Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02

full if broadminded judge would find some of the accused guilty, If the cases had been tried. When a stranger goes rushing into a store and asks for some article, stating that he wants it in hurry as he wishes to catch the next car, nine out of ten clerks, if they were at all accommodating. would accede to the mans request without asking the buyer many questions. Still it will only serve to. make clerks more careful but it will also tend to place them on their mettle. These evil dence gatherers on their next visit to Waterbury should be we'll pro- tected if they try the same methods or they are likely, in the opinion of the writer, to receive something in addition to the article which they ask for.
 The Sunday hoodlum Is to the fore again. As soon as the grass begins to spring up and the trees to bud he inevitably makes his ap- pearance, to the terror of decent citi- zens on the car lines and to the annoyance of everybody with whom he comes in contact. Generally he is returning from the seaside or a ball game, and he manages to dis credit others who go to the seaside and who play ball on Sunday for the love of the sport and in a decent and orderly manner. It was not hard to spot Sunday hoodlums last spring and summer and they were frequently arrested, but were usual ly made to pay nominal fines or else let go altogether. It is a regret able fact that police magistrates too often err on the side of mercy in cases of this kind. There is no req son to believe that conditions will be any better this season than they were last, which. it seems to us. puts it up to passengers on transit lines to protect themselves. When these rowdies begin to rough house a car wouldn't it be good thing for all the other male passengers to arise and. operating together. eject them? The overgrown youth or the man who do~s not respect women, who delights in terrorizing children, is at heart a coward. and any dozen blackguards could be easily handled if the passengers only realized their strength and would act together.
 The tilt at the board of educa- ton meeting has caused a lot of talk. but there Is not as much to it as one might think at first thought. Mir SeuIly says he does no; consider himself parry to the diff ference between the mayor and the department of education. He hopes nobody will think that he is anxious to step in and do the work Of the chief executive for he has about all he can attend 10 outside his regular employment looking after the duties that come to him the po- sitions to which the people of the fifth ward. the mayor and the board of aldermen have intrusted 70 him. He says that Mayor Thoms is amply able to take care. of himself and his office. but whenever his honor is sh- sent or prevented from discharging his duties from any cause. NIT Sculiy says he hopes to be able to take his place in a manner which wfIi re- fleet no diseredit upon the once. himself or his neighbOrs. He VIII do the besf he knoEs hos and trust to those who may not like his methods 10 overlook whatever shortcomings they may sec or think they see in him. Ne has no time and no inclin- ation to quarrel with anybody. but when asssfIed he proposes 10 make his hEht On the ground where the TOW starts and then let ft drop for the time being at least.