New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1916, Page 6

HERA BRIAIN HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY. Proprietors, D e dally (Sunda. at Herald Bul 87 Entercd_at the Post OmMce at s Second Cla Afl Matter. Delivered by carrfes to any part of the ofcy for 15 Cen‘s a Weelk, 65 Cents a Montb. Subscriptions for paper to ve sent by mail payable in advance, 60 Cents a Montn. a Year. excepted) at 4:15 p. m., Chureh St rne only profitabia aavertistng mcdaum the city. Circulatton books and press room alwavs open to aavertisers. Be Herald will be founa on sale at ¥o Ing’s New Stand. 43nd ‘5t. and Broad- WM&y, New York City; Foard Walk at- laatic City. and Martford Depot TELEPHONE CaLLE usiness Ofice ..... HE GREATEST OF THESE CHARITY. Wake up, New Britain! The New Britain Charity Organiza- ion is conducting a dollar campaign but thus far there has been no nece ity of engaging torehouse for the which shauld be flowing and a lver stream to its coffers. lvery man voman who cansafford to do so should at dollar. begins at home, should. ontribute Teast one harity here are many people in New Britain unfortunate victims of ircumstances. They need help. hey must have it. There aré hungry ouths to be fed and little badies to e kept warm. Mothers and fathers ould appreciate the situation of [hildren whose parents are mnot able b provide them with necéssities. of fe and they should be the first to xtend the helping hand. Hveryone is prosperous except those bho fina themselves obliged to appeal L the New Britain Charity Organiza- on. This institution does nat lavish ifts of silk gowns for women, tailor hade garments for men and foolish weets far childreh. It glves them arm, sensible clothing and bread and utter for the little ones. It Is a avesty on our prosperity that any- Ine should need to ask for bread and utter twice. But that is what they re dolng. It Is not a silly philan- ropy that offers food and clothes b the needy. No, the New Britain harity Organization 1s a and bne institution that is trying to help hers who cannot: help themselves. Cast your bread upon the waters ha it will return a tenfold dividend the knowledge that you have rought a ray of sunshine into the fe of some needy man Or waman or or vho are the safe 1at you helped to ward off the pangs k hunger from a suffering child. Are in your prosperity, going to per- brothers and sisters to feel of winter and the 1 of physical suffering? That the question for you to consider and | ¢ are confident your answer will be the form of a:contribution to this harity. u, it your 1 blast leserving DESPAIR AND DELIGHT. One of the big questions before the merican people is, What is going to appen,_to America after the war? nd * this question 1is interesting hether answered from a finanocial, commercial, or an industrial stand- oint. There are all sorts of prophets broad in the land, members of the pemocratic and members of the Re- ublican party,—political prophets bith a purpose of prophecy. The pemocratic picture of what will hap- en after the war is a rosy one. The Republicans’ picture is painted in the lolors of deep despalr. It is a tempting fleld, this fleld of rophecy, and men of all walks of life re venturing a vault over the fence. n the past two or three months octors, lawyers, rallroad presidents, ankers, butchers, bakers, and repre- entatives of all the trades and pro- lesslons have released thelr visions or the delight or despair, as the c ight be, of the multitude. The brophets of disaster are, if anything, hore numerous than the prophets of elight. After the war, what? After lhe war, this: Then the answer. It was but two nights ago that a New Britain audience heard from he lips of a distinguished gentleman se rom foreign shores what will happen o America after the war. And his was this: Miser ision and despair. foup houses, bread lines, and hungry Mén the streets women for support. with pabes. walking in erying people peoploe ags, 'welve million no work welve million starving to eath With for the future. the with no hope three world’s trac hut German ommoditi country will use the tited States as 4 will dumping ground. at 1ese good be sold such a ow price that American manufactur- must close down their industrie will be hat will pill still T hese ches no work. And, although be the condition, the people wve ¢ buy It < to contemplate; ough money to P 2004s from Germany s a paradoxical thi ful prophecy of des- black as i t can be painted. examine, honestly of prophecies ana logic one particu- hese It 15 11 enter upon an ession the moment ew Britatm | »d by the belligerent The pression will come to these shores be- the terms