New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 9, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916. W BRITAIN HERALD HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. il ued dally (Bunday excepted) at 4:15 p. M.y 8t Herald Bullding. #7 Church St tered at the Post Office at ow Britala 48 Becond Class ail Matter. vered ny carriec to any part of the ctty for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. for paper to pe sent by mall, in advance, 60 Ceuts a Month, 90 a Year. only profitabla advertising mcZum In the city. Circulation books and press Toom always open to advertisers. Herald will be found on sale at Hou ling's New Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk. at- lantic City. and Hartfora Depot. TELEPHOND CaLLE. iiness Office . Jitortal Rooms A PRECAUTION. [School children of New Britain have other week added to their vacation rigd. By fuling of the school board session last night all the public 00ls of this city including the High ool, will be opened on Monday, Jptember 25 instead of Tuesday, Sep- ber 19, as previously scheduled. e physicians on the board approved this course. his ruling of the school board will bet with the approval of the parents [d guardians responsible for the od health of their charges. Better children to lose a few weeks from hool than to become infected with dangerous disease. New Britain been admirably safeguarded ainst the epidemic which has rassed the entire country. This be- se its health officers have been ever igent. Other cities not enjoying h good protection may allow va- ionists to return to New Britain nging with them the germs of the ead disease. For this reason, the jthorities here want ample time in pich to make medical inspection. etching the vacation period another ek should furnjsh the necessary ans of providing this. WHEN WE THREE MEET. harles Evans Hughes is not coming Connecticut during this campalgn— least he has not been scheduled for appearance,—because it is firmly lieved by his henchmen that there Ino urgent need for such a visit. The H line Republicans claim this as a ghes bailiwick. It will go into the jotective column by the divine right prerogative. There is no need to brry about the seven electoral votes bm this commonwealth. They will properly placed when the time mes. Having saved the candidate a b into the Nutmeg state so that he ¥ spend his time where his efforts 11 be.more profitable, it has been beted that three noble wearers of jnatorial togas take his place teday Lake Compounce where an expect- it gathering will be brought face to ce with the triumvirate of Senators, prding, Brandegee and McLean. It is unfair to take advantage of emocracy in this manner. It is also fair to Candidate Hughes to select ree men to do the work mapped out r one. It is unfair to the three men hemselvea. It is belittling their ef- prts. Each one of these Senators, ther the two from this state or the orthy son of Ohto, should be able to singlehanded a death blow to the emocracy. The mere announcement at three of them would wax elo- ent at the same barbecue was ough to stir the elements to fury. e clouds and thunder and lightning It yesterday naturally had to preceed his gathering of the giants. The orm was the forewarning of a ter- fic battle. The ghoves of Lake Com-~ ounce will witness the final blow fiven to a staggering opponent this ernoon. All will be over with dem- eracy in this neck of the woods. And et, it is not so much Charles H. Hughes as it s a desire to gain more ower for the Republican party that prompts an arraignment of the Wil- administration. The Repuhlicans not so much interested in the eader so long as he delivers the oods. Theodore Roosevelt, although ere is no special love for him, would make as good'a candidate as any pther, provided he was certain to win. Anyone of the numerous can- dates at Chicago might be at the ead of the procession if there was a hance to win out over the President pgainst whom the noble slogan “Any- hing to beat Wilson,” has been adopt- ed. It matters the hrough which a victory it does matter that gcored. There grievance against President Wilson as la Pres There is fault to find yith him as a Democrat. in the way of the Republicans’ return to power,—that is sufficient for his political death. That is rea- son sufficient too for united effort to vilify and condemn the President of the United States. medium ured. victory be not a is not so much real ent. He stands reason It has been some time since a thought been uttered new or an ori the nal phrase has in tirade of abuse against President Wilson. Since Sena- tor Harding as temporary chairman of the national convention in Chicago sounded the keynote of the present gampaign there have been but few variations of his one big idea. It re- mains for him then to present to a walting multitude a, new line of thought, a crispy, punchy argument against the re-election of Woodrow Wilson. And if he does not produce the greatly desired product it is for Senator Brandegee to deliver. Having rid himself of those stereotyped platitudes at New Haven on Tuesday night the senlor senator from this state should be in ready mood to supplement a live issue. If