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Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS


 Once more unhappy Mexico is in the throes of a revolution, this time one of serious menace to it's existing government so recently established New Haven Journal Courier.
 It has so far been a slow campaign in Bridgeport, and there is nothing ahead that locke lively. Ninety nine out of every one hundred men have already made up their minds how they are going to vote.-Bridgepor Telegram.
 When we come to look back over the events of 1912 1t will be found that it has the record for sensations. From the first one exciting great event has followed the other with less than the usual gap between big sensations. In this age there is less place than ever for the aggard.-Waterbury Re- publican.
 The Hartford Courant, in comment ing upon the fact that 200 people in Middletown went chestnutting Sunday asks upon whose land they got the chestnuts. The parallel is drawn that it is just as wrong to steal the nuts from a peddler's stand as it is to take them from the tree. We sometimes have funny ideas of property.-Meri- den Journal.
 The hunting of ducks by aviators in flight is a new phase of air navi- gation, and Lincoln Beachey, who has made a flight over Bridgeport, and Lieut. l.. H. Brereton of the United States army ran into a flock of wild ducks while flying over the Potomac river, and shot a number of them with revolvers. We presume the aviators are allowed to go armed as a protec- tion from the gunmen of the air. Bridgeport Standard.
 Who says the women don't know how to vote? Here is the town of Canaan in this state holding an cleo tion for town officers the other day. and 20 women voting. The count of the women's ballots showed that E had voted the straight democratic ticket six the straight republican ticket. and two had split their tickets, and ill not d single instance had q
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woman made a mistake in marking a ballot.-New Haven Union.

woman made a mistake in marking a ballot.-New Haven Union.
 There would be little direct compe7 tition to such line (Norwich to Hart ford). The towns are poorly served with railroad facilities as it is. Their people would gladly get to Hartford or Norwich. The former town would
 profit most by the road. but both would profit. and the line would mean revolution for these hitherto par
 tially isolated communities. If the present development does mean new trolley for Connecticut, the state may rejoice.-New Haven Register.
 That mobilization of American fighting ships was an object lesson to the American people. It showed in concrete form the policy of the pres ent administration in providing for the national defense. It could not fail to remind the people of the att tempt made by the recent democratic congress to stop the building of war ships and to support the administra-
 ton which has brought the United States to a high place of power in
 world affairs.-Torringto Register. If Roosevelt had received the reg ular republican nomination for presi- dent and some progressive, say La Toilette, had started a new party, what bitter denunciation of the new party and it's candidate would come from Oyster Bay The republican par ty was good enough for Colonel Roosevelt up to the time 1t refused
 to gratify his ambition for third term in the presidency, when instantly it became a corrupt and wicked party not fit for an honest man to belong to- Roosevelt nominated by the republican convention would still be shouting the praises of the republican party; 1 Roosevelt defeated for the republican nomination Is doing his utmost to de- stroy the party.--Springfield Union.
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If woodrow Wilson had been shot, would his opponent have paid him the respect to have held up, his campaign assaults? He says there is no reason for holding the campaign because of this horror of 1t.
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Candidate Wilson having declared: q am not as innocent as I look," an opposing paper says he has confirmed the ColonePs suspicious.
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New telephone exchanges are stead fly being added in this end of the state. Every new exchange means an extra charge for telephoning.
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The best interests of the state will be served by the election of the re- publican ticket, and of the nation by choosing President Taft for another term with a republican congress
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The voting machine looks as easy on the face of it as firing a revolver, and still some men proclaim that it is very confusing-rot to any level-headed voter!
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Tens of thousands republicans in California are to vote for Wilson, ac- cording to letters from the coast. There is determination to down the Roosevelt Johnson combination.
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There's a ban on the turkey trot and grizzly bear, but they are being danced under other names. Whats in name, any way?
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Bill Finn put out s144,0oo in the pre-convention campaign. His pro- gressive methods must look like the same old thing in the zone of his in- fluence
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The real sacrifice was by the news boy at Gary. Ind. who gave his leg and life to save another. It was a test in which he knew the Likelihood of the outcoTne
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Isn't it funny that the third-term movement had seven fathers, and all but two of them refuse to recognize their own child?
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The White house COW, Pauline, Is still giving healthy milk.~The heat of political discussions doesn't disturb her
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Boston is being frankly told if she will make the same noise and the same outlay for South American trade she does for football, she will get it.
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There are men who call themselves progressives who would. if they could, cripple the civil service and make the corrupt practices acts a farce.
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to Bryan in 1896 are now noisily yell ing for Roosevelt. Their causes were very much different, but the men seem to be the same.
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The football season has begun to produce victims, strictly played by newest rules. With the brutes taken out of it, football would be a tame game
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The motor boat owners are getting things in readiness to get the craft into winter quarters. A few weeks remain, but only few.
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There is hope for the bald headed, for method of hair -rooting and re- cultivation is said to be assured.
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The democratic party is depending upon the folly of republicans to win, not upon their own record or merits.
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The man who will not consider his own good might be too headstrong to consider the good of the people.
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Many a family tree would have to be sprayed more than three times to make the progeny all right!
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In the 4S years that records have been kept. more than s100,000,000 worth of sewing machines have been exported from the United states.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: Money can talk to the deafest man.
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The question is being asked why it is that the republicans who went over
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

