New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-18

must have been in the minds of tn
less daring.
Alderman Gill has always shown al
independence of speech which bode
i'll for his political future II he antici
pates having a political future. HI
has continually challenged the ring
when he thought Its conduct wal
unfair and has championed a demo
cratic mayor even at the cost OF
arousing the displeasure of the Nigh
ty in his own party.
His description of the surreptitous
attack on the police commission was
especially forceful and to the point
He condemned the secrecy and the
politics which were behind it in Ian
guage which could be understood
even If it was not the most elevating
in the dictionary.
vacationists who. intend to visit
Montreal or Quebec would do well to
engage hotel accommodations as far
in advance of their trips as possible,
Many tourists who have had occasion
to go to these two Canadian cities
report that hotels are crowded and
the desk clerks are turning people
away because they have no vacant
rooms.
| With the development of the auto
mobile Canada has become favorite
vacation spot for thousands of Amer
leans. A tide of humanity is pouring
over the border every day, part of it
being composed of Connecticut resi-
dents. The preferred route seems to
be by way of Lake Champlain, as
this offers the traveller an opportunity
to marvel at the alluring beauty of
Connecticut and upper New. York
state. 1t is reported that the roads
to Canada through New Hampshire
are not all that could be desired SO
that the grandeur of the White Noun
tains cannot counterbalance for the
.disagreeable feature Of tiresome driv-
ing.
There is no doubt that prohibition
Is partly responsible for sending so
many to Canada on their summer
outings although the Observer has
been told that Americans are moder-
ate in their use of alcoholic bever-
ages despite the fact that they can
be secured in practically unlimited
quantities. A New Britain citizen who
visited Montreal and Quebec is au-
thority for the statement that no one
was seen under the influence of liquor.
Up to a few days ago it seemed to
the 0hSQrvnr that ~
Of summer in regard to city political
affairs Men who are usually bristling
with eagerness over some contemplate
ed move which they have to keep
under their hats for a while" did
not seem to bristle at ALL The query
Whats doing in politics ?" brought
the listless reply that it was too hot
to think of politics. Ardent believers
in the mayor tried to stir up some en-
thusiasm at times in discussing his
good administration, but even in such
cases someone was apt to put a cold
blanket over the warmth of the poll
tical flame by indicating that perhaps
he might not be the next democratic
candidate for mayor-which left one
to guess whether he had something
"6SSi III VI WHelJtT lHt UedG
had really affected his friends.
The Observer, being an unsuspicious
person, naturally did not conceive it
possible that there had been an I'M
dercurrent of activity going on all the
time. And as before said it was not
until a few days ago that the dim
suspicion came that perhaps, after
all, the seeming quiet had been simu-
lated and that there is a germ of
truth in still waters run deep"
There have been things going on, ap-
parently. There is no intention in the
city to let the running of it get out
of the hands which have SO long
managed the city-and this, in spite
of who the mayor is or of what party.
All this is merely setting the stage |
for what was to follow. There was
that quiet, apparently. There was a
feeling that, possibly, there was a
cessation of political intrigue and the |
steady march to the poles hereafter |
might result in an expression of the |
people of the city. AS one dreamer |
puts it:
We vote for John because he's good, |
He goes to church each Sunday.
We vote for Bill because, each week |
He's prompt at work on Monday.
When politics get out of key
We people up and tune EN-
We people of New Britain are
f Pluribus and Unum.
Then, Wednesday night, along came |
the session of the common council. |
Politics began to poke its head up and |
show that it had not been asleep. |
Politics" is called lit" advisedly. We |
hate to insult the women by calling
it her" or the men by calling it his
so let it go at 'it." The mayor
was smiling, which is nothing unusual.
He called former President Pro Tenn
Gill to the chair instead of the pres
mt President Pro Tenn Dehm. Nor,
apparently, had the mayor any espe-
2ial reason for not wishing to occupy
The chair. He spoke from the floor
only at the last moment of the ses-
sion on a comparatively unimportant
natter. But political eyes were alert,
First came the rumblings about the
police investigation. The investigat-
ng committee was named in the reso-
ution. Evidently it was a matter to
De conducted by the majority. The
,road resolution raised great possibili-
les. What had politics" discovered,
,r thought 1t had discovered, the po-
ice had been doing?
And then came the evidence that
members of the majority
we're making point of interesting
themselves in, the swimming pool SO
Irdently advocated by the mayor. A