these two utterly fail to inject new life into the campaign Senator McLean would not be worthy of that confidence reposed in him by a unanimous renomination should he negleot to come forth with a stirring, brilliant, and highly con- vincing speech. It is to be hoped’ that these things come to pass, that the three venerable gentlemen who grace the United States senate will rejuven- ate a fast falling and rapidly ageing campaign, a campalgn so old and feeble, yet so young. A TWO BILLION DODLAR BABY. Just before the sixty-fourth Con- gress adjourned yesterday morning those members who were not in strict sympathy with the vast work carried out nor with the spirit of the times, made an attempt to bring up the cry “Bxtravagance,” a campaign issue that has been tried and found wanting. These men shouted, “This is a Two Billion Dollar Congress.”” They met the olever retort, “Yes, and this is a Two Billon Dollar Country.” All Congresses since the first have meade mistakes, and this Congress which has just adjourned is no excep- tion. It made mistakes, but it com- pensated for them by following the needs of the hour and giving the peo- ple of the nation what they wanted. No other Congress, since Abraham Lincoln’s day, went through such try- ing times. No other Congress accom- plished such a vast amount of work. The great bills passed by this Con- gress clustered near the end of the sesslon, so that all who follow the events of the day know and are fa- miliar with the work done. The Army and Navy bills are the greatest bills ever passed for the national defense. The people demanded them, and they got what they wanted. The cost was a secondard oonsideration. It would take columns of space to enumerate the legislation passed, laws which mark a new epoch in American his- tory. The latest achievement of the Congress was the railroad eight-hour day, which staved off a nation-wide railroad strike and insured peace and tranquility Instead of bloodshed and starvation to 100,000,000 people. As this bill carries with it a provision for a Federal Commission to investigate the working out of this new standard of time, any mistakes which seem im- minent can be rectified by the next or later Congresses. This Congress need not be afraid of going before the country with its rec- ord so long as there are written on the statute books of the nation such legislation as the Child Labor Law, the Federal Workmen'’s Compensation Law, the Rural Credits Law, and the law which creates a non-partisan Traf- flc Commisston. There are many others which deserve attention, such as the Philippine Act, which has fulfilled the traditions of the United States and pledged the good will of the American people to the inhabitants of the istinds. The people know the gecord, and if reason still predominates and good sense holds true to form, the Democrats will get the credit they de- serve for enacting long looked for and much needed legislation. THE COMMISSION SHOULD KNOW. It was indeed inconsiderate of Con- gress to force the railroad managers to give thelr employes an eight hour day when the railroads were howling calamity. To listen to those high in the councils of these properties such action ‘meant prompt disaster to the roads of the entire country. And yet here comes the report from Washing- ton which shows that sixty-seven of the largest steam railways in the United States during last July earned a net revenue of $545 per mile which is an increase of $43 a mile over the July previous. These figures are from the Interstate Commerce Com- mission which receives direct reports from all the railroads of the nation. A summary of the nual report shows that the net reve- nues of these sixty railroads totaled $41,355,921 as compared with $36,328,588 in July 1915, or a gain in net revenues of more than $5,000,000. Of course, these sixty-seven rail- roads are not all the in the country; mor is the five million dol- lars they earned over and above last vear’s revenue the exact sum needed commission’s an- seven lines to make the eight hour day a profit- able affair. The Interstate Commerce Commission, however, will see that the freight rates are adjusted so that in the long run the railroads will not go bankruptcy. They now; they will make more in the future. In the end, no matter which way the thing works out, the people will foot the bill. But, in this case, it will be such an inconsequential into) are making money T bill that there will be little or no com- plaint. The main argument against | the railroads is that they did not vield | to President Wilson’s suggestions the first place and let the matter go before an impartial tribunal for set- tlement. Then there could have been no howl at all from the railroad man- in agers. They were reluctant to sub- mit their side of the case to the In- terstate Commerce Commission or some other equally as qualified body. Instead, they let the Congress face a dilemma that could have been solved in no other way once it was presented to the national legislatyre. The four brotherhoods held the nation by the throat. The presidents of the rail- roads had it in their power to loosen this grip; but they refused. Now, they are crying because they