Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-24

but We hate bosses" Of this also 1t may be said that when they on our side they are leaders; when they are against us they are bosses. New Haven Register.
 The good roads bogie will no doubt spring up again at the coming legis- lature, and the one-man rule which has prevailed will no doubt be con- tinued. There is a crying demand for better reads, but under the pres ent cooped up idea of road building it will be fully century before Con- necticut will enjoy prosperity in good roads. It seems to be a case of appropriating money, without re- |sults.-Middletown Press.
 While speaking in Concord, N. H., the other day, MT Chain, prohibition candidate for president, said that if he is elected he will clean out the white house basement for Teddy has his toddy there" The audience was so pleased with this statement that they gave three cheers for the candidate. At Worcester, Mass, MT Chain said: "Mr Taft is the fearless leader, MT Bryan is the peerless lead CT, Mir Preston, of the socialists, the cheerless leader. and I am a peerless leader. New Britain Herald.
 Torrington is trying the experi- ment of using the waste product from local gas works to lay the dust on its macadam. Meanwhile the state highway commissioner sticks to his belief that nothing better has yet been found than coal tar. The Torrington substitute has the advan- tage, however. of being cheap, and it can be applied with street sprinkler. If it should prove valu- able, there Is not patent on the idea and no limit yet lived to the price which gas companies may charge for waste. ."-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The second battleship Maine has made an enviable record on more tahn on occasion. The completion of a globe-circling, 35,000 mile trip. just accomplished, Is worthy cause for pride among the men of the American navy. If the many battle> ships of the big American fleet, which just arrived in Japanese waters, return with as clean a rec ord, they will have done what no fleet of any nation has done. The best part about the whole matter is that everything points to the. fact that these boats will do just that New Haven Morning Journal-Cour- fer.
 Among other thing the Duke of the Abruzzi is credited with saying, "It is most annoying to be the help less target of the malicious tongues of the whole world. If I were to be born again I should wish not to be a prince in order to be free in my private affairs" It wouldn't be the least surprising if the prince made this remark. If he didn't say something like 1t he must be more than ordinary flesh and blood. Ger tainly he has had enough provoca- tion to indulge in picturesque Ian guage. If even half of his alleged trials and tribulations as reported are true, the road to matrimony has indeed been rocky and uphill Meriden Record.
 A report comes from Washington that in preparing messages and esti. mates for the coming session of con- gress the president and his cabinet have had their attention drawn to the deficit in the government reye- nues. Great effort is therefore to be made to cut down the appropriation demands for the next fiscal year Even the army and navy estimates may be pruned, for the deficit so faI this fiscal year reaches above &S7,'