New Britain herald., 1920-03-31
COMMUNICATED
"Citizcn'' Praises Holcomb But Does
 Not Praise the Mayor.

1. enjoyed the Herald have been so 1 hair and during all these years I have loved and been loyal to this, my ma tive city. Mayors have come and mayors have gone, many of them even as of the present day ruling by vote of the majority but against the protests of what some have called the intelligent minority. During all these years I have been loyal to our execu-
 tive and his administration and stead l.
 fast in my love for the good name of
 my city.
 I have always enjoyed the polite Il campaigns and have read with inter-
 est and pleasure your accounts of the
 speeches and argume entS of the vari-
 ous candidates making due allowance
 for the hectic utterances. the glitter
 ing promises. the 'pointing with
 pride and the viewing with alarm"
 and it has all added to the gaiety of
 life. Candidates have at all times
 Waxed warm and eloquent and at
 times in their enthusiasm have ap-
 preached dangerously near the bor-
 der line of propriety. but until the past week have not overstepped
 England had three Georges against
 IilC tllli Ol "lOIl IdtTlch MIGHTY proclaimed most eIoquently we have been afflicted with three Georges and were Patrick Henry at this time resident of New Britain he again would protest against George the Third and he would say: George, you are mayor of the city of New Britain, city of 60,OOO population intelligent, progressive and God fear ing. You may be a candidate pray don't forget that the position of may or is an honorable position, that it has been held by honorable men and that other cities are all too apt 10 judge this city by the utterances of it's chief executive. Appeal for votes if you will but be a gentleman, If you can. Avoid vulgarity. Profanity is disgusting, is the first evidence of a beaten man, of lack of balance poise, sentlenlanly attributes and is an insult to your city and to the peo- pie who have given you their votes"
 He would say. further: Stick to the truth, do not make yourself ri- diculous, do not nlalign the motives of those whose motives are so high that you arc. not bis enough to inter- pret them. Abandon the profanity and endeavor to le call some of those good prayers that you learned in that little old school on Myrtle street" So much for Patrick Henry
 Our good mayor has seen fit to again raise tic question of the thou sand dollar appropriation for & jun keting trip to be made by a few of the returned service men and a hand picked committee of his personal henchmen. which appropriation was killed by members of the commo on elk I1i in talking on that subject and an nounce that the men who killed that were an ons the first to 1 contribute libe rally to the public fund | which was raised for the same pur- l pose. He p"ofanely asksr'wfo in - l questioned the legality of the boys l who were killed in France" Let me i tell the mayor that no greater eNhi- 1 bition of ar absolute adherence to the | very finest points of the law was ever 1 given than ill the sending of boys to l Francs. The brightest minds in this l great nation, republican as well as 1 democratic, including the supreme l court of the United States. bent the 1 greatest powers Of their minds upon | that one vital issue Of the legality Of 1 the boys to France many of l them having boys themselves in the 1
 
 lions becoming the law of the land. l endorsed and approved by every true 1 American and objected to and ques- l ioned by only bo1sheVists. anarchists 1 paci1sts. alien enemies and those of l weakened intellects. This law with | all it's safeguards was sent into every 1 home in this country. I supposed 1 hat everyone was familiar with the eEality of sending the boys to France but apparently I am wrong md it has remained for our mayor to give the greatest display of lack of lnowledge of the constitutional fund nm rentals under which we live.
 Our mayor sees fit to say that no ,ne who remained at home ilas in 'eality done anything for those who were called in the service and desig- 1ates in particular, some opponent and says 'he didn't do a thing or the service men" Mir. Mayor. Iou are apparently as dense on local happenings as you arc on national i aw. Let me. if possible. enlighten 'ou. Your republican opponent gave , | son to the service. Can man do norc? In this same speech (second ward rally) cur mayor says that 'anyt hing done for the service men should not l,o made political capital et al 'nfouSh HlS speech ne boasts 'f his love for and efferts in behalf ,f tfe service men. while the oppon- ,nt during his entire campaign has lot made single reference to the on given to the service.
 Our mayor boasts of his patriotism lnd on many occasions has boa sted # the fact hat he enGtaNored to vol lnteer. but he does not explain that ,e offered to volunteer provided he vas given d captains commission in