Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-08
WE'RE ALL RIGHT.


 tion to the fact that the democratic mem bers of the government of its city have been carrying things with high hand this year. They have usurped powers which the municipal charter never contemplated conferring upon them, and now the fire commissioners have trampled under foot the express provisions of the charter.- Hartford Post.
 Not so, neighbor Post You have been misled, unintentionally no doubt, by the nasty lucubrations of our thoughtless local contemporary. So long as these were con- fined to the narrow limits of it's own circle of readers they were powerless to do harm people over here know all about these occasional outbreaks of wild and wandering criticism; but when they have been taken up approvingly by outside contemporaries whose haste to snatch at anything reflect 1 ing on democrats is chronic, it is quite another matter We would. therefore, set our esteemed contemporary at the head of sloop navigation right in the promises. The democratic members of our city gov ernment are entirely guiltless of the charges alleged in the indictment. They have not been carrying things with high hand, or any other kind of hand except that which l is directed to the highest welfare of the 1 city. So far as the court of common ! council is concerned, the democratic members are in minority, and would therefore be unable to do the things charg- ed even if they were so minded. They have usurped no powers to which they are not entitled under the patchwork charter foisted upon the democratic city by re- publican legislature; they have not ill any instance gone beyond the we'll defined bounds to which they are limited by it's provisions; they have never in any instance shown disposition to go beyond those limitations. It is the same with the fire commissioners. They have not trampled under foot the express provisions of the charter as alleged, and none but the most superficial or misguided would allege it against them. In doing those things which are charged against them as viola tions of the charter they have acted en- tirely within their powers as authorized custodians of fire department interests, en- tirely consistent with what right con- ception of their duty as safeguards be- tween the ravages of fire and the property of our citizens would suggest. And in doing this they have secured the approval of citizens generally, and so can afford to ignore the snarling comments of their bilious critic at home. We imagine, too, if the Post should con. suit the views of the Hartford underwriters who carry risks on Water bury property, it would find that the action of our fire commissioners in improvin 2 our facilities for fighting fre-and that, in every case, within the appropriation al lowed them by tho city charter-is most heartily and unreservedly endorsed h the consciousness that they have kept well within their powers and we'll within thei1 rights our fire commissioners are not dis turbed by the firecracker fault finding of 6 dyspeptic local critic.
 Like the Told flag" our fire department is all right. The democratic members o1 our city government are all right so most emphatically are our fire commissioners AS for the chronic grumbler that is kick ing against the pricks-well, that's al l wrong.
 THE esteemed New London Telegraph says: "Jupiter Pluvius and Lord Higf