Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-08
HEARD IN PASSING.

Views of what rfghtfully belong to the people of this country are rapid ly changing and one of the things which has contributed largely to the change is the attitude of powerful corporations.-Bridgeport Post.
 The Boston school committee is still foolish enough to think that a woman's capacity for teacher is ruined because she has added to the training of the preceptress the exper- fence and ennobling virtues of wife. New Haven Leader.
 New Britain wants new city building. and the project has taken definite form. Uncle Sam has set the stint by appropriating $140.0G0 for q government building in that city. Can New Britain do any less for herself than Uncle Sam proposes to do for her?-Ansonia Sentinel
 The negroes are bringing this ven geance upon their own heads, and We repeat the warning given month ago. If this crime (attacks on wo- mem is not stopped, not only will lynching continue, but the very ex- istence of the negro race will be in jeopardy. Richmond Times-Dis- patch.
 We have no use for Hearst, but those who estimate him as a man. without resources and as one-withoutl the wit to make the most ef repub-i lican associations are unfamiliar with the present state of the public mind. T.. .s, .haI fnp Hearst If he can't win now he never can win.-New Haven Register.
 Equal rights to all, special privi- leges to none" is the apt motto on the title page of the democratic con gressional campaign book. It clearly sets forth one of the fundamental axioms of democracy. Unhappily in Connecticut "equal rights" are denied to the freeman who vote in the cities and special privileges" are conferred on the freemen who vote in the rural towns. thus establishing minority rule A vote for the democratic can ddates is protest against the in- iquitous and un-Ameriean system Bridgeport Farmer.
 As President Roosevelt declares that "to change the leadership and or ganization of the house would mean confusion" he therefore would back up Speaker Cannon in packing the committees of the next congress to prevent consideration of tariff revi- sion. and of the anti-injunction bill, which a former republican congress passed unanimously, with Cannon in the speakers chair. but which he now denounces as anarchistic. Mir Roose- welt like other politicians. will find it differcult to carry water on both shoulders: he cannot handle the Can non pitch and not himself be defiled. New Haven Union.
 When there are five Thursdays in November. those who forecast Thanksgiving are puzzled in fixing the exact Thursday upon which the festival will be observed. The issue all hangs upon whether the festival occurs on the fourth Thursday of the month or the last Thursday. If the last Thursday IS the rule there is no problem in it. Last year November had five Thursdays and some maga- zines had Thanksgiving billed for November g and others November 3o. As g rule November has but four Thursdays and it will have but four for some years after this one If the last Thursday is the rule for obscr- va;ion. then Thanksgiving will come this year upon November 9. and that is the day which the calendar makers have marked: but should the fourth Thursday rule be followed. the festival will be celebrated a week earlier. Out west there is confusion over the subject. but the governor of Connecticut Is likely to follow the calendar.-Norwich Bulletin.