Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-25
Strong Republican Outlook in New London

has no boss and is therefore a liberty to devote the whole or a part of the time in the spacious office in the municipal 1 building. The regular office hours are six hours day and the pay is $2000 a year. That means, holidays included as working days. pay or better than dollar an hour, work or play. Such an office as that is not sufficiently alluring for a democrat to seek the office.
 The democrats nominated Morgan G.. Flaherty' for the position, young man fully competent for the place, an ac- countarlt and bookkeeper, now in the enl- ploy of the F. H. and A. H. Chappell company MT. Flaherty gives as a reason for non-acceptance of the nomination that he has no desire to enter into politics and prefers to continue in his present bus mess He says the nomination was made without his knowledge and consent. and has positively inclined to be the party candidate. It is not the opportune time for any democrat to make a try for that office Mir Flaherty is aware of that fact as is every other democrat Fred erick C. Burrows, the republican nom inee has held the office ever since it's creation, and as before stated in this cor respondence, nothing is to be gained by having democratic nominee. and there- fore it would be just as we'll to make the election of Mir Burrows unanimous.
 The largest budget ever prepared by the finance committee of the court of common council, approved by the mem bers of the council and almost without question, is to be presented at the an nuai city meeting for action next Mon day evening. The total budget is ST., I'll, ,e40, and if that goes through it will mean an increase in the tax rate of 36 mills on the present grand list. and that Is going some. Mayor Morgan has ad- yised that in order that the citizens may know just where they are at the budget will be printed and so arranged that the appropriations for the necessary expens- es of the city will be separated from what | the mayor classes as extras. The meet 1 ing cannot increase an appropriation rec commended by the council, but can re- ject any recommendation or reduce the sums recommended.
 While Au the citizens are interested l in this budget. some are giving it special study and will give their fellow citi- zens the benefit of that city meeting. It is. believed the, proposed recommenda- l tions will be shaved down some $250, ,00a or more, and probably down to an even | s1 ,90e, 900 or less. Without study it is apparent that some of the recommends tioHs are unnecessary, especially just at 1 this time, and can be deferred without 1 loss to the city. Take for instance the recommendation of s12,000 for another modern fire apparatus. A new pu nper arrived this week anw now there are 1 three triple combination fire fighting ma chimes in the city in addition to a mod ern hook and ladder truck, a chemical wagon and four other motor-driven pieces | of apparatus, enough for 8 city twice 1 the size of New London. If as a matter of politics or policy. or any other cause the council desires to place more mod ern apparatus in some fire house. that desire ought not to be gratified this year when taxation is booked for a high flight l The fire department could spare a com. psny or two and then have adequate fire l protection, Be that as it may. there is nc need for a $12.0o0 appropriation for z new fire apparatus in the present budget
 There is also talk of reducing the poIic
 force to about thirty men and thereb,
 save to the city something like $1O, %
 year. This talk emenates from coun
 ell members who voted in favcr of tn
 recommendations, and therefore can b
 taken at it's full value from that source
 While the force Is large for a small city
 1t is none too large to carry on the pres
 ent plan of police work. t would b
 theref0re well for the citizens to go sio1
 should there be attempt made to reduc
 the appropriation for police. There i
 room enough in the police force to pro
 duce more efficiency, but the cutting c
 the appropriation would not tend |
 reach that result. There is big bunc
 of extras in the budget and it will stan
 considerable pruning without damage t
 the city and it's people who pay tn
 freight
 Tho republicans are determined {
 put New London back into its politics
 own and organization is being perfect
 ed 80 that it will be in first class work
 ing order to insure success in the town 1 city as we'll as in the state-nations
 elections It is planned to elect ever
 single republican nominee for office, cit
 or state, and Eo full share toward
 swelling the majorities for senator an
 congressman and the presidential tick
 ct. This will in degree be accomplish
 ed by the Harding Coolidge clubs bein
 formed in the five wards of New LOT
 don. Each club will take care of tt
 political work in the respective ward and each will vie with the other i
 showing increased republican majori
 ties over former years. By the clu
 plan there will be band of workers fc
 each ward in addition to the regular rt