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Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Against the Licensina of Cats

MT. Editor: | notice some articles have appeared in The Bulletin favoring the licensing of cats. I would like to present, partially at least, the other side of the question in a few lines from a pamphlet by Mrs. Huntington Smith, president of the Animal Res cue League, 51 Carver street, Boston. Mass. entitled. Should Cats Be Li- censed? Anyone interested can get a copy postpaid by sending two cents to the league. and they give g. better idea than I can give in this letter Mrs. Smith says: The question of H- censing cats was very thoroughly dis cussed in the Massachusetts Iegisla ture during the session of 1914 and when the bill finally came before the senate it was decided by a majority of two to one that the bill was not practical or wise.
 Objections that carried weight in the discussion were the difficulty and even the impossibility of enforcing a cat Ii- cense bill. the great expense it would be to the cities and towns, the cruelty to cats that would inevitably result if any attempt were made to carry out such a law; and the serious in crease in rats and mice that would follow if a crusade against cats should jection that influenced many people against the bill was the danger there is in putting collars on cats. If dog is lost without his collar there is some chance that he may be recov- cred. It is a rule at most dog pounds to keep dogs at least twenty-four
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minds fully as to what the action

minds fully as to what the action
 would be.
 The passage of the bill by more
 than the necessary two-thirds vote
 must be highly gratifying to those
 who have been pushing the measure
 for the last 20 years. It must make
 them feel more certain than ever that
 the bill will become law for it was
 upon the lower and larger house of congress that dependence was placed for supporting the president. It was there on the previous occasion that it failed of passage by three votes and it was there that the reversal of enough votes to prevent the passage at this session of congress was looked for.
 The bill must of course go to the senate for action and be approved there by 8 two thirds vote in order to become a law. but there is small ground for belief that this will succeed. There were but seven sena- tors who voted against it on it's recent and there is slight possibility that this number can be increased sufficiently to block the second pass age. The house has indicated that 1t was not convinced by the presidents argument that the bill should not be- come a law. with the 1iteracS test as the bone of contention. and it is high ly probable that the senate will do likewise.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-03
cARELEssNEss IN SENDING LET.
 TIERS,


 Every now and then some one is grieved over the fact that the postal service fails to deliver an important letter or parcel. and of course the fault is attributed to the postoffice de- oartment. That branch of the gov ernment has it's faults which may be disclosed in such 8 manner or in oth- CTS, but the fact that all mail matter does not reach it's destination is not it's fault.
 There is no better evidence of this than the report which shows that there were about eleven million letters and parcels which went to the dead letter office during the past year, and these letters were not of the least import ance for they included money orders, drafts and checks. together with mon> ey running up to a total of two million and a quarter.
 It was possible for the postoffice de- partment through the dead letter of- fee to get many of these important letters back to the sender. There were many which were not worth paying any attention to and a large number which apparently reached their proper destination when they were delivered to the dead letter office. but it all goes to show the great amount of careless ness which prevails among those who use the mails.
 A large part of this work could be overcome if the proper attention was given to plain writing and to the af- fixing of, the full and correct address. Too little regard for this exists. Too many are willing to throw the respon- sibility onto the government employees and it is apparent from the report that the remedy for the better deliv- cry of certain mail matter lies in the hands of the senders.
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be easily avoided. It is not so easy to resist temptation along these lines as some others: but the consequences of excessive indulgencies are more se- rious than most people realize.
 ] heard one woman assure another the other day that from what folks say you can tell what they be- It would be a glad day for many of us if this were only true. for the bunco- steerers and the stock sellers and the speculators and the gay deceivers would all be foiled if this were so. There is nothing more deceptive than speech, nothing more dependable than action, which is reputed to speak louder than words. More than half the people say is inspired by what someone else has said: and the greater part of talk is twaddle. At no point in life does mortal man oftener make mistakes or shame himself than in his ta1k-nothing makes him sorrier, for he Is usually conscious he is bet ter than his talk. How much gossip and tattling makes up conversation, and what a source are these for tears. We are all guilty of thinking too lit tie and talking too much-of being too extravagant with our tongues. If we were judged alone by our talk we should all be condemned.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

The fire which caused such serious loss in Hartford is said to have been of fucendiary origin.
 All appearances indicate that 9. very dangerous firebug is seeking to wipe out the biggest business houses locaf- ed in the center of that city.
 On the afternoon of January 13 nine incendiary fire were started in build- ings near Main street, two of them being in big department stores.
 The police of the state and the city should not rest day or night until the firebug is caught.
 A very dangerous foe is at large and sane or insane should be placed under such restraint that business men of Hartford may feel assurance that they are not marked for sacrifce.-Eew Haven Times-Leader.
 In order to develop the required merchant fleet a national policy should be adopted that would render invest
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BAKERS RESIGNATION.

