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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
EXTEND THE VETO.

Nothing calls for determined eff fort against the obnoxious rider in all forms of legislation, and particu- Iarly when it concerns matters before congress, like the repeated appearance before the president of the country of bills which contain provisions which he might be willing to veto though he is unwilling to sacrifice the entire bill. Each session brings instances where the unwiningness to antagonize con gress. which such a veto would mean, shows howsimproperly restricted is the president
 Upon President Wilson's signing of the urgent deficiency bill with it's raid upon civil service, the Springfield Re publican well points out that The president is clearly in no mood for fight with congress over the merit principle in the civil service. if he can possibly avoid it. He now signs the urgent deficiency bill, which in cludes a provision removing deputy collectors and deputy marshals from the working of the civil service law, taking pains, however, to declare anew his personal devotion to the reform principle. Doubeless a plausible argu- ment can be made for the provision in question. but it is regrettable that these recurrent attacks on the civil service by congress, which takes a mean advantage of the presidents in ability to veto separate items in a bill, are not rebuked in some effective way MT Wilson's real reason for letting congress have it's way in these mat ters is that he is seeking from it big things like banking and currency leg islation, and he believes the less all- around antagonism there is the bet ter for his winters program as whole He will find that sooner or later he must buck congress hard on the spells issue''
 When the time comes that the pres ident can veto items which he does not favor then will be obtained the sanest kind of legislation. President Wilson is willing to run the danger of spells for the sake of subsequent legislation He didn't dare to apply the veto because of what congress might do
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
TO THE EDITOR
Lest We Forget.

MT. Editor: I notice in your issue of 23 inst that Health Officer Black has decided to close the school in North Waterford to the children who have not been vaccinated; also has opened the school to those who have been vaccinated in the Quaker Hill school. This brings to mind the mem orabIe campaign of 1901 in which un- vaccinated children were denied en- trance to schools of Norwich at the instance of the health officers and 1t became necessary for citizens to place the children in their seats, and notify the superintendent of their intentions to maintain their rights in the prem ises The subsequent action of the health officer in ordering the school authorities to refuse them instruction, which in it's turn was met by threat of suit is still fresh in the minds of many of us. When suit was threaten ed there was no more trouble and the books were opened promptly.
 The whole matter hinged on the pow CT of a health officer to order compul- sorry vaccination of school children. It was found on consulting the statutes that the only power competent to order vaccination of school children was the board of education and as that body had never issued an order to that effect the health officer had ex- ceeded his authority. There also pre- sents itself another nice question in the present case, and that is the com petence of pr. Black to serve as health officer in the Town of Waterford, be- ing a nonresident. It is evident that very little attention is being paid to the legal aspect of the case and the rights of the private citizens in some instances are utterly disregarded. It is noticed that in Danielson the oper- atiYes in the mills have been vaccinat- ed, presumably by compulsion. In 1901 the same scheme was attempted in Waterbury and failed when the operatives threatened to strike, after having learned that the health board had no right to order anything less than a general vaccination of all resi- dents.
 It certainly behooves the citizen to look we'll to his rights in this mat ter. It is but a few months since that the late Mayor Gaynor had to interfere to protect the rights of cit tzens of New York living on the East Side from compulsory vaccination. He declared the board of health were act ing illegally and refused them the as sistance of the police force to enforce the order. Later he was sustained by the board of aldermen.
 ANTI COMPULSORY VAC,
 Norwich, Oct. 23, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
cuRA's oBsTRucTIoNIsTs.

The difficulty of the struggle for better things, is well illustrated by the opposition which is being mani fested to President MenocaI and his effort to place Cuba on a better finan- cial basis and give to it a government which is for the advancement of the best interests of the island instead of catering to the profit of the political leaders. That he has the sympathy of the people is one of the best indi- cations of the position which he has taken. That his administration is founded upon the purpose of obtain ing better things is indicated by the embarrassment which the leaders of the liberals, who are desirous of con- dnuing past corruption, are placing in his way. Opposition to his message urging a new loan of $15, 5,000, 900 does not take the open position of con- testing the policy in a fair discussion of its merits before the legislature, but is shown in the efforts of the poIi- tictans to prevent the special session of congress to even consider it.
 Cuba is greatly in need of just such q policy as President MenocaI is pre- pared tp carry out. He has made an excellent beginning a fact which makes lhe opposition or those most affected so much worse. It is an instance where the members of the Cuban congress should rise up to a recognition of the situation, carry out the duties which are imposed upon them and act. at least with their best judgment for the future of the island and it's people. The new president we'll understood his position when elected but it is apparently going to take some time to overcome influential obstructionists In the meantime the, matter is of vital importance to the island
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
CARRYING THE MAIL.

