Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 20, 1921, Page 4

R I o RN o, o S0 B 290~ -1921 Serwicl: Bulleti and Goufied ~ Moiwec, ot W Pestofioy ¢ More, Coon. u ey fey. men - Tsbepnare Cat et | Offren, <53 “ Eadlorial Beoms, 15-3. Jot 0T, 361 lepuron 10K it Wmmeites M, 2 CDereh b ST Neowieh, Friday, May 20, 1921, ey e s e i e e et CIRCULAHON WEEK ENDING MAY 14th, 1921 11,097 TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS. Two matters of much importsnce’ to the citizens of Norwich, outside of the el business before a city election and meeting, arc presented this vear for the aetion of the voters. These are the re- vision of the city charter and the author- isation of the necessary appropriation for the establighment of a white wav. Norwich has been operating for years umder a charter that has had no revis- fon for a long period of time. Conditions have arisen frequently which have ocalled for the bringing of the Instrument up to dato and the need of such action has been discussed but nothing has been dome. There has been pursued a policy of leaving It to the other fellow with the result that the need Is just as evi- demt as it ever was it not more ao. Instead of eontinuing to remain in waeh a rut, however, efforts have been made during the past year to change the situation and to impress upon the wesple the necessity of sgetting down to business and put the instrument in shape # that it jibes with the expansion and mew conditions that prevail today. The firwt steps in that direetion is what the pesple will be asked to approve this year W%y authorising the maror to name a sommittee to nundertakd such revision, * the worg of which must of course be watified another vear. ' What is imper. tant now is to get started that will take some time but which onght to have been tackle! lemg ago. The other matter Wwhich concerns a white way, modified from that which wa mat first projected, depends upom whether the necessary money to estab- Meh it is provided. A white way must be regarded as the sizn of a progressive semmunity. It creates a lasting im- pression concerning a city and indicates to a certain degree the Amount of civic pride that prevalls. The streets of any city are the first things upon which judgment is invari- ably pasced. If they are well kept, and . are well lighted that judgment s in-| wariably high and lasting. Norwich has good reason to give se- risms consideration to these two matters. They are comtaz up for action soon and the electorate should be prepared to ex- prese itself thereon, and as In other | matters it i3 the voice of the many and ot the few that is desired. MUST WATCH THE OUTGO. When the present session of the gem eral assembly opened there was im- pressed upon it the need of exercising strict ecomomy. It was made plain that ® tight check must be held upon ex-| travagance ard that eare ghould be ex- ercissd in making expenditures. Stress wss placed upom the present situation someerning taxation and if it was mot aiready apparent thought must be turn- od to the fact that needless outlays, or those that ocould wait, shouid not be sttempted i 1t is therefore interesting to mote that | the recemmendations concerning certain spprepriations indieate a determination to respect the situation. The recommen- dations nre not bare of {noreases in the nppropristions but they \show ne re- semblanes to what were' asked. of the big salary jomps that were pre- nesed have been disregarded, and much Telief 15 afforded by the announcement to the effeet ihat the state will not be required to make a6 large an outlay as was expected te hous ethe heavy .artil- lery allotted to the state by the federal movernment. 1t is well that the govern- ment has feund that only a part of the equipment will be sent here, but the meney whish would have been used for such & purpose ought not to be regarded ®a mecessarfly avallable for any other project that is seeking funds. The state had not fizured on any sueh outlay and the benefit from being reliev- o4 of it ought to be permitted to acerue o the state. It would be a happy solu- tion if it were possible to eseape for the present at least the expense which will De necessary to strengthen the several wrmories in the state to which heavy long range artillery has been assigned. The business of the session is drawing io & cidme Dut there are many important ‘matters §o aet upon yet, including bills Inveiving' large expenditures. The nee- vosity of hewing to the line-and giving sttention to economy .Instead of extrava- wanes should mot be lost sight of In the Enal Says of the seswion. OUR SNIPPING, The time Is apparently coming when there must be an old fashioned ‘wrestling mateh with the legislation surrounding shipping if the American merehant ma- rine is going to be permitted te exiet and 15 business in competition with the ships > other countries. Just at the present time there ts a vtubborn fight on against the 15 per temt. eut in wages which Chairman Ben, | fon of the shipping board declares must Bocome effeettve. In seeking that reduc- tion he'pofmts ouwt that it is prompted by the reduetion which has taken place n the cost of living and the Inebility of the American vesseis :p do bueiness uns iows they cmt expendituves so as to more Redrty commpars with other countries. Amd yot W gpite of the reductions thase affectdd wil continve not only te get mere than double whai they 4id before e war but they recsive far In exeese of wellar employes on vessels of other @untries, With thoss of Great Britain Baving sccopted an addittonal ent since the teduetion Was undertakén In thiy sountry. Thus thers appears to de goed Tenson for the atatement of Chairman Bemson when he declared that further reductions will have to be mede. But it is evident that the matter of |all the oroeks do, Mugen lmy't The enly thing that ls dandl. | temdod viotime, i / shipping in the opinion 'of the board's chairman. When he declares that American ships are required to have teo many men it s only saying in other words that therg is need of revising the laws that govern our ‘shipping that it may continue to do business as against that of foreign nations where expenses are less amd requirements less severs, Thus it would anpear that the shipping problem is far from a complete solution. 