Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-15
RECOMMENDATION of 1904.

! Mr.. Thayer then told of the charter
| which he had outlined for the Board OF
Trade in 1904 when this subject was
| discussed. This new charter outlined
proposed to consolidate town, city and
| school government and have the con-
| duct of affairs in the hands of the
mayor and eight heads of depart
ments, who should meet weekly as an
advisory board. The mayor and three
| selectmen would have to be elected,
but the other five heads of depart
ments would be appointed by the
| mayor. He would thus be responsible
for the doings of his department heads
and the city business would be done
in the simple fashion of the big cor
president and his cabinet at Washing
ton, each department head getting the
benefit of the advice of all the others.
Give the Women the Ballot.
Now. said Mr.. Thayer, the mayor
gets the blame for everything, when
really he has no power to correct the
things for which he is blamed. There
is no responsible head, and it is the
experience everywhere that everybody
tries to shirk his duty when there's
anything difficult about it. We need
business administration now more
than ever before, for we are in bust
ness on a larger scale and in a posi-
ton to lose more money than ever be-
fore Now we are running at profit.
but if YOU are to submit our large
bushes interests to the fortunes of
graft and politics we can all tell what
will become of the water department
and the gas and electric works.
can't be a suffra gette. but I'm with
them Give the ballot to the women
and see what will happen to the open
saloon and on the question of good
government. VIII they vote for the
man who hangs around the saloon or
the other kind of man? We've seen
within the last eighteen months one of
the best policemen on the force pulled
off his beat because he pulled a
gambling place and a baudy house.
We've seen his head snapped off and
another man put on his beat who
didn't see things. If it's your pocket
that is affected you can afford to put
competent man at <ne head of the city
government at a salary of $4,000, but
you'll never get a new charter as long
as the people sit down. but you must
get up and get the charter we need.
Applause greeted Mr.. Thayerss words.
Professor Geary sang Dig Dig, o
Spade, and Davy Jones as an encore.
Several questions put by c. f. Whit
ney, Joseph J. Fields, Robert Nc
Nicely and Rev. Frank Palmer were an
swered by Mr. Thayer.
Next Months Meeting.
Ernest A. Smith, who is the county
organizer of the prohibition party, gave
the board system and the single head
system of government and the one
house system VS.. the two house sys-
tenn He also announced the pro-
gramme for next month as an address
upon The Christian Citizen and His
Politics, by Stephen f. Peckham, and
a debate upon the question that suf-
frage in the United States should be
granted to women on equal terms with
men. James Grierson and Robert Nc
Nicely are to be two of the debaters,
and the meeting is to be conducted by
Henry D. Johnson.
Pledge cards were distributed and a
contribution taken. The qllartette sang
again. rendering Bring Back NY Flag.
and after a rising vote of thanks to
all who had participated the closing
prayer was made by Mr.. Anderson
George L. Yeomans and Amos A.
Baldwin were the reception committee.