of peace are si present powers. de- cause Europe will need all the money at its command to hire labor and bu Us with which to This money is to be building mater re- construct itself. borrowed from America, and when so much money goes out of the countr. business here will suffer because business here will not be able to bor- row unless at exorbitant That good. money rates is the But money, of interest. Well and gots all American money, where is Europe go- ing to spend it? all the material for its own up-build- It is said not. And then if that Europe must buy ca: and American will come right back where it started from,— so business will necessarily profit. If the first part of the prophecy is true, namely, that Europe has enough stuff for its own reconstruction, it Jkeep this material at home and will not it in an American market. And, the there will not be twelve million men, women and children thrown of here. So no matter which way the prophets of despair set their minds to working the prophets of delight can garner surcease from sorrow. It is a shaky business at best, this proph what is going to happen after the war. The logic is poor, because the premises are bad. propo- sition. when Turope this this Does IZurope possess in, is so, from Ameri- money must dump that being in case, out work ving TWO RELIEF DAYS. At the request of both houses of Congress the President of the United States has named today and tomorrow as Armenian and Syrian Relief Days. By personal direction of the Presi- dent a navy colller will carry supplies from New York harbor to Armenians and Syrians. The story of the suffer- ings of these people marks one of the most tragic tales in history. In all, there are some flve million Armenians and Syrians under the rule of the Turks and while those portions of the Turkish empire known as Armenia and Syria are not natians in the true sense of the word, still the survivors are striving might and main to hold together the traditions of a glorious | past,—buried now of time. Of the two million Armenians, 750,000 have perished from actual slaughter, exposure, hunger, torture, drowning and from sheer mental distress and Modern history | Goes not furnish a parallel ta the fear- ful suffering of the Armenians. James A. Bryce, former British bassador to the United States, very conservatively that not since the time of Tamerlane has the world wit- such persecution, destitution and wholesale slaughter, Most of those who have perished have been old men, women and children, the youths and able-bodied men being al- ready In the Turkish armies. A quar- ter of a millian Armenians are refu- | several countries, chiefly About million remain, in a destitute, dying con- in centuries shame. am- says nessed gees In Russla. pearly all ditfon. The Armenian atrocities furnish an incredible story. They a new chapter in the history of persecutions. The most complete account of them has been published by Lord Bryce, in 8 book of 700 pages, complled from storles of eve-witnesses, Armenians, Europeans, and Americans. One 1s appalled to Tead that in the twentleth century women and girls have been shut up in buildings and burned ta death in wholesale fashion, that in whole towns not one woman or girl has escaped nameless outrages, that literally thousands have been placed on rafts and pushed off In rtivers to Grown, that the papulations of whole aistricts were forced to march day and night with no apparent destina- carry supplies, stop even a are tion, not allawed to and not allowed to water. Last spring word came to America that the Armenians were living upon grass. the grass is dried up. Many are living upon carrion. The condition of many of the Syrlan people is almost as bad. They have not been persecuted so severely, but hundreds of thousands of them are as as the One thousand in the Mount 1t is for for Now destitute Armenians. hundred Le- binon region have perished. these people that an American Presi- dent has set aside two days in which some form of relief might be planned. On these days the aside from offering material help, can meditate upon the that other thank American people, horror is in lands, and United Tt ambassador known Divine Providenct the States is free from such suffering. our former Mo required is esti- to rganthau, that §5 by Henry mated Turkey, 000,000 the suffering The menian and Syr 70 will be to alleviate of the Armenians alone. for Ar- an relief has its head- quarters Fifth York, where articles of food, clothing American committee at avenue, New i supplies gathered in will be massed transportation. The Rev. and other these previous to Dr. two days James Parton is chairman of this comn NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1016. an appeal to philanthro- ]l(ro‘ and he h churches, Sunday sent schoo phic organizations, patriotic socicties, contribute n- D. Bank, | schools and colleges ta tomorrow. Henry money today and | tributions can be sent to Shawmut worthy peal will spond now as it has always done in the past. | Farbes, National Beston. This indeed is a ap- and generous America re- Wherever Yale men gather today will necessarily mater and to Connecti- their thoughts | to revert their aima cut, the state that provides the home of this great University. wo hun- dred years ago today a little college Saybrook to New in the was Haven. moved from The pageant staged great Yale Bowl this afternoon trace the historical events that have transpired since that memorable day. It will mark the growth of New Haven as well as the progress of Yale. It will trace the career of Connecticut in the great firmament of states in this glorious union. All the cities in the state join New Haven today in this great celebration. Sons of Yale throughout New England will go back to the old campus this afternoon and celebrate one of the greatest events in the history of the institution. Pageant day is indeed a festive occasion. s will FAOTS AND FANCIES. “A musicale and euchre,” reports the Birmingham Age-Flerald. Music of on the euchrelele.—New Tribune. An old convict recently out of Sing Sing hurled a brick through’a win- dow to get back. It appears some- times that the worst possible punish- raent for an offender is an infliction of liberty.—Newark New: Mr. Hughes denies that a vote for him is a vote for war. Nevertheless, his own statement proves that if he had been president and had done what he said he would have done war would have followed.—Richmond Times-Despatch. The Perfect Hour. 1 know that when the day is done There’ll be at least an hour of fun, Not every moment, now, of life Is flled with sordid, selfish strife. One portion of the day remains That's free from blemishes and stains; Whatever else may come my way T own one hour of healthy play. “When night comes on, I cease to dread, Grim dangers, but T look ahead To where that pair of youngsters wait 7o see me coming through the gate And there I know that we shall play At least one hour of life away, That sixty minutes I shall be free From care and worry wholly free. T may not find success today And I may falter by the way. 7ihe hours may dreary be and long And all my fondest hopes go wrong- I may be sick at heart and sore Put when I reach that little door I know one hour will be complete ‘With merriment and laughter sweet. —DETROIT FREE PRESS \Town Topics Are political rallles of any value? Are they good for anything? The an- swer is most assuredly yes, unless the unfortunate reporter who is assigned to “cover” them is excepted and he because, bearing so many, he is really versed in what the spellbinders are going to say even before they take the stage. But there is no doubt but what ralies have their use In a po- iltical campaign as in no other way are the merits and faults of the vari ous parties and candidates brought out for the inspection of the publie. It must be admitted that in this city the majority of the voters are of the thinking class and this was never bet- ter demonstrated than on Wednesday and Thursday nights at the qomo- cratic and republican rallies respec- tively. Among the audience at the big democratic rally Wednesday eve- ning were many, many republicans, republicans of years standing, who came to hear what their opponents had to offer. At the republican rally the following night there were many, many democrats at the theater 1o hear what the other side had to offer, This proves that New Britain’s voters are not of the machine type entirely, They think for themselves and go out of their way to learn what the other side bas to offer pro and that they may better exercise their fran- chise on November 7. And it is only by hearing from lits representatives what each party offers that they can do this Yes, rallies are worth while, e e con During of public the past works season has the board been sorely handicapped by a shortage of help and has not been able to do all the work originally planned or to expend its entire appropriation. But it will have that much more to do next year. Many are being woefully ne- glected and need immediate improve- ment. Work of macadamizing Oak street has begun, due to the efforts of Alderman Paonessa, and is only a sample of more work that should be done. Now Lawlor street is one of the oldest established streets, vet its condition is impossible. It is not curbed and at the north end