New Britain herald., 1923-06-07
TINS. LrGIsI.aruRE.

The legislature or me saRerelgf
 state or Connecticut yesterday finish
 ed its session in a deliberate attempt
 st making fun creating chaos, iik'
 a group of unruly sehool-boys on the
 last day of the season the represents
 tives and senators gave way 10 theii
 feelings. Tradition calls for this ae'
 fion. it says that there must be a vast
 hullahaloo about nothing upon the
 las. day 10 slgnalize we suppose the
 release from the tension created by
 the strain Of acting wisely and weil''
 during several months Of deep de-
 liberation. The wonder of Ii Is that
 there should he any preconeeived at- tempt at comic relief" this year.
 IL seems that turn to seriousness
 might have offered more by way of contrast 10 the days past than an at- tempt at hilariousness. Certainly there are more people about the country. be they in favor of daylight saving or otherwise. that can get a better laugh out of the spectacle of an august body of law makers ruling that a person owning a pub licly displayed clockAnay be fined $100 if he sets it an hour ahead of standard time than can grow mirth- full over the throwing of spitballs and the bursting of toy balloons by men who are supposed to be thus letting down the bars and showing to pub lie that they are human rather than the exalted beings they have fondly imagined themselves to be.
 If there is one accomplishment of the legislature that is outstanding in
 the minds of every citizen of this state and many of other states it is the enactment of the penalty bill for daylight saving. Whatever else the legislature may have accomplished, this act brands its session. the ludi- crousness of it warrants no further indication of it's mental bias neces- sary, there is no need to further point out the character of the individuals who have been sitting to deliberate upon the needs and welfare of the citizenry at large.
 Past records of the members from this district bring before the public no particular pictures of accomplish ception of the success of senator Covert in getting highways leading from New Britain through nearby towns accepted as state roads thereby transferring the expense in part from city to state and insurng better road ways. He should be highly compli- mented for doing this; we, of New Britain and it's surroundings should be properly grateful. The members in the house, Mcssrs. Christ and Aling, may have their accomplish ments also, but they are not particu- larly evident. True they were new to the legislature and its ways, they were not as familiar with the ropes as they might have been.
 It is suspected, to a point of knowl- edge, that their wishes in several re- spects were not carried through, that certain appointments that they wished to have made were ignored in official circles. This may not be entirely their fault they may have run against opposition the reason Tor which was not obvious excepting to those on the inside. The fact re- mains, notwithstanding, that the city of New Britain which is about the only city in the state that can be counted upon to go republican is practically ignored by a republican state administration, which is kept of that political faith by the small towns. It seems as though the small town fellow republicans might wish to eHten0 the COufIESlts OI ppliliIoi alliance to the city and that they might bow to the wishes Of the local organization which helps to keep the city in the republican column. The ; representatives may have played their 1 hands without political skill, New ; Britain becoming the sufferer there { fore, or they may have been showed under out of pure perversity on the part of the small town men. These men were able to do this, witness the ' daylight saving law again. There may be things to which our { and the entire legis- { lature may point with pride" in d future campaigns when they. or the party which sponsored them. again [ ssk for the vote Of the electorate. ( There may be-but they are not ob 5 vious now. The legislature made the [ heaviest mark on its slate when 1t l ,dopted the penalty for allowing c -ablicly displayed clock to be wrong r