Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-19

It is said that Fairfield County Republicans will be solidly behind Senator Brandegee in his ambition to succeed himself as U. s. Senator from Bridgeport Standard.
 AS holders of Nobel peace medals it seems to be up to Col. Roosevelt and Senator Root to bury the hatchet and give the world an edifying exhi- bition of brotherly Springfield Union.
 The spectacle of MT. Bryans old newspaper associate opposing, as q public official, the program of Colonel Goethals for the organization of the Panama strip is not one that proVoke6 the admiration of the community. The less we hear from ill-informed people, the better we will all be off.-New Haven Journal-Courier.
 It will be remembered that Mir. Mellen was ready to do almost any, thing for his home town of New Ha ven in the matter of building new railroad station there. Except for the financial objections of a. few in fuential New HaVeners, who thought they could get more. the station would have been built and a lot more of the New Ravens money tied up by an un- profitable investment - Waterbury American.
 It is beyond doubt that this great property (New Haven road) can be operated prohtably and there is no reason for thinking that it may not be so operated for considerable time to come. The day of speculative plung- ing is over-the new management is building it's business structure on the bed rock of solid business prudence and correct understanding of the poli- cy that is safe and sane-New Haven Times Leader.
 The benefits of public playgrounds cannot be overestimated. Childrel. need outdoor recreation. If no proper place is provided they are bound to use the streets, where manifold dan gers,-in these days of trolleys and automobiles,-bese them resulting, not infrequently, in the larger centers of population, in los of life Crafty ing indeed it is that Rockville has at last fallen in line and taken this pro- gressive step.-Rockville Journal
 Now comes word from Washington that Secretary Bryan agrees with Governor Baldwin pertaining to the merit system in appointing diplomatic representatives Political changes seem to be the order of the day. A few years ago either Governor Bald win agreeing with Secretary Bryan or wise versa would have caused a terri ble uproar, but now when both are in office conditions seem to be different. The old story of the inS and outS.- Middletown Press.
 As long as young men, with but fragmentary knowledge of handling an automobile, are permitted to run a car wherever and whenever they please and as long as women without exper- fence are allowed to do the same thing and men, who over indulge in liquor are made chauffeurs with but per functory examination then the death list from auto accidents will continue to increase. It is bound to do so and the state that allows the careless and inefficient to run cars Is responsible.- Ansonia Sentinel.
 It does not take much time for an army of tent caterpillars to strip a tree of it's leaves. and usually the most highly prized and valuable groWthS are favorite objects of attack. To ride or walk through a section where the tent caterpillars have been busy Is to witness a melancholy sight. The in- sects are most rapacious when the foliage is at it's best in the early sum- mer, and repeated yisitations are cer- tain to do permanent damage to the trees and ultimately to destroy them completely London Telegraph
 That irrepressib1e vocal fountain known as Hero of the Merrimae and Representative in Congress Hobson from Alabama, U. S. A, Universe, famed far and wide for weekly chaI- lenges to the Japanese to come over and scrap, is getting impatient and beligerent enough to want war with his fellow members. Yesterday he challenged our own Jerry Donovan to adjourn to the lot in the rear of the elocution shed and have it out It is not to Representative Donovan's cred it that he declined the invitation. He missed a splendid chance to at least temporarily silence a tiresome vaude- vile imitator.-Meriden Journal.