must pay the penalty of their foolishness. The rail- road managers already have to sub- mit to a fixing of rates for passenger and freight business by the Interstate Commerce Commission. They should have jumped at. the opportunity to get this same commission to settle their labor question. It is recalled by old timers that the railroads have been having trouble with their employes for going on for- ty years. The four brother- hoods of railroad trainmen enter into the situation only in this fashion: They are taking care of the men who actually man the trains,—passenger and freight,—the engineers, brakemen and conductors. The men who work in the round houses, who attend to the gates at railroad cross- ings, who walk the tracks in search of defective rails, who do odd jobs about the shops, have nothing in common with the crews. Nor do the men out- side the brotherhoods get the same money or work the hours, Eventually, these other laborers on the railroads will follow the lead of the trainmen and demand more pay. Then will the railroads be in for a good battle. Had the whole case been submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission in the first place all hands would have come in for a better ap- portionment of wages, a just standard- ization of the wages for all classes of railroad labor. It knows where the money comes from, how much money the railroads get, and it should be able to tell just how much can be proper- 1y expended for labor. great firemen, same Five months ago the Department of Commerce issued a statement that steel merchant vessels building or under cantract in the United States numbered 388 or more than 1,000,000 tonnage. These figures, which will be augmented by the next report, denote the greatest shipbuilding activity the country has ever known. As a result, cvery shipbuilding plant is working to capacity. FACTS AND FANCIES. A small town is one where all the trains are known by their numbers.— Meriden Journal. If Mr. Edison really buckles down to work for the president’s re-election there’'s no use trying to hold him to an eight-hour day.—Ne wYork Sun. It is the opinion of some men that opportunity instead of knocking, should take a sledge hammer to the door.—Toledo Blade. Now that Admiral Peary’s Crocker Land has been disposed of, how about Dr. Cook’s Bradley Land?—Provi- dence Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, late for breakfast at a Colorado resort hotel, were forced to plead for food. This may make you feel easier, if you have ever had the same experience.—Bos- ton Globe. The greater shrewdness of the Yan- kee is evident when a gang of Ameri- can automobile bandits holds up a Standard Oil collecting wagon while a brace of Japanese bandits rob an American missionary. — Louisville Courier-Journal. The district attorney of county is to investigate the tipping habit in the hotels. As a quiet tip for the district attorney, we advise him that he needn’t be surprised if he has to wait a little longer than usual for his soup.—Berkshire Eagle. Suffolk Speaking of higher education, the Iowa state college now graduates jan- itors. The vocabulary acquired in col- lege, added to that which natural- born janitors ever have. will terrorize any tenant who might so much as suggest that it’s a little cool in the apartment.—Buffalo Express. Ex-Presldent Taft says he walked four blocks through the downtown streets of Chicago, and made one pur- chase in a store, without any one apparently recognizing him. Tt must be great to have one’s creditors—if one has creditors—so blind as that. Manchester (N. H.) Union. The senate has ratified the Danish West Indies Treaty, and now Den- mark must definitely decide whether it will part with the islands or miss the opportunity to get $25,000,000 for | uhprofitable colonial possessions. Tt | can no longer justify its hesitation on the ground that it cannot be sure what | action will be taken in Washington | —New York World. Literature. (From Life.) Baker—Manning is making a great success in literature. Barker—Plotless stories, humorless Jests or formless verse? \ rown ?'opics | Local politics is not providing very close contests tnese days and the fall campaign does not promise any. Not so in our neighboring town of Berlin, a veritable hotbed of republicanism. William H. Gibney, for more than a decade the republican ruler in the town that he has ruled as first select- man, is now after higher honors in the form of election to the legislature. His political path will not be strewn with flowers, however, for his old and worthy opponent, Col. Charles M. Jarvis, has thrown his hat in the ring and will actively oppose the selectman for this nomination. The doughty colonel is himself a past master In the political game and the much abused Gibney will have to extend himself to the limit to win out. Although Mr. Gibney is admittedly a most capable man in his position as selectman, there is nevertheless a faction that op- poses him. This faction is by mo means a small one, and with a power- ful man like Col. Jarvis as their cham- pion there will certainly be a hot fight in the little neighboring village. Indication of this long growing sentiment in Berlin