The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-13

WofK. It mas to take care or l-6 or the population of the city and to look af- ter this multitudlnous family it takes 400 teachers, 400 we hear very little of, but one whose influence will be felt in future years, Gentlemen, want to say that more can be expected of the school in the future. Experienced teachers are studying the child. Ed ucators are thinking on broader lines than ever before. Go into any of your city shools tomorrow and see the pro- cess of Americanizing that is going on. You must not judge of the reading and the writing of the children and forget that these schools are filled from every corner of Europe.
 "Self-reliance punctuality, good man. ners alone for good literature, all these count when boy comes to you for a situation, and these should be taught and are being taught by the teachers to-day. Taste and art have a close al- liance to good citizenship, and it is a part of the free public schools to teach this. Do not say, please, that the old schools of the fathers did not have this iii mind. You must know that times have changed, business methods have changed And I need not say in this presence, gentlemen, when We come to the last analysis of the public schools it is this that good schools follow good teachers"
 Corporation Counsel Ely was next called. MT. Benton had referred to the counsels knowing all things. MT. Ely . said:
 "Gentlemen-T want to start out by lea inc bta q m think I knnU rything. I want to say what law l have quoted has been from the supreme court of this state or of other states, and want to say that l hope the gen. tleman who made the remark will be more careful in the custody of his high office than in his statements, or else he Will iieed the assistance of myself or some of my fellow craft.
 "It Is said that when man comes to a town he is impressed by the cleanli- ness of it's streets and the size of it's buildings, but to the city of New Ha- ven might well be added it's retail deal- ers--the great Chidsey and Atwater- and when these have done with him, if there is anything left, the others may take him.
 But to be serious. The question that I suspect that you wish to hear me talk on is the relation that the retail dealers have to the so,called bankrupt stock of goods. I am not sure that you will want to hear what I have to say, but I have too much respect for myself to say anything that I do not believe.
 States have passed laws affecting the drummers. and the courts of these states have in some instances, sus- tained them, but the supreme court of the United States a tribunal recogniz- ed all over the world, has declared them unconstitutional. The supreme court of Connectic,rt has said that any statute that made a transient dealer without | license subject to fine and im- prisonment is contrary to the bill of rights. Now, you say that you pay | taxes, but gentlemen, remember that the law of taxation is that the tax shall be laid upon the property i'll the pos session on a certain day l do not say that is right, but the supreme court has upheld it and you and I must sub init as citizens It is true Massachu- setts and Rhode Island have held diff ferent views, but We are not living in l these states. It is not a new law-it is the same law that your ancestors and mine worked under. But is there no re- dress? It is in the education of public opinion. It is in union; it is by dealing among yourselves.
 '"This may lessen the number of tick cts sold by the Consolidated road It is true that you are laboring under dis 1 advantage, but, gentlemen, remember that you live in pretty good state and good city. Connecticut is second to none in truth and justice, and New Ha- ven has not been second to any city.
 Councilman Pickett of the Evening Leader said in response to the injust- ice of the tax on residents merchants: "The business man is the life of the world. The great lawyer, like my friend Ely; the teacher, like MT. Ken dal; the editor, like MT. Porter of the Post--all live by the business man. The preachers have said salvation is free, but if there were no contributions from the business men there would be few preachers. You find business men everywhere in civilized and uncivilized countries; in countries beyond the skies, where, probably, We may not all meet again. The man who seeks the 1 pTOIecIlOIl Ol tue ldW WllUOul DeeIllS any of the expenses of the government deserves to be kicked to death.
 MT. President, If your brother retail dealers of other cities ask you where are your Qualifications, may you be able to point to the members of your as- sociations and to every newspaper man in the city and say these are the fortifi- cations; every man is a brick. If the courts are powerless, if there is no re- dress in the law books of MT. Ely, I want to say there is more justice in common sense than there is in your l law books"
 Toastmaster Leigh said at the close of Mr. Pickett's speech:
 T have now the pleasure of introduce ing to you man who has been brought i up in New Haven, man who would do everything for the retail dealers-Colo- mel Osborn of the Register" The colo mel said:
 T was embarrassed to find myself | fianked on all sides by republicans, but I am glad that MT. Porter has left me to Morton, for he is the only one that has expressed an opinion on the sound money question.
 q always had great respect for the retail merchants, and it was increased l by an experience in Paris. I went in | store to buy a cane. tried to make i one of the craft take D cents for q