there were not even any sidewalks. It re sembles the old country [&iF street too, needs repairs. Opposite the site of the mew school it sembles the “rocky road to Dublin” and has no Improvements ecxcept walks. Another street that needs to Belizaony Park street, over whica as much flic as almost any other in city. The board will he it another sea- streets is road. is tr: the up oes surely Linst son The Rev, Warren F. Cook, pastor lot the Metnoatst church, certainly showed itself to be thoroughly broad minded and up-to-date last Saturday when, during the big soldier parade, he threw open his church for the pub- lic, permitting them to come inside and watch the passing spectacle from the window. Commendably pro- gressive, wad this action, and appre- ciated by peoples of all creed, too. PR Democrats had a good laugh this week at the republicans who had as a campaign speaker a man who open- 1y declared that he is an expatrioted | American, a man whe by his long ab- sence from his native land has lost his citizenship—J, Calvin Brown. The thought of a Bloomin' Britisher tell- ing the American public how to voe is somewhat unusuel. PR The matter of city dumps is fast becoming one that will require atten- tion of the civic authorities even more than they have required the attention of the fire department for so long, and that Is considerable. Especially offensive is the Lasalle street dump at the corner of Lawlor and Lasalle streets It is a disgrace to the city There is situated an insanitary, oper sink drain, heaps of tin cans, garbage refuse and other rubbish and this right in the populated section. Every day may be seen women and children crawling over tliis mess of filth, pick- ing out bits of junk they think may prove of some small value. Condl- tions such as these should not be per- mitted to exist, P The school hoard got a hot shot at the council meeting this week and if the opinion set forth by the corpora- tion council is correct they deserved it. In the first place the board had $20,000 in its building fund and de- cided to use $15,000 on repairs at the Osgood Hill school. Then it devel- oped that about $15,000 was needed to repair faulty construction at the prevocational school as well as $170,- 000 for the new Burritt school — De- velopments showed that the charter will not permit a bond issue for re- pairs, so the hboard switched things around making it appear that their building fund money was to be used for the repair of the prevocational school and the other amount for the other works. Tt w brought out forcibly that the money used to re- pair the defective wall was from a balance in the building fund and as this money had been originally voted for one specific purpose it would ap- pear Inconsistent if not legal to use it for any other. Then the board tried to hedge by saying that they were using this money to “complete” the structure. Mayor Quigley termed this N, G. however, by recalling the fact that the building had been finished, paid for and accepted before the broken wall discovered. Thus, it would appear that the board’s criticiem is justified and they spent money that they had no ht without permission. e e At the September meeting of council an order of far reaching im- portance was passed, yet it has not seemed to strike anyone with particu- lar significance. It Is the order gi ing the board of public works the right to order thé relaying of any city sidewalks not in rproper condition. Already seventy-five such orders have been sent to various property owners, but if the order is enforced as it should be it will eventually call for an almost universal reform In the walk along Main street and other busy business thoroughfares. Visitb notice especially than natives the condition of the walks the main street of this modern city of 60,- 000 people. In most instances the walks are not of the modern type, but those what were in vogue fifty vears ago. All down Main street aro the old fashioned flag walks, set in tiers three and four deep, at all angles and of all sizes, looking more like a crazy patchwork quilt design than anything else Is there any reason why all Main street property owners, earning the big revenue the do, should not bo compelled to la modern walks of concrete and in th way bring New Britain into the mod- ernizea style? was to use the on PR William C. Wall is heing mentioned as the probable successor to the late Councilman Bliot H. Porter from the third ward. Mr. Wall was a candi- date for the nomination last spring and made a good run. His appoint- ment is the most logical one, x e The long talked of and much spect- lated upon white way is not a myth. In proof thereof is