Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-29
MAYOR THAYER INTERESTED
 IN THE HIGH PLIERS
Writes an Open Letter to Aviator Brookins and Takes a Fling at the State Police

An Open Letter to Brookins: Aviator:
 We were taught in childhood to re- nsat 2 little verse about the star What was it-
 how I wonder what you are
 Up above the world so high. like an
 eagle in the sky?
 Well. you are star. to be sure and you soar like an eagle. I admire you Brookins- To see a man sit between two bed sheets and travel up the aerial spiral mile and more leads us in imagination away up into the blue, where the air is pure and free from political germs I think I can see just how little man must appear to you from that dizzy height Just about their true size do I hear you say? Well I guess you hit it about right. at that Take for example that bunch of machine politicians over at Savin Rock. But speaking of eagles. you may not know that all of the open letters from our correspondence school are written with a pen made from an eagles quill. I guess it was plucked from the original old baIdy. whose picture appears on Uncle Sam's silver coin which admonishes us to trust in God until we get it If the price of living continues to soar like your aeroplane it will be a long trust. at that. Make no mistake; I don't aIude to the Aldrich Rubber trust. but to that childlike confidence or faith in the Almighty that leads us to believe that the coin will some day. some how, get out of the trust and come near enough so we may look it over, and see if the eagle is still a good. honest bird in spite of it's past associations.
 You see. it is this way: I am inter ested in all of the high f1iers: avia- tors. eagles, senators and "sich." Just now l am trying to be pretty good my self, because l am out for the big sen ate and there are two pretty slick ar ticles "agin" me. with a whole lot of other slick ones working the game for them l rather think I have the dry vote coming my way all right, all right, and when you see the jimmy kratS that Bulkeley's agents elect all lined up at Hartford. you will make no mistake if you place few plunks on the success of the undersigned. The only thing to fear is the Lorimer state police nowadays? We'll I guess! Ask LoulIs. Don't think for mo- ment that those velvet footed bipeGs are going to permit bribery-not in old Connecticut Louks knows how keen they are to put down lawless- ness. and he will tell you all about it. But there we are again off for the club. Louksi Did we not bounce you for talking too much2 I have always noticed that a man who machine invariably talks too much. Off with his headi Why, these Her lock ShOlmeSeS are just going to lie awake nights to see that the next leg islature is pure and white as the linen wings of your flying machinei
 How fortunate am I to be running for the big senate in this year of grace. when we have such fine bunch of sleuths to watch out for the Browniesi
 Now. my dear fellow, I hope you will fly from St. Louis to New York. and grab that $3O.00O prize. I don't want to say a thing to discourage you. but don't you think that $30.000 will look about small to me from my senate eyrie, those machine politicians look to you from 6.160 feet up? But just keep your box kite go- ing until I get into the AIillionaires' club. Then come on down to Wash ington and 1 will take you around to that frogs leg garage and we will see on what our senators have fed that they have grown so great
 Up above the world so highl
 Never mind a broken nose or two: you are doing more for civiliza ton than all the machine politicians that ever ate crustacea and guzzled beer at Savin Rock.
 Never heard of me before, Well. that's rich!
 | am both a has-bsen, and a would