Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-04
rsn.--a, to The Bur,etin.)


 New London. Oct s.-Another dis orderly meeting of he free men c1 New London with a full sprinJsi:ng or rsonle who had no business at ti,e ses- sion. by way of good measure, and -heretv croxding ont of the assembly ,oo-7 of the court house taxpayers and voters characferized the assemblase that passed upon the budget prepared hx the finance Committee or the court of common council The budget was r-=-- interests were affected. and n order 70 get this and that appropr1a- ton hv. there was a sort of you-nel- me and-TIl-heip-you understanding that resulted in the passage of every s7p-op-iztiou recommended, save -he one oE s1o.o6o for expert revaEuatlon Of taxable property and a reduction rf rre miscellaneous fund from SIS, 900 to S GOO
 It was the biggest budset ever and had items carving thousands Of dol lars that could have been deferred for another year when there are liable 10 be changed and better financial condi- -ions But the gang was all there. so was the abandonf that goes with it. The burdens that must come to the taxpayers and the tenants viii rest very lightly upon the ;shorifers of some of those who shouted the ioudest i- -hs passage of some of the ex+raFa- -zur recommendations Citizens who 1iszE-eed with some matters under q lis--szzc7 were not gtven even re- saAct1ul consideration.
 Ths-e were some grand stand plays r- I--Et few and the motives were so o-zF- to the initiated, and so light IT their foundation that they will not stand Statements that were fiaunt- -d for -f-aggrandisenent at the ex- neusP oF men who have served the city faithfully and long will be con- -zz 0f fh0ze U60 H. ed wren fair study Is made of the act nal situation
 William Fox, member of the board rf school visitors. 3 democrat mem her tried 70 start something that he expects viii result in the defeat of -ex- Monday. Mr. Harwocd has served rho city on the board for the past seventeen wears and is the present president MT Fox is minority member and to hear him tell it the other members Of the board are in comHz-eu-s. not qualified to guard the teS- interest Of the city matters ed ~cstionslly- To have things done correctly theT ought to let MT Fox do it He even attempted to make the general recommendation for the support of schools upon conditions, set forth by him in the form of three votes One was that two incompetent teachers who had been discharged be -elElst4Iec ana receive oack pay An other was 1o regulate salaries in such wz- that all teachers. regardless of qua lificar rionS receive the same pay and he of course I0terjected that living wage that brought applause. An other was conforming the action of the board in engaging an expert to supervise the construction of the pro posed Junior high school and equip- mer- of same.
 As these matters were foreign to me aPp-opria nson introduced ii the cIry meeting in a way that caught -he crowd and perhaps for political play. -le aqpropria ton recommended was passed Then the Fox votes passed with noisy demonstration. If The future action of the board of ~ch0c. visitors is governed by what look place at that meeting unlawful r.rr t1r eNrenc-tl1at the4 were mar --rs ova- which the city meeting had