the initial work already begun on Church street where the subways are heing put in and the Jamp standard bases set. There 13 till a faint glimmer of hope that the new vear may see the changed Sys- tem. ..o Now that the “double tracking to Hartford, has been finished let the work of giving better service both in schedule and in the cleanly condi- tlon of trolley cars bLe hurried right algng. Also the pavement of Dwight and Jubilee streets where 1l has beetr torn up for so many weeks, PO With the approach of the fall and winter when high winds wiil be more or less prevalent the officials should begin to enforce more rigidly the law prohibiting the swinging of certain signs over the sidewalks in front of stores. On Wednesday after- noon such a sign in front of a Main stret store blew down, striking a passerby on the head, That he was not injured was due to his good fortune. e atements made by Safety missioner Howard M. Steele might taken to indicate that he is some- what in favor of eventually discon- tinuing the engine house located on Elm street and moving it to some location in the southwestern section of the city, therchy satisfying the clamor of the citizens in that dis who crave vrotection, safety commissioner’ solution not seem to be a happy one however, for there Is no dgubt but what a great storm of protest from private individuals as Main ~ street business men raised seasons m- more firc The i does well would as be in case such an action was even contem- plated. As the situation Is now, En- | gine company No. 2 is the only com- pany south of the railroad tracks that protects the business center or the large manufacturing plants in the central and southern part of the city. | hopelessly stripped of anything In case of a serious blaze In any of | Sembling a constructive issue was these places that company can now | Proven to me beyond a doubt by the easily be the first on the scene. The | eMpty statements of the first spaalker fact that there is always the chance | ©f Thursday night's wake; that that the other centrally located com- | Publican conceptions of construcion panies north of the tracks may be | 2T® in the channels of destruction hindered at the Main street crossing | “_“f‘r;f\rf;':i? ;“?yafllf:‘%: Tfl\r )lv!\}; {;’l};:‘\'lfl); in an emergency would add to SA0IR0 3rown, < the | et subject w 25 s self- risk that would be entailed in moving | SuPJect who, on account of hi _ T oompeng By oil wmoans hees | confossed prosperity in this country z 2 s s moved to a confessed poverty- Engine company No. 2 for the protec- A 3 stricke ; Tngl: Manches tion ‘of the center and’if additional | s o ol cityiin Bogland—=Manch 5 ter. protection is needed organize another | pojlow Americans,” and he hasn't company and build a new station, | a vote, “I am not a politictan, but a s | business man, interested in the wel- A most unusual and embarassing | fare of America” Then in the next situation confronted a recently wed- | few moments he confesses to be well ded couple when, after they had sup- | informed on politics both in this posed that they were legally married = country and in Europe, and admits they learned that due to a technical- | that he was an interested party in a ity they were not. The couple resided | campaign down in Arkansas in the in another town and secured thelr | eighties. “In coming to you here to- license there but decided to wed here, | night it has cost me $3,000, and for so visited a local clergyman who tled | which T am not being compensated.” the knot. The blushing bride and |In his next few remarks of intelli- happy groomsman left and were | gence, he expresses his personal dis- ahout to depart on thelr honeymoon | like of the president. And why? Be- from the home of a friend when they received a telephone call from the ex- | in his British club, surrounded by nu- cited minister who informed thera | Merous fops, and it tawmented by that due to a legal technicality with | their really silly nonsensical insulting which he was theretofore unfamiliar | Yeémarks about the United States their marriage was not entirely proper | Iiere he showed his weakness, for, if and it would be better should they | 1® Were the man he tries to be, be married in the town in which they | Would defend the flag which made it took out thelr license. Then iwere | POssible for him to be a free man; more blushes from the bride, expres- | the country which inculcated into h sions, but not blushes, from the | limited faculties for realizing the lin groomsman and the honeymoon had | Of least resistance an unconsclous to be postponcd another day in order | 1e€lN& of solicitude for those who that the clergyman