Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-24
NEW LONDON COUNTY SHRIEVALTy
Sidney A. Brown Get Support of Members of All Parties Work On the Terminal at East New London--Lons Neg lected Shaw Street to Get Attention.

Efficiency gained by experience. un- questionable honesty and faithful at- tention to duty, coupled with popular ity gained by large and intimate ac- quaintanceship, are some of the req sons why the renomination of Sidney A. Brown for the responsible and inn portant office of sheriff of New London even bq democrats, he equivalentttst county Is practically considered to be, reelection. It is one of the important offices to be voted for, in the coming election, and should be given careful attention by every person who is priv ileged to. cast a ballot. It is an office in which every. voter in New London
 county has interest, as 1t not only car
 ries with, 1t the outside duties of a
 sheriff, but also theg knowledge of
 court procedure and the business ad-
 ministration of the county jails.
 Sheriff Brown has demonstrated that
 he is eninentiy qualified for the re-
 sponsible position in all of its details.
 and his every act is above even the
 slightest suspicion His management
 of the county jails during the past year
 has proven that they can be conducted
 within the allowance made by the
 county are net In the class with those
 that have a fixed income from work
 done within the institutions. There are
 no industries carried on in the jaits of
 New London county. and the only
 work that is done, the only work that
 brings revenue to the county, is the
 beating of carpets, caiing chairs and
 mending grain bags, for the prisoners
 are not permitted to leave the jail
 premises to do any kind of work. This
 sort of work is welcomed by the pris-
 oners and is not in competition with
 any workers outside of the institutions
 Sheriff Brown has proven that by Fcareful management the jaiEs- can be
 made self that is without
 expense to the3county in so far as goes
 the care and support of the inmates,
 and the rnaintenance Of the buildings.
 During the past year the jails received
 from the state for the board of pris-
 oners the sum of x$12. .e97.90 and from
 work done by the prisoners $3,04433
 making the total receipts for the jails at Norwich and New London $15,142.23.
 The expenses, which includes all in connection with the jails, even to re- pairs and Improvements, was $14,057.S7. This left a. balance to be turned into the county treasury of $1.0S4.36, in- case in some other like institutions in the state. It is New London county's very best record, and shows Sheriff Browns fitness and competency for the
 office he so admirably fills.
 Sidney A. Brown has the advantage of outrankins many of the sheriffs of the Impractical experience in the conduct1of jails and the general duties that ara required of the 6fflce,9 and he Is past hfastefs ins 1t all. He was
 born in Mystic in. 1858, and is therefore 56 years of ages right ins the prime of life, and no man is better equipped for the office of county, sheriff. When 25 years of age. he came to New London and was employed as deputy jailer un- Hawkins, of whom he is worthy suc- cessor. He served as deputy jailer and deputy sheriff for fifteen years with Sheriff Hawkins, and one year with Sheriff Jackson. MT. Brown then en- tered the internal revenue service and | later was tax collector for the city of I New London.
 In February.a 1905, he was elected sheriff to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Jackson and served for i the unexpired term. In 1906 he was again elected sheriff for term of four years, and he was reelected for anoth-
 CT term in the election of 1910. No pub- l lie official ever served the county bet ter than did Sheriff Brown, and his re- election at the coming election will be
 just recognition of faithful services rendered. +s4~sE>- -------- No man hae ever held elective office without producing few discontented individuals, through some real or fan
 cied wrong, mostly faneied, and these 1 cnaps bob up about election time and
 circulate baseless stories of the candi-
 date and calculated to lessen his pop l ularity.- h3ft thesa Ynrid.slinoin0s- ,,,atf,