A contention te which the railroads must sooner or later give proper and careful consideration Is that which Is put forward by the railroads that they are not receiving adequate pay for the transpertatien of the mail. The claim is not that the government is falling to keep it's agreement, but 1t is held that the agreement under the existing conditions is not & fair one. Mail under the present regulations Is carried at price fixed by averages se- curing for a stated period and lasting over a period of four years without al- lowing for growth. The claim by the roads is that they are in fact carry ing much more than the average gain ed from one years weighing in every four, because of the increase from par eel post matter both before and since the increase in limit of weight for packages. This Is shown by the in- crease in postal receipts previous to parcel post and since the inauguration of that service.
 The roads want annual weighings and a definite method of securing daily Averages and their appeal is one which is likely to get all the consideration that is deserved. It is a contract in which the government will not be found to enter except upon a basis of fairness. Such was the basis upon which the existing plan was adopted. That the postal business has grown must be admitted and it is not to be supposed that the government will un- dertake to increase its profits in that department at the expense of the transportation lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Saving Something.

Happiest. perhaps, are those be- tween the two extremes who are neither hampered by the luxurious eX- cess nor by the tortGring pressure or necessities. Yet even of these it is only minority who seek to near alright, who place themselves In the attitude of listening, who endeaVor 10 heed what past and present have to say.
 Can we not tutor ourselves. little by little to this wisdom? Can we not bring ourselves to talk with men, women and children in such manner that their response shall be genuine that they shall gives us true words and not mocking echoes? There are persons who have lived side by side all their lives. and have never yet really spoken to each other; they have said many things and spoken nothing Sometimes a sudden great trouble will bring true words and an open ear; but why should we wait for such a shock to loosen speech? Why not try to reach the realities now? Why not try to reach the hearts and so open the lips of those around us. to win their quiet condolences, which means to win their affection?
 We all have this gift to confer, the simple gift of our listening. Sympathy will open our ears and unclose lips that have been long sealed. Sometimes there is no greater help that we can bring to a fellow being than to listen to him; and then, if we get him to talk truly, his words must be worth re- membering.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Ex-Governor Sulzer can undoubtedly get q powerful lot of consolation and encouragement out of his position from the fact that England has just raised Sir Rufus Isaacs of the great Marconi scandal to the office of lord chief justice
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Ocean terminals seem to be very un- certain things. New York has been on the anxious seat for several years Providence Is trying to prevent the loss of it's one transatlantic line and now Portland hears talk of St. John becoming the winter port of the Grand Trunk, As yet New Lenden has neth- ing te slese, but continues in 8 reeep- tive mood
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Dr. Wilfred T. GrenfeII, medical mis- sionary of the bleak coast of Labra- dor. visited Yale this week, preaching in the college pulpit and speaking else where in New Haven. Dr. Grenfell spoke of a number of Yale volunteers there during the past summer and par ticularly of the motor boat Yale, given some years ago by a group of Yale men, and used every two weeks for the 300 mile trip along the coast. The doctor told of a storm last year during which the Yale was driven on the rocks for four days: the boat was exposed to the beating of the sea, but so staunch a craft was she that a hole the size of a finger was the only injury to her. The Yale brings the sick to the Indian Harbor hospital and returns convales- cents and carries the doctor on his rounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Louis Linder was picturesque fig ure who >has been associated with stu dent life at Yale for score of years. He was a man who was bigger than his own particular job; it was his wider interests in life, with the geniality of his heart, that made him the friend of hundreds of Yale men now scattered through the world. And So his death Louie passed away in his sleep last Sunday morning-brings a personal sense of loss to many Yale grad, whose memories of Mory's and it's good fellowship form real part of the rec olIections of the lighter side of college days.
 When Louis Linder, in 1898, took hold of Mory's, he found the little establish ment in bad way, for the business had been allowed to run down until lit tie but memories remained. But in his aim of bringing back the older days of charm and simplicity that Colonel Osborn's little book The Moriarty's of Yale, so admirably portrays, MT. Lin- der soon found himself on the right road. Mory's became as popular a. rem deZVous a. in the days of long ago, when the crew men. returning from the harbOr, first stumbled upon it. Louies personality, however, no less than his Southdown chops and rarebits. the lat ter unrivalled it was held, save in one London. hostelry, drew men to him. He helped develop such picturesque insti- unions as the WhiffenpoOfs. the HO- gans and the Mohicans and in tall hat and frocl1 coat he always umpired the annual campus ball game. Last May though, he was not there for sickness had laid siege to him and his strength did not come back
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

