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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23
PERSONAL

Miss Ethel Willard of Norwich is
visiting at Mrs. e. B. Thompsons in
Mansfield.
John Gallivan, who has been visit
ing here for two weeks. is to return
Saturday to New York, where he is
employed.
Capt. Earl Newton has resigned from
the Fishers island life saving station,
and has moved to Wexford, r. l., to
engage IN farming.
w. J. Townsend of Broadway has
been called to Lunsnburg, Nova SEQ
tia. on account of the serious illness
eff his brother, George A. Townsend.
Thomas M. Fitzmaurice and daugh-
ter, Miss Alma Eitzmaurice, of Wa
terbury, were among the 1000 per
sons who attended the whist and dance
given recently by the united societies
of St. Mary's parish, Norwich
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23

New CONGRESSMAN Tllson is
to erect a new home on plot of land
in the center of the thoroughfare open
ed by the Yale corporation in New
Haven, near the Prospect Hill sec
ton
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23

Carriers.
to order at 1.S0 o'clock. The business,
apart from the routine work and the
making of reports by the various Off
GERS, included a discussion of the legis-
lation that is favored by the postal
employees. Both of the organizations
are affiliated with the national associa-
ton and they joined forces at the
banquet held in Foot Guard hall in the
evening.
The carriers elected the following
Officers: President, P H Howard,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23
FUN ERAL-.
Mrs. Austin A. Chapman.

The funeral of Margaret Barstow
Phillips, wife Of Austin A. Chapman,
was held from her late home No. $40
Hamilton avenue, at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, and many relatives and
friends were present. Rev. c. A. Nor
throp officiated. There We're many
beautiful floral tributes
The bearers were Howard 0. Spald-
ing, Lewis r. Pecllham, Daniel w.
Gore and Edwin II. Chapman of Jew
EFT City.
Burial was in the family plot in Pres
ton City cemetery, where a committal
service was read by Rev. Mr.. Nor
throp. Church & Allen had charge Of
the ARRANGEMENTS.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23

Watertown.-It is reported that II.
-. Taft viii soon erect a modern school
large enough TO accommodate $50 stu
denlR
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23
Robert L. Trojan.

The funeral of Robert L. Trojan Of
No. 65 Babcock street, Hartford. was
held ct the undertaking rooms of w.
T. Marchant. No. So Ann street, Hart
ford, Thursday afternoon at 2ss0. The
Rev. DR.. Rockwell Harmon Potter,
pastor Of the Center church, officiated.
The body was placed in the receiving
vault at Cedar Hill cemetery. Charter
Oak lodge, l. o. o. F., conducted the
burial
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23
Increased S1,412.R4.

The report of Building Inspector
Austin of New Haven for the year
1911, shows a gain in the amount Of
new construction there of SLAP, asa
over the preceding year, an increase
Of "a per cent. This is the largest
increase recorded, since the establish
ment of the building office. The total
amount of building done in the year
was s5,S6S,519. of which $S,S51, ass was
on concrete structures and $2,017,034
in frame buildings.
The new terminal Of the Canadian
Northern railroad in Montreal will cost
$25, 900. 600.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-23
WALLPAPERS

NINE TAFT-Palmist ana clairvoy-
ant-has returned 10 So Washington
pleased 10 see any OF her friends and
patrons. deciRd
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-25

Players who try to beat old
John Barleycorn cannot draw a
salary from me. l don't object to
aglass of beerafter hard game,
but / won't have a man who
wrestles continually with beer or
whisky.
Knowing whenzto yank pitch
er is a factor. Many games are
lost by poor handling of the box
men. Knowing just when to take
a pitcher out is one of the best
tests ofmanagerial ability l know
of.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-25

