The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-17

Annonnoed-memoria to the Late T.
 Attwater Barnos-Other Matters.
 The special meeting of the New Ha- ven chamber of commerce held in their hall in the Moses building last night was an important one, in that the an- nual address of the president of the chamber, General Edward F. Bradley, was read and the standing committees for the year announced President Bradley thanked the chamber for hon. bring him by a reelection and assured all of the deep appreciation of the con- fidence shown and the honor conferred He said in part:
 Though the time has flown rapidly
 much history has been made in our country during the short period of one year past, The then honored, respected and beloved president of the United States, now sleeps in death, struck down by the bullet of a cowardly as- eassin whose brain was disordered by bad associations and disloyal teach ings. At a time when the president was uttering words of peace and good will and congratulating the citizens of the United States upon the wonderful advance made in every department of science and industry, as illustrated in the great exposition which he was then attending as the guest of honor, he be- came the victim of @ sect that be- lieves in no law. no order. no justice and no mercy. If their tenets could rlI1a what chaos Uonld ,-acI1lt WI1ot misery would come upon the world? It would be indeed a time to pray for the end of all things temporal. Fortunate is it that the votaries of such creeds are small in numbers and rarely of native stock. Though reckless and des- perate, the most they can do is to strike down some shining mark, some beacon light of mankind some great represen- tative of order and liberty, and so give the world a severe, but temporary shock In the highest civilization of this age, there is no way of preventing such lamentable outbursts now and then of individual frenzy.
 A fearful crime was committed but 1t did not disturb the foundations of good government in the least. The death of an individual American, no matter how high his official position, how great his influence, how strong and pure his personal character, cannot shake the fabric of the republic. That twill remain strong and firm notwith standing the fanatical attacks of an- archists or of other individuals with disordered mentalities.
 In 1918 the vote of one citizen in our state was substantially as good as that of any other one. In 1902 the vote of one citizen of Bethany equals the votes of seven citizens Of it's adjoining town, Hamden, and to use the most striking Illustration in the state and one that is frequently used to show extreme in- equality the vote of one citizen in the town of Union for representation in our state legislature equals the votes of 250 citizens in New Haven. It prac- tically disfranchises, in many instances, the great majority of our citizens.
 It is easy for the country members, who absolutely control the legislation of the state, to vote the taxes of large corporations, such as street railways and express companies, into the state treasury. leaving the cities, whose streets are used and monopolized by I1leSc COIHpdHleS III lileli euoIlilOuS tlttL- fic, and who receive fire, police and other protection. to bear the enormous burden of expense thus caused, without relief and with little hope of redress. 
 It strikes me that the main difficulty Is with the chamber itself, with us all as body. If we took hold of the live questions of the day in an active way, debated them thoroughly, got our com mittees to examine and report on them and then took appropriate action, our interest would be stimulated, and our meetings would be much more largely attended. The desirability of keeping a watcl1ful eye on our semi-public corpor- atons to the end of securing for our citizens the best attaina bic service, at reasonable prices, seems to me to have been emphasized by the recent public hearings and discussions over the ques- ton of new contract with the New Haven Water company on the part of our city. The interest exhibited, on the part of citizens in connection with the \ water contract, is commended to our members. There are many minor ques- tions too, that our chamber could take up with good hope of resulting advan- tage to our city, such as keyless fire alarm boxes. street and business signs and crowded trolley cars.
 Whether the chamber would be jus tified in an advertising campaign for our city, in order that it's location and many other advantages might be more widely known, could also be taken up for discussion.
 The committee on new enterprises has been in active service throughout the year. The decision of the New Haven | Wire corporation to remain in our city i and rebuild their burnt works on a greatly enlarged scale, also the coming | here of the important new industries, | the New England Prepared Food com nany and the Consolidated Housatonic and Eagle Spoon companies, attest the faithful and successful efforts put forth | by the members of this committee,
 The harbor committee is also work ing committee. having been constantly in the van in securing government ap 1 propriations for the improvement of our rivers and harbor and it has through l its faithful chairman kept constantly in | touch with the government expenditure of them 1t is believed that our har-