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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-10-28

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New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
The Downfall of Daniel.
 (New Haven Register

The unanswered question in Willi- mantle has been, Why do we always elect Daniel P. Dunn for mayor ?' Until that question was answered, It could not be said why the state chose him comptroller, and kept him in the office for four years. The easiest theory was that he was honest, and his fellow citizens knew it. Also, he was an unconscious contribution to the sum total of human humor.
 But neither rhyme nor reason keeps the end of d rank of toy soldiers from failing down when somebody lpsets the beginning of the rank. The uphcaval in politics which came last fall east MT. Dunn out of state of flee, and now Willimantic is in re- volt He is still mayor, but he has a board of aldermen whose majority is of the opposite. party. So he had last year, but then the revolt had not come. He sent his nominations to the aldermen two nights ago, and they turned down every one, repub- licans as well as democrats. It will do him no good, probably, to nOmi- nate others, for the expectation is that the board will turn down all his nom nations as fast as he makes them. The republicans on tho board want to make the nominations, and will, probably. if they have a chance, name some of the same men whom Mayor Dunn named.
 This looks almost as if the ropub- licans of WilIimantiC had something against Danny. It looks almost like a hint that Willimantic is ready to dispense with Mayor Dunn. What reason? None, except that some are tired of hearing him called Mayor Dunn. just as some citizers in Athcns several years ago, were weary of hearing Aristides called the just"
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
Andrew Jackson and Wilson.
(Chicag Herald

In President Wilson's speech at h. dianapolis on Jackson day. he stood to his guns as staunchly as the old democratic leader ever did There was neither excuse, apology nor eva sion. Everything that had been done in his administration had been we'll done. Not more set in his resOlu- ton to have those historical and un- gracious references eXpunged from the senate record was "Old Hickory' than is President Wilson in his opin- ion that the new charter of free dom' is everything it pretends to be.
 Not more determined was General Jackson to resist the South Carolina notification idea-and to hang John c. Calhoun" if necessary-than is President Wilson in his insistence on the ship purchase bill. Not more fixed in his views on the eternal wic1edness of the United States bank was "Old Hickory" than is President Wilson in his views on the proper way to deal with the Mexican stua- tion Not more fully did old An drew commit himself to the idea that all good and all democracy dwelt in the democratic party than did Presi- dent Wilson to the opinion that all hope for the country at present lies in the same organization.
 It was a typically Jacksonesque speech, infused with the true Jack sonian spirit: with that mixture of un- hesitating conviction and straight forward aggre>siven ess-that wiling ness to make and meet an issue that even an opponent must respect There are essential points of differ ence between the college president in politics and the old lawyer and war rior who played such a part in the same great arena. Eacn IS the product of his age.
 But "Old Hickory" and President Wilson are akin in their aggressive ness. their apparently absolute confi- dence in the saving virtue and the saving wisdom of democracy. New Hickory" is a good name for the president.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
Tramp-Tramp-Tramp!
(Cleveland Plain Dealer.D

When giant armies march and countermarch, they trample the growing crops, they trample the life from villages and farms, they walk roughshod over the furrowed fields and the roads made smooth by labor. They trample out the achieve as comes a scourge of locusts, leaV- ing the countryside desolate and bare.
 Everybody is conscious of that. But who stops to think of how hard these armies must be on shoes? Who, in estimating the expense of putting hosts into the field remembers to include that big item, or realize how big 1t is? For when the boys are marching, their tramp-tramp- tramp involves an incredible wear of shoe leather. The British army fig ures that a pair of boots will last a soldier six weeks; and each pair of such boots costs $4. or more. If this is an average rate-and it is at least a figure to base averages upon-a three-year war would cost Europe a billion dollars for boots alone.
 A cable dispatch from Paris says the demand for army boots is now S0,0O0,OO0 pairs a year. An Amer ican shoe manufacturer says this country can provide 30,000,0O0 pairs a year. This is fine for our shoe and leather industry; if we can pro duce for export 100000 pairs of boots day, we shall have done something remarkable.
 But that leaves 50,0O0,000 pairs of boots a year to be provided for the armies of Europe by the, rest of the world And the world has to make it's own shoes, too, while it is about this accomplishment. It looks as if some of the soldiers this winter were doomed to be like those in the old pictures of Valley Forge-tO have their feet wrapped in rags, and to leave bloody footprints in the snow. Argentina and Australia and Arizona and Siberia will have to slaughter Gargantuan herds of cattle this year not only to feed the armies, but to keep the armies on their feet. In the trenches on the road, whether they advance or retreat-it is the -tramp-tramp-.' that can never be allowed to stop.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
WHOLE FAMILY LYNCHED.

