Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-12
HEARD IN PASSING.

If you are going to Hartford and enjoy trolley riding jump on q Berlin car change at Berlin Junction Tor New Britain and then change at the latter place for Hartford. It will be beautiful trip and cost you i've cents less than it will to board the Valley train at Union station and go direct to Hartford - Middletown Press.
 The International Association of Police Chiefs think it is a shame that policemen should be caricatured. Such a little thing as that ought not to bother the men whose general experi- ences ought to cure them of being sensitive. Any attempt to stop the custom is more likely to cause more pictures than to reduce the number.-- New London Day.
 An hour day will care for siz- able garden. And there are thousands who would be glad to devote twice this amount of time if they only had the lot. It seems pity that, some or the hitherto vacant lots cannot be put to just this use, thus clearing them of rubbish, making them more slightly and profitable and helping to relieve some who are in strengthened circum- stanceS-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The corporation counsel of Wash ington, D. C., has decided that the fire apparatus. patrol wagons, ambulances and all vehicles calculated to expedite city work come under the speed reg ulations without exception. To hold up a fire engine speeding to fire on the plea of violating the speed laws of the city would be most peculiar performance, but one entirely neces- sary under this ruling. Common sense seems to be ruled out on tech nicality. Standard.
 Some whose desire to see Bryan beaten makes their vision especially clear point out that he is still 123 votes short of the necessary two thirds. But if Bryan hasn't the votes who has? Besides him just two men are mentioned, Governor Johnson and Judge Gray. The former has 9 votes, the latter 6. MT Bryan has 549 in- structed votes, and there are 21S that nobody has, besides over 200 from delegates yet to be chosen. The reasons why Mir Bryan should worry are more apparent from New York than from anywhere else.-New Ha- ven Register.
 The chairmanship of the republi- can national committee is a perplex- ing question just now. It was Me Kinley who asked for the appoint ment of Mark Hanna and his request was granted. Since then it has been customary to accede to the wishes of the presidential candidate in the se- ection of a chairman. There is a dis position now to return to the old method of the committee choosing a chairman to suit itself. but that plan will hardly be put into operation dur ing the days of the influence of Theo- dOre Roosevelt and William H. Taft. New Britain Herald.
 Twenty-Five years ago, on June '. 1883, the Sabbath school of the United Presbyterian church near Tilden. H., gave a picnic. The attendance was not large. only about POD, but those in charge were so well pleased with the results that they decided to give another the next year. Each year the crowds increased and the manage ment passed from the hands of the church officers to a committee com posed of representative citizens of Tilden and vicinity, but the policy re- mained the same, to insure clean. wholesome day of amusement and recreation. That this policy is suc- cess is attested by the enormous crowds increasing in number each year until last year a conservative es- innate placed the attendance at 60O0.
 -Coultville Qll) Republican.