New Britain herald., 1921-06-11

in a jocular frame of mind is not healthy for the one who undertakes the task.
 The majority of the men in the R. O. T. C. take the course of training three hours a week, seriously and they are better men for it. They have a healthy respect for the uniform and the flag which they are serving. They are the men of whom the city is proud, they have no complaint and the government sees fit to give equip ment to them so as to encourage them. Out of fairness to these men such a service should have discipline the major premise of a good soldier
 To get down to facts-the R. o. T. c. has been criticised for lack of dis cipline. How does an ex-service man who has been wounded, or any other eX-service man for that matter, feel when he sees a joking company of men walk down the street behind the United States flag? Out of fairness to those men who want to know how to be good soldier, discipline should be enforced. If public opinion stands behind the captain and sergeants sent here by our government, the R. O. T. C. will be a power for good in the community. A well regulated and drilled body of men will show the for eigners who come to New Britain that we are loyal, and loyalty begins with discipline in the ranks of semi official body of men who have on the uniform of our soldiers who have never let the old flag touch the ground.''
 The Observer happened to be talk ing with an eminent Observer of Hartford county affairs on the train the other night. The topic of conver- Sation turned to law courts. The Hartford Observer, who has been to numerous court sessions in Hartford, expressed surprise that New Britain had not started boom for a district court to take in New Britain and sur rounding towns. The majority of cases in the court of common pleas in Hartford are out of town cases, and the majority of out of town cases are from New Britain, the Observer added There is a district court in Waterbury, and, as New Britain is big city now there is no reason why a district court could not be created here for the ac- commodation of New Britain, Plain vile, Berlin, Pennington, Southington and way stations. The return will be directly to those involved in lawsuits who have to pay for a lawyers time when he goes to Hartford. The Com mon Council, Rotary club, Chamber of Commerce and other civic organiza- tions can, if they wish. go on record as favoring the proposition. The legal fraternity in this city should get be- hind the movement when it starts, for their own, as well as their clients ac- commodation.
 Now that the legislature has ad- journed, it is only proper that the work of the New Britain delegation should be reviewed. Starting off with Edward H. Hall, senator from the sixth district, it can be said that he has a record second to none in the senate. He was chairman = the ap- propriations committee during one of the most stormy sessions of recent years. His work in securing the pas sage of the $750,000 appropriation for the Normal school in this city need not be reviewed in these colunfns His surprise vote was on the Strikes and Lockout bill. This bill was fostered by the Manufacturers association of which he is mebmer, but he was loud in his protests concerning the idea of the bill. He helped to kill it. He got at the warp and wool" of the pollution of state waters bill and suc- ceeded in having the state appoint a corps of technical men to get into the matter and make recommendations for the next session of the legislature to act upon. His special appropria- tions for soldier relief were deserving of praise. The Eddy Glover Post adopted resolution thanking him for his interest in the ex-service~ men. Senator Hall claims that he is finished with matters political, but that is for the next few years to decide.
 House Chairman Richard Covert of the roads. rivers and bridges commit tee, also can throw bouquets at him self while many can chirp well done" His Normal school work will never be forgotten; he adopted the Fabian method of pestering the powers that be and left no stone unturned to push the matter. He put the 'sl<ids'' under ideas offered by Leonard J. Nickerson, the upstate lawyer from Cornwall way. He watched the taxing of water lands and swapped votes to the advantage of his constituents.
 When the charter changes for the city of New Britain went through, it