Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-02

The annual election for city officers
in New London will take place on the
first Tuesday of next month, and as
the laws require that nominations
shall be made three weeks before the
election, it will be necessary for the
town committees to get together and
prepare for the calling of the party
caucuseS. The election of this year is
not of as much interest as the one
which elects the mayor the city clerk,
the clerk of the board of assessors ana
offices of like importance, as at the
coming election only one alderman
from each of five wards, a town clerk,
selectmen, three members of the board
of school visitors, and assessor and
commissioner of the town deposit fund
an a few others are chosen. J. c. Tur-
ner, who was elected to fill an unex-
pired term. will be d candidate for re-
nom nation. and he will undoubtedly
be renominated by the republican par
ty and be reelected no matter who
the democrats may nominate, for Nr.
Turner is not only especially qualified
for the position, but he knows the
game Of politics and has already been
dealing out the winning cards. AL
though there were but few picketS out
of his political fence, he has been bus
lily engaged for the past month in re-
pairing that fence. and it is now in
pretty good condition. He has been
doing the work so effectively that at
the next election there will be no such
query as who is this John g. Tur-
her 2?
The terms of Aldermen A. T. Miner
of the First ward, Thomas Fitch, Jr.,
of the Second ward, Milo w. Benn of
the Third ward Stephen J. Downey of
the Fourth ward and Eugene T. Kirk
land of the Fifth ward will expire,
ton they will certainly be renominat-
ed. All are republicans except Alder
man Miner, and to defeat any of them
at the polls is a difficult problem, for
they have rendered satisfactory public
service and each is specially strong in
his ward. AS usual the majority of
the board of selectmen. who serve in
the council as aldermen-at large, Will
be republican, unless there is decided
change in present indicat tons, and the
present mem bers=William l.. White
democrat, and Elmer E. HENDERSON and
Charles H. Schwaner, Twill serve
for another term. Dr. John 9. STAN
ton, a former democrat, but now re-
publican, will be reelected to the
board of school visitors of which he
has been the efficient president for
several years. The other two members
of the board whose terms expire are
George II. Grout and Frank E. Barker,
but they have announced that they are
not candidates for reelection. Perhaps
it is well that these two members are
to retire, not but they are as well
qualified to serve as their associates.
but occasional changes in the board
are liable to tend to the public good.
1t is no harm to infuse a little new
blood into the management of the
schools, and for that matter more fire.
quent changes in the makeup of the
court of common council might bring
even better results.
So far as known the reform COM
mittee of fifteen have planned no
campaign against the liquor dealers
such as they did year ago towards
the end of the license year and which
was carried on up to the time the
granting of licenses was being con-
sidered by the county commissioners.
Through the work of the committee
several saloons were refused renewal