Putnam patriot., 1912-07-26
Editorial ScranS

heart or AIfaGhB HAAtA Al tlt1 tAAhA prisoner in the great black Babylon where nameless horrors were commit. ted every day, where there were hills Of skulls and where patches Of slaves were butchered for the mere joy at sight of blood Daniel Crawford, mis- sionary connected with the Plymouth Brethren, has returned to Britain on furlough and has just been given an official reception at his native town of GFeenock.
 When 1t comes to a choice between electric and steam traction the engi- neer and the passenger part company "A steam locomotive every day in the week expresses the emphatic prefer ence of the men familiar with the op eration Of both types who testi fled before the arbitration commission which is now brooding over the ques ton at issue between tifty.two Eastern railroads and the Brotherhood Of Lo comotiYe Engineers.
 The annual bulletin giving informa- ton relative 10 the assessment and col lection of taxes for 1911 is being dis triouled by the tax commissioner. While the entire pamphlet is mass oi figures, it contains some very valuable information which ought to be Of in terest to every taxpayer. For the first time in the states history the total grand list of the state, with the addi- tions by the board of eqn ilization, ex ceeds one billion dollars, the exact amount being Il ,09l ,384, ,0l9, an in crease of fofty-thfee million dollars over the preceding year.
 A formal statement showing the method of distribution Of the assets ol The National Packing Company, with declaration that the company has been dissolved, was presented 10 the United States Attorney, James II Wiikerson recently.
 The reply of President Taft and his friends to Colonel Rooseyelt's repeated charges of @ftaudn and the "stealing of delegates in the Chicago conven ton, promises to be loosed from sever al sources in Washington this week, eouched in terms that will be in many ways a counter-attack upon the Roose we'll pre-eonventien campaign,
 The critical illness Of Mutsuhito, the Emperor of Japan, k causing the gray est anxiety. The court physicians have pronounced the case acute neph ritis, with alarming symptoms of uremic poisoning.
 While Premier Asquith was address sing an enthusiastic meeting and re- beating assurances of the success Of the Home Rule cause, In the Theatre Royal, Dublin, extraordinary scenes were witnessed outside the building. Suffragettes attempted to make n dem onstralion and were set upon by the populace, who tried to throw them in- to the River Litiey.
 The contested election case of Jodoin against Higgins has not yet been for maily settled by the House of Repre- sentniives The election committee decided many weeks ago that Higgins was entitled to his seat and Chairman Goldfogle was instructed to prepare and submit the report. Of course, ac- ton by the House in this case will be perfunctory, but il Is necessary in or der that the parties 10 the contest may secure the g ,000 fee which each is al- lowed under the House precedents for contest expenses.
 The automobile has put mortgages on the home, sent up the price of gaso- line, showed rubber sky high and now by the use of leather thereon will raise Inc price of shoes. What neXt2
 In furthernnce of his candidacy for the democratic nomination for con gressman from the Second district of Connecticut, Raymond J. Jodoin of Sprague, who was in Putnam Monday afternoon, has prepared circular which will te given wide distribution throughout Windham, New London, Middlesex and Holland counties, which are included in the district that will nominate candidate for congress. In the circular MT. Jodoin says in parts "While am not egotistical enough to believe that am the only democrat in the district who Is deserving of the nomination, still II is my belief that, with the experience that l gained two years ago, if nominated, can go for ward and defeat any candidate the .npnnlinans can se lacI In nnnnsn me n