Not a little surprise was caused by the resignation from the shipping board of Bernard N. Baker before the recently appointed members of the newly created board had had an op- portunity to organize. But this is lessened when the reason for it is dis closed. It appears that Secretary Mo
 Adoo who had the support of the president had told MT. Baker that the chairmanship of the board ought to go to the Pacific coast. thus taking this matter entirely out of the hands of the board and indicating that the board, instead of being free to do as it saw fit in regard to the duties for which it was appointed was to be subject to the dictation of the secre- tary of the treasury.
 It had been thought probable that MT. Baker would be made the chair man, because of his ability in con- nection with such matters and his long acquaintance with shipping. It was even considered that such was the purpose of his selection on the board, but instead of that the plan of the administration evidently is to have the Pacific coast get the chairmanship, which means that the head of the board will be William Denman of San a man of ability without doubt, but one whose activities have been confined to other lines of en- deavor than ship building or ship op- eration.
 With this kind of interference fore casted Mir. Baker cannot be blamed for sending in his resignation. He is unwilling to shoulder what is bound to result from outside dicta- ton, and it must be apparent that the administration will have to <do some looking around before 1t finds another more capable than MT. Baker for ser vice on the board.
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PATRIOTS BUT NOT SOLDIERS

This country gave itself the oppor- tunity to try out the merits. of a fed eralized militia and it has had plenty of chances to understand what a mis- take 1t would be to rely upon such for first line defense work. The ex- pertinent has been costly one but that is perhaps only one reason why It should. prove the more valuable les son.
 But right on top of it Major General Leonard Wood. under cross examina- tion before a senate committee makes it plain that there is need of giving attention to more than the militia of the country for when he was asked If the regular army had not contrib uted to the failures which had result ed in connection with the assembly of the United States troops at the bor- der he said Yes and I would go af- ter the war department with a sand bag and .reorganize it." and he said that in connection with the shortcom- mgs relative to the supplies. And the trouble in that connection is dis closed when he said If the border trouble had gone to a real war. we would have had to have done that. We would have had to shake the cob webs out of the supply department and get some punch into it: convert it from a wheelless vehicle into some thing that would run"
 General Wood does not belittle the patriotism of the militiamen but he declares that they are not soldiers and it is soldiers who are required to make up an efficient army. His testimony is in keeping with the general verdict upon the mobilization and something which congress cannot disregard in dealing with the defense problem.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-03
Sunday Morning Talk
HAPPY, THOUGH PIoUS.

They libel religion who make it a kill-joy. Piety and pleasure are not incompatible. The Psalmist was right when he praised his Creator;- declar- ing: Tn thy presence is fuIness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore." There may have been long-faced, vinegar-spirited saints in the past; there are some now-but they need to be converted.
 Monastic ideals of severity, repres- sion and SombreneSs doubtless had place in rude ages of blood and iron. They represented but half the truth, however. They were false to the facts of Christianity when they assumed that God loves tears better than smiles, that gloom is holier than gladness.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-03
THE IMMIcRATIoN BILL

When the members of congress in the lower house took up the matter of. the immigration bill for the second time, in order to dispose of it aftr the veto by President Wilson, the ftct that but half hour was given, to the discussion of the measure i4di- cates that they had made up their
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ment in ocean carrying shipping. at tractive to capital A system of credit might be devised for financing the construction and operation of tornage dustry what is about to be done for agriculture through the rural credit system. An enlargement of the rural credit system itself might offer the base or groundwork of the proposed
 plan to establish a maritime" credit system.
 One thing is certain, this country does not want ship subsidies. If our system idea which they have so aF-
 dently opposed and denounced and from it's lessons establish a maritime credit system, as Belmont proposes, no doubt President Wilson and the nd- nainistration would feel proud of It's recognftion of the value of the credit system and would give the new plan careful consideratiOn.--New Haven Union.
 Enactment of the proposed leglsla- ton providing for the establishment of state constabulary similar to that which serves Pennsylvania would have the desirable effects of giving the state force highly effective for deal ing with riots and relieving the Ma tionaI Guard from liability for duty as a posse comitatus. The state, of course, ought to be equipped to pre- vent riots, and the National Guard ought to be relieved from duty in in- dustrial disputes. It isn't armed or trained for such duty and the possi- bfIity of It's performance dlscourages enlistments.
 On the other hand this well populat ed, we'll regulated. we'll behaved little commonwealth seldom finds itself af- filiated with a disturbance requir3ng the services of a mounted force mum bering from one hundred to one hun dred and fifty mounted men. We had the guard out in force at Waterbury of course, and once we sent a detach- Tnent of Troop A to MiddietowA, but it is difficult for most of us to imagine a state of disorder not to be easily controlled by the local police authori- ties, supplemented, perhaps. by the sheriff and deputies. The probability is that the cumulative services of the state mounted police would not De re- quired once in five years while money for the maintenance of men and mounts would be required every day.
 Waterbury American.
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There is not much of chance for an argument over the question as to whether the ground hog saw his shad- ow. but his reputation has suffered se- verely since last year.
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Villa is reported to be following the Pershing force out of Mexico Car ranza no doubt would like to bid them both long farewell, but the one he has been working the hardest against will give him the least trouble.
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Of course there are those who will be pleased when the cold weather is gone, but it is to be remembered that when that goes the housekeeping sea- son arrives
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The teiegrams which are being brought to light in the "leak's inves- tigation must make Thomas W. Law son feel like saying T told you so."
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-03

