New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
FINANCE BOARD |S
 CORE OF ELECTION
Question Interests More Than
 Does Voting for Officers
ASSEMBLY CONVENTION
Representative and Justices to be Named Week from Monday- Polls Open from a. m. to 6 D. m. Monday Church Noticcs-BricCs.

Monday Church Noticcs-Bricrs.
 The proposal of the Chamber of 1 commerce that Plainville establish
 a board of finance appears 10 inter-
 est th" voters of the town far more
 than the hallotng for the various
 oHl'"s at the annual town election ! 10 be held Monday. The republican l party has such a majority here that q victory for it is practically con- ceded, hut q more uncertain outlook exists in reg" rd to the finance body. The question, Shall a board of tnance be established in Plainville 9" IS inserted above the first question lever Of all voting machines and bids i fa1r 10 draw out much larger pro- portion Of the towns electorate than would ordinarily 20 to the polls The proposal for the board was made by a special committee of the Chamber Of Commerce after a thorough in- vestigation into the matter. is being felt by the members that such a board, with powers 10 check need less expenditures, would be desir- able now that the necessary expenses Of conducting the town government are mounting so rapidly. The board would he composed of six men, three | republicans and three democrats. who would be more or less expert in | financial matters and bring their ex- perience into play.
 The objection raised 10 this plan
 is that it would place the town finances. and therefore the control
 of the town, in the hands of few
 men who would thereby be invested
 with almost dictatorial powers. This
 fear of placing the towns finances in ] the hands of small group led to
 a similar plan being defeated seyer-
 al years ago.
 . The fear is groundless. according Ito S. s. GWiliim, chairman of the Investigating committee. The board is non-poltical one. he has ex- plainad, and has no such autoCratic powers as is popularly supposed. II can check expenditures but cannot make new ones. The various town departments place estimates Of their expenditures before the board which holds hearings and thcn makes up the town budget. This comes before a town meeting for final approval; the town meeting may not make appropriations other than those listed in the budget hut may vote down any contained there 1 in if they seem unnecessary The final voice always remains with the voters of the town. it is explained, the boards position being purely that of an advisory expert. To make this clear and allay the suspicion which has previously prevented the adoption of the board. the Chamber of Commerce has conducted an eX- .tonsive educational campaign to aC quaint the voters fully with the workings of finance bodies and to have them vote in accordance with full knowledge.
 The Candidates for Office.
 John J. Kimmel, plainvlllo's rep resentative to the state legislature, is the choice of the republican party for first solcCtman, with Edward r. Prior again heading the democratic ticket. James Simpson is once more d candidate for second seleCtman, with Winfield LoOmis seeking that honor, on the democratic side. stan ley NJ. Smith. republican. and Will liam $. Eaton. democrat. oppose each other for assessor. William J. Hemingway has been endorsed for tax collector by both parties; ho has held that office for so long that TO one knows just how long it is, and his work has been so efficient that for many years he has not been op- posed.
 Water w. Seymour is seeking re- election to the board of relief on the republican ticket. while the demo- crats nave nominated Theodore A. Derby to oppose him. Two auditors must be chosen, and therefore the nominees of both parties, George W. Bartlett and Thomas P. Prior, will he elected. The same is true in the case of the registrars of voters. John E. Lamb and Peter F. Duffy will both be chosen. This situation is also found for school committee berths, the candidates being Fred erick Bullen and Martin Casey, and for library directors. where the nominees" are Orrin l.. Judd and Harry Castle. In all these cases the law provides that both parties have equal representation, so that nomi- nation is equivalent to election.
 Four candidates are seeking the three grand jurors offices. They are Attorney Charles F. Conlon and stanley S. Gwillim, republicans, and William J. Foran and Frederick Spencer, democrats. Mir. GTillim and