showed itself on Friday evening when Judge Willard I. Alling, a long personal and political enemy of Mr. Gibney, with his ma- chine well oiled and running smoothly, crashed into the Gibney vehicle, and when the smcke had cleared away Gibney had been defeated for the of- fice of first selectman and Alling had walked away With the nomination. For thirteen ccnsecutive years M Gibney had been elected first select- man and his defeat is one of the big surprises of the year. Possibly over- gonfidence on his part had something to do with it. However, his showing of last night does not promise much for his success in the representative campaign. It is possible that Mr. Gib- ney may run for selectman on an in- dependent ticket. . . News of the renomination of the Honorable Marcus H. Holcomb for governor of Connecticut was received by the majority of the voters in New Britain with something akin to a sigh of relicf. The rank and file of the voters wanted to see the genial old judge get the nomination, but reali ing that the politicians, possibly hav ing axes of their own to grind, were in favor of Frank Healy, they feared for the outcome. Politically New Britain was against Mr. Holcomb and in favor of Mr. Healy, but individually the city was for the honest old judge. Ever since Safety Commissioner How- ard M. Steele’s sensational expose of Mr. Healy almost a decade ago, New Britain people have been somewhat suspicious of the Windsor Locks man. Guilty or not, the stigma of having been removed from office was not for- gotten here. But Mr. Healy is a poli- tician through and through. He wanted the governorship and worked hard to get it and among others, the New Britain delegation was behind him to a man. Their staunch support of his candidacy leads many to be- lieve that there was a reason and that had his cause been a successful one New Britain might have been re- wardea by some political plum. If Marcus Holcomb was a politician New | Britain might suffer a little as a re- sult of her delegates’ opposition to his cause. If any little favor might be coming this way he might remember the convention and the favor might be switched onto another track. But Governor Holcomb is not a politician. He is one of the most honest, upright citizens in Connecticut. His Integrity has never been questioned. He is above small, petty matters. His choice is a most pleasing one to the majority of New Britain voters and with him to head their ticket their prospects look to them much brighter this fall. L The nomination of Marcus Holcomb in place of Frank Healy will probably tend to silence the statewide political gossip that the Hon. G. M. Landers of New Britain might be a candidate on the democratic ticket. Governor Hol- comb’s strength is not questioned and democrats admit that it will be prac- tically impossible to defeat him this fall. On the other hand, had Mr. Healy, admittedly a weak candidate if the voice of the people was to be heard, been nominated it would not have been surprising had Mr. Landers entered the race with the odds in his favor. Tntirely democratic, a friend of the working man and popular in both parties, he could have had an ex- cellent chance to be elected. E When the state legislature convenes in special session on Tuesday of next week Senator George W. Klett of this city will be present as the leader of the senate and with leader Hyde of the house he has conferred with Governor Holcomb at length on the proposed bill that will permit the Con- necticut soldiers on the border to vote. All of which foreshadows the fact that If Senator Klett Is re-elected, as he doubtless will be, he will be- come the chairman of the judiciary committee, the most important office in the legislature, and the real power in the senate. . ox At the junction of Hartford avenue and Stanley streets there is a public entrance to Fairview cemetery, al- though possibly a majority of the public do not know it. Originally ther® was a driveway and a gateway into the cemetery at this point, pro- viding two entrances and exits for funeral processions and the public. Of late years this has fallen into di: usé’ however. The gateway has tumbled down, the drive has been washed away by many storms and grass, weeds and bushes have been allowed to grow up there. This should not be so. A cemetery should be always a thing of beauty and ramshackle entrance is about the only thing that mars the beauty of Fair- view cemetery. With little expense it could be fixed up so jt would present a decent sight and it should be done for the beauty of the cemetery and the street if nothing more. £ oxox . Tnvestigation has shown that numer- ous automobile accidents in this city result from the practice of an auto- mobilist, bicyclist or teamster start- this | ing from a standing position in the gutter and turning out into the street without giving any warning | signal to those who may be approach- |ing from the rear. Anyone driving down the street has no means of knowing when a standing vehicle is | going to be set in motion by the oper- ator unless the signal is given. g6 drivers will remember to signal many accidents will be avoided. ‘e o* Two unusual occurrences were noted in this