Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-31
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The supreme court finds in the Mann
 white slave" law in prohibition of the transportation of women from one state to another for immoral purposes, whether or not the guilty persons do so with the expectation of gain. This is not the fault of the supreme court, but of a statute that fails to diScrim- mate. The decision may open the door to blackmail wider than ever, but the courts must support the law as it stands To the legislative branch of the government only belongs amend rent, which in this case appears to be needed promptly--Torringto Reg ister.
 The appointment of John E. Keeler of Stamford as judge of the superior court came as piece of hard luck to Judge John H. Light, who was looking for this berth, having been a former judge in the common pletse court. The appointment of Judge John J. Walsh to the common pleas bench precluded this, however, as the gov ernor could hardly hand out two tudgeships in the same community. It has been MT. Lights ambition to round out his legal profession on the superior court bench, and sooner or later his aim will probably be grati- deld.-Norwalk Hour.
 One of the suggestions as to the dog II CTS of dogs is that it may or may not be the wisest thing to muzzle dogs. To most dog owners it seems possible to make a dog mad just by muzzling Dogs which are led by leashes ought to be easily controlled, at least on the public highway, but the majority of people when in fear of a dog is particularly interested in his teeth and wants to be sure that they are not in working order. Hence the difficult ty in amending the law to substitute teaches for muzzles.-Waterbury Re- publican.
 There will be objections to a good many proposals for increase of salary, but there is one position, not now GOV cred by any reasonable compensation, that should be fairly paid, and no ob jection raised, and that is the posi- tions, not ex-officio, on the state board places and they call for choice quail ties. This new board, in conjunction with the appropriations committee of the legislature, lays out a financial the first, at least one of the very first states in the country to establish a budget system. It means better judg- ment and a wise use of public funds. To reach their estimates the board have a lot to do, and this must be ju- diciously done. It is altogether unfair to ask private citizens to give time and thought to such an extent to this vital matter and then pay them with a thank-you. If we gave them a tenth of the money they save for the state. they'd be the heaviest paid persons in nnecticut.-Hartford Courant.
 It is one of the curses of our pres ent form of city government that it is a great exception when a qualified expert is placed in charge of a public department, and worse still that when pert in question immediately finds himself so hampered, so tied down, so in by meddlesome politics that sooner or later he is bound to quit in despair.
 That is the case with Spencer R. Gordon, superintendent of the depart ment Of outside poor. Because of con- stant interference with his work he has found efficiency and good results out of the question, and has been obliged to resign in justice to him. self. So we see the old story repeat ment in the first place was a sort of of political non-interference, succumbs at the end to that same old demon of political meddling.
 When will this sort of business be stopped?
 When will the city of Bridgeport learn that to engage an expert and then to place him on an isolated island in a sea of petty politics is but to make a Robinson Crusoe of him no more able to get in touch with the rest of the world than the original Robinson Crusoe was?-Bridgeport Telegram.
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