Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-19

gathering together. that way and talk
ing over the topics of the day that
public attention was focused on i'm
portant questions
Mr. Wilton in referring to the exact
status of newspaper criticism. insisted
that we should not allow current crit
icism to bias our opinions. His own
observation was that dishonesty is rare
and that most people that go to the
legislature are honest and earnestly
striving to do their duty by those who
send Them Brief mention was made
to the great power of precedent in leg
islative matters which made real rep
resentative' government impossible
But the ideal conditions we hope for
cannot grow in a night; they must
come about by means of slow growth,
which must be fostered by public .opin-
ion.
The great underlying principle in all
our efforts is our struggle for liberty.
Individuality is back of this, and just
as individual men III the crew, the
baseball nine and the track team must
train up to a certain point to qualify
and so help to make their team vic
toriouS, SO in communities the indivld-
ual should be educated up to such
degree where he can work with others
to bring about desired results. Here,
as well as everywhere, each one must
develop and defend his individuality,
and this strife for individual develop
ment will greatly help the community
in which he lives.
Mr.. Wilton made mention of the
importance of work and of the happi-
ness it brings, the measuring CT indi-
vidual property rights and drew a COM
parison between these and the privil-
eyes of our great corporations Just
as laws were promulgated to protect
one individual against another. so in
course of time we may reasonably eX-
pect our rights will be protected against
these large corporations that seem to
occupy a central place on our worlds
stage at the present time We can
only judge the future in this respect
by the past, and it is certain that some
remedy for our present troubles will be
discovered
In going over the doings, of the last
assembly and the possible action of the
next one, the speaker referred to the
trend to establish a new police depart
ment, the effort to start a public utili-
ties bill and to other matters of inn
portance that have been proposed and
in a clear Carefully thought out plan
showed to his audience what should be
done, and exhorted them to use the
influence of the grange to bring this
to pass. Mr.. Whiton's remarks We're
received with much enjoyment and a
warm applause was accorded him.
Mayor Thayer Heard.
The Hon. Charles F. Thayer, mayor
of Norwich, delighted his hearers by an
interesting exposition of The Crime of
Our Last Congress and the Opportuni-
ty of Our Next Congress. He enlivened
his remarks by frequently interspers-
ing bits of dry humor, which he used
for purposes of illustration, and on
several occasions during the course of
his address was interrupted by Spon-
taneous bursts of applause from his
enthusiastic audience His remarks
were followed with the keenest relish,
as he pictured to his hearers the con-
ditions in our state and national halls
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compared them to what they ought to
be.
Mr.. Thayer spoke of those plain peo-
pie whom Lincoln loved so much, and
whom he beSOught to do their own
thinking, that this great government
might be of the people for the people
and by the people. If they do not do
this way, these corporations that we
hear so much about will very soon own
and control all the men whom we send
to our legislatures. Various ways and
means We're cited to illustrate the
methods employed to defeat those very
measures that the people desired.
Among these were the so-called pub
licity pam phlets that are usually sent
out by individuals or corporations that
have some hidden interests at stake,
and several quotations were made from
the pamphlet recently issued Directing
to the parcels post proposition.
The speaker told of how the various
congressman and senators were put up
by the vast moneyed interests rather
than by those plain people whom Lin
coin loved so much, and cited several
examples to prove that such was Just
as plain as the nose on ones face
Politics is the business of everybody
but If one chooses to sit quietly by
and say and do nothing we will soon
see these railroad interests and these
large corporations owning not only our
congressman and senators, but every
thing and everybody. We Should send
to the legislature people whom we can
trust. who will do our will, and not
the bidding of these corpora tons.
In conclusion Mr.. Thayer threw out
some significant remarks concerning
the lobbyists, without any tags, those
congressman and senators who buy
their way into the legislature woman
suffrage, and the prohibition question
and finished his remarks by telling his
Preston City friends that he intended
to do what he thought was eyeryone's
duty and would always take an active
interest In the public affairs and would
work for the greatest good of the
greatest number.
"A recitation,--T Village Census. was
given by e. A. Bishop of Bozrah
grange, and as one concluding numbr
on the programme Miss Hoffman de-
lighted her audience with a. piano solo.