President,
 WILLIAM H. TAFT of Ohio.
 Vice President, JAMES s. SHERMAN of New York.
 Governor, JOHN P. STUDLEY of New Haven.
 Lieutenant Governor, CHARLES H. PECK of Danbury.
 Secretary of State. GUSTAVE E. CARLSON of Middletown.
 Treasurer, WALTER ". HOLMES of Waterbury.
 ComptrOller, FATETTE L. WRIGHT of Pomfret
 Presidential Electors. NORMAND F. ALLEN of Hartford ROLLIN s. WOODRUFF of New Haven WALDO c. BRYANT of Bridgeport. CHAUNCEY F. GOSS of Waterbury. FRANK B. WEEKS of Middletown. ROBERT SCOYILLE of Salisbury. HAROLD B. MoWRY of Sterling. Representatives in Congress. SECOND DISTRICT. WILLIAM A. KING of willimaatic
 Fer state senntors. Dist.
 1S-LUcIUs E. WILTON. New London. sSRsEK H ifnuH HNeKLGr HT sGrEsh o1 stGnins ss-EpWiIN oSVi H. REACH Of Killingly. 2e-CHARLES H., BLAKE, Brooklyn. 33--SAMUEL RUSSELL. JR., of Middle town.
 For Judge of Probate, NELSON J. AYLING of Norwich.
 Representatives.
 JOHN ECCLES,
 ASHLEY T. BOON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

the deed" continued DR.. Macdonald,
having called at the Presidents house
about n week previous TO his attempt
and, being conducted to the President
APARTMENTS, found him In conversation
with a Representative in Congress lie
told the President that he wanted money
to take him back to England and mat ne
must give him check on the bank, but
the President remarked that he was too
much engaged TO attend him-he must
call at another time.
ole was told that the President had
caused his loss OF occupation, and he be-
lieved that to put him out OF the way
was the only remedy for this evil he
couldn't tell who told him this, but re-
marked that his brother-in-law had said
that he would have no more business De-
cause he was opposed to the President
and he believed his brother-in-law TO be
I'm league with the President against him.
He said he had frequently attended the
debates in Congress, but that they had In
no way influenced his action.
ION being asked IL he expected to be-
coma PrssidAnt " Jackson was killed he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
Saws That Man Who Attempted to Stay Colonel
Roosevelt Is of the Crank Type" Like the
Assassin of Garfield and Other Notables-
Believes His Research Plan Would
Prevent Many Such Crimes

I'm marching to the scaffold he looked
straight forward" said DR.. Macdonald,
his knees trembled and he dragged his
feet. While on the trap he whispered to
the priest his last words: I had no mall
ice against any one He intended to
make a speech, but was persuaded not
to, as he was told he might collapse"
Leon Czolgosz, the assassin Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, was an average young
man, possessing nothing more than an
elementary education. DR.. Macdonald
describes him as follows:
He was OF a quiet disposition and
liked to be by himself, which may have
been developed or increased by his step
mother. with whom he quarrelled.
The evidence does not show him even
to be abnormal The facts Of his life
would fit thousands OF young men Of his
class. He was an example OF an unedu-
Gated man imbued with anarchistic ideas,
especially In an extreme form. What he
said in his interviews is a most simple
kind of concrete anarchism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
A STUDY IN HEREDITY.