IOSI Dy poor HdnQiIlS OF the DOX
men. Knowing just when to take
a pitcher out is one of the best
tests ofmanagerial ability l know
of.
i THE OPENING PRAYER
Baltimore, June .25.-Cardinal
Gibbons opened the Democratic
convention, invoking divine bless,
ing in the following prayer
''We pray thee, oh God of
might, wisdom and justice,
through whom authority is right
.1y administered, laws enacted,
and Judgment decided, assist with
thy holy spirit of counsel and for
titude the president of the United
States, that his administration
may be conducted in righteous
ness, and be eminently useful to
the people over whom he presides
by encouraging due respect for
virtue and religion, by faithful
execution of the laws of justice
and mercy, and by restraining
vice and immortality.
''Let the light of thy divine
wisdom direct the deliberations
of this convention and shine forth ]
in all its proceedings and enact
ments, so that they may tend to
the preservation of concord and
harmony.
MAY authority be exercised
without despotism and liberty
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-25

prevailwithout license. May this
convention demonstrate once
more to the American people and
to the world at large, that the
citizens of'the United States have
solved the problem of self-govern-
ment by exercising and toierat-
ing the broadest and most yl1ra-
tramme11ed freedom of discussion
in their political assemblies with
out dethroning reason, and with
out invading the sacred and in
violable rights of law and public
order. 3
"May the delegates assembled
to select a candidate for chief
magistrates be every7mindfui that
they are sons of the same heaven
ly father, that they are brothers
of the same national family; that
they are heirs of the same heri-
tage of freedom and may it be
their highest ambition to trans
NIT this precious inheritance, un-
impaired, to, their children and
their children's children. May
the consciousness of this com
munity of interests Danish from
us all bitterness, hatred and Ill
will and inspire them with sen-
tirnents of genuine charity, bene-
violence and forbearance.
tWe recommend likewise to
thy unbounded mercy, all our
brethren and fellow citizens
throughout the United States
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-01

AND THEN-SILENCE
A charming lady went to the
theater the other evening with
some friends, but when they were
seated she was separated from
her friends by man and woman
who seemed to pay no attention
to each other The lady thought
out that if the two people would
move over a seat she could sit
with her friends. Whereupon,
bracing up her nerve, she said
sweetly to the man;
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-01

beg pardon, but are you here
alone?"
The man stared hard at the
curtain, as if he were drawing a
salary for it.
81 beg your pardon" the lady
repeated little louder. "Are you :
alone?"
Speak lower" whispered the
man hoarsely, through the ex-e
IRENE corner of his mouth. Meet
me in the foyer between the acts.
This is my wife, "
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-01

- SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH THE LAW
There's something the with the law, maybe"
1t might that only extraordinarily punishment
could wiring such admission from the head keeper Ludlow
street jail, New York.
Jail keepers don't their sympathe clothes
Yet the of Henry Weinbaum, which called
strange extraordinary and ought
be-
Wenbaum is, was, clothes presse earning $12 week.
and supporting himself his wife and four children The wife
and Weinbaum confronted with the problem of looking
his four little the being all his
work He managed somehow for few months and gol
mother for his children the only open him
marriage
But there beauties in the marriage and divorce SYSTEM
which sometimes appeal strongly the of poor devils likes
they sometimes the adventurous entrappers
mllionareS p
The clothes pressers wife complained that the chilli
much work. demanded that they be put pub
The father refused and the wife left him and
little and promptly applied for 81 week support and
judge granted her plea.
The 81 week might have been many millions far he
ability pay The other day he arrested his
rears with COSTS amounting $20788 He LudlowL
JAIL and the prospect of his paying the $0 say
nothing being able look after his children ndeed
The keeper of the jail thinks there may Soethngf
wrong mprison like this for reasonst
like these.
We George" said witty "ark? observed the romanticT
William, they met the young spending her val
street. chow Arthur going on cation the farm Just heart
noyy7" how those old trees n the orchar
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-01

"Harkp observed the romantic
young woman spending her val
cation on the farm. Gust heart
how those old trees in the orchard
moan and groan in the storm, likes
the crying of a lost soul" Z
, well" rejoined her PRACTICAL
and unromantic companion, ct
guess you'd moan and groan, too, I
if you were as full of green ap-
pies as those trees are"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-01

