New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

gasoline to operate the large ma chino.
 { The fact that the gasoline tax get any revenue from machines from other states was also brought out by the senator, who said that out of the state machines come into Con nectiCut and go through thc state, causing wear on the roads, but they have no residence or business here so they are not subject to any state taxes, Most of them have 10 stop to buy gasoline. however, and when they do. they pay the gasoline tax 10 the state, which goes toward the upkeep of the roads they use.
 Even the men paying the tax are saving money doing so. the speaker claimed, for by paying the tax, they are supplying the state with suffi- cicnt money to keep the roads in good condition, and as a result the automobiles being driven on the highways do not depreciate as fast as they would if the state did not get this money and the roads were left in poor condition as result
 Senator Hall said that he doubted | if the cost of collecting the tax was $500 Ca year, which was another feature that made it desirable one. He said that he would like to discuss the tax with anyone, adding, l If anyone can show me any injus- tice in the gasoline tax, would certainly like to know it."
 Defends P. U. C. Appointment l The Public Ttalitios commission is the product of Democratic state administration and the method of naming it's members is the product of deep thought and consideration of the best men in both the Rcpub- lican and Democratic parties, Hall said The chairman of the com mission at the present time is Richard T. Higgins Democrat, but the speaker said he was unable to tell to which party the other two members leaned
 The commission is a semi judicial body, according to Hall, and it's membership should be decided by the qualifications of the men to serve on the commission and not by their ability to go out and get votes. He said that the only way in which such selection can be as- sured is by having the members ap- pointed by the governor, the system decided upon by the Democratic ad- ministration in power whep the com- mission was established, after con- ferences with capable representa- tiyes of the Republican party.
 He said that he has not always Iagreed with rulings of the commis- sion. but he felt that the fault in a great many cases is not with the commission, but with the people who place propositions before it and fail to compile complete data and evil dence for it's consideration.
 Lieut.. Zetterman. in his talk. said that President Coolidge is practically | efoo ul Vh oL INV pNI SSlII chppOlI DS the Swedish people of Massachusetts and he hoped that the Swedish peo- pie would give him the same kipd of support throughout the country. He said that the Republican party is the logical party for foreign born citi- zens to align themselves with, as it is the party that has always extend ed itself to assist the foreign born in every manner possible. Calls Democracy Party of Disaster.
 If I wasn't a Republican before, l would become one in this cam paign" was the opening statement in the speech given by Dr. Ohman. He said that thre wasn't any need Qf
 him going into detail to tell why peo-
 pie shouldn't be Democrats, and any
 way he added, the list of reasons is
 so long that the wall of the building
 would not hold them. He said that
 disastrous results have always fol- lowed when the Democratic party has been put in power, and that the
 condition the country was left in at
 the close of the last Democratic ad.
 minstratiOn was still fresh in his memory and that such a condition is certainly not wanted again. He said that at the close of the last admins. tration, the country was $500, 1000. .00( in debt, and there were 500,000,0 ,0Ot unemployed. Now that the countr! has been put back or it's feet, tht [ Democratic party is coming bacl } seeking to be put in power.
 He said that the accusation hurled ) at the Republican party that it i representative Of wealth should b' p regarded as a compliment as it in . dicated that it was composed of meI ! of good business ability as maj
 without business ability cannot mak himself wealthy.
 r Admires Davis Personally. = John W. Davis is man to be ad 1 mircd, according to the speaker, bu = he is the candidate of the Demo !, cratic party which has given ampl s demonstrations of its ability or dis Q ability when it was put in power. H e said that the record of the last ad . minstration has already run tn Democratic candidates out of tn
 field, according to the most autls'n ' tic tabulations made of the sentimer
 throughout the country.
 La Toilette, a strange, foreig sounding name, according to tn
 speaker. is the leader of the thir ~ party in the campaign and a ma who has had presidential aspiration for the past 25 years. He said ths n La Toilette has been of a certai if service to the country, but he di o not consider him to be the right ma d to sit in the presidential chair as h r did not have the brains or the hea V to fill such an important post. l. Believes Platform Destructive. r The platform of the third part n was referred to by the speaker as