New Britain herald., 1924-08-02
1.-THE OBSER VER-
Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People

Mthl,
 am the servant Of sll the people,
 hold many secrets but my mouth
 IS padloeked,
 ask no reward and the only 'ip
 eAer get Is when thoughtless auio-
 mobile driver bumps into me and tips
 me over on the sidewalk,
 l am the letter box,
 Announcement that Senator John
 fFnmhull of Plainille will not he Q
 candidate for Tenomination lends
 color 10 the suspicion that he has his
 eye on a place on the state ticket
 itumoFs were prevalent several
 months ago that he would find some
 support in republican state circles for the guhernatOrial nomination but it is doubtful whether Ne can land it even If he wants it as Lieutenant Governor
 Bingham apparently has the inside track. The Trumbul boom for nom- inaiian for governor has blown mp but II is not unlikely that he will he put. on the ticket some place. It is re- ported that he is being gr0omed for lieutenant governor
 Strength is added to the belief that the Rig Chiefs of the republican party intend 10 take care of him hy the carefully dropped hint at tho forma- ton of the Coolidge club in Piainville that the senator was in line for pro- motion. He is q big game hunter whose rife has reechoed through the wilds of the northeast and in Canada. Ita a.lNa \. ( tho state convention when the bosses get together and pick q ticket.
 Mir. Derosier of Bristol and Mir. Meech of Pennington are candidates for Senator Trumbnll's toga. others who were considering making n run for the nomination have dropped out in favor of MT. Mooch. but latest re- ports from the Bell City are to tho effect that Mir. Derosier intends to put up a fight. He is popular not only in Bristol but in the district in general and if he remains in the race he may give the Pennington man something 10 think about.
 Busy gentlemen in Washington | whose delight it is to play arpeggios on adding machines. inform us that | the population of the United States Is 112.S26.0oo. {
 Of these, no doubt, ss,54e,So7 are still paying the installments on last years automobiles; 34,739,571 have oobbed their hair and 12,45O,973 wish hey had the nerve to do 1t; 53,S32,- ,o1 chew gum during business hours; 9,056.32s still owe the grocer little on last weeks bill; 34,954,- '26 think they can produce a better newspaper than their home town edi- or produces: 26,O00,000 have already Iecided whether Coolidge, Davis or >a Toilette will be the next president; S,957,010 think telephone girls sleep nost Of the time; 51,111,999 daily cx- ress the opinion that the government as fallen down; 27,64s.9o6 have the est recipe for home brew; 43,S75,- @8 believe in the enforcement of traf- c rules but never observe them: 1,740,S64 are convinced that the tate should license pedestrians who ave occasion to cross the streets; 1 ,432,605 cuss the neighbors for laying the graphophone after mid fight: 45,SS9.075 have composed par dies on "It Ain't Goin' to Rain No To '"; 32.s74,439 think they can write etter motion picture scenarios than ave yet been written; 11,S54,963 now positively that they could han ' le the job better than the boss If V 1ey were only given chance; 33,- { 30,s27 kick against the high cost of ( wing and say all tradesmen are rob- { CTS; 9,420,s46 think it Is entertaining I ,eir friends when they spend the t