"Well, George" said witty
William, as they met in the
street, "how is Arthur going on
now7"
"Oh, much better, :" replied
George. ''He has been in the
country for seven days to regain
his strength"
That's funny! / should have
thought seven days in the coun-
try would have made one week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26

In politician this would be accounted
rccklcssncss. because party and spoils are
translated III many minds to mean the
same thing; but it is the highest wis
dom IN statesman. Even should il
have but partial success in controlling
party following, it must be productive
OF immense good in showing that the
South has i'll Mr.. Underwood n man
who can be trusted by the Nation-a
man whose patriotism is not limited by
small things. nor suffering from the
burden of any prejudice.
For our part, we believe that such
wisdom is of more practical value than
would he the kccneSt political schcm
ing; and that this very absence of self
seeking, this contempt for the arts OF
the politician, is working for him. while
ne himself has his mind conferred upon
things lie regards as of more moment.
The country could do no better than
to put its entire trust in such man.
and there is good reason to think that il
VIII do SO. AS Mr.. Lewis says. il
should not hesitate 10 employ him as
night watchman" This coming. not
from the South, but from n writer whose
attitude is critical and whose atmosphere
IS of the North. is certainly tribute
not to be despiscd, its Significance is
very grcat,-lM Mobir (Alabama)
NfgTicr. January n, 1912.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS
Right and Duty of Congress nquesoned from the Founda-
tion of the Government

lExats from speech of Oscar W. Rep
un as " d having s So@T ss of s Ws s US o,
ions for the fiscal year nds
Mr. Underwood
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pro as the no 2ss %aR on rights floor S
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te present at I Od m m s fathers at did mot
thd contemplated building roads
States ~ wa9 nc ys mr. G that the Gssa for o toSs
n S. $a $ a s.r: e.: the
to s 6s1 % $s s'""Ss power
'9s' ' aS5'S" thong a5s @
of pe road 0 by sm " Of v hs
sas%'1 today by the leaders of the
.ss5 70 e. & r. o%G s TAI P11"
On March a. 1915 til, House Of Representative. passed the following res,
the %pf6vs e10of %a5 and other
Thomas Jefferson said, n to Mr. 1ipe in 1908:
Give revenues liberated debt then if
war be necessary be carried without
C endeav " G i be dire fGsd
IF y OF ME and aS M e H he :
s sss 1 must s' 8: s ;: ss
In addo" this Congress has specific warrant
donal ~ " ~ ~ " o0"S''0-
ereaisd %S S saet be sn
F1 apon D OF 6SsF pro-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

The most salient fact connected with
the story of the bill in the present Con-
gress is the remarkable strength of the
Democratic tactics, and the high quail
ity shown by Mr.. Underwood, the leader
OF the party on the floor. The farmers
free list" bill was master stroke, and
Mr.; Underwood utilized it in the debate
with an effectiveness that left nothing to
be desired. What gives real strength to
the Democratic position is that the party
is graphing with. big and difficult
question in spirit that is at once
courageous and practical If there is to
be an era of such leadership as that rep
resented by Mr.. Underwood, the term
practical politics" may be rescued from
the ignominy into which it has fallen
and recover the meaning to which it is
legitimately entitled-Ncsv York Eve-
ming Post, reproduced in The Ell Dorado
Sun (Weekly), FL Dorado Springs, Mo.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
JaGk3crew or Axe

