New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
FACTS AND RANCHES.

FACTS AND RANCHES.
 With five circuses scheduled to visit ! Middletown this summer possibly the l trolley company will make a good l enough showing at the end of the sea-
 son to change some of the four l wheeled vehicles with the end cradle l m otion to the vintage of no later than ten years from other sections of the
 state.-Middletown Penny Press.
 Probably local conditions had a good deal to do with influencing the
 New Britain vote just as local con- ditions had considerable to do with l placing a. democratic mayor at the head
 Of the city government in Hartford.
 When the republicans chuckle over l New Britain they should not forget
 that Hartford is now on the political l map of Connecticut as a democratic 1 city.-.New Haven Union. . New Britain's election the other | day was remarkable in more ways 1 than the humping majority for the republicans In one respect it appears
 to be a record breaker in this state in
 that more votes were boiled at the
 city contest than in the presidential
 battle of 1912 The total vote the
 ether day was 6,61S, while the total
 in 1912 was 6,390.-Bridgeport Post. l There are a good many newspaper
 men in the service of the government, but most of them have laid aside their
 av ocatiOn so far as it conflicts with
 the public service. Representative J..
 Hampton Moore protests that MT.
 Bryan is an exception. The secretary,
 he says, sends "beats'' to his Com
 moner" before he transmits the infor-
 nation to congress. This is some
 thing to look into.-New Haven i Register.
 It is possible to create a. lively
 sense of civic pride. It may take
 some time but it will be worth while.
 A neat neighborhood is we'll worth
 striving for and may be attained if
 a feeling of cooperation is aroused.
 The power of example is also great and sthose who preach should practice.
 If we have a cleaner city we will have more beautiful one and one of great
 CT attraction to the visitor.-Nor- l wich Record.
 New Britain comes pretty near 1 being the banner republican city of ] the state. A remarkable showing the party made Tuesday. Guess Fred l Chamberlain has earned his way toSsa I place on the republican state ticket. No better man from the standpoint of ability could be nominated for the state treasurership. sAnd he'll get a
 big vote in his horAe city if he runs. Here's wishinA him success
 He deserves it.7-RocaaYille Leader Governor Glynn did well in, affixing his signature to the law that Increases 1 materially the penalty inflicted upon i Black Hand bomb artists. This new 1 industry in the byways of crime has ] grown so fast of late and is so diff1- :; cult to run down because of the state of terrorism that exists throughout the foreign colonies that it is most de- 1 sirable that the penalty be made to 1 fit the crime. than which there is none more despicable and ..cowardly in the 1 list of infractions of the statutes Ansonia Sentinel.
 The wife of Bernard Shaw, now visiting this country, proposes to spend several months here in travel and experience. learning about Amer ica and it's people. Apparently she poses as the agent of her husband who, .she says, is afraid of American
 reporters and will stay at home. This
 sounds little like one of his jokes. | There may be things that MT. Shaw is afraid of, but we shouldn't ex-
 pect them to be any of the things he admits being afraid f.-Waterbury American.
 The final test of strength between republicans and progressives will prob- ably take place at this falls elections and unless the new party can show l unlocked for gains in the coming state and congressional elections, it cannot l hope to remain with us long. There has been some disheartening news ac- cumulating to greet the colonel on his I emergence from the Amazon's wilds. He will realize that it is difficult to l capture the eneny's earthworks from | headquarters in another hemisphere. i If the party has not been exactly dis integrating, it is evident that the sup | ply of binding material must be con- stantly renewed and this is difficult ] to accomplish when the principal rea- l son for the existence of the party has been removed from us by several thou sand miles.-Waterbury Republican. Marching After Washington.