New Britain herald., 1924-10-31
ALL POLICEMEN
 ON DUTY TONIGHT Town Officials Take Precautions
 Against Halloween Spirits DEMOCRATIC RALLY HELD
Infant Son Dies--Edwin Fl. Russell Buried Today-A. A. Buckley fin Hospital -- Going to Republican Rally--Bricfs.

The board of selectmen at a meet 1 ing at which all members of the Plainville constabulary were present last evening, ordered all policemen on duty tonight which is Halloween night. Extra precautions will be taken against pranks and lawless- ness and, those who are planning to celebrate are warned that any viola tions of the laws will be followed by arrest and prosecution. Exper- fence has taught the officials of Plainville that the extra police guard is necessary on night like tonight and all members will be required to spent the night on duty.
 The selectmen took up the matter of policing the streets and Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey will be con- tinued as the night patrolman, &C., cording to a decision reported to have been reached last night. The gathering was get-together for the selectmen and the members of the constabulary in order that an under standing complete and clear might be reached.
 Democratic Rally Held
 The largest rally of any held in Plainville in recent years was held last evening in Grange hall under the auspices of the democratic party. By actual count there were 1os persons present which exceeds by a large number any other politi- cal rally held in the town in years. The speakers who addressed the meeting were Lawyer Cont of Hart ford, Harry l.. Brooks of New Hav- en, candidate for lieutenant gover- nor; former Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford. Miss Adele Murray of Berlin and Mrs. Louise Day Duffy of. West Hartford, can- didate for the state senate from the fifth district.
 Mfr. Cont dwelt on corruption with which the republican party has been charged and he asked the peo- pie to be the jury and to render their verdict on election day. He stated that the conditions in this state were deplorable with regard to the institutions for the care of the weak and feeble minded and brought out his own personal exper- fences in seeking to have patients taken into these places.
 Mir. Brooks entered into scath- ing denunclation of the cabinet of the present republican administra- tion in national affairs. He present. ed the democratic arguments for the state in the early part of his speech. H stated that he had recently seen post cards sent out by the republican party stating that the democratic party had left an indebtedness of S11, ,000 for the republican party to clear up. Mir, Brooks claimed that the republican party was re- sponsible for that condition. He said that for the past SS years the state of Connecticut has not had demo- cratic administration. He said that the nearest thing to that had been when Simeon F.. Baldwin had been elected governor. He said that the lieutenant governor had been re- publican and the senate and house had been republican in the first term and the only change made in the second term had been when the senate was dmocratic. He said that the governor had no power to pass legislation to make expenditures or to levy taxes but the republican government which the state had did have and did lay taxes and spend money so that the debts of the state were increased from s4,oo0,000 to S11, 100000. He compared the per capita tax of Connecticut with many other states wherein the administra- tions are democratic and he showed from figures that Connecticut which is the third smallest state in the union had per capita tax of s11.50, which is more than double that of