That with the Democratic party al
ready in power i'll the House. and hav-
ing visible chance of coming into conf
pletc power in the National Govern
Rlent, it is of interest to learn from
what viewpoint the actual pilot-in-chargc
of the Dcmocracys legislative ship looks
at his task and by what stars he shapes
his course.
Are they fixed and stcadfast lights of
the political armament or are they mere
ly those will-c'-the wisps that fame up
as paramount issues" for this year,
only 10 be forgotten next year? We
get comforting light on this question
from another remark by Mr.. Under
wood:
81 think the big question is the tariff
II is the question of the development of
the industries and commerce Of the
nation"
From n Democrat that is a remark
well-nigh startling. 1t exhibits such An
unusual viewpoint. 1t is almost like
hearing Andrew Carnegie confess that
there might be such thing as a right
eous war. Heretofore, our Democratic
statesmen have SO uniformly declared
that there was nothing to the tariff
question but stopping robbers" from
robbing.
They never seemed to think of tariff
as having anything to do with the de-
velopment OF industries and commerce.
Mr.. Underwood does. He says we
should reduce our tariff because with
the settlement of the West we have left
behind the days when our home market
absorbed the products of our factories
and left us no surplus for which we
needed to look for a market abroad.
&. He holds that our industrial develop
ment has outstripped the increase in
domestic demand, and that we arc pro-
ducing, or at least have the existing ca
pacity to produce, a great surplus of
manufactures for which we must find
markets in other countries. Therefore,
and since Eve cannot trade with other
people unless we permit them to- trade
with lis" reduce the tariff to a competi-
tive basis--to The lowest rates that will
raise the revenues that Tie exigencies
of the Government rc"uirc."
One may agree or d., agree with that
theory of tariff making. One may disbe-
lieve that its effects will be develop
mcnt of the industries and commerce Of
the nation" But at Least it is a theory
consistent with itself and protesting
constructive aims and not merely clam
oring for destruction.
And its proponcnt is no doctrinaire
fresh from academic halls with his nod
die crammed with Solutions" of every
thing Neither is he the freak product
Of passing popular delight with the latest
novelty among political entertainments
Chicago Inter-Ocedn, September 20,
1911
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
UNDERWOOD LOOMS UP

Whether the disclaimer of Represen-
tative Oscar w. Underwood of candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination for
president is to stand or not, there is no
question that he is looming large and
seriously, no less at the North than at
the South, as a possibility, if not this
time, then in the near future. Mr..
Underwood is making widespread and
distinctive impression, not only as the
honest, bold, sagacious leader of the
House majority, and not only as mas
terful Southern Democrat, but as an
American publicist and statesman
man of affairs and broad concept of
his responsibility to the whole people
Richmond, Va. TimcS-Distaich, re-
printed in the birmingham. Ala, Age-
Herald, January q, 1912.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
n Southern Presf-
Dental Possibility

In the mention of Oscar w. Under
wood, of Alabama, for the Democratic
Presidential nomination resides a good
deal more than a suggestion that we
have got too far away from the Civil
War era to regard statesman as nee
essarily unavailable" because he comes
from a commonwealth that was mem
Der of the Southern Confederacy.
OF the men now before the country
as possible or probable Democratic
candidates for the Presidency, Under
wood is certainly one of the strongest.
He has had fine training in Congress,
and is in himself man of natural force
and large capacity for work--and work
ers are what we want i'll executive posi-
sions. He has been a member of the
House OF Representatives for some fif-
teen years, and has risen by force of
merit, and nothing but merit, to a posi-
ton which made it inevitable that he
should be Chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means when the Demo-
Gratis came into control of the popular
branch of the Government. He has the
youth, the environment, the enthusiasm,
the courage, the political sagacity, and
the statesmanly qualities fully to justify
his consideration in connection with tine
Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Underwood is a conservative man,
who is capable of entertaining pro-
gressive ideals and at the same time of
realizing fully the duty and the ne
cessity for conserving substantial inter-
ests of the community. The Democratic
party might go farther and do vastly
worse than if it should nominate him
IS its standardbearer OF l9l2.-Man-
seys Magazine, January, 1912.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
A FIGURE OF NATIONAL, SIZE