Records are said to show that of late lynching has been on the de- crease Tn this country and the popu- lar belief is that such lawlessness was giving way to a more orderly method of treating those accused of such crimes as have led to the death of so many negroes. A whole family Of black people was lynched at. At lanta, Ga, on Thursday night. Ike trouble arose over the chief of police going to the home of a negro and ar resting him for selling liquor with out a license. The negro submitted presented itself he drew a revolver and shot the officer the formers son and two daughters then turned on the chief and beat him severely. The family was arrested and locked up after which a mob of a hundred men overpowered the sheriff, seized the four negroes, took them out and hanged them one by one and rid died their bodies with bullets. Two of the negroes were girls and it would seem as if the fury of the mob might have been stayed by that fact but 1t was just as revengeful in their case as the others and killed them all.
 According to custom this crime will be passed over and soon forgot ten. There may be a pretense at an inquiry but of course no one will tell who composed the mob and the par ticipants will go free. Americans have not much ground to criticise when such an affair as that in At- lanta is permitted to go unpunished. The case was one which might we'll have been submitted to a court of law with reasonable assur- ance that the guilty parties would not escape punishment, but the way of the mob is not the laws way and yet the govern ment will make no special effort to punish those who commit such wholesale murder. It is doubtful if jury could be found in Georgia that would vote to convict the mem- bers of the mob no matter how strong or convincing the evidence might be.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

bill shall be treated as any other im- portant bill; that it shall have its hearings in committee, reach the calf endar be called up and debated, and receive a vote. If it gets this treat ment and is defeated the drys have no complaint to make. Like the vets, they will subordinate great. many important questions in favor of their own issue; but they ask merely for fair play on that issue They do not ask that their oppo- nents be gagged and deprived of their votes.
 Rum is Q gentle deepot. 1t desires merely that the legislature be made incapable of taking any action of any sort whatever, and then it will be entirely satisfied, good natured, and- amiable. If the vets could have thor way the constitution would prohibite any discussion Of the liquor question in the legislature.
 The right to make and sell liquor is regarded as a sacred right to bo held inviolable. To protect that right it is necessary to control legislatures, and legislatures arc controlled through their organizations.
 For these reasons tho Illinois house of representatives has been unable to reach an organization. The rum re- publicans make it impossible for the republican caucus to reach an agreement 1t is reported from Spring field that although liquor seems to predominate as the mischievous fac-~ tor in the disorder, if is merely covert for other factors. It's a curious in- spiration, if such be the case, which has impelled a number Of legislators to hide their motives under the pre- tense that they are working for the interests of the liquor business. With about as much common sense they might put on masks and carry pieces of lead pipe to conceal the fact that they were selling shoe faces on the downtown Chicago streets in defiance of police regulations.
 It is reported further that the poli- cy agreed upon by men who hope to control the legislature is not to per- init legislation for or against liquor but 1t is known that the organizers of the vets never take chances and that the organizers of the drvs sej4 dom consent to rest with anything short of their complete program.
 
 would attempt the repeal, if not of the local option law in its entirety at least of the township provisions of it, and we are certain that the drys would endeavor to obtain state pro- 
 The effect which this struggle is having upon the efforts to organize the house of representatives may have been exaggerated. but tho aetor ,,,uet be considered, and it makes itself ap- parent
 There are few states which will tol- crate control of legislation by special interest very long, and we are quite sure Illinois is not one of them and [ that the liquor business is not one for which an exception will be made.
 It would be wise for the vets to put the cork back in the bottle and rid the proceedings of the smell or rum.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
Liquor and Legislation.
(ChicagO Tribune.)

