New Britain herald., 1923-10-06


81 fine tooth comb for adieetiFes an
n phrases with which 20 EieFify Il. Ere
Ia auentls. iis authorship i aseFihed I
a. the ALMIGHTY and We uneonseioslsi
n. place halo around the head o
b every man wha signed il.
!. Viewed in the light Of world pro
- gress, there can be little doubt tina
J. this republic and our form Of govern
!. ment were fereordsined,. II Is q IA
a cry from baTbarism 10 democracy, su
lr pTeme wisdom must have tntersenes
TO lift man from the pits Of Ignorance
: and oppression 10 the enlightened
E state In which he finds himself To-
= day. and, finally. 10 the form Of gov
s eminent of'this nation which 10 hased
on the principle that No one hai
4 rights or privileges not shared IN
/. common by all who call themselves
y Americans,
: In considering the Constitution. the
: chief error of the day. for which
many sincere patriots are to blame,
is 20 delude ourselves into thinking
that this very HUMAN instrument Is
the handiwork OF God. Fundamental
~ Il is the Interpretation OF the Gold
en- Rule. but Il was written by men
and. this being the case, II has the
weaknesses that men built into II. No
matter how lofty their motives might
have been, II remains q human doou-
ment and II would be harmful TO tho
nation 10 think otherwise.
II would be better N we thought OF
the Constitution as piece OF delicate
machinery which requires constant at
tcntlon and which win rust and fall
10 the ground IL neglected. To lead
ourselves into thinking that II was
written by the Almighty. Is TO ascribe
to II miraculous powers which II does
not possess--for example. the power
OF remaining perfect and calling for
no further effort on our part because
II liz sufficient unto itself.
The place TO begin a movement to
gain permanent effect Ia In the
schools. We must stop giving three
cheers for the Constitution. IL the
children can be taught that the Con-
stiution was written by human beings
with all the mental limitations of hui
man beings. the next generation Will
not be lulled into false sense OF Sc
curity and there will be greater in
dividual interest in government.
There is not the slightest doubt IN
the minds of those who are informed
on the political situation that there
is some grounds for Mayor Pao-
nessa's complaint that politics Is pe-
ing injected into the dispute over the
contract for new building at the
town home.
The board of public charities
awarded the contract for erecting the
building to a New Britain concern, I
the bid of which was about $l,50O :
higher than that submitted by a, {
Hartford contractor. A representa-
tive of the Hartford company came to :
this city and is said to have inter- \
viewed several members of the COM
mon council with a view to upsetting
the award of the charity Department.
He has succeeded In t
few members to his I
it Is claimed, by explain
ng that there has been discrimina-
ion against his firm AS result, 1t
$ expected that a row will be kicked y
In when the council takes UP the "
,uestion.
In making the award to a New =
Britain contracting company the
,oard of charity commissioners did
What thew believed was best for New
britain. Their reasoning was sound,
n the opinion of tie Observer. 1t IL
$ better to keep money for public N
,u;Idings in New Britain, If possible. v
rbe fact that saving of $1,000 could n
va effected by awarding the job to p
hau VIC puo 30 ton,n con,nanvl q
heh -" -. ~. q usually ii
,.a4,o, n nav al
'rihss It's o"n ~ a.,a.,,t,,,o no.
IRE lapor mere pu' VIC a.,
itlons are hiieu Ny nv III
egularly eHpioyeu ~ w. ~. 1911, of
would pc petter 70 haNo ene ""
one by new britaih oipoi@e'on -
'hich not only Wouiu 'ehsaee io.@
ibor but would nave prac'icaly on T.
lew Britain men III its organiAa'ioh' u
The taxpayers are assessed lor pun
C Improvements. III there is any
ay to keep their money IN circula-
on here it should be done, in spite
{ charges of favoritism.
If an attempt is made at the coun-
4 meeting to interfere with the
ward as made by the charity depart
ent commissioners, 1t will be proof
lat the politicians are meddling
rain and are playing their little
lme of stirring UP governmental af-