city recently. An automobile containing a man and woman stobped in front of a well known cafe while | the man went inside. A few minutes later he emerged with™ a glass of sparkling ale which hc handed to the woman. She quaffted it com- placently while the passersby looked on with mingled surprise and envy. The other affair occurred on the in- terior. of a Main street cafe when, during the evening, the swinging doors parted and in stalked a young man with!a damsel on his arm. The bar- | tender hustled down and informed him that it is against the law to serve females with drink in saloons. The man explained that he was from New York where such is the custom. He seemed to think from this experience that some of the things he had read about old New England Blue laws are true. oo Orders have now the construction slaughter house. after several months | investigations under | of a meat inspector, now necessity. The trial was invaluable however, and the health board was Jjustified in following this paper’s sug- gestion in having a preliminary inves tigation before rushing headlong into the construction of a new building. Tt has been shown that a slaughter house is really a necessity, that many attempts are made to slaughter dis- eased beef and that the present slaughtering accommodatons are not clean or adequate. It is probable t the temporary inspector, Dr. C. R. Witte, will be retained in the capacity of slaughter house inspector. been issued for of a municipal The board of health, of preliminary the supervision deems 1t a aox o The most radical change that has ever taken place in the fire depart- ment has been consummated this week when the three new pieces of motor apparatus arrived, making the department almost entirely motorized, =0 much so that every station will have at least one piece of motor- driven apparatus. Correspondingly, the efficlency of the fire department has been increased. Froom the days of the old volunteer fire department with the hand reel apparatus, through | the days of the horse-drawn apparatus to the present day is a big jump, vet not so- big but what it has occurred within the memory of many men liv- ing today and there are a number of citizens, nearing the three score and ten mark, who recall vividly the da: of the red shirt and served themselves in the old volunteer department. To- day New Britain's fire department | ranks with the finest in the state. This in the age of the automobile and the for in the police and fire departments there are eleven pleces of motor-driven apparatus. The advent of the automobile and abandonment of the horses re- moves much of the thrilling, daring picturesqueness of the fire department. In the old davs when the fire alarm rang it was a sight to stir the blood of the most blase to see the straining, throbbing horses racing down the street, turning the corners in re- sponse to the sign from their .clever, alert driver, and drawing up in front of the scene, steaming and satisfied. But those are the days that belong to a past age. Fire department work is now a science. Everything is mechan- ical. There is little of the picturesque left and when the bell rings there is no clattering hoofs or snapping of harness buckles. There is simply the turn of a crank, the explosion of the gas cngines and in less time that it used to take to get started the fire- men are at the scene of the blaze. To see the faithful old fire horses cast into the discard is a pitiful sight for those sentimentally inclined. but it is the sign of the times. This i3 the age of efficiency and in fire de- partment work automobiles and ef- ficiency are synonomous. | the . If the postal department would send a few gallons of green paint te this city it might be used to advantage on the numerous letter boxes. In some instances however, a new letter box would be better as in some cases they have rusted so badly that water and snow can sift in on the mail. The placing of a wet sponge on the post office lobby writing desks for the use of those who Thave s»al or stamp numerous letters would also be ap- preciated. c o . James E. Beale, prominent in the advertising department of TLanders, Frary and Ciark, and a former news- paper man, recalls one of the numer- necdotes credited to the famous Horace Greeley, whose hiero- glyphics were wont to puzzle the printers. The founder of the New York Tribune was an execrable writer and the printers were everlastingly put to it to decipher his manuscripts. This was in the days before the advent of the typewriter or the linotype, and before stenographers were pressed into service, when editors wrote their edi- torials with pen and ink and read their own proofs. According to Mr. Beale, there was one man among the compositors em- ployed who had great difficulty in reading Mr. Greeley’s writing, and with whom the editor had expended all his patience. On one occasion {'when this printer had made Mr. Greeley’s “milk train” read “swill ' and “purity of a woman” read “putridity of a mummy,” he sent for the offending printer and, telling the man he was discharged for careless- ness and inability, gave him a note to the cashier to pay him off. The man, it is said, kept the letter, went in next door to “The Sun” office, applied for a situation, saying he had a letter of recommendation from Horace Greeley, which he presented, and which was accepted by “The Sun,” . s ous editor, | glan border and about 18 miles from | B | ley Warner, editor of “The Hartford city has not been slow to realize it | as other cities, will receive in full all | sence. | A grant of arms for the name ‘‘Chair,” Kaiser’s Nephew Buried } In Humble Litile Cemetery Washington, D. C., Sept. 9.