Members of the Illinois house of representatives have been unable to organize themselves as d legislative body because the vets will not nor init it. A wet may be d rum repubIi- can or a rum democrat. The wets are in the legislature to prevent leg islation against liquor.
 The drys are as intensely interested as the vets and not much more com promising, if any more; but there is this difference: The drys merely want a square deal. The vets want no deal at all.
 kum wants a legislature so seWed up in advance that no local option bill, no anti-liquor bill of any de- scrlption, whether ii be to prevent beer wagon from driving into churchyard or a bill to prevent school children from frequenting barrooms, shall he considered in committee, re- ferred to either house. or voted upon in any manner.
 If rum can organize the legisls ture it will be with this purpose and to this result
 The drys merely ask that liquor
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

committees, so that he and MT. Schultz nave been pretty well taken
 care of by the speaker Senator klett has second place on the judiC- iary committee, which is the lead ing committee of the general assem- bly, and he is the only one from New Britain who has had the honor of be- ing a member since the time when Judge Cooper was the secretary and Michael kenealy was the house chair man. The senator has been appoint ed chairman of two other commit tees, school fund and constitutional amendments. There will be several home rule bills before the lcgisla- ture at this session and one has al- ready been introduced by the New Britain senator, who is likely to be very prominent in the work of the legislature this year. This measure gives a city the right to extend sub ways, acquire parks and issue bonds without going to the legislature for permission. It also contains a pro- vision that the matter must go before the common council and if approved there it must be referred to the peo- pie to vote upon it for either ac- ceptance or rejection It is likely that the bills will be gotten together and a new measure embodying the good points of all the others prepared and reported faVOrably to the legis- lature. The members of both branches seem to be committed to this form of legislation, which is in demand all over Connecticut, and the prospect of definite action is cOnSd- cred very good. The report of the charter revision committee will go to the committee of which Mir. Goodwin is chairman, so that New Britain's case will be sure of a full explanation to the remaining members of the committed The local members of the legislature have fared so well in the committee assignments as to cause favorable comment, the fact that none of them having been elect ed to any previous session making the recognition given the city all the more notable.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

There has been some talk among the lawyers of Hartford county in favor of having Judge John Walsh of this city appointed a referee of the common pleas court. of which he has been an assistant judge, when he reaches the age limit of seventy years in February of next year He has been a court stenographer for the past thirty years and there has been no better in Connecticut, in fact lawyer once said during the progress of a case in the superior court that he lad heard many stenOgraphers ask witnesses to go slow but that he had never heard any complaint from Judge Walsh. He acquired a know Iedge of short hand through his own efforts, and without the aid of teacher, and those who know anything about the work realize what trying thing that must be. Judge Walsh is very proficient in the art of phono- graphy and it is recalled when he was secretary of the school board years ago that his minutes of the meetings were very full and clear. New Britain knows Judge Walsh as q judge of pro- bate for a number of years and as mayor for four years. He was not only good presiding officer but he possessed so much information about the city and the law that no matter what questions were propounded to him in the common council he answered them instantly and so far as known the information so quickly i'm parted was never found to be incor- rect There was no such thing as re-
 ferring matter to the city attorney for an opinion in those days unless it was with a view to bringing proceed ings in court when the attorney had to be advised. Judge Walsh knew New Britain like book and those who used to attend the town meetings in years past often discussed the relative merits of the best chairmen that ever presided over these gatherings, at which all kinds of questions were raised and which had to be answered. and opinion was divided between Judge Walsh and the late Judge Chamberlain, who will be remem- bered for his emphatic manner as a. chairman. especially when there were some warning elements present and they generally characterized the at tendance at these meetings. Judge Walsh deserves well of this city. He gave it his best efforts a smayOr when there was no salary to the office and when it required q great deal of time and care. If he is appointed a referee of the court of common pleas, and he ou~ht to be, there need be no doubt but that he will be an efficient one
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
ALL FOR ECONOMY.

