Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-19

party. They are Abel P. Tanner, the near dean of New London lawyers, and James R. May, a successful business man. So no matter which party wins out in the Seaside City there will be able representatives in the Capital city.
 After many years of patience, New London has finally a regularly organ ized brass band, composed in the main of members of the Musicians union, and taken unto itself the name of a local hose company. Konomoc, and or ganized just in time to gather in the shekeis that come to handsmen who participate in political parades. It is to be hoped that this band will be Ypermanent institution and not be short lived as the many that have gone before and after a brief season of activity. Atethe present time this new band has a large membership, perhaps too large for it's health; all who employ bands cannot well afford to hire so many men. Then, as in the time gone by, the clash will come as some members will be selected to be the perpetual stat-outs at times when the full band is not hired to play; for, it is known that one player con- siders himself just as proficient as the other fellow and there you are. Then will come the charges of favoritism on the part of the band management and there will be the customary mu- sical discords and dissensions and with the customary result
 For many years New London has been without brass band worthy the name, that is a band that could do a street job anywhere near as good as the Westerly band or Tubbs' band of Norwich. Still, organizations have been deprived of the services of the Eleventh United States band from Fort Wright, just because the union musicians who would not form a band of themselves protested. Most of those who led in the protests do not consider themselves players who make their livelihood by their proficiency in the manipulation of brass or string instruments, but who are regularly l employed at some other service, but who take the job of musicians for the cash there is in it and which is sim ply a side issue. These chaps were So | persistent in their protests that they | were finally effective, though the reg ular army band was in no sense g competitor, as there was no organiza- | tion in New London with which tC compete. Some of these local musi.
 clans would take band job and then l in order to make a fair showing or
 parade, would rope in non-union mu.
 sicians from St9nington, Westerly ant
 elsewhere, to bolster up the Ioca players. Now, there is semblance O organization and this particular bant will be permitted to parade with othe rx1fn tnr Ho k- AL. | general composition of the band, s,
 long as it is union in name.
 I There seems to be considerable eIas
 ticity to the musical unions, for 1t i
 allowable to employ non-union play
 CTS and for union players to help ou
 non-union bands, but the line is draw
 in some places when non-union ban
 attempts to march in the same pro
 cession with union bands. There ar
 some thoroughly organized unio
 bands outside of New London tha
 display just d little common sense
 the matter of parading with non-un
 ion bands. as was demonstrated in tn
 parade of the Holy Name societies i
 New London recently. It was expect
 ed that the newly organized ban
 would kick over the traces and re
 fuse to head the procession until tn
 non-union bands were eliminated, an
 fortunately for these bandsmen tn
 expected did not happen. Had th
 band insisted, their services woul have been dispended with and the ! presence would hardly have bee { missed. This action of union band may meet the approval of the peopl . in some places, but not in New Lon
 don, and none know that fact bette than these same bandsmen.
 This new organization is compose
 ins the main of first class musician
 andsthere is nc valid reason why. wit ] practice, the Konomoc band shoul not rank among the best in the stat
 and be as long lived as it's neare, l neigfbsrs, the Tubbs band of Norwic and the Westerly band, It can live it is conducted on broad fair basis as has characterized the tw , bands named.