Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
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fffH0tIul siduRhbci Ol CohNaSeA"'o and an eating of many brave words be. fore the progressiyes, near-progres' sives and ultra progressives can agree on any person or any thing. Just there is the difficulty of taking up reform wholesale, of letting the word run so far before the act. Taking few measures at time, Il is possible to find a logical leader, and to rally s party to his support.
 The official call for the republican state convention in New Haven on April IS and IT for election of state delegation to the Chicago convention was issued by State Chairman Michael Kenealy of Stamford and Secretary C. k. Hinman of Willimantic.
 Looking over the complete returns for 1911, the bureau of statistics finds our trade with the Philippines more than double what 1t was in l90S-the year before the enactment of Ihe Payne tariff. In 1908 our imports from those islands aggregated s9, ,243, ,24i; last year, x20, ,2l2,9l7. In 1908 our exports to the Philippines aggregated So ,904, ,097i last year s20, ,s96, ,029.
 The river and harbor appropriation bill for the next fiscal year as complet- ed recently, carries s25 ,965,0 ,0O0, the smallest amount since 1894. The fol- lowing are the Connecticut items in the bill:
 Branford harbor, for maintaining improvements, $3 ,0oO.
 New Haven hafbor, for improve ments in accordance with the recon. mendation of the chief of engineers SIS, 200.
 Southport harbor, to complete i'm prosements as modified by the chief Q engineers, sl5,000.
 Connecticut liver above Hartford for maintaining mprovements, ,s25. .000 Housatonhc river, for the conlinu ance of Improvements and for main tainance, Si0,0O0
 Mystic river, for maintainance ant improvements, 8 800.
 The Secretary of War Is authorize, and directed to cause surveys and pre- iiminary examinations to be made 1T the following localities: Bridgeport Greenwich, Milford, New Haven an, New London. He Is directed to re port upon the question of cooperation on the part of the state of Connection In the imp ovement of New Londor harbor and it's approaches. The biI will be presented in the house som, day this week.
 The Brooklyn Eagle recently pub iished fac-simile of letter writer by George Washington to Jonathan Trumoull, the younger, then governo Of Connecticut:
 With respect to the other subject O your letter, l must again express strong and ardent wish and desire tha no eye, no tongue, no thought may b, turned toward me for the purpose al luded to therein.
 The subject to which the writer TO ferred was rrumbull's desire tha Washington should accept thirt term.
 When MT Bryan hints that h, would prefer somebody else to anyon, who has been named, it Is unnecessar, for him to add that he is not critieiz ing the candidates in the field lii attitude is polite, but his sentiment are pretty we'll known.
 The pure food board has decide, that oats come within their province and has issued an edict against color ed oats.
 Los Angeles is doing a handsom thing in deciding to take care of it wofn-ont fire department horses. Re gently notice was given of an auction but so general protest was made tha the order has been revoked. These ar worthy pensioners.
 A cable from Toulon represents foi mer President Diaz as sojourning nea there, much improved In health, an, greatly interested In the situation a home. While wishing we'll for hi country, he would be less or more thal human if he were unmoved by Ma dere's plight.
 A Missouri woman visiting in Mex leo writes back 10 a friend; "As fo Americans not being shown respect that is rot. We get a whole lot bette treatment than we deserve, considei ing how ,some of them gossip an,
 
 choose 10 live.n Unfortunately ther Is type of American abroad that i hard to equal for arrogance and con tempt for natives and their ways. Pa triotism is good thing, but Il ough 10 be joined with respect for the pa tfiotism Of others.