Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-29
OTHER VIEW POINTS

State bar a association admits there IS q flood before the legislature and that the system is not in accordance with what the bar association aims at Of course individual members of the bar will continue to act in their legal capacity in introducing measures and the present session at the wind up will be no different from past gather ing5 of the legislature.-Middletown Press.
 If Governor HoIcomb really believes in economy he will veto that appropri- ation for revising the statutes. when it gets to him. In the past entirely dis prOportiOnate sums have been paid for this work, the disbursements being upon theory of political rewards plus the idea that a lawyer on the public payroll is worth five or six times as much as a lawyer in private practice.-Bridgepo Farmer
 We suppose lawyers have a good time together though ministers ate really the better company. lrov. Hol- comb said at the dinner of the State Bar Association Monday ni ht that he was having a better time than he had had since November ZS, the date of his retirement from the bench. But he is having pretty good time all along. He says: 'I had six nights last week and I have every night IEi1tu except dluIIdE LilIS week. haven't had to pay a cent for board snce my inaus uTation.-N aterbury American
 It is pointed out that it is very inopportne time to seek increases of salaries. The citizens have been going through q period of business depression, and working people, who own their own homes, possibly mort saged heavily. cannot afford to be fl fgE EnT- h1 n s9f such people have been working only half time, or perhaps not working at all, for almost a year and they naturally, cry halt! l. is currently salaries has already been exceeded, because of unlocked for boosts in the salaries of certain officials. - New Britain Record.
 An attempt was made to take the naming of the minor judges from the Legislature few years ago but politics" killed 'the measure. Of course any election where candidates of political parties are nominated must necessarily be considered poll tics'; still taking the control Of such selections as City and Police court judgeShipS away from caucuSeS and legislative committees and giving the appOintive power to the people is eIim- mating politics to a considerable de- gree. Each city and town should have the right to choose it's own judges, as well as all other officials and some day the laws of the state vii be so amended that this right will be grant, ed.-MeriGen Journal
 AIeriden high school is about to put into practice the theory that high school boys should have some mili- tary training. The announcement that upwards of 20 boys of the school had won their parents sanction to their proposal to volunteer for drill in a high school company to be organized or somewhat the sarnc lines as militia has caused much interest and devolp- ments will be watched throughout the state. The only cloud on the hor- izon is the announcement that there is opposition on the part of labor organ izations to the school militia Droposi- ton. There may be some formal pro- tests but it seems impossible that there really will be serious objection to the instruction of high school boys in- the elementary features of military training. Waterbury Republican.