Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-03
COMING NEW LONDON CONVENTIONS
Great Arrangements Being Made For the Deep Water
 Way Meet
THE COMING DOG SHOW.
The Police Shake-Up-Two Conventions That Are Booked
 For the City Beside the Sea.

The indications arc that the coming I deep waterways convention to be held | in New London next month will be classed as one of the city's greatest | events and the good results to the city | are so far-reaching as to be incom- | putable at this time. It is expected | that the president of the United | States and the republican and demo- i cratic candidates. personifled in two | persons, will be in attendance, besides | several governors and many senators | and representatives and other citizens l of national prominence. It is therefore | but fitting that the most prominent | citizens of New London should be brought to the front and act upon the more important local committees The 1 committee, now acting in behalf of the city is not a large one and will stand an increase even if some of the pres ent members would be dimmed in inn portance if brighter lights were added to the membership. The present com mittee consists of the Mayor Frank V. Chappell, Alton T. Miner and Charles H. Thompson, all respectable and citizens in good standing in the city, especially the mayor, who, by req son of his office, Is the first citizen of New London. MT Chappell is the rep resentative of a large business firm, member of the harbor improvement commission. trustee of the woman's college and one of the liveliest of the live wires of the city, and therefore representative citizen. Mir. Miner Is an enterprising merchant, proprietor of a line of stores, an alderman and an active worker among the city boomers, and Mr. Thompson has connection with a local newspaper and an alder man.
 So this committee is all right so far as it goes, but it does not go far en- oueh. No man in the city has a W1d- CT reputation nationwide than former Governor and Mayor Thomas M, Wal Ter, and he would surely give tone to the local committee as would also the other living ex-mayors, George F. Tinker, Cyrus G. Beckwith, James P. Johnston. M Wilson Dart and Benja- min L. Armstrong. Besides these there should be added the heads of the local industrial establishments, Sen ator Frank Brandegee, me state sena- tors and representatives, present and past. Such an array of prominent citizens, with titles and business fol-
 
 would add materially to the weight and influence of New London, even if the names were only printed on the programme souvenirs that are to be distributedsto the delegates. The com ing convention will be too big an event and of too much importance to New London to have it's good effects les sened by giving an idea to the dele gates that the ancient truism: New London has a police force and its name is Smith," is indicative of the progressive city of today. This is the opportune time for the city to make the very best possible showing and create good impression with the del- egates and this can be best done by getting the foremost citizens in prop CT positions in connection with the con vention and not give the impression that there are no big guns In the city.
 All the dogs of high degree here and hereabouts are being conditioned in preparation for exhibition at the dog show in Lawrence hall next Thursday by the New London Kennel club. The indications are that there will be a large exhibit of canines, everyone of them a supposed prize winner. The summer visitors will enter their pets many of them of great value, by req son of rarity or high breeding or both. Then there will be the dogs owned by the followers of moderate means, so valuable to them that they are not purchaseable and whose pedigrees are as long as a mans arm, so to speak, and will be groomed just as fine as are those that come from the East ern Point or Pequot sections. In this show the rich mans dog and the poor mans dogs will look alike to the judges and ribbons and prizes will De given to the real winners in the sev- eral classes, and there will be a class for every dog, even if some have to be in a class by themselves.
 The show is open to all and the New London doq owners boldly assert that any other place noted for good dogs have none that can compare with the dogs of New London. Perhaps that may be so, but if there is city in the universe that has a greater number oi mongrel, tramp and dogs that are nuisance than has New London, that place is entitled to universal sympa- thy. New London may have it's quota of very good dogs, but there is no doubt that there is surfeit of the kind that are not in the good class. It would be of interest if the Kennel club would offer prizes for the very best and the very worst dogs in the city. provided certain dogs in certain neighborhoods were entered in compe- tition, for such dogs and such neigh borhoods are in all sections of the city.
 The quarterly shift of the beats of the policemen came with the first Of the month, and were made by the po- lice committee of the court of com mon council, though the book of rules says that such assignment shall be made by the captain of police The committee is usurping no authority when they order that changes in the beats be made at specified intervals, but when they assign officers to- beats that is an animal of a darker shade. It is this meddlesome custom, more than anything else, that tends to de- crease the efficiency of the police force. In fact, is the cause of the alleged friction between the night and the day forces which the committeeman may investigate next month. Perhaps the committeeman will find in the investi- gation that the committeeman them selves are the ones at fault and apply the remedy, and hereafter do all their business with the police officers through the captain and not play fa- vorites.
 As usual, the beats of all the officers are changed except those who are as- signed to night duty in the Pequot section, one of the officers having been on duty in that section ever since ap- pointment on the force, about fifteen years ago, or more. while shifts are made in State street and the railway station every four months in the year. Sure there's a reason for this, as the officer in the Pequot section is a resi- dant therenf Rut why nnt annlN the