—Many American tourists have stopped over night in the Trappist monastery ; where, according to a report recent- ly published in a Paris newspaper, the youthful Prince Maximilien died of wounds in the third month of the European war. After nearly two years of mysterious silence concerning the fate of this member of the royal family of Germany, it is now said that Hazebrouck is the place of burial of | the Kafser's nephew. This town is only a few miles south of the Bel- Ypres where the Germans in their first onward drive toward the sea were definitely checked by a flooding of | the lowlands,” according to today’s| war geography bulletin of the Na- ! tional Geographic socfety, issued from its Washington headquarters: “When peace is eventually declared a search will doubtless be made in | the humble little cemetery of Haze- | brouck to recover-the body of the royal sub-iieutenant-and carry it back to his mother, the youngest sister of the Kaiser. “The fighting to the east of Haze- | brouck was exceptionally severe dur- ing the early months of the war, for this French town of 12,000 inhabi- tants is a place of extraordinary strategic value, owing to the fact that it is the junction point of railroads leading to the North Sea port of Dun- kirk, 25 miles to the north; to Arras, 70 miles to the south; to Calais, 38 miles to the northwest, and to Lille, 29 miles to the southeast. The Ger- man advance never reached as far as Hazebrouck. The battle line now runs north and south between Lille and Flazebrouck, about 15 miles east of the latter. “The town of Godewaersvelde, where Prince Mavimilien is supposed to have received his fatal wound, is the last village before crossing the French border into Belgium on the brouck-Ypres line. Above the little town towers the Mont des Cats, on top of which is situated the moders « Trappist monastery where the wound: ed officer was nursed. “The tourists who frequented the monastery in the days before the wai were those who wished to take ad vantage of its hospitable walls for s night's lodging in order to be able te get an early start for delightful walk- ing excursions over the wooded slopet of Mont Noir and Mont de Iille ot the Belgian fronter. “The Trappists are a flourishing or- der of Cisterclan monks who derive their name from the monastery of Ia Grande Trappe, at Soligny-la-Trappe, 100 miles southwest of Paris, where Armand Jean le B. de Rance insti- tuted sweeping reforms in the middle of the 17th century. De Rance, whe at the age of 10 had been made com- mendatory abbot of this 12th-century monastery of La Trappe, after beina converted from a worldly life secured permission from Louis XIV to pension the old monks who had ceased to com. play with their obligations. He es. tablished a new group of Cistercians ! who adopted the most rigorous rules for fasting, devotional service | silence. The expulsion of the during the French Revolution only seemed to stimulate its growth in its city of refuge—Val Sainte, Switzer- land. A quarter of a century after their flight, the Trappists returned to their original home and in the course of the century which has intervened | between that day and this the order has spread to many parts of the world, including a congregation of 50 | Chinese monks, others mn Japan, Asla | Minor, Canada and the United States. In Natal the missionary Trappists are particularly active in tryind to civilize and convert the Kafirs and among their activities in tt part of the | world is the printing of books in the { Zulu language. There are also Trap- | pist nunneries, the first being that of | Les Clairet, at Chartres, which adopt- | ed de Rance’s reforms during hs life- time.” and order they being able only to make out Mr. Greeley’s signature. Another story is told of the past famous of editors, another whose chirograph was equal to if not worse | than Mr. Greeley's: Mr. Charles Dud- Here He is. | (Hartford Times.) Reasonable caution has the republican organization compelled to re- Gov- ernor Holcomb is undeniably a for- " | nominate Governor Holcomb. Courant.” One night one of the printers came to Mr. Warner's private office and told him he had dectded to give up his position as a compositor and enlist in the army. (It was during the war with the south.) Mr. Warner con- gratulated the young man on the step he was about to take, commending him for his loyalty and saying that the country was sorely in need of just such men with the spirit he displayed ““Oh hell!” answered the man, “It's not that at all. I have concluded that I would rather go to the front and be shot than to have to read your copy any longer.” e Senator George W. Klett will intro- duce a bill in the legislature on Tuesday