Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-25
HEARD IN PASSING.

In the convention of the twelfth Massachusetts district, Delegate Don ahoe moved as an amendment to the resolution instructing the delegates to vote for Bryan in Denver, that they also be instructed to vote TOT him on election day" and MT Dona- hoe was not making merry either Charleston News-Courier.
 Nearly every vicious scheme that has been proposed during the present congress has been ardently champion ed by the president, and nearly every one of them has come to grief-the currency imitation bill, the Hepburn bill to legalize boycotts, the anti injunction bill, the four battleship scheme, the ship subsidy scheme, and several more. We congratulate MT Roosevelt on the success of his eff forts as lawmaker.-Hartford Times
 Mir Bryan may be disappointed at his failure to secure instructed dele gates from Pennsylvania, but the very fact that they were not instructed for anybody else shows the lack of organization of the opposition to him. In order to have those dele gates count for anything against hi:n at Denver, they should have been definitely instructed for somebody else It is easy to anticipate what will happen to unattached delegates when they get out there.-New Ha- ven Register.
 Congressman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine may of had the rare ex- perience of never having encountered towards until he went to Washing ton. "Congressmen are the most eowardly men on earth" he told the Union league banqueters in Brooklyn and conditions are such that they could scarcely be otherwise. Their chief aim is reelection, and there fore they are afraid to act in any manner which could prejudice that reelection. This is one reason why I have resigned" Can it be that this variety of cowardice is peculiar to congressman? The average man will probably be reluctant to believe that congress has a monopoly of it.-New Haven Palladium.
 No divided house can stand long, no divided political party can win as a rule and any place that seeks an ap- propriation from congress for feder- al building with a proviso that exist ing postal conditions in that place are not to be changed can not really ex- pect to get what they ask for. The general public building bill recently passed by the house provides for new buildings in Ansonia, Bristol and Danbury, and Naugatuck is provided for with a site to cost s15,000. Win sted. which. We understand, made ap- plication for a federal building at the same time Naugatuck did, doesn't even get an appropriation for a site. Naugatuek went to congress without an if.-Winsted Citizen.
 Brooklyn's water supply has be- come insufficient for its needs and the authorities have been looking around for a fresh source. They seem to have found 1t in Suffolk county, but there is fear that they will be strong ly opposed by the owners of fish pre- serves and large country estates. Brooklyn is in need of from 50.000,- GOO to 100. 0.000,00O gallons addition al per day and it is estimated that the cost will be in the neighborhood of s19.00O. 900. The authorities are looking farther ahead than that and are preparing plans for a plant that will supply the city with 275. 900. 900 gallons per day. The estimated cost in this case is about S40.00O. O.00O. The question of additional water supply is being considered in other cities throughout the country as well as Brooklyn. the present sources being inadequate.-New Britain Herald.