His paternal grandfather was ply
sician, highly respected and intensely re-
ligious. His father was man or char
acter and intellect, with excellent bust
ness capacity. He was religious fanatic
devoted TO free love and socialistic teach
ings, and was considered errstic
when starting for the scaffold his face
was pale, but composed, and his step was
firm. His stumbling gait, observed so
frequently during his trial, had almost
disappeared. He was unusually careful
about his personal appearance, having had
his shoes polished half an hour previous
10 his execution. He walked, holding his
head erect, but stumbled on one of the
corners of the scaffold. After his legs
were pinioned and the black cap was put
over his head he shouted: GLORY, glory
gloryv dropping a piece Of paper which
he held In his hand as a signal that he
was ready"
Carter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was
murdered in his home on the evening or
Saturday, october Is, 1898, by a news
naper carrier, TO be rid OF whom he had
promised place in the city government
soon after his election In the preceding
April. The assassin gave himself up after
the shooting. On arriving at the police
station he said:
81 worked hard for Carter Harrison in
this campaign He promised he would
make me Corporation Counsel He failed
TO do this and have shot him"
When he handed his revolver to the Of
f,cer he shook, but appeared rational. He
said, in answer 10 questions:
"I was justified In killing the Mayor;
he broke his word with me about track
elevation; he betrayed my confidence. /
have been thinking about shooting the
Mayor for several days. Yesterday I
bought the revolver I shot the Mayor
without saying a word. was justified in
doing IT,"
The assassin was In prison nine months
before he was hanged. He was seh-pos-
sessed TIL the end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
SAID HE "HAD AN IDEA"

1.-THE following are some OF his state
ments: I don't believe In a republican
form OF government, and l don't believe
We should have any rulers. 1t is right TO
kill them. I had an idea when | shot the
President and that is why l was there.
Something | read in the Free Society"
suggested the idea. l thought II would
be a good thing to kill the President. 1
want to say TO be published: Il killed
President Mckinley because / done my
duty"
OF the attempted assassination Of Mayor
Gaynor. DR.. Macdonald had this to say:
ION August 3. 1910, the sailors Of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse noticed a
nervous why little man make his way
somewhat feebly from the second to the
top deck and pause moment near the
north rail as II undecided where to go.
He was bareheaded, and looked like a
steerage passenger or some employe of
the ship. A burly voice broke in on the
hum of low conversation: You have
robbed me OF my bread and butter; damn
your
"A report of a revolver was heard, fol-
lowed quickly by a second. He was
searched, and s. 10 was found In his
pocket, a nickel-plated badge, a mimeo-
graph letter boosting the candidacy OF
some one for District Attorney, and
newspaper clipping, headed. A Man Dies
OF Starvation in Riverside Park
while being measured, the assassin
said: 4 have written the Mayor con-
tnuously, but have got no attention.
was first suspended, and then fired. L
had fourteen days coming to me. l was
sore at losing that fourteen days, Just as
the Mayor was going away TO spend his
vacation in Europe.
why didn't you shoot the Commits
sioner.' he was asked, instead OF the
Mayor He answered:
1.-THE Mayor appointed the Commits
sioner; it was the Mayor who kept turn
ing me down.
"He was asked II he was sorry he shot
the Mayor.
we'll won't say that he replied
"He was born on May 5. 1866, in Belfast,
Ireland, and came to the United States
when a boy When very young he was
arrested for throwing stones, and more
recently for annoying young girls in the
marks He was once In school, but left
70 learn the plumbers trade, working
later as a plumber and gas filter, which
occupation he gave up because OF III
health. He was at one time also sailor.
Early in 1900 ten years before his crime
he applied for a Job In the Dock De-
partment and received an appointment as
foreman and later as night Waterman to
look after some piles along the river
front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
WAS KNOWN AS A KICKER"

