Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Henry c. Fuller. the city forester or tree warden and superintendent of Ce- | dar Grove cemetery finds the time to l assume the position of city agitator, | and just at the present time is agi- | tating the elimination of the parklet | | on the parade. the removal of the sol- diers' and sailors monument from its | present prominent position to site in | Montauk avnue opposite the Lawrence hospital and the establishment of a l stand for the city expressmen on the | little hill in Bank street just south | of the custom house, forcing them from | the parade which the e2lpreSsmen and their professors. the draymen, have used as an open office ever since the l city was incorporated. MT. Fuller like | the Dick Deadeye of Pinafore, proba- | I bly, means well, but he doesn't know. l Almost everybody in New London will | say amen to his recommendation in regard to the parklet and would hesi- | tate to drive the expressmen from their | ancient stamping ground; but when it | comes to the. removal of the monu- ment which was dedicated to the sol diers and sailors from New London l who died or risked their lives for country. there is decided and pratical-
 ly unanimous opposition.
 Perhaps Mir. Fuller was in New Lon don eighteen years ago when Sebas-
 tian D. Lawrence formally presented | that grand monument in granite to the l city of New London and in' connection herewith attended the celebration of | the two hundred and fiftieth anniver-
 sary of the founding of the town. If | he was he knows. and everybody else | knows, that at that time there was
 no one in the town but who was | strongly in favor of the location and considered it an ideal site and that if anyone even suggested it's removal that the words of Governor John A. Dix in | relation to hauling down the American | flag would have been put into exc cution. That patriotic sentiment still prevails and there are probably not a half dozen men in New London but honestly believe that a space of twen- ty feet square as a, site for a fitting
 monument due the brave boys who risk
 ed life that the country might live I That monument is worthy the most
 prominent place in the city.
 For thirty one years after the Civil war New London was among the xery few northern cities of prominence that
 was without a soldiers monumert~a and probably would have been without proper tribute for some time longer but
 for the generosity and patriotic spirit
 of Sebastian D. Lawrence. a native of New London, who presented the monu-
 ment to the city as a memorial to the Civil War veterans, giving credit to
 the sons or Joseph LawreIwe Mr
 llNT6IlCe ScleCIeQ the Site ana the city | acqu1eSced, and then it was believed the monument would stand there so
 long aS the granite endured and it
 probably will. J-Should the time ever
 come when the parade becomes so con gested that more roos is actually need ed, far better to increase the space by the removal of buildings rather than
 that monument and all that it repre- sents.
 | P local benefactor, who according to his means, has given more to the city than any other live. resident. is out in pen protest against MT. Fuller's
 proposition for the removal of the monument from the parade and
 between the city and the late MT. Lawrence who donated the beautiful
 monument with the agreement that it
 should be given a permanent position. By the way, this same MT. Tinker had planned to present a. soldiers monu- , , ment to the city of New London but his plans were forestalled by the gen. . tention MT Tinker had plans of a
 no inkling of< MT. Tinker's good in
 erous action of MT. Lawrence. who had
 granite monument drawn by Thomas l W.Casey. The plan had been accept ed and the contract was about to be iplaced when MT. Lawrences offer was
 officially announced, and, of course. MT |
 a secret. The design MT. Casey had
 intended for New London was after
 ward worked into granite and is noH
 among the attractive monuments in g
 Providence cemetery
 The invitation of the New Londor
 Business Mems association for the
 democratic state. convention. which wa: lsextended to the state central com n1ittee, was formerly withdrawn wheT I the committee met in Hartford during the present week. / Presumably witt Hull authority, the invitation wal withdrawn by Congressman Bdyan F | MahanS and in favor of the city O. Hartford. New Haven wanted the con Ivention and so did the city of Hartford land Hartford won. The sentiment, pre- vailed at the meeting that the mem
 tbers who favored Governor Simeon E Baldwin as nominee for United State fsenator wanted the convention in Nev
 Haven. tho governors home town fwhile those who favored Coneressmal Mahan for the nomination wanted tn
 tconvention in Hartford. 1t is hereil indicated that two thirds of the stat
 centraf committeeman are favorable t Mir. Mahan and it is believed that vii be aboue the size of Mahanse najorit, lover Baldwin in the, convention.
 While guest of Congressman Ma
 han in Washington, a former demo
 publican offer and who poses as
 publican leader in New London, gay
 out an interview to the effect that Sen
 ator Frank Bosworth Brandegee o New London would be nominated b.
 the republicans and without opposi
 ton. If that be so, and it probably is