There is as much mystery about the generous MT. Smith, friend of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as surrounds the elusive chap who struck Billy Patterson.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

ton sucient to make a panic while Prof. Platt Andrew, secretary of the national monetary commission, was never surer in his life of anything than that the bill as written involves irritation to the extent of a billion dol lars. What are plain lawmakers to do when folks who know it all cannot agree Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

With Chief Bender representing his tribe in Washington in behalf of de- sired legislation, he must plan to get the arguments over the plate and make them as big as a house.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Florida is about to join California in it's fear of the yellow peril, but it Is the kind of yellow peril which doesn't loom up as prominently as the cigarette stained fingers.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The man on the corner says: After observation it is unfair to attribute the number of butts" in the streets to those who are obeying the law about smoking on cars.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Before their delivery Mrs. Pankhurst should apply the fire extinguisher and the acid remover to her suffrage ad- dresses. Prevention must not be over looked
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The ticket applications for the Princeton and Harvard games are coming in in large numbers daiN, and EYerard Thompson has announced his intention of seeing that Yale men get tickets first, prohibiting the lending of applications of Yale men to their friends outside the alumni The Prince ton applications close Oct. 29 and the Harvard applications Nov. 5.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The stockholders meetings of the New Haven road are showing less of the cut and dried characteristics than in any period for long time
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The penalty for stealing eggs in Mexico is 26 days in Jail, according to a recent account published. while at the same time enly 23 days was in- f1icted fer killing an American. But right here in Connecticut we have a record ef siv months In jail for steal ing 8 red hen,.-Middletown Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

It is quite evident that Boss Mur- phy doesn't intend to answer SuIzer when he declares his replies will be made when Sulzer stops making state ments
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The difficulty of getting a congress to do business is about as acute in this country as it is in the Cuban isle.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Washington and Jefferson are the op- ponents at Vale field this week. with Colgate coming here next Saturday Then comes the Brown game leading up to the championships.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

This is the wrong season for the national public health service to pro- claim that women wear too many clothes.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

at Oxford university and $1,500 yearly, were given at Yale last week to Il candidates, and the results will be known in December, the appointments to be made in January. The examina- tions, sent from Oxford, are only three, Latin, Greek and mathematics but be- sides literary and scholastic attain ments, athletic ability and excellence in character are conditions of appoint ment One man from each state is se- lected from those who qualify in the examinations, this selection being made by a committee from each state Four Connecticut men took the examina- tions.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

With radium worth about a billion a milIigram it is easy to see where it is bound to figure as a common household necessity
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Brighter than ever are the football hopes of Vale, following the 37-0 vic tory over Lehigh on Saturday. Marked improvement was shown in all the de- partments of the game, and especially noteworthy was the success with which the forward pass was worked.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Huerta seems to be the only Mex ican who dares to proclaim his candi- date for the office of president of the republic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

No information has been received that Special Envoy John Lind is sit ting up nights with the Mexican sit nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
OTHER VIEW POINTS

There is certain police work needing to be done which a woman can do most effectively. It is for the citizens of New Haven to think the thing over, inform themselves as to the facts and act accordingly. They can have one as they thoughtfully decide that they need them.-New Haven Register
 Professor Yandell Henderson is a conspicuously intelligent and high minded gentleman and political tricks are repugnant to him. He ought, how ever, if he intends to continue in the leadership of a party, to make a study of politics that will enable him to avoid mistakes that place his party in the position of being the tail of an- other party's lkite.-Hartford Times
 The coming of the chill weather and the turning on of the steam heat makes Us realize the real value and satisfac- ton of a fireplace. 4 great many houses are still built even in cold eli mates, without provision for the open fireplace. The gas log is a favorite sham substitute in cit yIife put in by many people who are too indolent to carry a wood basket upstairs.-Meriden Journel.
 Julian Hawthorne is quoted as saw ing that henceforth he will devote his literary energies to working for prison reform. If he applies the lesson of his own case to his efforts in that direc- tiOn he may accomplish a great deal of good. The greatest movement for prison reform is that which begins with the individual by teaching him to avoid doing the things that may land him in prison.-SpringfieI Union
 Now that the Connecticut judgeships have been handed out by the new dem ocratic national administration, we can settle back and breathe easy for awhile We hope that the administration will soon hand out the collector of the port job and the local postmaStership so that we may cease to be annoyed by the scramble for these offices and the suspeTse of the candidates who are aspirants for the places.-Bridgepo Telegram.
 The American people are queer. There are some things, they don't bite at where they would be expected to This crazy headed scheme of destrov-' ing life and property in order to pro- mote a cause which depends upon in telngent appreciation of human rights among respectable people is one of the things they don't bite at That is. we hope they don't and that the New York example is epresentative.-Wa terbury, American.
 It Is astonishing what an expert can see in the banking and currency bill with the naked eye. Victor Morawetz of New York sees a currency contrac-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

