Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-19

Six months, a.S0 One month, tS
 AN agreement has finally been entered into hy the committee of the common council and the Traction Co with regard to substituting electricity for horses as a motive power on the street railway Srction x. winch has been the bone of con trntion for so long, has been revised so that the two per cent clause takes effect when the company realizes six per cent on it's investment. This is great victory for the people and Councilman John Fitz- patrick k entitled to the lions share of credit for closing the contract with the company,
 IRE enthusiasm manifested ut last nights primaries Was unhoundcd It was a c;,sc Q: work in every ward and the victorious tickets are worthy of congratulation. The fa t that the bitterness of former years did mt enter into the struggle speaks we'll for the executive ability of Chairman Morris and the spirit of fairness of the members of the town committee. Every ticket wus represented tthr polls and every vote was counted It Was a good-naturcd contest and the >anquishrd take their defeat gracefully. which k the true test of demo- cr,,rN. Now let the cohlmittrcS make grod nominations and We will all turn in and work for tn, success nf the whole ticket. Hurmuuv should be the watchwori
 IT.. an interesting fact that there are >carrrly any general officers of experience in the great European armies. Since the clo>r of the Franco-Prussian war twenty two wears ago. and the Turko-Russian WAT of fifteen wears ago no European army has >ccn actual service in the field. Officers who saw service there have grown old and have been retired, being succee,ied by men who held only subordinate positions dur ing the last wars Under such conditions d war between European nations woUld be full of uncertainty. Added to the lack of skilled commanders arr the changes in methods of fighting. The range of artil- l,ry and small arms has doubled: close order formations have been Succtetitd eN- l,crimtntHllv hv open order: smokeleSS powder and smoke producing bombs have been invented and numerous other change, have been mad, all placing the c,nduct of another war upon an cNperi- mental basis If France and Germany do come to blows who can forvttll the result
 REPRESENTATIVE WIISoN, chairman of tA, house ways and means committee. >slN> lts of uon~ru>,. k being talked about tn" intentions cf that committee and about manufacturers being afraid to continue work lest the new tariff should ruin them Now. n~ ;, matter of fact, any manufacturer cLu ascertain by addressing Chairman Wilson ar anv d,mrcl5ltlc member of the ynrnmittrr thr republicans on the com mlttrr also know it. but they would be tempted i'll order to make political capital tn suppress ur diStort the facts that the committee rropo>cs to give ample time to r>rrv industry before the new tariff goes into effect for every mauufacturrr tH dis I-,~, "f stock on hand and mtk, his ar rtu.rmvnt~ tO meet the new and lowered duti,~. Tn, democrats have II" desire to rlIu uNlo,ly: their aim k to make a tariff th:t will roufvr the greatest good on the sr,,t,>t number. and in doing >o it will, of cnu,~,. be urc,~4rry la mak, such change d, will wipe. out for the future the ,n"r- III 'r,~ profits which have been lr=,i~latcd in tv th, pockets ot certain favored classes at tn. ,>Ir.r,~,. "f the people.