and the partly | SUffer- But, he is not satisfied with marriod palr could go the next day | L1 P&y his workers demand down in : Arkansas 5 i to the town where the license was | - 5% \“l',:né‘fl;f') DG "“‘ desiec. issued and be truly married. S s o -flerpwhere theyiwonring As far | i stockings; where the children know as is known this is the first instance in | | ") 004 o Underclothing) and where L e e s e L Gl L s > | dares to come to New Britain; a city in New Britain and not familiar With | where the wages some time not far the Connecticut laws. Another pe-| gistant were almost as low as those cullar coincidence In connection With | now being pald in Manchester and this same wedding was that the| try to impress upon the minds of bride’s grandfather gave her a sub- | \vorkingmen that, if Mr. Hughes is stantial check as a weddlng present | clected, the country, especially the but unfortunately made it out payable | workingman o fthis country to to her maiden name, hence he had | be assured work I believe that .hey to make out another one before she [ will be assured work if he is elected, could cash it. But now they are| but it will be at the old scale _of married and, we hope will live happy | wages. Therefqre, let us look on the everafter. extreme of conditions should th-re The post electlon strife that for a | be not as much work as there is now time threatened to disrupt politics in | And we shall observe that we will Berlin is a signal victory for the auto- | have to work but one-half as long as matic voting machines such as are | we used to under the sixteen years of used in New Britain. In Berlin the | republicanism in order to have earned old fashioned Australian ballot Is|as much per week. Regretting my used The moderator sole judge | inability to realize the of what goes to make a ballot worth- | cconomic principles involved —but less and if the cross opposite a candi- | Mr. Calvin Brown does—I want to date is not properly placed the vote | impress this upon the minds of those can be cast out. It Is on these tech- | Who might read this. The first speak- nical grounds that N. L. Beckloy suc- | er said that the president could mot cessfully contested the election of W, | help keeping us out of war. “Had I. Alling who was at first declared | the president gone about with a chip R eciadiy o ol vl on his shoulder angd in a bellizerent tion may be technically fair, it is| attitude, he could not have found any often not practically so. When 4| One In the world to fight with.” Th cross is marked opposite a candidate’s | ¢¢ond gentleman: It was impossi- | ble for us to go to war, as our navy name, but possibly outside of the | ra v designated circle the moderator can |2nd our army were demoralized. We question it. Practically there is [Buengncoliresicoratad tEaneholvt i, no | i i g sler) and we were s2nt doubt as to the intention of the voter | JUnSTel (mung . € voter | 4 ome whipped. My dear friends it to name this particular man, vet be- | : Gk 5 cause of carclessness in failing to bo | Y% f},"]:\';;“‘l\'::\1\[,::“<\",? = Lofhvar artistically exact In the marking his | Sl o0, “oii ohserve that the vote may be lost and his favorite suf- | . b s for. Now with the voting maching | ITSt speakers says the nations wero e " 2 s afraid of us and the second spealker this is impossible. Understanding | ca1q we were afraid of them. The the manipulation of the machine, the | g4 speaker says he Is not a politi- vote cast is for the man wanted and | .ian vet he confessed to having par- there is no question. It is possible | {jcipated In a campaign down in Ar- forStie¥mAchinc) tojamNandicausel| (st oo ot SRl e Ul D trouble, as in Hartford a couple of | tne leaders of the British parliament years ago, but these occurrences in order that they may secure data on probable In counting the votes | tariff. Summing up both the the machine also is superfor. Where | erg as speakers who, coming as they it takes hours to count the Australian | are supposed to, with a message of ballots, it is merely a matter of | truths, they come to us as bearers of minutes with the machine. Truly, | false messages, fallacies of the most New Britain has done well to be | pernicious kind® and which refute equipped with these voting machines. | themselves while not yet dissipated ih S the atmosphere wherein they are ut- tered. my analysis republican Thursday evening's the affair which of rally, was directly responsible for New Britain voters turning to son. That the republican party many Wil is ol as are is ac- go are not speak- The football season is now full blast. are the original (?) jokers who insist on retelling the story about the