New Britain herald., 1919-02-27
Chamberlain Kills His Aro,,,,en

I @ASShi nils his 4AT2llKn6nI
When Sexton had finished
! chamberlain arose to answer him.
! said that Hartford hasn't a, cons
! dated school district and that it ]
| $I,OO0,OOO from stocks and bonds|
: banks and insurance companies tai
| He told Sexton that Meriden has
+ tax rates and that it is not a consI
! dated city district. Referring to
! characterization movement, he u
! that the city was only adopting
suggestions of the state and fedd
! governments which were CARVING
{ like movements. He called the peclI
! airy side bluff by saying that it is
the foreign soldiers that we wand
A1neT1canlze but it is the foreign i
ment which did not fight becaH
they were not Americanized. He Il
tfmated that there were many in 4
crowd who needed to be America
lied.
New Budget is Worthless.
Mr.. Chamberlain, explained to
crowd that the budget presented
the meeting by Sexton was of
value. He said it had never .
presented to the people yet Il
presented to the people yet @
wanted it adopted without the peoS
seeing it. The new budget wo
prove unsatisfactory in many waysM
told them. He mentioned the mat
of the appropriations for state hi
way work which the new budget d
AS n matter of fact" he said, II
expenditure of $4,000 by the II
would be backed by 100000 by
state and the city would be the
benefited by the roads.
Mr.. Christ Nails Assertions.
Mr.. Chamberlain had preyiorg
read the estimates for a 25 mill
adopted by the board of finance 4
taxation and passed hy the comna
council, calling attention to the II
of fair play which makes 1T a nee
.sity to publish the estimates priorH
the city meeting, which the assoc
ton had failed to do. At the conca
sion of his remarks z. w. CHI
assembled the imprOvised platfoE
and said that he was not in acc4
with statemen tS that were misreps
senting, to be allowed to go befS
such an important gathering. He
tackled the statements of NJ. A. Sext1
that New Britain was the highE
taxed city in the state, if the % ri
tax was adopted. He cited figuI
contributed yesterday afternoon fro
the Office of the state tax comnlg
sioner showing, Norwich % IA mil
Norwalk 26 IS mills and Danbl
80 rs mills.
Curtis Asks Adjournment
When Mr.. Christ had finished
remarks. O. r. Curtis made his w|
to the front Of the platform, and std
ed that he had always favored tai
ton that was beneficial to the 81
and its taxpayers. Several times d
crowd booed and gave other cries
derision. Mr.. Curtis finally made ]
voice audible enough to move that i
meeting adjourn for one week, and
have the New Britain Taxpayers !
ISOLATION budget printed.
1t was here that the great. sto1
broke loose. Mayor Quigley put t
question of adjournment before
meeting and after two tries he
clared that it was passed favorab
and the end was apparently in sigl
Sexton Howls Some More.
But things did not end here, Sext
again addressed the crowd and q
manded that the mayor take Il
chair again and bring the matter
head. When the executive did q
show up, Sexton then said TO the
naming crowd:
There, that's the kind of may
you have"
This brought forth Il protest froI
Alderman Charles May who resenf
the remark, and caused some Gauss
words that indicated a more seriol
aspect but the storm blew over Wit
out either man being rendered no
de combat