3 No PLACE FOR VUS. It Poland had given consideration to |the manner In which the United States had dealt with the requesta that were made by Germany it must have realized that there was little prospect that it would “have undertaken to lend lis In- fluenca to sway the opinion of the al- lies. regarding the Silesian trouble. Thus Wwhen Secretary Hughes teils the Polish minister that it cannot accept hiy sug- gestion it is only what should have been expected, e It has already been determined by the aldes hew Upper Stlesia should be dis- posed of. That was agreed to in the Versallles treaty and the methods defined in that document are at the presemt e under executiop. It Is interference erewith on the part of eertain Polish elements that has developed the present oriels and confronted the allies with the question as to whether they ave ge- ing to stand together In the earryiag out of the terms er whether some new in- fluence s going tp swerye them from thelr ecourse and open up amew a dan- gerous situation. Plainly it is a . preblem that Purope must deal with. From the / British comes the demand that the termg of the agreement should be carried out, while Franoe because of the close rela- tionship that has been establizhed with Poland since the srmisties has much sympathy for that country and s of course strongly opposed te amy partiel- pation by the German forees in restrain- ing the Poles. Whateysr may be the position of the respeetive alied nations as to how Silesia should be divided, there j& no reason why Germany should be re- sorted to to put down any trouble in|comment casually on his general lack of | “My goodness!” moaned the very pretty | that province. It would be as improper and boresome tendencles? girl, jumping up and departing. “I'm go- as it is for the Polish forces to be| “Not a chance’ mourned his niece. making trouble there at the present time, apd even worse since Germah par- ticipation weuld have allled approval. H But inte the situation the United Btates has no desire to projeet itself. It is one of those European muddles from which it wishes to keep aloof and that view is made plain in the reply of See- retary Hughes te the PoMsh suggestion. PRANKLIN ¥ LANE, iFor a number of years Franklia K. Lane has been prominently before the eyes of the public because of the posi- tions he has held and the manner in which he has discharged his duties in connection therewith. How well he served and how deep an impressien that service made is indicated by the asser- ticn which has been freely made to the effect that had he been bern in this coun- try he would have stood high in the liat of those favered for presidential can-|closely allied with the American and didates. The fact that he was born in | NatiVist parties, and it aimed, throughl Canada, although from the time he was|'erY stringent naturalization laws, to a very small boy he had lived along the Pacific coast of this country, was enough to disqualify him for such an office but it dldn’t decrease the appreciation that was manifested for his adiltty. Perhape the fact that he wds identified with the democratic party was responeible for the fact that he was not more succeesful in mmping for office In his own state of r:..f[:e.—m, but recognition of his quali- fications nevertheless extended far be- yond party Lounds. It was in fact that he was brought into national prominence by President Roosevelt 16 years ago when he was named a member of the interstate com- merce commission in which body he ren- dered valuable service and where he was when he was selected b¥ Pnalseml Wilson as a member of his cabinet There Mr. Lane demonstrated again his broadmindedness and a determination to bring the department of the Interior to a higher standing. He showed himself to be a worker, a forward looker and a man of good judgment, although that somehow did not appeal to President Wilson to the extent that might have been expected. There developed an es- trangement that was undoubtedly the canse of his resignation over & year age from the eabinet. 1 In the death of Frankln X. Lane the country has lost a strong man at a time when he was in a position to render his best service. He may have been born in Canada but he was unquestionably theroughly developed as an Amerdean. BDITORIAL NOTYES. Conditions are getting back to nor- New York reports bey bootblacks and nickel ghines. May i a little bit hard on the fellow who expects his home garden to show definite progrees every day. The time is ripe now for tWe rushing of the war correspondents to tie coal flelde of West Virginia and Kentueky. The man on the cormer seva: These are the days when scefiery makes the back te the farm movement interesting, The voters of Norwich ean be relied to stand by these who have sztood by them and prevemt eur mumicipal affaire trom taking any backward move. If, as claimed, Germany has the best labor in the world it is an excellent time. to put it to work and show how quick- ly the reparations ean be patd off. It begins to look as If Germany's agreement to meet the