Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Apropos Proposed Charter.

MT. Editor: Whatever advance in goY- ernment has been made in the last one hundred or more years has been along the lines of more popular government Government of the people. by the peo- pie, for the people" The past has suf- fered from autocratic government of the people by the few for the few. This proposed charter is a reyersion to re- stricted autoeratiG government It is an evil tendency of the times presaging dire consequences for the future. that we are getting away from the ideals of the great minds of the founders of the country, who favored popular democratic government, to the idea that g few are peter fitted to govern than the many to govern. The experiences of the past do not seem sufficient to teach some peo- pie that this means future trouble or their immediate advantage counts to them for more than the welfare Of fu- ture generations.
 We have become an empire coercing others to our imperial will, or the will of our financial lords; as in Panama, Honduras, Gautamala, HaytI, San Domingo, Mexico, etc.
 Congress has long ceased to respond to the touch of the people and has turn ] ed all power over to commissions out of all reach of the popular will. and even proposes to leave the amount of tariff l to be assessed to the will of one man, the president. We are fast following in the steps of the early Roman republic | as outlined by Wells.
 1 This new charter would make prac- tically all officers appointees of one man King Dubb. These men would have final say as to how much money would be l raised and for what purpose expended No necessity to nave sanction of tax payers. What difference does 1t make | whether you are taxed without sanction i by a few men thousands of miles away ol by such men at homer Taxation with out representation is tyranny"
 For few years so-called good rner may seem to curtail expenses, but past
 experience in history shows that 1t vii not work.
 Your heads of departments have ask
 ed for appropriations for certain th.ngl
 and had them turned down the nex time they have asked for such genera appropriations sufficient to include thss,
 and have thus defeated the will of tn,
 people. These same people, or nor,
 like them, will. under this new charter
 have unrestricted final say.
 The cure for the evils of den.ocrac,
 is more democracy, better means an,
 efforts made to honestly inform the peo
 pie of the real facts and their judE
 ment will then usually be just and fai
 and if not they can bear the result 0 their own folly. Believing that the new charter, thouel the proposed ward system Is desirable
 will be loss and not gain, I, for one
 propose to vote aganst 1t.
 ALBERT BOARDMAN.
 Norwich, May 80, 1s27
 (In the above letter claim Is made tha Your heads of departments have aske,
 for appropriations for certain things an, had them turned down. The next tim
 they have asked for such general appr0 priations sufficient to include these an have thus defeated the will of the peo
 pie" This 1t is to be noted Is what ha
 been done under the present charte, } Whether you happen to agree with tn claim, it must impress you as one reg : son for abandoning such 8 charter an , getting one that provides for an efl
 cient government administered for tn, , best interests of the people by represer
 tative citizens instead of being guide ! by the whims of a packed meeting. whic f may or may not understand condition 2 or respect the financial situation.-Ed.