Secretary Daniels awarded the con tract for reserve shells to Hadfields. but he has been brought to the realiza- ton that it was in fact Hadfields, linn ited
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From the start which it has gotten in the month Of January the annual fire record of the country ought to keep up with the average
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Mrs. Margaret Sanger is reported to be ready to be a martyr. There is more than a possibility that she is not only ready but decidedly eager
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With the loss of 2e,0oe barrels of po- tatoes in Maine by fire, 1t seems that it isn't solely in price that they are going up.
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Germany is once more demonstrat- ing what a lot of love it is willing to waste upon it's enemies.
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(Written Specially for The Bulletin)
 Citizens of Norwich, whatever their individual political preference, are proud of the tribute which history is paying to former President Grover Cleveland. since his grandfather, Will Back in the times when Thomas Hariand kept his famous silversmiths shop at Norwich Town William Cleveland was one of his apprentices
 Tn studying the list of famous Amer lean sayings compiled by Edmund Clarence Stedman, 1t is therefore space given to brilliant and original phrases uttered by William Cleve- lands grandson. Some of these ex- preSsionS are in daily use and many of them have won fixed place in the records of American oratory.
 Public office is a public trust' was truism first uttered by Henry Clay, back in March, 1929, in a speech at Ashland, Ky, and the idea was repeat ed in various forfhs by later speakers But it remained for Grover Cleveland to give the thought a new twist when, in his letter accepting the nomination for mayor of Buffalo in 1881, he wrote: Public officials are the trustees of the people,
 From a letter of acceptance as can quoted: Public officers are the ser- wants and agents of the people, to exe- cute laws which the people have made, and within the limits of a constitution which they have established.''
 That the same thought was firmly fixed in his mind is evident from the sentence in his inaugural address as
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The man on the corner says: A lit- tie horse sense will enable an indi-
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is one thing about it, it can not be denied that Colonel Roosevelt is a Bible student.
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While on this subiect. it is interest.

While on this subject, it is interest ing to recall that it was in a speech made a few miles north of Norwich, at the Fourth of July celebration in Woodstock, in 1889, that CIeveland's successor, President Benjamin Harri- son uttered a sentence which was pithy enough to be preserved in the list of famous sayings, and which is of interest>in the light of latter-day events: Tt is not in the power of any people upon earth to harm us, except our own people"
 THE DTCTACR APH
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There are 672 volcanoes in tne active.
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Pretty Clever That Way.
 If the Kaiser fails to produce peace, German scientlsts will, doubtless, find a substitute for it. Brooklyn Eagle.
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The religious man has all the sources Of happiness open to anyone-and some very special ones of his own He drinks at hidden perennial foun- tains. There are deeper springs of joy even than sound health, a prosper ouS business, or pleasurable hobbies. Happiness is a spiritual quality, with it residence in the inner life.
 It's no in titles nor in rank:
 It's no in wealth like London bank, To purchase peace and rest.
 It's no in making mucl1le mair,
 It's no in books, it's no in lear,
 To make us truly bleSt-
 If happiness hae not her seat And center in the breast
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest.
 We morta1s experience several grades of joy. First, is the joy of ap- petite, the pleasure from physical sat isfactions that man knows in common with the animals. It is the pleasure that waits on a good dinner and a sound digestion. Thousands live and move and have their being on this ground floor of happiness.
 There, again, is the joy of achieve ment. The merchant enjoys his busi- ness; the lawyer and the doctor enjoy their professional activities. There is a satisfaction in accomplishing some thing and getting ahead in the world
 