providing for $100,000 for the support of soldiers’ dependents. This bill means that New Britain, as well that they have paid out to the sol- diers’ dependents during their ab- It is a bill that should please all. MR. FIDDLEBACK CHAIR, (By James Shepard.) T'm somewhat like a quadruped But yet, no beast am I, I stand so firm upon all fours I'm seldom known to lie.” Dates back to olden time; My Christian name of Fiddleback Was given for my spine. Each side my spine my two rear legs Along my back run high Angd terminate at upper end In cross-piece for a tle, And lower down another tie Extends from side to side, Thus a support for my backbone These two cross-ties provide. And just below the lower tie, The rear edge of my seat Is firmly tied to my rear parts Where back and legs do meet. At the front edge of my seat frame My forward legs are found, While all four legs with rounds are held Together all around. With legs thus tled, I cannot walk, And so I stand upright Ready to hold whoever comes Upon me to alight. The top of my seat frame is called The bottam of a chair, 'Tis made of cane, sometimes wood, Of splints of flag or hair, of I promise to behave myself The same for great or small, And must be taken as I am By both the short and tall, I am for those who sit upright To eat, to work or rest, Morris Chair inclines lazy people best. And Mr. Windsor Chair, Also the Chippendale Are far the prim and dignified, The hearty and the hale. like me, My sister Rocking Chair may rock, Supported on two feet, But my four feet were made to fix The level of my seat. While T assure all who sit square That I will never slip; When so inclined, are those T serve, I always take a tip And should my sitter lose his paise And with me tumble o’er, patriotism, | midable candidate. His selection emphasizes with renewed force the | manifest duty of the democracy ta | forward the movement for the rein- auguration of democratic govern- ! ment in this state and to strengthen { the commonwealth in its loyalty to : Woodrow Wilson by securing as its | nominee for the governorship its ablest, strongest and most courageous man. It should secure this man ifs | it has to draft him. Opinions may differ as to identity, | although for our part we see no rea- | son why they should not be brought | into unanimity. We think we know | him. He could have—probably he would have—been nominted for the chief magistracy long ago, but for his own modesty and the conviction of his friends that he was too valu- able in other lines of public endeavor to be spared for the governorship of Connecticut. No man in Connecticut is too valuable for that service He is not a politiclan, but his | knowledge of politics is one of rare | discernment because it is builded up- | on intimate knowledge of ana consei; entious concern in public affairs. He has rare gifts of the intellect and | of the heart. He is a wit, an ora- | tor, a publicist. His code is high His spirit is dauntless. He knows more men to be a frlend to than any other man in Connecticut he probably never knew a man or a thing to be afraid of. He wears the title of “Colonel,” won, as he men- sserts by springing from the sidewalk to the saddle. He runs a newspaper. He lives in New Haven. His name is Norris G. Oshorn. a and Will Lodge Secede From the Union? (New York World.) A Senator Lodge is at least a century and a quarter behind the times. He has gone back to the good old days of the confederation, when the states balked at contributing to the support of a National government. In his speeches in Maine he is preaching a rebellion in which he will walk out & of the union, followed by the Home Market club and as many of his de- voted political disciples as he can muster. Any day he may secede. Mr. Lodge's grievance, as he states it, is that four states of the north— Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl- vania and Illinols—pay more than half the direct taxes collected by the United States government, while ten southern states—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis ippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia—pay only 4 per cent. of the entire tax. His heart bleeds especially for ew England interests,” which no longer rule the nation and write its tariffs to suit themselves. He is bitterly aggr against the democratic majo congress, which fails to recogniz England's sectional right to tax the rest of the country to suit the pleasure of New England’s manufacturers, It has provided for direct taxes that fall on Massachusetts, as on other states, according to its wealth and resourc Like Mr. Hughes, Mr. Lodge sees * something to be gained by raising the issue of sectionalism. Ordinarily, be- tween campaigns he is a pronounced federalist, a believer in a strong cen- tralized national government. But as a campaigner in a presidential year, the only strong federal government that appeals to him is a republican | party government, in which New Eng- land dominates in writing of standpat tariff schedules and the rest of the country is made today for the privi- The question then is which of us Can better claim thg fioas2 Llnge of subsisting under the control of IRpats ARd tari monopolies,