During the ten and one-half years
he worked for the city he was kicker
and the officials had some trouble with
him. A Judge said of him:
81 have been acquainted with him eight
or ten years, and until friend called me
up yesterday and told me of his terrible
deed believed him as harmless as a
fly
AT present We have political mystics
dreaming Of extreme socialism and an
archy," said Dr. Macdonald, "declaiming
their irrational theories Of the right to
steal and kill for the sake of social re-
generation. similar to the fanatics of old,
born under the same morbid conditions
and with like temperament, motives and
impulses. Whatever their ideas, there Is
always a mystical conception of mis-
sion to accomplish at even the sacrifice Of
life In favor Of humanity, which is their
chief characteristic"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
HE APPEARED UNcoNcERNEo.

THE assassin appeared tranquil and
unconcerned as to the final result and to
anticipate no punishment for his deed.
The physicians examining him pro-
nounced him insane.
TT is probable that this assassin was
insane" asserted DR.. Macdonald, but It
does not seem to be conclusive. There
are some men OF his class in every COM
munity, with little or no education. who
have very simple ideas about many mat
ters outside Of their own calling or oc-
cupation.
His claim to the throne Of England
through heredity and to large fortune
is not so exceptional among the ignorant.
A little imagination and egotism added to
this, In such mind. would explain his
statements.
Sometimes also. under conditions Of
seeming Importance, simple minds will
make many preposterous statements In
an earnest way, which is nothing but a
form OF Boosting. 1t is not uncommon
to hear among certain classes. ignorant
and egotistical individuals In the habit OF
exaggeration. statements so often repeat
ed that they believe them and convince
many listeners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
Arthur Macdonald, the Washington Crimino
oeist, Wants Congress. to Establish Bureau
for Scientific Study of Criminals, Cranks
and Other Abnormal Human Creatures
of Dangerous Tendencies.

hallucinations: another was melancholic,
given to vice in infancy, saystical. erotic
and impulsive; another was tall, strong
and large, but cross eyed, had dark red
hair and was tormented with hallucina-
tons; another was sombre In character
and so ardent that his humor was almost
like dementia; he was sanguine and then
melancholic, and was subject TO sudden
and terrible anger.
THE assassins Of rulers do not usually
proceed in a sudden and blind way, like
the insane, but their assaults are gem
orally logically conceived and premedi-
tated. Often they are conscious Of a
morbid obsession, which they struggle
against and which may not cease until
their will is powerless.
Thus one had phemeditated his crime
sixteen years, another had struggled
against his desire; TO Kill a king. Another
said I feel myself impelled by a colossal
and invincible force Thus the assassin
of President Garfield had meditated sew
eral weeks before killing him, saying; I
shot him from political necessity and
divine pressure. g..
The deed, when nationally planned,
may be for a time abandoned. then re-
newed. then executed, often after doubts
and inward cOmbats.
lowing to the clearness OF mind and APP
pearance Of reason such assassins are
too often considered as simply egotistical
, persons wholly responsible; but 1t may
be no less true that they are without
equilibrium, or they are slaves OF their
I, obsessions. or compelled by blind and
fatal force which they may not be free
I TO resist
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TT these persons should commit some
| crime that brought them into great pup
Iicity they might make ridiculous ana
impossible statements which would seem
symptomatic Of insanity.
when a person OF this grade In
prison cell is questioned by many, IN
| GLIDING examination by experts, where 30
much attention is paid TO him, whlch ne
has never experienced before; when he
feels the public eye upon him, he can
hardly contain himself. Even most In
| tellgent and good people sometimes act
| queer when in the limelight
The assassin OF President Lincoln was
an actor. According to a physician VINO
| knew him personally, he was OF an err
rattle and undisciplined disposition and
inherited some histrionic ability from MS
I father, the great actor. He was a good
| looking young man Of much personal
magnetism, fond Of good clothes, nigh
| living and fast company; was free with
his money, fond of admiration and was
reckless and low in hts dissipation and
company He shlrked all systematic
work, and was covetous OF achieving
celebrity by some notorious act.
"The counsel OF confederates stimulated
his morbid ambition with the assurance
| mat by killing Lincoln he would secure
the affections OF the Southern people and
| the admiration Of the world.
THE father OF the ass15c!2 was called
a revolutlonist. An actress said or hin
that he was young, bright. gay and kind.
GOT HIS FRIENDS TO ATTEND.
ION the night he shot Lincoln he gave
tickets TO some of his friends and ad-
yised others to be present at the theatre,
saying that there would be great acting
1.-THE assassin Of President Garfield was
under a delusion when he shot the Presl-
dent. He had a somewhat INSCRIPTIONS
character and enormous self-conceit. He
was disappointed in not getting of1ce
and possessed strong political partisan
ships. His delusion was so extreme that
he believed he would receive praise from
the Stalwarts' for his atrocious deed. he
had a strong hereditary disposition to In
sanity, knew his act was wrong In gen.
eral, but believed It was good for the
party and the country, and therefore
counterbalanced the wrong and made his
deed heroic.
"He led a vagabond life. When eigh-
teen years old he gave up his studies and
became absorbed in deep religious excite
ment. He had a checkered career, being
once imprisoned for keeping money not
due him. He borrowed money without re-
turning It and did not pay his board
bills. He had grand ideas about every
thing he undertook. was preposterous In
his conceit and expected things that upon
their face were absurd.
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WROTE OF ARTS REGENERATION.

