Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is pitiable when criminal wants to be hanged and the state refuses to accommodate his desire, but the board of pardons did the right thing in refusing to grant this request to the prisoner at Wethersfield who says he wants the infiiction of capital punishment upon him because the little girl he criminal1y assaulted has died as a result. If his conscience troubles him to this extent hanging would be letting him off too easily as a punishment for this most atrocious of all crimes.-Hartford Post. The new ordinances for protecting New Britain consumers against dis eased meat are in successful opera tion. In November about 260 head of cattle were slaughtered under the su- pervision of the health department. No one thought there would be so many; but there they are, and it is now plain that the municipal abattoir will be nearly if not quite self sup porting. The results so far are encour- aging, not alone because all meat now offered for sale has been inspected, but interruptions buatcherS no longer dare slaughter diseased cattle or hogs here. Hartford, however, is beginning to worry lest the bad meat formerly sold here is now being distributed there and the Hartford Post is urging
 
 it, neighbor, you can do no better | than follow our lead in this important matter. For full information apply to Chairman TaIard and Superintendent Reeks of the health board, this city, . New Britain Herald.
 Announcement by the health board that a vigorous crusade will be made against restaurant owners who fail to comply with the regulations requir- 1 ing that all milk be sold in bottles, l is gratifying. Public health should be carefully safeguarded by eternal vigilance on the part of the board and it's inspectors. If there are not enough to make thorough inspection, 1 they should be provided. Bridgeport i is large enough to have an adequate health corps. While on this crusade, l 1t might be well to investigate the 1 sanitary conditions under which res | taurant food is served, as well as the | quality of foodstuffs purchased for
 public consumption. To the person l obliged to visit some of these restau- rants for meals, there is a. suspicion | that some of them are buying any thing that will pass as food. This | branch of the health board service is I most important and should be fol- l lowed closely, with heavy penalties for iolations.-Bridgeport Standard.
 Under its labor management the New Haven road has been show l the confidence of the public, share holders and mere observers. Not 1 long ago the company published a 1 list of all its employees who receive as 1 we are not much mistaken, an unusual | proceeding. It made a precedent that,
 so far as appears, has not proved | dangerously contagious. It would be | of immense interest if all the roads
 would follow the open handed, if in- judicious, example of the New Ha- ven.' The information might shed a good deal of usefuP light on the solu
 tion of the pending problem. If there are family sinecures, these will be shown up, and, if there are none, the | rumor that such exist will be disposed of. Perhaps, if the interstate com l nerce commission is given more pow | CT, it will require such information | Certainly the stockholders will not be 1 found resenting such demand. - | Hartford Courant.
 Rhode Island has not amounted to much in the Senate since MT. Aldrich retired The Boston Herald thinks that MT. Lippit and MT. Colt. both able
 men, were too old when they entered l the Senate to make their abilities
 count. It takes experience, familiarity
 with the atmosphere and machinery
 of the Senate, to make senator The Herald might have found MT.
 Lodge who Is one of the ablest men
 in the Senate, because long experi- ences reinforces great natural ability. Connecticut has, in MT. Brandegee,
 a senator who is showing every year | the advantage such combination of
 ability and experience gives. If he had a little more ambition, which is such a strong motive force behind MT.
 Lodge. he might make a greater
 statesman, for he is free from MT. Lodges weakness of temperament
 and manner, which make him disliked even when respected.
 A study of the Senate, 8 comparison l of the changes in the power which states have there, according to the l quality of the men they send and | Iraa., fa ha r,fa6fa