The Press., 1891-11-05

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 THE charge of working against New York in the matter of location of the worlds fair in 1898 was, probably wholly unjustly, made against Mir. Fassett, re- publican candidate for governor of New York, and probably lost him many votes. But what an admission! that so many of the better people of New York city felt an indifference as to the location of the fair, and that here in New England where naturally every argument would be in favor of having the great exposition right in our own border city, and where natu- rally so large part of our people would desire to locate it, so many preferred that 1t be held where the slime of Tammany wodld not be offensively trailed all over the great national festival and jubilee. The people of larger territory than New York city have an account to reckon with Tammany, one of the most undemocratic institutions that ever cursed an existing democracy.
 THE supreme court decision in the case of P. W. Turner vs. the town of Hebron is most decidedly victory for MT. Turner. It involves the right of the public to fish in the waters of Long Pond in that town. MT. Turner had become owner of all the land about the pond and therefore claimed the pond, forbidding the public to tres pass upon it's surface or upon his land to reach 1t. The town thereupon voted to build road to the shore of the pond and thus give the public access thereto. The nub of the decision is in these concluding words:
 Whether we regard the plaintiff, Turner, as the owner of the water of North Pond and so the sole owner of the right of fishing therein or as having &C., quired the exclusive right to fish there by adverse use, we are clearly of the opinion that as against him no member of the un- organized public has the right to fight to fish in that pond. It follows from this that the report of the committe finds said highway not to be of common convenience and necessity.
 Tbsre Is error in the judgment of the supsrior court.
 in this opinion, the other judges con- cured.
 THE democrats who have been urging that the cities be given larger ratio of representation than the town in the lower branch of the legislature have succeeded in the preliminary step of having the next democratic convention called upon the proposed plan of representation, the state committee having voted to that effect. The only adverse vote to the proposed measure was that of Carney, of New Haven, who insisted upon the plan of MT. Pigott, of New Haven, which proposed a much more radical change than the one adopted The democratic convention will say whether the change shall be perma- nent. If 1t so declares it commits the democratic party to the policy of changing legislative representation to conform with the plan of representation in the conven- tion. The Hartford Times calls the plan adopted ia conservative step from MT. Pigott's proposition, but there were mem- bers who were of the opinion that even this was going too far ct Ese present time" The plan adopted gives to each town its present representation and furth- CT gives to esch town an additional dele gate for each 1000 votes in excess of 1000 cast at the last previous election, or for a half fraction of 1000. Under this plan New Haven will have 21 representatives in the next convention instead of 4, Hart ford will have IA, Bridgeport 12, Water bury g, Meriden 8, New Britain 2, Nor wich 7, Danbury 2, Norwalk 7, New Lon don 6, Derby 6, Stamford 6, Middletown 6, Vernon 5, and Windham 5, making 67 additional votes in the convention.
 WILLIMANTIo boxers most gloriously ushered out the reign of license in that borough, thronging the saloons until mid- night of Saturday, and filling the streets with drunken men. The police had their hands full, some go persons being locked up, but all were released without trial next morning, there being an unusually large mixture of mercy in the draught of justice administered that morning, the officials seeming to think that the occa- sion justified the outbreak. If 1t Is to be followed by corresponding reign of so-