Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-03

Republican Nominee for Mayor.
Judge John Holyoke Barnes was an
nounced to be the republican nominee
for mayor and a republican victory
at the polls in June was predicted at
an enthusiastic republican get-togeth-
er dinner at the Wauregan house at |
o'clock Tuesday night. Among the
100 attending the dinner were a score
of republican women and two of the |
speakers We're women, Mrs. Frank A.
Mitchell Of this city, and Miss Alice |
Phelps of Hartford, who has spoken
in some of the political campaigns
in New York.
The accomplishment of Mayor H.
NJ. Lerou'S administration in the past |
years were heartily commended and |
when the mayor was called on to speak
he voiced his warm thanks for the |
cooperation of city departments and |
committees that had materially assist |
ed in bringing about such results.
Rev. C. H. Ricketts, said grace at |
the opening of the dinner and Judge |
H. H. Pettis, chairman of the republi- |
can town committee was the capable |
POSTMASTER. In his opening remarks |
he expressed his pleasure at seeing |
such a good gathering of the repre- |
sentative men and women of Norwich, |
WHICH WAS NATURALLY " re OApGClCu dk |
republican gathering, and he spoke |
of the primary things that the party |
has always stoo dior. the liberty of the
individual, subject to the welfare of
the whole country This it has al
ways stood for in the nation and the
city, and perhaps never more so than
in the past two years in Norwich.
Acconp Iishments in Lerou Term
After a well rendered duet, The Ris-
ing Tide (CaldicoD, by Mrs. E. A.
Harris, eentralto, and Eben Learned,
tenor, with Miss Olive Linton as ac-
companist. Toastmaster Pettis intro
duced Prosecuting Attorney Lee Roy
Robbins to speak upon Mayor Lerou'
! administration. So much had been do
ing in the past two years, said Mr..
| Robbins that it was quite a task to
compress it all into a short talk. One
OF the first problems that confronted
| Mayor Lerou was the police pension
fund that had lost it's source of rev.
enue when the saloon license fees were
no more. Mayor Lerou secured the con-
| sent of the police to put per cent,
| of their wages into the maintenance
Of the fund SO that the benefits that
were paid from it might be continued
The gas and electric commission fur
nished another problem. In the past
ten years there had been no more in
dependent body in the city. In one
way or another they had become so
Independent that they didn't feel bound
to give information of their doings
to the mayor, the common council or
to the citizens. Distrust and even sus-
picion, of them had grown up on the
part of the citizens. Previously mayors
hol I'D ~
ton and one had been told that it
was none Of his business what the
gas and electric commission was do
ing. But in time the composition of
the commission changed and when it
got into difficulties in war times, it
came to the people asking their sym
pathy. In his administration Mayor
Lefou formulated a list of questions,
which the gas and electric commits
sion answered, distrust was removed
and better feeling has existed ever
since.
One Of the meanest situations that
ever confronted a mayor was the jit-
Eney situation on Franklin square The
Jitneys and buses were erowding out
, the trolleys locking traffic and max
ing the square dangerous. But this
was done away with by ordinances
| l4ldL LOOh II1IldI4NO anu SpuIlh.
When the federal government was
unable to handle the saloon situation.
the local police made short work of it.
Then as soon as we had gotten rid OF
the saloons we discovered that our city
water wasn't fit to drink. There had
been pilfering from the watershed and
= contamination of the water. In conse-
: quence chlorinating plant was built
ana suits were instituted against the
: culpable party.
2 Mr.. Robbins spoke of the II inch
i water main that had been put through
n Water street, the connection of the
: | city water with the Norwich state
: hospital and the four new pieces Of
: modern fire apparatus that had beer
: bought. The first had been talked o.
e for many years, but it remained fol-
this administration to give this pro
: lection from fire to the business dis
n trick. The line to the state hospita
;. had given the city a good eustome
e and had been of great benefit to tn,
T. hospital
! There had been consistent and per
manent improvement in the streets
North Main street, Water street, She
e tucket street and two sections of Yves
5. Main street, as we'll as an agreemen
d with the state for the improvement
r from Preston bridge to Fox hill a
II small expense to the city.
!, There has been unanimous approx
u al, said Mr.. Robbins, of the many ap
- pointments that the mayor had had t
: make and his establishment of regu
- lar office hours had been a pleasing
. innovation. The difficult Mae Rich
mond case had been settled in a salts
factory way and another financia
matter that had been handled bette
n than ever before was in asking bid
1T on money that the city wanted to Dor
row. This had been business metho
that had secured the loan at 4 g.
ie per cent instead of higher rate. Nov
OIL this year the city is to close its fl
nancial year with a real hard cas-
* balance on hand to carry over to mex
year. Citizens and taxpayers all hav
y reason to congratulate themselves UP
Is on the accomplishments of the pres
s. ent administration
Mrs Mitchell Speaks.
is Mrs Frank A. Mitchell was introduce
a as the next speaker by Toastmastel
Pettis In brief. but interesting way
she told why she was a republican say
ID ing that She had inherited love for tn
j. Republican party ard Fixed it for its his
IS DRY when news that the country ha
approved Ct tie republican party NOR
often than ii has - the other. She sal