réparation de- mands would relileve seme of the ten- sion concerning the disarmamént situa- tion. The ranks of the old veterans are thinning but there Wil be nesd of a number eof automobiles to give them transportation in the Memortal rade. Promiment seciety people have ob- Jected to being drawn into a Néw York #lvorce case evem 4w witneswer. It would bave been differemt had they beén on the stage. General Wood and ex-Gévernor Forbes are getting a big receptior in the Philip- pines, and there are those coming hum- Greds of miles to oppose casting the fal- ands adrift, Count Boyefims nesd have mo worry that the United States 'will oppress Ja- pan. Opposing &ueh a thing by other Ratlons it eamnot undertake amy sush policy ftwelf. By signing the blil amending the Sul- livan law the governor ot New York puts into effect a meagure that will per- mit oltizens of that #tate to Paghedy fire- arms in their homes for purposcs of proteotion. Many have them gnyway, ®o Why not the in: l “I wish T knew what to do about fa-[us talk. When he doesn't like a man he ther,” wailed the very pretty girl to the sympathetic bachelor uncle. awful " ““What has he been up to now?” queried the bacheior uncle. “It’s a shame how fathers “It's the way he acts about men,” ex- plained- the very pretty girl in despera- “Most always he takes violent dis- likes to my caflers, and that is dreadful— but when he does like them it is worse, because I never see anything of them! tion. He just “He likes them so much that the min- ute they get inside the house he pounces on them and drags them off into his den and gives them. expensive wants to know what they think about the Teague of nations. the price of steel and what Japin may be going to do to us and if tells me they are very intelligent young men, most exceptional, in fact, and that if 1 will bring men like that around he has no objection at all to them—and there am J on the side lines, so to speak, without the remotest chance even do bother their children!" gobbles them up! - cigars it isn's, why isn't it? Then to hello at them!” “It they are—clever young frowned the bachelor uncle, “they would their escape and all would be well ! Have the youths of today no ingenuity?” “They wouldn't dare to try te escape” mak the very pretty girl told him with frown of surprise. good friends! are obliged to Why, | *Phey have to give an imitation of sit- ting at ease enjoying themselves and they mile brightly and agree perfectly with evepything ' father Mr. Figpaste! " man fully. one of “Father doesn’t listen deliberately when I have company, but he's always eort of prowling around, you know, and he hears “Isn't thers some way of camouflaging 2 nice young man and making him im- press your father as a stupid ““When he begiyh your pet friend “It_is just and wigwag | men.” “If a young man likes a girl he has to be awfully careful about her family, and I can just see one of them trying to edge away from dad and remain says! it brought tears to my eyes the other night to hear Billy's voice eaying, “Yes, Mr. Figvaste, No, indeed, Mr. Fig- paste or ‘I agree with you to the lmit, young suggested the bachelor uncle hope; to take note o can't you think | up some tiresome story about the boy or tells me next morning that I'd win eut in any endurance test that was. ever rum, and that I would have his sincere sympa- thies fof my sufferings entertaining that half wit, except that I deserve some pun- ishment for asking sueh an impossibility to the house. : “If the young man impresses him he nabs him the next time he comes and 1 might just as well retire to the ecoal cel- lar. I simply am not present, and do you think I enjoy knowing that a perfeetly good caller with a big box of candy and a theatre threat in his mind is being all muddled up and distracted with heavy conversation when his main idea in com- ing was to be amused and charmed? “Don’t you- see that it, is going to end in everybody’s running like mad to get away from me and Tl die an old mald? “It's far easier to stand when father doesn’t like 'em. In that case he usually scares them to picces by dropping s his glasses down his nose and treating them to long surveys over the tops of the rims, meanwhile shaking the mewspaper in his hands in vicious little perks, spasmod- ically, as though his feelings had over- come him and he was restraining himseit by main force. He varies this by low growls and barks and finally he jumps up and walks away hurriedly, as’though he didn’t care where he went so long as it was away from here! You know, that a|sort of thing has its effect and it is a brave man who can bear up under it 2And vou've no idea how keen competition js and I can't afford to lose any of m# men." he “If you girls would run a sort of clear- ing house of your admirers you would not have to lead this hectic life of grab and enatch,” Teproved the bachelor un- cle. “It would be a sort of socialistic af- falr, with all things equal, and—" “We'd just perfectly hate them equal” be any fun or anything! But you haven't told me What to du about father! Ted Buncombe is coming tonight, and faiher is just cracy about Ted, and it is going to_interfere horribly it—" “Ted Buncombe?” reneated the bachelor |uncle with interest. “Say, there's a chap for you! T'd like to see him myself Guess T'll hang around till he comes ing to start this minute and flag Ted at walk! 1 never saw such a family! hopeless !"—Exchange. 