Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-29
HEARD IN PASSING

The point is sagely put that the liar rison managers were as confident of victory at this stage of the campaign of 1892 as the Mckinley directors are now.-New Haven Union.
 The wreck of the Maine is to be re- moved, bul the spot where the noble ship went down will always be one of the reminders of the happening which aid so much to change the destiny of the United States.-Merfden Record.
 The crop of thieving bank tellers has received an addition in the person of William H. Beckley of New York city. By comparison with Alvord the new recruit is an amateur His stealngs amount to the paltry sum of $6,4OO.- New Britain Herald
 A rural resident of Fairfield county took ride into Danbury the other day with his wife and there they got their first glimpse of a passing auto mobile. 'There goes one of them he'll ish things now, Maria!'' the husband ejaculated, and, Maria said: Well, should say as much.'-Hartford Post November 8 the industrial commis- sion will resume its investigations on labor arbitration and relation between capital and labor and industrial condi- tions. Invitations have been extend ed to such prominent authorities as | Bishop Henry c. Potter, President Steinbiss of the, National Building Trades Council. President John Dec of the Building League of New York, Professor John Graham Brooks of Har- yard university and officers of the Manufacturers club of Philadelphia, to I lof 4 ,,~,sr, sion on the subjects enumerated. A preliminary report on rhe subject of labor arbitration will be presented to Haven Register. .'"
 'If Bryan Is elected, this Baltimore and Ohio order for 1,2OO new freight cars will not be given''-so says an official of that road The order is prob ably fake, manufactured for politi- cal use. Republican papers contain many of similar kind. If the order it. self is not fake. the alleged intention of withholding it. Is assuredly one. If the Baltimore and Ohio road now needs 1,2OO new cars. it will need them as much on November 7th, whoever may be elected president on November 9th The west will ship as much grain and other products under Bryan as under Mckinley, and it is the rankest non sense to assert otherwise. This B. and O.. official evidently rates the intellI
 gence of the American voter very fal below par.-Bridgeport Farmer.
 In view of the coming triumph o1 imperialism at the polls 1t is not sur prising to hear that the administra tion Is planning a tremendous increase of the navy, to be indorsed by con
 gross this winter. The board of con struction of the navy department vii submit plans for forty warships, rang ing in size from armored cruisers an(
 battleships of about 15,O0O tons dis
 placement down to gunboats of one
 thirtieth that size. and including vari ous special types not hitherto built fo
 naval purposes. There are to be si!
 battleships of 15,00O tons displacement
 and able to keep at sea for a longe
 period than any warship now afloat Twenty gunboats, especially designed for service in the Philippines and il China. are planned. Coal-carriers fo
 all our new possessions ill the Pacifi
 and numerous other ships are now pro posed. The total cost of this new pro ; gram should be not less than $1OO,0O0, E OOO.-Hartford Times. ;,...