New-York tribune., 1903-03-10
Plan TO DIVIDE NORWALK OPPOSED.
Trxp0RARY BAD FEELING BRINGS ON CONTEST IN
s THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE.

outward form of two cities would be to set the
clock back twenty years =.
eft Is a mistake to suppose that one region wouio
suffer and the other gain. though 1t is represented
tha+ the feeling for consolidation is strong In Nor
walk and that for disunioR is strong IN soutn
NorpaIk Both would equally suffer. ana tne A"s'
result of the folly OF disunion would De oFop ="
real estate values Of 10 per cent the first year IN
all parts of the town. It cannot be argued 'hAI
this is analogous to divorce Nobody defends oVofee
except in a regrcttable exceptional case "neie
family life impossible, but to call TINS olVo'ce
when neither party get away from the otner'
TO toretSs nySse d no souoh she 81
ee are Es casea om Ssh no single
munity can escape. Some say that division nIfe
sSTy esrs as of fp1T hence as east to
the best advantage we're nseesfar does not belong
outright to those who live T Tbt 1t twenty thousand
the n~ tuTe @ught to be considered They car easily Sly
BE se as upon 9f the to
regions ,Srsl Of tRs etSS oe Ssre that
life possible would be to ofberxise G6Ty Come So
It Is neral SG oggcsT gHsito1 from 5me
should rom hs .ate things
the result reasoning Of reecti2n Of
no6 snd %he S there is 70 that risss
above egIsature or c1mPelT fr1 IS Il tbat I sovereign
bodv that mora obligations weigh in the balance T
and that there Is IN the oucSns any near
Of the legislature something which ought doro 10 DC
done or something which ought not 10 DC u'"0
CONSOLIDATION FAR BETTER,
"ynJess the members the legislature are sTePs
of ther sbe fssd ,nsr1ment 1g of intrigue re
such question to the case rond 9n Under the ap
pne pdaon Se tae'E o On prRncp an aGih
case tbs by nomnay 5ng two but really one in the
giving it dLe rank T5e tbe ersaure ts as to which
96 ehe thf fends Of to dyee sdee
singular I S5 TO- consodse the argument be
ing that if the town is divided 1t won't oe neGes ices
99ry c other to head sde o sne the
other side Of Is uqrad that the plain
ts ought to be decided rsf W'9ou5 WI fvor of the
nIant il Would not be to hear the de-
Eanallv humorous is the suggestion that IL the
matter we're submitted to the people at All Ia Who 10
9RPSsto o secede 1t saou'f beedng the case hearing one
side only opsided hI M expsnd and
prosper Of ttenes ef bs and eEa pa
Tre friends Of the town deplore the mistake Of
tbroug6 secession Those who doing this I mis- s;
s Their 1oe fbg sqe are cu G e to
ali the begerency OF the most ttI be naGe on
the inertia and dulness that weaken civic IRE tnS
Of vigorous schoGIs the sgggihsn ha neeG Of Setter
roeds oe there is still 10 sought in No5walk San
aFy ys chose 1sns IS hus and
the larger methods Of the industr1aL WoTIo vo~L
"a New England town in easy reach OF NeW111ork
upon the shore Of Long Island Sound; healthru
neacefuI full OF industrial life and CIVIC Vlrtuer
nav we'll be made the best abode Of man on eartn
Txcept fo- a great and overpowering reason 70
us from other ages will not be forgiven eltnef 10
the a she de-
stroying Norwalk II sinister political influence
were at work tn blight its future. nothing more
efectIve could be done to accomplish this tnan 70
make use of q momentary spasm or feellng TO cne
# in two across its two main avenues. The PM,
osophicai mind cannot see greater evil than Woula
Teeuit from the dull senseless bad spirited roiy OF
mutilatn the town the spirit of hate Every pull
nit within it's limits should thunder against the IN
Justice of It. Every enlightened well wisher or the
Town should oppose it with all the energy or gooo
citizenship After induiging in the luxury OF nate no
better issue out of this mistaken struggle couId
come than for a representative body of men from
ri narts of the town to hold an informal meeting
nerhaps a frugal banquet. in some neutral place
where at close range the parties could DISCUSS
eliminate cruder forms Of error and misrepresen-
tation. submit the whole controversy TO the aver
age sense Of Justice and with hearty toast TO the
welfare of the town lay out patriotic programme
Of unity harmony and extension"