New Britain herald., 1921-03-14
|TEST MEETING
 FEED FIREWORKS
hons and P. s. MCMahOp Are kSal Figures of Gathering

{. protectjTe association yester
 ftarnons tn the expectation o
 rkS ydsveioplng wero consider
 -lppointcd-thcre were none
 theatcr was crowded 10 tho
 ht s:30 when rsadore Simoni
 s. McMahon made their wa,
 wh tho audience to tho stage
 vnR considerable applause
 those in the body Of the
 r. The banners which were
 ve compared Mayor Curtis
 cl Sexton. Bismarck and Abra-
 lincoln in n manner no way
 Tble Co tho first two mentioned
 conspicuous in thStr absence
 AAca or two of HNfly police
 leadership Of Chief ". !.
 ngs may be tho rearon thcre-
 Tnstcrd several iarse Amer1-
 kRn hung at several points about
 roscenIura.
 CaIis Meeting to order.
 Simons calIod the meeting to
 md the first action was n
 Non of the Star spangfcd Ban |y theh Philharmonic Band. tho nee rising while the national
 m was played. r. s. McNahon
 particular pains to decry tho hat an attempt might bc made krtray tho meeting as Bolshavtk
 Mixed for order in the house.
 waa no attempt at disorder tho afternoon.
 McMahon speaks.
 opening tho remarks MT. Me- h stated that "oniy phonographs speeches. I am going to talk" hen explained that he was in-
 to appear and was doing so rkich pleasure. A history Of |raxpayers' associations was in Ho told of W. ". Leland Ia him up to form an orennixa- Do protest against the high tax how the substitute budget was |ntnk, at tho city meeting and ot (u kent scenes at tho ono of kears ago.
 you leave it to the people they D not pay any taxes. but thcro >sny charges that havc to be AS for graft in tho city. whifc hk of it let me tell you what I ot know of any man who has money on tho city of New ln. Thero was ono who acted for f3 years and mayor and wo had to raise money to him. Tells About Mayor. really thought our mayor | 1 do the best he could for lower | but I found out he could not that he thought should be done. | mayor tried first to get the taxes I asked our mayor try and | tax rate of 1s or 19 maiir on present valuation and call sseeting later to get what more aight want. if necessary. we find that wo arc up against a mill tax rate. Two years ago ero paying . tax on ts2.oo0. 900 hs-man that was in power then o raise everyone 10 per
 They didn't do it but came
 Main street and raised over Million dollars. As an example. roperty was raised from 5000 f4.0oo. Now tho mill that t6s.oo0 two years ago. raised 70. which makes an increase in nR expenses for the city Of tf.200 a day for every one of ss days in the year. Tho mayor not mako out the low budget ear SO helped Lawyer Nowicki the ono that he was making AA | in tho parks and the library ct along without s33,oo0. The
 have asked for ti7.so0 more ear. We rot tho budget ready. lday I saw Frcd Chamberlain. snt into the city building. I <eeping an eye on it and fol-
 him in. I nw him 20 into 'ayor's offSee wher, there was . r friend of mine. Later met and said that the tax question Go to tho polls. that they did nro to put tho city meeting rh. Fred said. T don't care . going to put it through" A followed n description of
 blk place at the City meet With this remark from tho V. Our lawyer should have solutions typewrittan. but when him take outylis pad and pencil tart to write it out thought
 tms fer me to leave. and I ] my hat and coat and went People at the meeting did ,ow what they were doing. As lssration---T will tell you of . nsnt citizen who met mo in 'hc nd said. Well you have passed 70 platoon. now they are going lM tha low tnx huduet' f xata