The emphasis here is placed upon Mr..
Underwood's wisdom, but along with
this is mentioned his honesty.
These two qualities greatly impress
every one who comes into association
with Mr.. Underwood. or who closely
follows his course i'll Congress and in
public life. He is wise: he does not
disturb himself about little things; his
own personality is not ob,rudcd; his
political ambitions play no part in gov
crning his words and actions. He has
an eye single to the performance of
duty and believes that duty we'll per-
formed is the most urgent considcra-
ton. If doing his duty should mar his
fortunes-as he certainly believed il
would when lie voted against the pen
sion bill-hc will take what comes with
out complaining. Not every man can be
president, lie thinks, but every man can
try TO do the best that is in him for
his country and for the times he lives
in.
And this is honesty. lie plays no
politics; he stands out against raiding
the treasury-no matter what be the cx-
cusc offcrcd-and he opposes his own
friends and associates quite rs firmly
as he opposes his opponents when in
his judgment, the thing proposed to be
done is not for the common good,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26

life and especially by the intimate OK
tcnsive, and increasing intcrcommuni-
cation within our borders. Our people
have for forty years literally lived TO-
gcthcr, and always more and more
closely. They have gradually ceased
to think i'll terms of sections, and the
South is to-day no more distinct and
apart from the East or the Middle
West or the West in the minds of those
who dwell elsewhere.
In the next place, no ono under sixty
has any personal experience of the
civil conflict, and that means not mere
ly that the majority but that the great
body of voters are without this cx-
pcriencc. 1t is more than quarter of
century since the Southern Cues
ton entered even nominally into n
National contest. If it were raised
now by any party, and those who would
be influenced by il had to stand up
and be counted, we believe they would
be ludicrously few. On the other hand,
we arc confident that, were the issue
made, great many votcrs-chicily
among those who were most earnest in
their loyalty in the civil war-would by
a common impulse OF generosity and OF
sclf-rcspcct incline toward the Southern
candidate. II forced really to think Of
the matter, and 10 act on their conclu-
sions, it would seem too absurd to act
in the present on the issues long since
settled, settled in their favor and set
tied forcvcr.-7hc Nczu York Times
November 20, 1911.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26

ton even thus early. 1t is the fact
that Mr.. Underwood is man of South
crn birth, a Representative from n South
crn State. There is a feeling, rather
than a definite opinion, which finds cx-
preston more often in his own section
than i'll the North, and perhaps more
often in his own party than in the op-
posite party. that this fact would be a
source of weakness if Mr. Underwood
were named by the Democracy.
OF course, this is n matter not easily
to be decided with confidence in ad-
vance. There has been no occasion for
a distinct expression of public sentiment
regarding it. 1t is half century since
Southern candidate for the presidency
came before the Nation, and a good
deal longer than that since one was
elected. Great events have interviewed
and left their impress on the minds
and hearts of men, the depth and di-
rcction of which no ono can surely cs-
innate. Our own judgment is that a
candidate from the South-othcr things
being cqual-would not be weaker and
might even be the stronger for that fact
In a broad way, it may safely be said
that there is i'll our people now 4 sense
of tried and proved and established
nationality which might, and probably
would, welcome an opportunity for
nlaniiesting itself This sense of ma
tionality has grown progressively ever
since the close of the war for the
Union. 1t has been steadily strength
cned by the conditions of our National
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
UNDERWOODS INTEGRITY, PURITY
CIVIC COURAGE AND ABILITY

In this mornings magazine section
of The Times our readers will find the
very interesting report of an inquiry
by a staff correspondent into the record
and rcpute, i'll his own home, OF the
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama, who has recently been discussed
as possible Democratic candidate for
the presidency. 1t is needless to say
that The Times is not concerned to ad-
vance the interests of any gentleman
in this direction in preference to any
other: 1t is concerned only in laying
before its readers such information,
carefully gathered and impartially pre-
scented, as will aid in the formation Of
sound public opinion and choice that
will be to the greatest advantage of the
Nation.
We think our readers will agree that
any party may be congratulated among
whose prominent men, to whom the
eyes of the party are directed on the
eve of presidential campaign, there
is one with such standing among those
who know him best as Mr.. Underwood
has. Plainly he is man to be trusted,
because he is trusted, for his integrity,
purity, civic courage, and ability, by his
own people. Whether, when the time
comes for n choice, he will be consid-
cred the best man is 4 question which
it is now too early to decide. But there
is one element that will enter into the
problem which may we'll receive atten-