New Britain herald., 1920-02-14


 emotions that J. Henry Rorab back and other republican lea ders of the state heard Congressman K. Clint Cole of Fmdlay. O., urge the candidacy of Governor Harding Of the Buckeye state for the nomination for president when he appea red at the meeting of the Young Mems Republican club of New Haven on Thursday evening" Mir. Rors back and those who hop when he crooks his finger. are reported to be solid for Governor Lowden of Illinois. At least this would be the conclusion to arrive at by reading between the lines. Some of Nr. Roraeack's best friends have come out strongly for the Illjnoissn and it is not difficult to ina zine what they were saving to themselves when "Ofd King Cole from Ohio launched forth in praise of the favorite son from that state.
 The incident goes to prove that even the most capable politicians drop string occasionally and are unable to pick if ID before the damage is done IT would be safe to wager that in the future the hierarchy of republicanism in this state will require scheduled speakers to send advance manuscripts
 
 turned loose. Still. Congressman Cole must have had & quiet smile all by him self if he realized what a bornbshell he was exploding if the significance of his remarks was ex- pla ained to him afterward.
 Previous to the war it was quite the thing to refer to the efficiency of the German people and the German gov crnment. We were told of their thrift. their busiu ess-like methods of conducting public affairs. etc In fact, Germany was held up to us as the creator Of efficiency i'll all things. The war had some thing to do with chang ing our opinions and it was realized after wears of inspired applause that the German kind of efficiency was a cloak for something else.
 It seems strange, therefore. before the blood of thousands Of Am erican slain is cold. to read of an American citizen of prominence enShrining Ger many on tho old Olympus Of efficiency. At the republican gathering referred to in the foregoing reference to Con- -ressman Coles faux pas. Colonel Isaac Nj. Ullman. the G. O. P leader M .NtN I1oN eh' NdS pdN1uS HIS respects to the New Haven newspapers and tn Mayor FitzG erald. a democrat During his argument in favor of su b. stituting commission form of gov ernment in New Haven. Colonel UlI- man said: In Germany they know more about city government than we ever knew" Well. perhaps they do. Perhaps their streets are better po- 1iced. their laws more admira bly, ad- ministered and their officials m ore ca pablo. But why bring up the old subject? Why continue to worship the Hun? Granted that they know more about city government than We do. their field of knowledge has eN- banded in a great many directions since April s. 1917. Yes. they know a lot. and they had the best teachers in the world-2. 100000 of them. and instead of the mortar board hat and long. flowing gown, they wore little diuky things on their heads and tight fitting Khaki. They were the Ameri- can doughhoys.
 Come. Colonel J1lman. look around you and you will see more efficiency in ten minutes in the United States than you can find in the course of an entire day in Germany. The only reason our cities are so poorly gov erned is because the politicians, not the people, rule. If the powers would be guided by common sense, the kind & man uses in his own business, in-