The general gossip around the cap itol is how can the expenses of the state be reduced. The general dis position among the members of the senate and house is for economy and there is a feeling that any and all efforts to obtain appropriations for any special purpose will fail unless they are of a very pressing charac- ter and the money is absolutely nec- essary
 There is one matter which is ex- pected to feel the heavy hand of the legislature this time and that is as- sistance for the epileptic colony so called. Money was appropriated for this institution some four years ago and it is understood that a move ment is on foot now to obtain more and judging from the comment heard around the capitol since the legisla- ture opened it will not be granted. It 1t being claimed that this institution has not met the expectations of the state as predicted by it's promoters and that just now an effort should be made to ascertain what the results have been and what can be really ex- pected from it.
 It looks as if an effort will be made to lop off all the expenses that can be possibly done. The highway de- partment is expected to be shorn of some of the opportunities to extend its work this year and that some other departments are also in for trim ming, so as to lesson expenses as much as possible. There are to be some recommendations submitted which will increase the revenue of the state, but just what they are have not been made public and those in close touch with the situation have refused to dis cuss them for publication It looks, however, as if economy is to be the watchword at the capitol this winter. It is about time.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

COnnecticut's General Assembly does not contain this year a single man
 conspicuous in any field of public ser vice. So far as the political leaders are kown at all, outside of their own tiny communities, it is as members of the lobby. With entire ignorance of public opinion, and with the surpris- ing frankness of little children, these men follow the doctrine, "see, reach and take.n as laid down by Prof.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

The fact that Uncle Horace John son, Of Middle Haddam, scored an other victory in his recent weather prediction, goes to show that lightning in the weather line prediction strikes in Middle Haddam more than ever.- MiddletoWn Penny Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
f you forget your specs, take

If you forget your specs, take a piece of paper, perforate it with nu- rlerous holes, place the paper close to your eye and hold the reading mat ter at a distance. This method will relieve the plight of forgetful ones, says French physician.-Norwich Journal
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
FASHIONS.

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New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
Speaker Healev treated New Brit

Speaker HealeY treated New Brit
 ain handsomely in making up his leg islative committees. Representative Schultz was made chairman of the committee on insurance, which is one of the important committees of the legislature. It is well known that another member of the house had strong backing for the place and that MT. Healey was importuned to name him, but he declined to do so. MT
 Goodwin was given the chairmansllip of the committee on cities and bor- oughs, which is considered ono of the best charmanships in the house. He was also given places on two other
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
FACTS AND RANCHES

Some of the up state republican leaders figure it out that if Speaker Frank E. Healy makes good in the house this session he will be in line for almost any nomination he may care to try for-Bridgeport Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
UNCLE JOE's"

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New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

1*e hearing before the common the petition of the trolley company for the privilege of installing a cross over on Black Rock avenue just be- low West Main street is likely to de- velop some interesting speechmak ing. People living in the west end of the city have been disp1eased with the trolley service on the West Main street line for a long time and they are likely to have something to say at the hearing before the council The petition has been in the hands of the city clerk for about two months, and when it was presented the West Main street residents made no effort to conceal their displeasure and were and perhaps are yet fearful that the company is attempting to per feet lines so as to permit the hauling of freight with greater ease. That is an annoying subject to the people liv ing in that section and it may tend to enliven the hearing. This point was first raised when the company sought the privilege of double track ing West Main street several years ago and it was because it was unable to meet the issue then raised by some of the property owners that the com panys petition was refused. At that time it was making an effort to make a cOntrac ct with certain manufacturers to haul their coal over their lines in stead of having it done by teams, and as this would necessitate doing a freight business through the streets there was considerable opposition A lawyer who represented the company before the common council at a meet ing in the old city building on Com merciaI street told that body With much firmness that the company had the right to do a freight business in this city and it has since proven it's case by exercising that right without mOlestatiOn. The company is now ready to promise a seven and half minute schedule on West Main street if it's petition is granted, the plan to be operated being to have the cars return to the center from the cross over and it is claimed that it can be done by having them shifted from one track to another. This matter will in all probability bring up the whole question of service on that line which has been far from being satis- factory. It has been hinted that the council will grant the petition, but that the company will be placed on the pan before the petition is granted and it will be made to promise to do what the people in that section want to have it do and then to see that the promise is kept. Any other arrange ment will simply make the present feeling more unpleasant and good ness knows that is strong enough now.