"Another wrote with absolute conVlc-
ton nm the regenerat ton of art and poll
.,os IN France and when pushed to the
IT., no passed from theory to action
L. ,s what he said OF his motives ana
,rsanity: 4 always thought that power
ahcu,d he given to those who deserve 70
avorc,se Il. and when / saw all about me
,l.,or,ro IN decay, I felt guilty. saio
% myself that / was responsiDie' Una.
sho,,Id seek for the sake OF my country
a. oorsa' revolution. ! am only man
,oo,,ng hts, duty, making the sacrihce OF
bis lffe II such sacrifice can DC useiu'
IN nv country. The wheels went pau
,bev crushed our forces; l Will thrust my
hood into the wheels 10 stop theh
.,or,ert. prefer death to the loss Oh
my esteem 100,
,.rrhe assassins Of Presidents Jackson
n nd Garfield and Mayor Carter OF chicago
belonged TO the mattoid' OF cram NSpr,
The assassins of Mckinley ana Lihooli'
were neither insane nor matto'uS' no'
cranks. I'm the proper sense OF the "oiuS.
THE assassin Of Mayor Gaynor was "h"'
might be called potential type
On January 30 1885, an attempt was
made upon the life OF Andre" 1acAso"
while he was attending funerai a. '"e
Canitol by man who fred at him from
behind one Of the columns OF the por"'O
Of distance of less than eight Feet,
The assassin Immediately dropped the
! n,stol from his right hand and taAins
another pistol, ready cooked, from HIS
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HE HAS NO FURTHER oUALMs

when such an assassin has finally de-
terroined to act his last resistance Is
dispelled. He no longer hesitates, but pro-
Goods directly. with the audacity and
energy of one convinced and faithful 70
his mission.
He may accomplish the act openly be-
fore the public in an ostensible and the
atrical way, but he rarely, II ever. uses
poison, the weapon of impostors ana
| towards More often 1t is sharp instru-
ment with sometimes exceptional dimeh-
sions hut OF late there is tendency to
| use firearms more.
| JTpheld by the exaltation Of his be-
lief the assassin can endure most cruel
torment with the greatest courage OF
J stoicism. The exaltation of thought, the
mystical ecstasy OF either the true mar
/ tyr or ignoble assassin, seems to absorb
ALI the activity of the body, producing a
sort Of hypnotic condition which sus-
ponds sensibillty TO pain.
"The word crank is misused so much
that the term 'mattoid' is preferred The
I mattoid, or crank, may be sane or par
I tally insane. His mental abnormality
NAV border on insanity or degeneracy
Some illustrations Of this type may be
given.
"One smote King George III because
he. the assassin said he was entitled 10
the crown, and II it were not given MIN
England would be buried in blood for cen
turtles to come.
"A man shot at Queen Victoria because
he believed the English people we're his
enemies since he had been refused ad-
mission to a hospital.