1's _—_—— onp INCIDENTS HISTORY THE ENOW-NOTHING PAETY. The middle of the past century there were many political partles of many dif-| forent names, the result of the great ex- citement of the period. a very short life, while others grew lo| such 2 strength that they were able, for a time, to control politics. parties came to be known as the Know- Nothinge. gained an ascendency in several states, This party in 1852 and then as rapidly declined. The work of the Know-Nothings was make politically powerless the large num- the and through other means to check the growth of foreign influences ber of United immigrants States, then settling in and ideas. The name is said to have been at first The Sons of '76, or the Order of the Star Its real name and ob- vealed even to its mem-| bers until they had reached the higher de- Spangled Banner. Jects were not IN AMERICAN Some of them had One of these suddenly try with a set of principles which centered in a demand for more stringent natural- ization Jaws, and in a less strong sense resistance to the “‘aggreeeive policy of the Roman Catholic ehurch.” So long as the Know-Nothing party wai one of secret lodges, it had the same op- portunity to grow as any other secret or- der, but it was asking too much to expeet the country at large to give endorsement to a public attack upon any religious body on the part of a national political party. The candidate who presented himself for admission to the first degree in the party placed his hand upon the Holy Bible and the cross, and pledzed himself by a solemn oath to secrecy. He was also ex- Pected to take an oath mot to vote for any man unless he were a Protestant, of American birth, and in favor of Ameri- cans ruling America. The novitiate then received the pass- word and the sign and recognition and grips were explained to him. When he challenged a brother he asked “What time?” and received the reply “Time for work.” Then he asked “Are you?" and received the reply “We are.” The new members were alto informed that notices of the meetings were communicated by means of triangular pieces of -paper. If gree, and their' constant answer, when |red paper was used, it wa sa sign of dan- questioned on these subjects—"I don’t|ger. know”—bteame almost a shibboleth of the| The moral agitatlon which exprassed order and gave it the popular name by which 1 It was sérlously After Europe n 1818 great numbers of Germans They did not seek nat- uralization and some of them even vaunt- ed that they would states in the west and defy the govern- ment of the United States. ments took up an alarming character in| the popular imagination and opposition to in the halls of eame to America. them f t is still known. the revolutionary outbreaks establish ound expression congress. The rise of the Know-Nothings ‘or Amer- believed by a great many that it was a vnart of the poliey of The Buropean rovernment to send over to! this eountry the undesirable elements of heir population, so as to weaken the na- onal character as well as the national tie, and thereby sow disorder in America. German These senti- itself in a wave of Protestant fanaticism was symptomatic of the unnatural state of the public mind. On election day Catholic cathedrals had to be barricad- ed and churches of that,denomination were frequently placed wnder military guard to prévent being fired or pillaged. In the fall of 1854 the elections falled to fulfill the anticipations of those who heped for a very large Know-nothing vote. The party carried Massachusetts in in the Middle States. In 1855 it was suc- in New York, Kentucky and Calfernia. In 1856 many of the adherents deserted the party and voted for John C. Fre- mont, and by the election of 1860 the Know-Nothngs had entirely disappeared. (Tomorrow—How _ Arnold’s Treschery iean narty is involved in obscurity. The ‘Was Recetved.) party had for its tenets the exclusion of | foreigners from all national, state and municipal offices. saying Its watchword w attributed held a convention to Washington—"Put | none but Americans on guard tonigh! It finally became impossible to longer disguise the existence of the party or to preserve secret its tenets or its personnel. In 1855 the Know-Nothings came out as a- distinet party, Philadelphia and promulgated a platform. Almost every state in the union was rep- resented. All secret machinery was abol Dr. Leonhardt who discovered Hem-Roid, the com- mon-sense Pile remedy. No cutting— no greasy ealves—but a harmless tab- let that gives quick, safe and lasting relief. Money. back if it falls, says Lee & Osgood Ce, at ELEC TRIC WIRING AND REPAIR WOR’ “All our work is done in accordance with the require. ments of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. THE NORWICH ELECTRIC CO. 42-44 FRANKLIN STREET declared the very pretty girl. “It wouldn't; IT’S WONDERFUL PURITY AND GOODNESS makes it a favorite | with everybedy. Made Stories That Recall Others l cussing their plans || et big? and I am not was the reply. the front sidewalk and take him tor a| “1 guess shed and the party went before the eoun- | riding on one of those long seats. 1y young woman got on the stoppage is ‘bounds. £1,566,000 ment tions, the fund is being d rate of sum is increasing rapidly industrially, and Delpware and showed some strength | cessful in four New Kngland States and | | Thousands Thank | ‘What She Could Be, Two tots were recently’ oy for the “What are you going to be ked one. not going hen you “Well, I'm be going o be an ol to ma ‘ou will have to be one or the oth was the reply. 1 won't either” was the I can be a nurse.” Like Father, Like The boy of five and Son. i his faci; each oth “Hy, sis!” shouted the tot man, and his mother who did no mal, nize her as one of her | shocked. | “Look here, Johnny, you shouldn't | speak to people like that, ori- | manded. & “Well, pop does,” he replic — Gleaned from Foreign Ex- changes. 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