Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The women of Chicago voted 135,- 900 for Hughes and .I3O, ,o00 for Will son. Pretty near stand-off. The men of Chicago gave Hughes 1S,000 plurality, which is better than the women's 5,00C. but not enough to must have been moved by very much the same influences as the men. Now, did they vote as citizens or as the mothers, sisters, daughters and wives of the men?-Waterbury American. any city. In the meantime suppose Middletown undertakes a plan to stop encroachment. In the past % years building line after building line has been established with the general re- suit that Main street is much mar rover than originally. If the present rate of encroachment continues in another century the building line of | Main street will be to the curb, then Main street will not be the elaborate i thoroughfare we dote on.-Middletown Press.
 PoliticaI empire Is passing from the smaller East to the greater West, and this fact will have to be reckoned with more and more as time goes on The | | down the East but is certain to do so | because of differing sentiment and ideals. The voice of capital. for ex- 1 ample, is far less potent in the West, tradition does not bind there and new political propositions receive a ready welcome. The West has long resent ed the political domination of the East and may be confidently expected to dominate in turn, nasterfuly as we'll as pemanently.-Torrlngton Register. | There is trouble with the National Guard over the new federal oath. Many l of them refuse to take it. There are whole organizations, it seems, now on duty along the Mexican border that have never formally subscribed to it. They are not obliged to accept the new form of enlistment, but it has been una ninously, because the present fed eralized militia plan was adopted out of deference to the guardSmen them selves. Many of the guardsrnen, it appears, object to being liable to fed eraI service at the will of the presi- dent. Still more of them object to ob- Iligating themselves for six years ser vice. The regular militia term has been three years. The new law pro- vides for an additional three years during which the guardsmen remain in the army reserve, subject to call
 
 serve out their three-year period in the state organizations, but will not receive federal pay. It's another strfk- | ing evidence of the inadequacy of the federal militia plan. The demand for a genuine, dependable army reserve is steadily growing.-Waterbury Republi- can.
 The French people, deprived of a large part of their usual coal supply by the German occupation of northern France. and needing more fuel than ever for intuition manufacturers, are using what they call "houille blanche and "houille verte," or white coal and green coal" The first of these terms is familiar to Americans. The French apply it to glacial streams whose force Is transformed into cleo. tric current. Their green coar is the force derived from flood rivers 1T spring and autumn. Meanwhile oul own hydraulic development is tagging Business men have been timid abou undertaking the harnessing of oul rivers and mountain streams. The government has been slow in working out system whereby enterprise time the public interest would bt Safe guarded. The high price ant
 impending scarcity of our. own coa supply should serve to hasten us. w
 have millions of horsepower running
 to waste, and for every 1000 horse power we obtain from water we say, 10000 tons of coal a year. The pro per utilization of our white and greer coal would mean tho conservation O. our fuel supply and cheaper iving- Meriden Record.