excited feminine fan who calls the newspaper office on the phone and being told that the scors was 0 to 0 asks “In whose favor. going A WILSON CONVERT. An Appeal Made to Help the Perishi- jng Rumanians and Syrians Who Opinton during the past week seems | Are Chicfly Women and Children. to have grown in the belief that the race between G. W, Klett and G. M Landers for senator will be much closer than first expected. Both sides are confident the one declared they have no cause for worry and the other | stating that they will come out a winner It would appear however, | ahly suffered most. They are an in- that much depends on the way New | telligent race, of pure Caucasian Britain goes op the presidential issue. ‘ blood, with a beautifu! literature, and It has been wagered during the week | an ancient and heroic history, of per- that if Hughes carries New Britain | secution and martyrdom for their by 500 majority Kilett will nose out @ | Cnristian faith, Lord Bryce's report, winner, but if he does not do as good | just out, is made up mainly of test as that Landers stands an excellent | mony from American and European chance. eye-witnesses. It shows that the cruelties lately committed by the Turks upon these defenseless people free advertising by the fact that when | have been on a colossal scale which arrested for passing a standing trolley | has no precedent in modern history. car with his auto in a small town he | The suffering fell most heavily upon anticipated the court's decision | the women and children. When a against him and paid a fine of $5 and | Red Cross nurse begged a high Tur- costs, setting him back just $17.47.| kish official to spare the children’s At the time his friends thought him | lives, he answered, “Women have np very clever, but now they wondex. | business to meddle in, politics.” The thought that the judge might| The survivors are almost wholly have suspended sentence or even dis- | women and children. They are in- charged him had not occurred to | nocent of any offence. They hava them. | been through unspeakable suffering. Strangely H. | They are dying of starvation in multi- Dingley who | tudes every day. Contributions should addr, Thurs- | be sent to Henry D. Forbes, National day evening, did not once mention the | Shawmut Bank, Boston, Mass. tariff of which his distinguished pater- ALICE STONE BLACKWHLL. nal parent was such a devoted expon- | Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 18, 1916, ent, To the Editor of the Herald: October 21 and 22 have been ap- pointed for a natlon wide effort (o | help the Armenian and Syrian relicf fund. Among all those who have suffered by the war, the Armenians have prob- | aox ox | . A local physician recently got some enough, Edward of Kalamazoo, Mich sed a republican rally fichael Kerwin in Answering Criticism COMMUNICATED. ring the M Says Organized Labor Is for After He n From Ei Democracy. land Propound Doctrine Voter To the Rditor of the Herald “Having read the item in thi morning’s issue of the Hartford Courant in regard to statements pur- ported to have heen made by me at the rally of the Wilson and Marshall club Thursday evening, I wish to ad- mit that I did say that the democratic Leaves Party. New Britain, Oct. 20, 1916, To the Kditor of The Herald As a former republican, as ! cognizant of the workir the i rer cirele of my party, 1 seek to voice a of took place at the Lyceum and which | cause he, as a genuine hyphenate sits | he | fundamental | The | | | | | | party and organized labor are travel- ing hand in hand in the present cam- paign, and I wish to reiterate them through the columns of the Herald, My authority for the same is in- vested in me through resolution Nbo. 40, which was adopted at the recent convention of the State Federation of Labor, which is as follows: Presented by Delegate Andrews of Danbury, ‘Whereas, the present Connecticpit representatives in Congress, have By their negative votes on the sa-called railroad eight hour bill, taken this stand directly oppgsed to the welfare of the workingmen of this country. Be it resolved, that all affiliated unions’ be notified that we do not approve of their re-election because we believe that they are enemies of organized labor.’ Favorably adopted “I further wish to state that all del- egates attending the convention of the State Federation of Labor in Hartford during the week of September 17 were instructed by their executive boardto use all honorable means to defeat the enemies of labor, and elect the friends, “If these men, who call themselves labar men (I mean organized laber men), attended the mass meeting held in our city last in Turner hall, they would know about what authority I have the right to make the statements that I made at the rally Thursday evening, October 19, T also wish to announce that from Samuel sompers, president of the Ameriean Federation of Labor, down to the cons vention of the Cannecticut vhn\m’:nh" party held at New Haven during the week of September 14, that party ens dorsed and imbedded in its platform all matters pertaining to organized labor, from a legislative standpoint, The American Federation of Labar has endorsed President Wilson, and it a well known fact that the state convention did not have the opportuns ity of so doing, owing to the fact that they met a week later than the cong vention of the Federation of Labor. Int conclusion, I wish to remind those men wha are responsible for the item in the Courant, to remember Mmstrugs tions of the Federation of Labor, t use all honorable means ta defeat their enemies and elect their friends. (Signed) “MICHAEL T. KERWIN.” Sunday Workingman tween Draws Contrast Bee and Oakey. New Britain, Oct. 20 To the Editor of The Herald As a workingman in the New Britain, who has alws the republican ticket, I desire to ex- plain why I am going to vote tho Gemocratic ticket on November 7. I had heard so much about the tarif and its supposed effect on our indus- tries that I was led to believe that a democratic administration 114 be a detriment to busines lacy of the republican tariff policy has been clearly demonstrated during the past three years. Our factories have never heen so the condition of the works for a living is one hundred cent. bet’ ter than ever before in history. I have listened to rep cam- paign speakers this fall vince people that this due to the European less to say the men themselves do not put such an argument. The make goods in wa with the war trade and night, and unable cnough men. The great actories in Hartford prosperous in their history no one typ tions of war. Only | centage of the business of the is in any way connccted with th the present prosperity is due to the wise 1 progr during the The ition an tariff the tariff out . ¢ thoughtful voter made a political Lonerga , 1916. city of s voted we The f: prosperous and who per blican try to prosperity but need- think for much stock in factories tl connected working d»§ to got iter man on- war who no are are typewl were and considers writer muni- very small ‘per- niry and in ality | legilation | administration | yermanent, non-part has effectually taken politics, and no wants to see it again issue. One ought man The re- ssive Wilson of passed cre a board striking looked be point not to who has to country is at The cheap ridicule tors, it is a peace undenied that the United States were Yermany and certainly against with Mexico. President Wilson handled these delicate problems great ability. Why should another man be substituted unfamiliar witl the inner workings our forejzn policy, who might undo what Wilcn ) has so well accomplished? Why cx reriment when we have a presi-ent on the job tried ana found truc The eight-hour win many votes for the democratic administr tion. The eigkt-hour day is here t stay. Even Mr. Hughes himself h not had the cot to that h would favor the repecal of the act. Mr. Hughes has stated that he would have referred the eight-hour legisla- ticn the people for a decision What Fave been the result? A strike. President Wilson has pointeq a competent commission study the operation of_the act and will obtain an inquiry without = strike. This means justice the employer as well to the employe .and must be particularly satisfactory to the great body of American ple who have not been frrced to "in- dergo the pinching evil of a t raflroad strike When Mr gress the interests were ably taken care vote of his was for the of the country and of but can the same he Oakey? His record what does it disclose First: That he was opposed to the interests of the American people as shown by his votes on the McLemscre o resolution. Second: That he was opposed the interests of the farmer by voting against the Rural Credits bill Third: That he was opposed to the intcrests of the workingman by vot- ing against the eight-hour law He has voted against the interests of his country, the farmer and ‘1e workingman. T, thercfore, feel that it is my duty to vote f Loner- gen, who has proven efficiently represent A REPUBLI importance by +He for a living., aind despite political honor ove wor of with people pe ora- It ig of the witi wan has against war of law will a.ge state would 1p- to he © as Lonergan con- of of best th said before us was in this discriet and v inter.st district, Mr and ev is to Mr bilit constituents. VOTER. his AN