October has been a peculiar month but it was perfectly natural to expect a frost on the 23rd
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Mrs. Panl1hurst might increase her audiences if she would illustrate with the moving pictures.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Rhodes scholarship examinations en- titling the successful candidates, through the generosity of the late Cecil Rhodes, to three years of study
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

Holland buys many mouse traps and rat traps for export to it's colonies.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

The baseball squad has been cut to 36 men, to whom Coach Frank Quin- by will give university practice this fall The other players may report for class baseball in the cage during the winter.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-24

It Is astonishing what an expert can see in the banking and currency bill with the naked eye. Victor Morawetz of New York sees a currency contrac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
HODGES DON'T KNOW IT
If the Educational Board Contem-
plates Sweeping Changes.

If there Is to be a wholesale house
cleaning among the heads of state schools
by the new educational administration
board, the fact is unknown to Governor
George H. Hodges. And the Kansas ex-
ecutive believes the fact would have been
communicated to him had such a policy
been established.
Members of the administration board
heard held a three-hour conference with
Governor Hodges last week. At that time
the new work as outlined by the board
was discussed in detail, but there was no
indication by any of the members that
they proposed a general shakeup in any
of the state schools.
This week a report was circulated from
proposed many changes in the Kansas
university management. The statement
has OccaSioned worry and alarm among
the instructors in the several state schools
and there has been much unrest because
of the statement. A copy of the Law
renee report was handed to Governor
Hodges this week.
out foundation said the governor. Last
members of the board and we discussed
the work which the members con-
template Inc members advised me that
they had reelected Chancellor Strong of
Kansas university and also President
Waters of the Agricultural college but
did not indicate in any way that they pro
posed a general change in the state
on which to base the circulation of this
report of a general house cleaning, either
in Kansas university or any of the other
state schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
AN AID TO BAKER
Campaign to Raise Million in
Methodist Church.
In Interest of Institutions in
the Central West.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 25.-Plans
for a campaign TO procure a million
dollars to be expended in the interest
of institutions of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in the central west are
under consideration.
w. O. Shepard. bishop in charge of
this section. has asked the institutions
of the church that would be benefited
to have representatives attend Z din
ner at the Y. w. c. A. Monday noon.
AT this dinner the plan will be dis
cussed in detail.
Two OF the largest institutions Of
the church are now engaged in cam
paiSns for funds. These are Baker
university at Ottawa and Bethany hos
piUal on the Kansas side. The general
educational board of New York has
made conditional gift of $125,000 to
the university. The money is to be
paid when the board of directors has
obtained $4,000 additional. Beth
any hospital has new building under
construction, for which 100000 is
needed.
There are several other church in
situations that the leaders in the move
ment feel may care to enter into a
campaign to obtain funds and it is
to consult these that the dinner is be-
ing arranged.
The plan as contemplated is to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-25
A. A. BULLETIN.
President Chivington Announces Con-
tracts and Releases.

Chicago. April a.-The following con-
tracts and releases in the American asso-
citation, covering the period since April 10.
were announced yesterday by President
Chivington:
Contracts: Observation-Disclosures Krug,
Richard Coterk, Frank Snyder.
Kansas City-Otto Williams, Paul
Kritchell.
Nilwaukee-Del Bemis.
Minneapolis-Fred Hunter, Bob Ewing.
William Lelivelt.
Releases: Indianapols-To Minneapolis,
Fred Hunter; to Springfield, O., George
Brautigan.
Kansas City-To Davenport. E. E. Neer
(optionaD; to Memphis. Jack Love; to St
Paul, w. A. James.
Minneapolis - To Fargo (Northern
1eague), Horace Leverett, George Wad-
dell.
Toledo-To Montgomery, Edward Horn
horst; to Erie. William Nixon {optionaD;
to New Orleans. Frank NJ. Manush.
Suspensions: Toledo-Infielder Hart and
Pitcher Burge.
St. Paul-S. B. RaIston, Clarence Beau
mont, L. o. Smith, William Goodman and
L. a. Hamilton.
Reinstatements: Toledo-Frank hanush
and Edward Hornhorst.
Rlease withdrawn: MUTT Ems, to Fond
du Lac.