New Britain herald., 1926-02-15

or thnt oHeturn of tho republicans l Will bring about Inc same result
 lhe line of argument depending
 wholly upon tho source from whicl
 1t comes, Poppycoek!
 Many of us arc stockholders ir
 concerns Many of us arc members
 Of fraternal organizations. Have
 we ever inquired into the politics oi
 n man whom wo were considering i Ter the executive or ministerial of- Ices Of those concerns or those or 1 ganI2ations? Indeed not. The ques-
 lion hinges solely upon his ability to
 mako for us the most gain, safe l guard our investments and our in- ! torcsts and at the same time keep our plant from falling into dilapid- ation.
 Admit 1t or not, solnshncss is the
 basis of by far the greater number of our actions. Even the man who
 gives to the poor does 1t from Il
 selfish motivc-constructiYe selfish
 ncss--bccause he realizes feeling
 of happiness in aiding his less for
 tunato fellow man. Our interest in
 government is constructive selfish
 ness. We are anxious 10 have good
 government, beautiful city, and pleasing tax situation, because we are interested in the city. We have invested here. Wo have purchased the stock Of our manufacturing en- terprises, have built or bought homcs--if we have neither wc have at least invested our time and our efforts to learning our employment system and have invested our time in building up period of scrvic" which warrants advancement in ou chosen line of work. Political squabbles in local government are productive. They avail Us siderable. l have not the figures at hand, but my recollection is that the republican party in the last city election paid out about $2,000 in NhIIl llli6ll tAllI NlNNlloli blllcI Nllil' the account of the democratic eX- pcnsc in campaign and election bills is slightly less. Money wasted is Lad enough, but money spent for q purpose that might be creative Of harm is not short of sinful
 Why can a group of politicians not be honest with themselves and their fellow citizens. The city Of New Britain is run through q sys- tenn of government providing common council, boards of commis- sion and with the mayor as the executive officer The council Is more than T5 per cent republican body, while every standing commit tee of the council is 100 per cent Mayor Paoncssa has 10 head eight of the 1G appointire commissions a rcpubli- cana splendid move in the right direction, in the direction of bury ng political factional differences.
 Not because l hold any brief for inc raoncssa administration, but merely because it Is particularly in point. I am going 10 use it to dem 0nstrato my argument. That the Paonossa regime hns been one Of unprecedented progress, marked by an era of school building, road con- park preparation and general city development will not be questioned by the most partisan. i Recroational advantages have been ! furnished young and old. No racial pr political hars have been placed i before any man. The city is com pleting q year without an overhaul ! md looks forward to a year with : put an increase in tax rate. The ! ,ity is prosperous and happy. I can l lot bring myself around to see con- ! ,inCine argument for the overthrow i 1t successful government, when | he most that can be gained is aiI ,qually successful government and here is a possibility that our end | night not be reached. |
 How could the electors better i've up 10 their solemn oath than . " endorsing good government. | There have been other administra- ions equally as successful, and there we're republicans in office. What ve should have done at those times vas endorse the republic incum- )ent, but that was not done. Past 'rrors are indeed bad precodents md the age-old saying. two things 10 not make one right was never nore applicable.
 My claim is that political diqer- nccs should he buried under q movement to give tho city Q good government. Elsewhere electors lave found il possible 10 drop poli- ical differences. New Britain cleo ors can do it to advantage, If wo lave a good republican mayor, let IS keep him; likewise, if we have ood democratic mayor, jet us keep him not as a republican Is r as democrat, but as the man. I ppr Of pOr r1rOiriro1 corpnvo+;oo ,