New Britain herald., 1922-12-09

when a trial Is called. An instance O
 the latter which has caused no littl'
 discussion occurred in the neighbor
 ing town of Newington this weei
 when the complaining witnesses in al
 alleged highway robbery were absen
 when tho hearing was scheduled. Al
 n consequence. justice was cheated
 The only action left for the court wal
 the dismissal of the complaint.
 Within a few hours after tho al
 lcged holdup and the release of thu
 principals on bonds 1t was rumorct
 that the complainants would not bt
 seen again as they were suspected ol
 having worked ''confidence game
 on Hartford man and profited rich.
 ly by their experiment. It seems thai
 the police authorities should have
 been more active in preventing theiI
 departure, because in the event of the
 hearing being held according tc schedule, interesting developments
 might have taken place.
 Here was a chance for the state
 police to step in. They realize thai the Newington force is not competent to handle a situation of this kind
 They must have known, if they have normal intelligence and hearing. that some of the principals are rumored tc be connected with "bootlcgging" and to have made fortune in rum. Had the state police and county prescott ing authorities been at all keen, they could, no doubt. have prevented the complainants from running and leav- ing the case up in the air. Also they might have uncovered some import ant evidence in connection with the liquor traffic.
 Governor-elect Templeton is thought to have made political faux pas when he overlooked New Britain in the selection of his staff. Read the list as many times as you may, and you will find the name of no New Britain man there despite the fact that this city was the only commun- ity of any size in the state which gave him and the republican ticket plur- ality on election day. It is true that no members of the staff have been named from New Haven and Bridge port. but these cities turned the re- publican candidate down rather smartly. MT. Templeton's home city, Waterbury, which gave plurality to his democratic opponent, David E. FitzGerald of New Haven, is reward ed with five places on the staff, and Naugatuck, a suburb of the Brass City has one.
 New Britain folks were surprised when the list of appointments ap- peared in the press. Surely, they thought, this cannot be so. However, it is so, and if any local republicans had hopes of being selected for the staff they were forced to swallow their disappointment. Perhaps Mr. Templeton is of the opinion that it isn't necessary to distribute any hon. ors in New Britain, which goes re- publican regularly, and regular re- publican, at that.
 There is general rejoicing that P. s. McMaton has met someone who can fill him so full of information that he hasn't a single reply to make. Mo- Mahon has been making speeches on the slightest pretext at nearly every public gathering he attends. Some times he fails to come very near the head of the nail but he is such an exhaustive debater that his oppon- ents frequently leave the floor to him and retire. ~s
 At the charter committee hearing the other night McMahon started grumbling about the school hoard, his favorite topic. He is not considered an authority on education, but he likes to talk about it just the same. However, he challenged more than his master when he began to heckle Judge Gaffney, chairman of the board of education. When the Judge had finished explaining the purposes of reduce the numerical strength of theI school departments, regardless of whether those intentions were ap- proved by McMahon, the latter didn't have a word to say. It was an even- ing of real pleasure for other mem- bers of the charter revision commit tee. In the word of the young man just starting to write for the news papers, "a fair time was had by all"
 
 Y While on the subjectS of revising the charter, it might be we'll to note that there is some dissatisfaction with the decision of the committee not to reduce he numerical strength of the common council. There is 8 suspi- cion that colored gentleman may be hidden out in the woodpile and that the inside story has not been told.
 For several years past. the charter revision committee has been in favor of having a common council con- posed of fewer members and has so to the council, only to have its recommendation rejected. This year the opposite is true. The Herald was told by fifteen members of the council that they favored the reduction, but now comes the charter revision committee which declines to include the change in it's program of suggestions. It is said that certain powerful influences in the city fear that their representation in the coun- cil may be weakened if the number Is reduced.
 Many merchants feel that their in- terests are being neglected through the determination of Chairman Henry Rice of the committee on ordinances not to call a meeting of the commit tee to discuss the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce with re- spect to auction sales of iewelry after nightfall. It is the claim of the chamber that itinerants are able to bring a stock of cheap goods to the city, auction them off under the rays If artificial light when "xnu can,f