 happiest when they are at work.
 Then there is joy beyond either of these and not a few choice souls in this world attain unto it. It is a joy of so high and fine sort that we must find a new word for it and call it "blessedness.'' It raises men above the common ills that flesh is heir to, affords them strong armor against the sIings of outrageous fortune and teaches them songs in the night.
 ha n II doubtful cheer, by those who have spent their lives on the ground floor of the house of life. Such as these have never realized that there is bet company on floors higher up. They have not discovered that it is the use of his highest faculties that yields to ? human being his supreme satisfac- tions.
 joy, for instance, of a good conscience. There is possession able to make man rich, and lacking which he is poor indeed. Let no envy be wasted on one clothed in purple and fine linen but before whose sleeping and waking thoughts stands the accusing angel with flaming sword Tainted success s ever tinctured with wormwood, while he who fails, with conscience void of offense, has not really failed, put is himself a conqueror.
 It is good to hold some clue to the labyrinth of life, and this is the DOT ion of the spiritual mind. Gods in his heaven, alPs right with the world" sings little Pfppa- The confidence is aot easily won, and not won at all save in the school Of faith. All things work together for good not to scof- | 'ers or atheists, but ''to them that love 3od."
 The Scout Law bids the lads to | 'sxni1ei" "A Scout is cheerful. He miles whenever he can." It becomes possible for any of us to smile per- | 'istently and joyfuiIy when we learn | hat the whole hike" of life is just | he Alrnighty's propitious ordering of | vents for all us human pilgrims, and | hat the road leads home
 THE PARsoN.
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It was during the same campaign that Abram Stevens Hewitt uttered the aphorism. Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation.
 Four years later, William Cassius Goodle cleverly coined a name for the Republican stump-speakers, for hold ing their audiences speIFbound, when he said, Here comes another of the Spell -bindersI"
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What do you think of these affirma- tons? .If the people ate less sweets and confections during the holidays there would be less grip in January and February" said one wise womaN;
 and" said another. ''if they should take a portion of epsom salts once fortnight they would escape the con- sequences of their .indulgences.' We have often wondered why there was so much grip at rnid-wfnter. Some think it is caused by germs, and some by the sudden changes of temperature, and limited number that it is the result of gustatory excesses; and a few believe all disease proceeds from an undone stomach or bacterial pois- oning. But when it comes to causes of disease the people do not know much about them; but when it comes to being careful of themselves and using judgment in what they eat and drink and do, the doctors know busf-: ness would be dull for them if the people were more conscious of the consequences of excesses which could
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Another oft-quoted phrase comes from CIevelands first annual message, in December, 1885, Labor is the capi- tai of our workingmen-' The entire sentence reads: We should also deal with the subject in such manner as to protect the interests of American la bor, which is the capital of our work ingmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09
TO SPEND NIGHT UNDER ROOF,
Sixth U. S. Cavalry's First Oppor-
tunitY in Six Years.

SAN ANTONIO. Ten. October 9.-The
6t, United states Cavalry for the first
time III six years will soon get an on
portuuity TO spend a night under a
roof. il was disclosed with the an
nouncement at Southern Department
HEADQUARTERS today that the regiment
will reach Fort Sam Houston here No
vember 10. The order also means a re-
union for The cavalrymen, for the
sauadrons nave been separated and on
patrol duty in the Big Bend district for
the greater part of the siX-year period
The regiment will be concentrated at
Maria, Ten, according to the order. and
will hike to san Antonio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09
Michaelis Answers Charges.

Chancellor Michaelis. in an address to
the reichstag main committee yesterday
as reported i'll Berlin dispatches, replied
to the charge that officials had under
taken propaganda for the new fatherla nd
party, which is carrying on n movement
in. favor of German peace" The
chancellor laid down the principle. which
applies to Prussiau officials as well as
those connected with the imperial govern
ment. that all are free in their political
opinion and are permitted to belong to
any party so long as the empire is not
endangered thereby.
In their political activities officials
should observe reticence, SO that the
public may not lose faith In their i'm
partiality. To force or induce subordi-
to adopt an attitude in favor of
any party, the chancellor continued
would be to abuse official positions This
will not be permitted. the chancellor said,
and obedience to this principle will be en-
forced in cases brought to his attention
As regards the army. the chancellor
said. all political propaganda will be ex-
cluded.
After the chancellor's speech the COM
mttee adopted a supplementary budget
for the office of vice chancellor only the
social democrats voting against it. The
session was attended by Vice Chancellor
Foreign Secretary Won kuehl-
mann and Vice Admiral Won Capelle, min
lister of navy.