaughter
June, pleaded guilty
yesterday. lie
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was afternoon.
sentenced to serve fifteen to twenty . _ . .___.,_ .-
.years at hard labor in the state prison} ' ‘ l ”m
tember twentieth at St, Jude‘s church, :Try a classified advertiscmcn on
“final.
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