The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-26
CONNERY HAS
 FINE RECORD Bedding Man Voted With People All the
 Time MUSKRAT BITES CAPTOR

Bedding, Aug. 26.-The confidence in Michael Connery shown by the voters when. he being the candidate of the minority they twice elected him to the
 legislature cannot but be justified and
 strengthened by the record he has made during the late session. His vote has invariably been cast for
 measures representing the public in- terests as compared with those rep e. senting the corporation interests. The great test on this broad issue was af- forded by the attitude of the legis a.
 tors on the Public Utilities bill and
 more particularly by the way they voted on the Chandler bill when it
 was put forward as a substitute for
 the Barnum bill. The latter exempted
 from it's regulative scope the Consoli-
 dated railroad and the electric rail-
 ways which was very much like pro-
 viding a law for the solar system which should apply only to the as-
 teroids. leaving out the sun itself and
 the planets. The Chandler bill took
 in all the public service corporations
 and naturally was opposed by the Con-
 soiidated. MT. Connery voted for the
 Chandler bill. So did B. B. Banks. the
 other Bedding representative who
 afterwards explained. however. that he
 did so under no misapprehension. He
 further made no secret of the fact that
 he was opposed to any measure aimed
 at further regulation of the corpora
 tfons. It is therefore nots surprising
 that on most important questions
 brought before the legislature MT. Connery and MT. Banks have lined up
 on opposite sides. 4
 This is one of the towns to which the new law regarding the election of assessors applies. Under it's provisions each of the two parties should this fall nominate three candidates to hold of years. Each nopinee on the two tick cts will be oitted against the opposing nominee named for a like term of of flee and each one of the three pairs petitor will be elected. After this year each party will put forward only one candidate. The main object of the new law is to guard against the cleo tion of boards made up of wholly in experienced members, a condition which sometimes happens under the old system and one which Is obvious ly- undesirable. Another difference in the new method is that it does not
 secure minority representation on the board.
 The dogs of the west side seem to
 have particular grudge against they attacked and killed two shoats which had been turned out in an orchard and last week they mangled another nearly to death. For the loss | of the two killed in the spring the town paid the owner the sum at which they were valued by appraisers ap- pointed under provision of the fstatute and has since been seeking to recover this amount from the three owners of the dogs believed to have done the damage. These parties at first showed a disposition to settle but subsequently changed their attitude and as warning letters from the towns attorney have failed to bring the de- sired response the selectmen have de- cided to sue for recovery.
 At the present rate of progress the road across the Ridge flat will be fin | ished or nearly so by the end of next week. What was left of Hal Sanford's stone fence furnished ballast for only a short stretch and the contractors bought from George O. and A. H. San- ford the rest of the stone which will be required. It is being obtained from
 old fences in the lots adjoining the l turnpike and delivered by the sellers I A shack for the Italian laborers on
 the job has been put up by Will
 Banks On Monday Civil Engineer D. I c. Sanford made a survey of the sec ton of Ridge road extending from the Episcopal church to Burr's Hill. hay l ing been employed by Highway Com
 missioner. Macdonald to do the work