New Britain herald., 1923-02-10

H . arena ia which public affairs are dis
 eussed. ekrAayeF Joseph A, Hall0rsE
 and ek-May0F George A, Qulgley fur nishing food for thought
 MF, Hall0Ean spoke al the recent : banquet of city smPleses. expressing the opinion that there is trend ter ward a new form ef ellS~feVeFnment He was asked by the Herald" this week 10 enlarge upon this subject,
 and in an eNtemp0Taneous statemsSs
 discussed it al length,
 The ekrmaYaFas llleTanee was read
 with considerable interest, II was his hrst in many months touching on
 matters Of public interest and it com.
 mandsd attention because he said that. under the city manager form of
 government. the common council
 would hs done away with and eoms
 missioners appointed for the several
 departments,
 IL seemed that the state was all set for the first concentrated move Ios
 ward the reduction of the numerical
 strength Of the common council when
 the charter revision committee held
 its early meetings. There was eonsid-
 erable sentiment for the project
 which was reflected even in members
 Of the council. who told Herald"
 stan man that they would vote for i the reduction. However. some mys. terious force was put in movement
 a whisper here and a whisper there.
 nerhaps-and the project died just as
 Il was beginning 10 breathe.
 Mir. Halloran realizes that there
 would be opposition 10 any change
 which would do away with the conn-
 cii. Certain interests enjoy the pow
 or which they derive through its es-
 istcnce and would bring all their in-
 fluence 10 bear to defeat such & move-
 ment.
 In one respect. Mir. Halloran's planI
 for new form Of government was vague. He referred 10 the election Of mayor but did not explain what his duties would be. This point Is not brought ID for the purpose Of dis paraging the cx-mayor's statement. which was read with interest. but be- cause 1t was remarked upon by . number of the observers" friends.
 Mir. onlgley's return 10 public at- tention was effected through his speech at the recent meeting of the board of finance and taxation. He treated the school board trough" for it's building program and referred 10 its purpose in scathing terms. He also took occasion to throw the har- poon into those members of his party who opposed him in the last election. It is well known fact that many leaders of the c. O. P. failed to sup pert the party candidate, and it has been suspected, with some grounds for suspicion. that some of them openly worked against him and con- tributed to the election of Mayor Paonessa. democrat.
 It is said that MT. Quigley has not abandoned the idea of again becom- ing powerful in political affairs and that he Is planning "come back" which will surprise many citizens. The has an inkling Of his plans, but will refrain from discussing them because, at present, they are his , personal property.
 Occasional instances of the exer- else of Yankee ingenuity come tof light and are more or less pleasant to recount. One such happened in his city this week, if the stories that I are being told may be accepted as t rue. and the circumstances easily ( end themselves to the working out ,f the scheme.
 John Jones (we use the name be- { ,ause it is not the real one) like many s If us, was sadly in need of coal for t lis household use. Furthermore, c [ohn saw no immediate prospects Of r obtaining any. Somehow his pleas 2 lad fallen on deaf ears among the c oal dealers fraternity. He was con il rented with the need, forthwith, and D little racking of his brains fur c ished the solution to the difficulty. ohm worked nights in a local factory, hereby obtaining the advantage Of t, CIV hours of daylight to stalk the g ,ily anthracite. a.
 Early one morning he hied himself si Q a local dealers yard, equipped with b horse and sleigh which he had rent d, and applied for a job delivering oal. Certainly, such assistance was r -elcome to the dealers. He was hired nd quickly dispatched with a ton of oal for an anxious customer. But he said customer is probably still, nxious He never got that particular pad of coal at any rate. John went , his own home, and delivered the pal. Back again at the yard he an- ounced that he did not find the in- ,ndcd customer at home but that he ad run across another buyer. He Ten turned in $20 for the coal. ret ,ived 90 cents for delivering it, and tit the job then and there. Re- lained few hours of rest for John, ,st eased by the pleasing sounds of cam in the radiator and the knowl- lge of coal in the bin, before it was me to return to his regular job.
 The boy of today, and the man of has his hero the same as s father had, and not so very range. is the fact that the same type
 hero usually appeals. Years ago e boy longed to run away out west Id shoot Indians. His hero was Kali Ike, Dead Eye Dick, Three fingered Pete, Dead Shot Dan, or me other dime novel character.
 Blood curdling tales of Jesse James
 Young Wild West were read behind e barn. up in the attic, or anywhere 1t of sight of the unsympathetic rents.
 Today the youngster still thrills at e thought of mortal combat. Will i'm s. Hart, Tom Mix, Art Accord, arry Carey and others are his .roes. He longs 10 emulate their 4: l.o 1.-ill ride