Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
HEARD IN PASSING.

T A hllufSISi dppCdlEu po DS tuS 1 Model License league to unite church
 and saloon to obtain better saloon,
 responded that the church and sa- loon were getting together but that it was going to be. a head-on cOlli- sion.-Norwich Bulletin.
 league has been formed in China to force the merchants to con- tinue the boycott of Japanese goods,
 and it pays a reward of $15 for the sitting of the ears of merchant
 caught handling boycotted stuff.
 Sure; China's waking up.-Brockton
 Times.
 Speaking about religion. Thomas Jefferson got out his own edition of
 the Scriptures, Abraham Lincoln had no use for the organized church, and
 James A. Garfield wouldn't fellow- ship with church that salaried it's
 ministers or .'sprinkled" it's converts yet they all were very good presi- dents.-Detroit News.
 Lieutenant Governor Lake is, it is
 reported, already moving to. secure the republican nomination for gov
 ernor in 1910. Had Lilley been de-
 feated, Lake would have a much bet
 ter chance, for the naehine would have thereby met a crushing blow. As it is, MT Lake must, to be suc- cessful, make terms with the ma
 chine,-Bridgeport Farmer
 In these days when automobiles are so numerous, and such l degree
 of recklessness is shown by those
 who drive iAc Il, it pays to la very l careful about crossing a thorough
 fare. It is almost as dangerous now to walk across 6 business street in a city as it is to cross railroad track, for trains are more likely to give an
 alarm of their approach and aside from the expresses they are apt to travel slower through the city limits
 than many automobiles. Lon- don Day. --... ,s-s
 As it is difficult to get Mir Bryan's point of view, 1t is difficult to under
 stand his attitude toward the future ! possibility of running for president. 1 He appears to regard his possible l future efforts in that direction as de-
 pending on the demands of duty. He | is willing to be sacrifice again. | That is the martyrs attitude. But 1 the democratic party is not calling for martyrs. Is call is for practi-
 cal politicians, who shall be able to ! show something better than steady 1 falling off of their electoral votes
 with each successive attempt.-New
 Haven Register.
 The Massachusetts Total Abstin-
 ence society is in quandary. Itwants
 to attach to its pledge a distinguish 1 ed name, and naturally the name of ! the father of his country springs to ! the lips, But members doubt the
 suitability of the idea. That Wash | ington did not totally abstain is the 1 record of much fragrant history The ' hospitality at Mount Vernon, even after he had experienced much of ! life and was old enough to know bet i assuming that 1t was desirable to know better-was not famous for lemon sodas. According to the nar-
 rative of the pathetic farewell at Fraunces s tavern, there was some thing besides the tears- of himself
 and his officers to moisten the occa-
 sion memorably. Some of the Mas
 sachusetts T. A. society are inclined
 to forgive and forget. It is submit ted that in Washington's time near ly everybody used liquor in some form. However, too much care can | not be exercised in bestowing the Nonor proposed, that the pledge be lot descredited. Unfortunately the Mti-Saloon league has reduced the available list by pre-empting Lincoln -Rroyidence Journal.